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Friday is Walk to Work Day
RedEyeForget April Fool's Day. Friday is Walk to Work Day, where Chicagoans, no joke, can ditch the CTA and Metra in favor of their own two feet. The event is championed by the Active Transportation Alliance, a Chicagoland biking advocacy group. It's supposed...Tags: Human Interest, Pullman, South Deering, April Fools' Day, Chicago Transit Authority
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Demolition of last Cabrini high-rise 'a sad sight'
Tribune reporterThere was a time when a visitor couldn't just nonchalantly walk into the Cabrini-Green housing development. Anyone who wanted to pay a call to the high-rise public housing building had to get past "security." "Gangs were running the stairwells, doing...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Depression, Human Interest, Health, Public Housing
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Man on lift hurt after sidewalk collapses
A man was injured this morning after falling from an accordion lift into an underground vault on the Near North Side when a vaulted sidewalk apparently gave way, officials said.
Emergency crews were dispatched to 600 W. Chicago Ave. just before 11 a.m....Tags: Health, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Cops: Woman poured boiling water on dinner guest
Tribune reporterA Near North Side woman who had offered to make dinner for an elderly neighbor instead poured a pot of boiling water over the woman’s head, leaving her with severe burns, prosecutors alleged Monday. Lynn Baggett, 51, is charged with aggravated...Tags: Health, Interior Policy, Politics, Crimes, Housing and Urban Planning
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Truck driver finds man dead in downtown alley
A truck driver making a delivery this morning found the body of a man in a Near North Side alley, police said. The dead man, believed to be about 60, was found dead in an alley south of Ohio Street just east of State Street about 5 a.m., police News...Tags: Human Body
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Man stabbed at Lawson House YMCA
A man was stabbed this morning inside a Near North Side YMCA, officials said. The stabbing occurred about 9:15 a.m. inside the Lawson House YMCA, 30 W. Chicago Ave., and involved a male and female resident, according to Chicago police and YMCA...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Health, Human Interest, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hospitals and Clinics
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Man shot on Near North Side
Tribune reporterA man was shot in the leg in the Near North Side Side Goose Island neighborhood early this morning, police said. About 2:30 a.m., a 25-year-old man was in the 1400 block of North Halsted Street when he was shot in the leg, according to a release from...Tags: Health, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Hospitals and Clinics
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10 things you might not know about speeches
President Barack Obama and speechwriter Cody Keenan, a Chicago native, were praised for the president's address after the Arizona shootings. Next comes Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Here are 10 things to talk about:
1. Sometimes a long...Tags: Arizona, World War II (1939-1945), Studs Terkel, Nazi Party, Politics
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Caretaker called 'an angel' for saving toddler
Tribune reportersThe father of a toddler who was injured Saturday afternoon when a drunk city worker drove into a crowd of pedestrians called the girl's caretaker "an angel on this earth" for pushing the girl out of the way. The toddler's father, Hugh Jones, filed a...Tags: Trials, Washington (U.S. state), Criminals, Drunk Driving, Punishment
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Neighborhood population drain
Chicago's central core grew increasingly vibrant during the past decade, as young professionals filled new condominiums in the Loop and surrounding neighborhoods, taking advantage of trendy restaurants and nightspots.
But vast swaths of the city didn't...Tags: Pilsen, Pullman, Englewood, Garfield Park, Politics
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Crash ends photo shoot on Near North Side
Tribune reportersEight people, including several involved in a photo shoot depicting a wedding party, were injured when a city pickup truck hit a group of pedestrians on the Near North Side Saturday afternoon, officials said. A vehicle struck the people -- at least one a...Tags: Emergency Planning, Human Interest, Health, Marriage, Photography
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Coyote wearing wire spotted on Near North Side
Chicago Breaking NewsA coyote spotted on the Near North Side is believed to be part of a study of urban wildlife and is not considered a danger to the public, an official said today.The animal was spotted by someone in the area about 8:35 p.m. Tuesday near Division Street...
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