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Police: 'Nothing to' suspicious package in Loop
After investigating a suspicious package found late this morning in the Loop, Chicago police have cconcluded there was no danger and have re-opened the area, police said. No one was hurt and the area was "cleared" at 1 p.m., said Chicago Police...
Tags: Chicago Police Department
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Being vegan in Chicago not so hard
For RedEyeDespite what you might have heard, it's not impossible to be a vegan in Chicago. "It's much easier than most people think it is," said Annie Fosnacht, a 35-year-old Edgewater resident vying to be PETA's Sexiest Vegan Next Door. Fosnacht and fellow...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Vegan Diet, Diets and Dieting, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Depression-era artwork returning to public display
For 38 years, a 6-foot-by-20-foot mural sat rolled up in a local history teacher's home, an all-but-forgotten remnant of a Depression-era effort to bring art directly to the people. But a four-year community fundraising campaign and a yearlong...
Tags: Uptown, Washington, DC, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Postal Service
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New York's 'Hit the Wall' feels a little boxed in
The Barrow Street Theatre is so close to the Stonewall Inn, where gay Americans famously fought back in 1969, you could carry over your Stella to the theater without the beer losing any of its bubbles. One wishes one could say the same of "Hit the Wall,"...Tags: Entertainment, Same-Sex Marriage, Music, Punishment, Arts and Culture
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CTA rail system slowest in five years
RedEyeNearly 17 percent of CTA track is under slow zones this month, which is the slowest the rail system has been in nearly five years. The slow-zone snapshot for February shows 16.7 percent of the rail system is under slow zones, which is when a train...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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Lifeline announces new season
Lifeline Theatre, a venerable Off-Loop theater on Chicago's North Side, has announced its 2013-14 season. Mainstage productions slated include (in the fall) Karen Tarjan's adaptation of the novel "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara; a new adaptation...Tags: Charles Dickens
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Midwest storm hits overnight, Chicago could see 6 inches of snow
The winter storm that walloped the Great Plains today entered the Chicago area late Thursday and will linger through the morning commute on Friday, possibly dumping up to half a foot of snow here. As of 9 p.m. a winter weather advisory is in effect for...
Tags: Government, World Golf Championships, Sam Brownback, Weather Warnings, Snow Storms
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Authorities: No bail for 2 held in 2010 Harvey triple slayings
Tribune reporterTwo men have been charged with slaying a woman and two children and wounding a 4-year-old boy in an October 2010 shooting in south suburb Harvey. Brandon Griffin, 29, of the 100 block of Shabbona Drive in Park Forest, and Dajuan Crockett, 22, who lives...Tags: Prosecution, Spider-Man (fictional character), Halloween, Columbia College Chicago, Shootings
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Candid Candace: Civic leaders honored at Landmarks gala
Landmarks Illinois celebrated its seventh and largest fundraiser at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago on March 7, with more than 500 patrons in attendance. Leslie Hindman, John W. McCarter Jr. and Target Corp. were named "Legendary Landmarks." "We are...
Tags: Human Interest, Field Museum of Natural History, Folklore and Mythology, Union (McHenry, Illinois), Arts and Culture
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Loop bank branch robbed at midday
Tribune reporterA Loop bank branch was robbed shortly before midday today and the bank robber made off with cash, police said. The Citibank branch on the 100 block of South Michigan Avenue was robbed at about 11:50 a.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Theft, Michigan Avenue
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Home values in some hard-hit Chicago neighborhoods turning around
Some of the Chicago neighborhoods hardest hit by the housing crisis are starting to come back, or at least appear to be bottoming out. Home values in the Pullman/Riverdale/Roseland neighborhoods, for instance, rose by an average of 18.6 percent last year...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Financial and Business Services, Realty, Portage Park, Condos
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First lady coming home to address youth violence
First lady Michelle Obama will return to Chicago April 10 to speak at a working lunch hosted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that is aimed at addressing youth violence in the city. According to an announcement Wednesday by the first lady's office, she will urge...Tags: Business Enterprises, Michelle Obama, Hadiya Pendleton, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Mayor
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