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Man gets 3 years in NATO Summit bomb case
Tribune reporterA Chicago man accused in a fumbling, cloak-and-dagger plot to build a pipe bomb during last spring’s NATO summit pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Judge Kenneth Wadas handed down the sentence for Mark Neiweem, 28, who...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Explosions, Justice System, Prosecution, Trials
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: Libya, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Personal Income, Energy Saving, Unemployment
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The detectives who remember the children
The other day at lunch, two Chicago police detectives, Bill Sullivan and Michele Moore-Grose, were talking with me about the murder cases they've been working and the young people shot dead. They brought up a movie to explain what they see in Chicago....
Tags: Peanuts, The Hunger Games (movie), Prosecution, Fenger High School, Derrion Albert
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Judge finds state terrorism statute constitutional
Tribune reporterA Cook County judge presiding over a criminal case stemming from last year’s NATO summit in Chicago ruled today that the state's terrorism law is constitutional. Judge Thaddeus Wilson said the legislature enacted the anti-terrorism statute in the...Tags: Oakland (Orange, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Prosecution, Terrorism, Lawyers
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Kass: Chicago's forgotten innocents need our attention too
Baron Banks wasn't in Washington to witness President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday. "No," he told me. "Nobody gave me a call." So he wasn't in the first lady's box as the president somberly acknowledged the families that lost...
Tags: Arne Duncan, Interior Policy, State of the Union Address, Health and Safety at School, Politics
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Dwoyne Baker wasn't perfect, but we shouldn't forget his killing
Calling someone a "perfect homicide victim" sounds terribly callous. But it explains the political/media liturgy that we all know so well. By a perfect victim, I mean one who is innocent, photogenic and never arrested, with a bright future. The...Tags: Peanuts, South Chicago, Michelle Obama, Murder, Hadiya Pendleton
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South Dakota bison on the president's menu
WASHINGTON -- South Dakota bison will be on the menu when congressional leaders entertain President Barack Obama and his family at a post-inaugural luncheon on Jan. 21. They will be served a farm-to-table menu celebrating the inaugural theme, "Faith in...Tags: Endangered Species, Washington, DC, Chuck Schumer, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Your predictions for 2013, please
Change of SubjectMake your predictions for 2013 by filling out the Change of Subject online survey A year ago, I didn’t predict that a book about predictions, “The Signal and the Noise,” would be one of the top selling non-fiction titles of...... -
Chicago Confidential: City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project
The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. The sales price was $1, not including administrative fees. By the time the spur's makeover into a bike and running path is...
Tags: Railway Transportation, John Hancock Center, Science and Technology, Canadian Pacific Limited, Wrigley Field
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And the 2012 Silver medal for prophecy goes to ...
One year ago, I didn't predict that a book about predictions, "The Signal and the Noise," would be one of the top-selling nonfiction titles of 2012 or that its author, former Chicagoan Nate Silver, would become a cultural icon whose name is synonymous...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Amazon.com Inc., Career and Workplace, Rosie O'Donnell, Rick Santorum
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Ryder Cup brings golf elite & tourism to Chicago suburbs
WGN NewsA rare event is set for the Chicago suburbs later this week when the Ryder Cup golf tournament comes to Medinah Country Club. Some economic experts say the tournament could bring around $130 million in revenue to the area. That's about the same...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Ryder Cup, Lifestyle and Leisure, Travel, Medinah Country Club
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McCormick Place to host Obama's election-night rally
President Barack Obama plans to hold his election-night rally at Chicago's McCormick Place convention center, a move aimed at easing concerns over weather and security, sources with knowledge of the event said Wednesday. Given the indoor location, the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Politics, Bank of America Corp., NATO
Apr 11, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Feb 13, 2013
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Jan 18, 2013
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Dec 27, 2012
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Dec 30, 2012
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Sep 24, 2012
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Oct 18, 2012
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