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Local authorities step up security after Boston attacks
In the Chicago area, police, transit agencies and emergency agencies were stepping up security in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, but a Chicago Police spokesman said in a statement that the agencys is “not aware of any threats facing...
Tags: Sports, Metra, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Police respond to call of 'unruly' Blue Line rider, find nothing
Police were called to the scene after a report of an "unruly" passenger on the CTA Blue Line, but found no evidence that the call was genuine, officials said this morning. According to CTA spokeswoman Tammy Chase, there was a report of a passenger on...
Tags: Chicago Police Department
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State Democrats decide who's a REAL Democrat
Real Democrats don’t back school reform, apparently. Or maybe the message is that Democrats don’t let Democrats shake up the school scene. In any case, real Democrats clearly aren’t allowed to disagree with the California Teachers Assn....
Tags: Politics, Teachers, Lobbying, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elections
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$15,000 reward for 'Bully Bandit' after 11th bank hit
A bank robbery in Logan Square over the weekend was the work of the "Bully Bandit," who has hit 11 banks in the Chicago area since November, often yelling at tellers and sometimes pushing customers out of the way, according to the FBI. The FBI is...
Tags: FBI, Bank Robbery, Theft, Criminals
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Kass: Republican Bruce Rauner takes no position on gay marriage
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire Republican businessman who wants to become governor of Illinois, sat down with me for an interview Thursday and dodged questions about same-sex marriage. It took about four tries to pin him down on where he stands,...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Democratic Party, Family, Pat Quinn
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Children's Theatre players dive into Disney's 'Little Mermaid Jr.'
With its spring production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid Jr.," the Children's Theatre of Annapolis has found an ideal vehicle to reach its goal of presenting shows highlighting young performers' talents. This shortened version of the 2008 Broadway...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Stranger Than Fiction, Entertainment, The Little Mermaid (movie), Theater
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Packin' on buses and trains?
Change of SubjectOur story The CTA, Metra and Pace are urging the General Assembly to prohibit firearms on mass transit if a "concealed carry" bill is brought up for a vote this year. The transit agencies said they have "significant concerns that...... -
Theaster Gates makes no small plans for new U. of C. arts incubator
Google the corner of East Garfield Boulevard and South Prairie Avenue. Map it, zoom in: If you're using Google Maps, you'll see an old picture of the corner, a long marble building just west of Washington Park, a former Walgreens, boarded-up, decaying,...
Tags: Financial Aid, University of Chicago, Artists, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Cops release photos of suspect in attempted sexual assault
Police have released two surveillance photos of a man wanted in the attempted sexual assault of a woman who had just left a South Side CTA station. On Sunday, Feb. 24 at about 4:25 a.m. the 22-year-old woman left a CTA Red Line station and the man...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Assault
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Police shoot robbery suspect after chase
Tribune reporterChicago police chased a robbery suspect from River North into Bucktown and shot him after he tried to run over an officer, according to authorities. Police said the man is wanted in more than a dozen robberies of North Side convenience stores and...Tags: Theft, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, River North
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