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Chicago and red light vendor: Breaking up is hard to do
Chicago's divorce with Redflex Traffic Systems is getting messy. In his hurry to sever ties with the red-light camera operator amid a burgeoning bribery scandal, Mayor Rahm Emanuel in February set a six-month deadline for Redflex to leave town after a...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Photography Supplies and Services, Bribery, Chicago City Hall, Richard M. Daley
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Crime rises in abandoned buildings, vacant lots
Community groups expected to voice their support Wednesday for a proposed ordinance designed to protect or compensate displaced tenants in foreclosed rental buildings have a new set of figures to sway opponents. More than 2,600 crimes were reported in...
Tags: Rental Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard F. Mell, Lawyers, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Emanuel to propose nine additional food-truck parking spaces
Tribune criticChicago will increase its number of dedicated food-truck parking spaces to 30 from the current total of 21, under a proposal to be presented to the City Council by Mayor Rahm Emanuel today. Working in collaboration with the Chicago Department of...Tags: Chicago Board of Trade, North Pond, Columbia College Chicago, South Loop, Chicago Loop
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George, religious leaders ask city to repeal water fee on non-profits
Tribune reporterMore than 100 religious leaders and a handful of aldermen today called for a repeal of the water fee imposed on non-profits by the city last year. "The lake is a gift from God," said Cardinal Francis George said. "We feel sometimes we should charge...Tags: Carrie Austin, Water Supply, Robert Fioretti, Howard Brookins, Rahm Emanuel
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Robert Higgins named Distinguished Citizen in Wilmette
In the past few years, Robert Higgins has coached Wilmette Park District football and lacrosse, served on the New Trier Hockey Club Board of Directors and the Wilmette Park District Parent Booster Club. He has also co-chaired Wilmette School District...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Heart Surgery, Science and Technology, The Ohio State University
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Cardinal, other faith leaders call for repeal of water fee
Cardinal Francis George has long preached about the dangers of secularization and the American government's failure to recognize religious institutions for their role in the public sphere. Now a municipal battle over whether churches and charities in...
Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Social Services, Rahm Emanuel, Religion and Belief
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U. of C. Scavenger Hunt tests students' brain power
For RedEyeStudents gathered at the University of Chicago’s Ida Noyes Hall on Wednesday just before the stroke of midnight will be fizzy with excitement as they await the release of this year’s list for what the Guinness Book of World Records has...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Students, Science and Technology, University of Chicago
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D.C. press competes with Tsarnaevs' mom for a Nah!
The U.S. Census Bureau reports there are some 316 million Americans, which translates to about 632 million human hands. Sadly, even those aren't enough hands to properly salute all the nominees for April's Moutza of the Month. The Washington press...Tags: Nazi Party, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), David Axelrod, Immigration, Sports
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Coming to terms with the reality of our city
In Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie," a prosperous Chicago businessman, George Hurstwood, takes up with the young, gorgeous Carrie Meeber, chucks family and home, and runs away with Carrie to Montreal. They find their way to New York, where their tales...
Tags: Chicago Reader, West Englewood, The New York Times, Englewood, Reviews
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Drivers to pay longer under parking meter settlement
Tribune reportersDrivers would have to feed most Chicago parking meters for more hours every day except Sunday under a plan Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced as part of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with the private firm that holds the controversial 75-year meter...Tags: Local Government, Richard M. Daley, Scott Waguespack, Rahm Emanuel, Elections
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Hearing officers criticize CPS plans
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending against 13...
Tags: Judges, Teachers, Near North Side, House Building, Teaching and Learning
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Hearing officers oppose 13 of closings planned by CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending...
Tags: Judges, Teachers, Near North Side, House Building, Calumet Heights
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