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One fun story: Matching NATO member nations to Chicago national heritage
Ahead of the NATO summit, which Chicago neighborhoods and suburban towns have pockets of residents with roots in one of the member countries? This question from reporter John Keilman led to a wholesale look at the recent ancestral characteristics of...
Tags: NATO, Facebook
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Police union files grievance about overtime pay
Tribune reporterThe union that represents rank-and-file Chicago police officers has filed a grievance over the department’s plans to pay overtime to thousands of cops who work this weekend for the NATO summit, saying by contract that officers should also be given...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Garry McCarthy
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Iraq and Afghan vets speak out against NATO
WGN NewsSome veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan say they will return their war medal to NATO generals. The group Iraq Veterans Against the War held a press conference Thursday morning at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Wacker and Wabash. The protesters are...Tags: NATO, Politics, G8, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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CPS students win NATO video contest
Some Chicago Public School students are winners of a video contest designed to drum up excitement for the upcoming NATO Summit. Students from Scammon Elementary School on the Northwest Side were winners in the elementary school category. Three...
Tags: NATO, Elementary Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Education, Teaching and Learning
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NATO transportation challenges begin on Friday
One of Thursday's most-read stories online pertained to traffic and transportation challenges posed by NATO summit meetings and planned protests. The Tribune's Jon Hilkevitch describes in this short video conversation what -- and where -- to avoid....Tags: NATO
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Lawyers for NATO protesters allege improper arrests
Tribune reportersOfficers wearing Chicago Police uniforms raided an apartment in Bridgeport late Wednesday and detained at least eight activists without justification, lawyers working on behalf of NATO protesters alleged today. Police refused to provide any details about...Tags: Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), NATO, Activism, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Websites, apps for NATO weekend
WGN NewsFor the latest on NATO and the summit planned for this weekend in Chicago, we've got three websites and apps that will keep you up to date. NatoinChicago.com Created by the Knight News Innovation Lab at Northwestern University, NatoinChicago.com is a...Tags: NATO, Politics, Apple iPad, International Organizations
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Anti-Obama ad flap deals blow to Wrigley Field rehab plan
![The long-shot prospect of taxpayer help to renovate Wrigley Field grew more remote Thursday, upended by revelations that the patriarch of the <a href="http://chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>' ownership team had been offered a plan for using a super PAC to run racially tinged attack ads that linked President Barack Obama to his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/70002993-17222933.jpeg "The long-shot prospect of taxpayer help to renovate Wrigley Field grew more remote Thursday, upended by revelations that the patriarch of the <a href="http://chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs\">Chicago Cubs</a>' ownership team had been offered a plan for using a super PAC to run racially tinged attack ads that linked President Barack Obama to his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.")
The long-shot prospect of taxpayer help to renovate Wrigley Field grew more remote Thursday, upended by revelations that the patriarch of the Chicago Cubs' ownership team had been offered a plan for using a super PAC to run racially tinged attack ads that...Tags: Illinois Governor, Barack Obama, Wrigley Field, Jeremiah Wright, Regional Authority
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The NATO summit in Chicago, in a nutshell
What can NATO afford to do in times of fiscal stress? If budgetary challenges are going to force NATO to reinvent itself, what new things can they try to do? And why must they meet in a city at all? U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint...
Tags: NATO, Politics, Facebook, Chicago Tribune, Media Industry
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NATO summit events, protests, closures
Here is the list of scheduled events, protests and closures for the NATO summit, which will be held in Chicago during the weekend of May 20. We will update this list as more event information becomes available. Friday, May 18 Nurses group to demonstrate...
Tags: NATO, Europe, Politics, Afghanistan, Barack Obama
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Protest groups move into place as G-8 Summit begins
andrews@herald-mail.comWith world leaders on their way to Camp David for a Group of Eight summit, protesters trickled into nearby Thurmont to speak their minds. The movement started slowly Friday morning, with just two representatives of the Larouche Political Action Committee...Tags: NATO, Activism, Camp David, Politics, G8
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News briefs for Saturday May 19
Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing hospital, prepares to depart for the United States BEIJING (AP) — A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington was hurriedly taken from a...
Tags: Barack Obama, Israel, Business Enterprises, Juvenile Delinquency, Germany
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