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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, Jon Yates, Laws, Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Archives: Rick Kogan on the Earl of Old Town
Chicago Tribune reporterThe Earl of Old Town was a saloon at 1615 N. Wells St. that closed more than three decades ago but, like a song that you can't get out of your head, it remains alive today. Long after the Earl had become a pleasant bar named the Last Call (it is now...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Mark Twain, Ernie Banks, Leukemia, Bars and Clubs
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Chicago Ideas Week organizers hope talks trigger something great
Chicago Ideas Week headquarters is a brightly lit, sprawling, open room in a River North office building where scores of workers sit at long rows of desks working the phones, rat-a-tatting their keyboards and keeping the din level high. Actually, only...
Tags: Goodman Theatre, Arts and Culture, Groupon, Inc., Chicago Mayor, River North
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Emanuel defends tactics as city surpasses last year's homicide total
Fitz Bariffe's family feared he could become another statistic in what has been a bloody year in Chicago. But the retired CTA bus driver was determined to fix up the once-vacant South Side house he began renting in 2010 despite problems with people...
Tags: Rentals, Crime, Law and Justice, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Mayor
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Despite weekend violence, top cop says anti-gang strategy working
Tribune reportersDespite coming off a bloody holiday weekend in Chicago that saw 10 people shot and killed and close to 40 others wounded, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said the department's strategy to curb gang violence throughout the city is working. Flanked by...Tags: Murder, Gang Activity, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Shootings
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Officer wounded as police fatally shoot stabbing suspect
Tribune reporterA Chicago police officer was grazed in the leg as officers opened fire and killed a man who lunged at them with a hammer after stabbing another man in the South Chicago neighborhood, officials said. The officers first used a Taser on the man when they...Tags: South Shore, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, South Chicago, Injuries and Wounds
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Police shoot, kill man who stabbed man on South Side
Police shot and killed a man when he confronted officers in the South Chicago neighborhood, late Wednesday night. The incident happened about 11:45 p.m. outside South Shore Food & Liquors, 7900 S. South Shore Dr. Officers responding to a call...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, South Chicago, Shootings
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Emanuel has open door for corporate execs, record shows
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has opened the door to his City Hall office for a steady stream of investment bankers, venture capitalists and international consultants in his intense search for private solutions to some of Chicago's biggest public problems. From...
Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Politics, Companies and Corporations, Chicago Mayor, Business Enterprises
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Police microphones pinpoint gunshots
Tribune reporterChicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said today the city is using acoustic sensors to detect and locate gunshots as a way to fight violence in two crime-ridden areas. The sensors, installed Sept. 1, are positioned in two 1.5-square-mile areas...Tags: Chicago Lawn, Englewood
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McCarthy to alderman: More officers will not reduce crime
Chicago police Ssuperintendent Garry McCarthy participated in the City Council's Budget Committee hearing Wednesday. For over five hours McCarthy and the city’s 50 aldermen discussed the police budget, but more specifically manpower and the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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Police superintendent wants tighter gun tracking
Tribune reportersChicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said today that he would like to see gun owners in Illinois have to report when their weapons are stolen, lost or sold – steps he said would lower the number of firearms in the hands of criminals....Tags: Firearms, Theft
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City seeks ideas on Twitter to solve illegal gun problem
WGN NewsThe city is tapping into Chicago's online community as it seeks innovative solutions to the problem of illegal guns on the streets. Chicago Ideas Week launched a Twitter handle @whatifchicago seeking to "crowdsource" strategies to tackle the illegal...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Oct 11, 2012
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