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Fractured gangs blamed for Chicago homicide surge
CHICAGO (AP) — There are many theories about what has caused a recent spike in Chicago's homicide rate, including a splintering of established gangs, the warm winter and high unemployment in neighborhoods that seem a world away from the city's...Tags: Murder, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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Police: Chicago had no shootings in 24-hour period
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago saw something this week it hasn't seen in nearly a year: An entire 24-hour period where there was not a single shooting or murder. Police say the period of quiet happened Wednesday. In recent months, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and...Tags: Shootings, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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Emanuel puts City Hall employees, salaries online
Clout StPosted by Tribune staff at 3:55 p.m. Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration this afternoon posted a list of city employees and their salaries. The top 10 highest salaries among the more than 34,200 city employees, according to the city: 1. Police...... -
Emanuel, McCarthy say 'marginal' amount of new officers to 'mob' attack hot spots
Clout StPosted by John Byrne and Kristen Mack at 12:59 p.m.; last updated at 3:43 p.m. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and newly-confirmed Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy today said they’re putting a “marginal” amount of new police officers in... -
Chicago City Council to vote today on McCarthy appointment as police superintendent
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 12:01 a.m. The Chicago City Council today is scheduled to take confirmation votes on several of new Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appointments, including Garry McCarthy as police superintendent. Among the other appointments aldermen will... -
Emanuel says McCarthy already addressed mob attack questions
Clout StPosted by Kristen Mack at 12:20 p.m.; updated at 12:55 p.m. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today didn't offer much on the weekend mob beatings and robberies along the lakefront, saying Acting Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has addressed the issue. The mayor,...... -
Michigan Avenue merchants fear they'll be the victims of robbery hoax
The bizarre saga of a 68-year-old woman who said she was forced to hand over jewelry valued at more than $135,000 to a group of menacing young men on the bustling Magnificent Mile reverberated around the country. Some 36 hours later, police had...
Tags: Whitehall, Dining and Drinking, Magnificent Mile, Crime, Law and Justice, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Problem Solver: 2 Chicago police officers not guilty in Ticketgate
Someone wrote a series of bogus parking tickets to Mark Geinosky, but it was not Chicago police officers Paul Roque or Horst Hegewald, the Chicago Police Board has ruled. In a 25-page decision posted Tuesday afternoon, the board found the officers not...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Jon Yates, Laws
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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
Change of SubjectFriday's print column A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the...... -
Strategies for another kind of gun control
Los Angeles TimesSupporters of a measure that would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases decried the bill's death in the Senate last month. But was the defeat really such a bad thing? Had it passed, the new law would have been hailed as a historic...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, George W. Bush
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Let's turn down the alarm over loud teens downtown
You're walking in Chicago. It's chaotic and it's loud. People swarm the sidewalks, many of them shouting. They spill into the street, many of them cursing. They jostle you, step on your toes. Traffic is a nightmare. You squeeze through the barricade...
Tags: Magnificent Mile, Wrigley Field, St. Patrick's Day, Michigan Avenue, Abusive Behavior
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Praetorian Guard is key in Vanecko investigation
The Praetorian Guard of Chicago won't be part of the formal hearing Friday in what's now called the Vanecko case. But understanding what happened in the political heater case of the year won't be complete without Praetorian input. Many of you know...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Chicago City Hall, Interior Policy, Richard M. Daley, National Rifle Association of America
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