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Chicago crime overnight report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • The zero-tolerance approach to alcohol possession and public urination seemed to work at Sunday's South Side Irish Parade. No arrests were reported, police said, and two citations were...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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Traditions honored during South Side Irish Parade
Tribune reporterNot even a knee replacement could stop Pat Duignan from marching in the South Side Irish Parade, viewing the event through a mesh eye slot cut in the middle of a shamrock. The 74-year-old parade veteran plodded along 12 blocks of South Western Avenue in...Tags: Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Dance, Mardi Gras
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Chicago's top Irish stores
Chicago ShoppingUndoubtedly, many retailers around Chicago every St. Patrick’s Day season sell the “Kiss me I’m Irish” buttons and green plastic hats, but stores featured here go beyond the clichés of leprechauns and rainbows. From baked goods...Tags: Sandwiches, Lifestyle and Leisure, Saint Patrick, Inventories, Bacon
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Miller Lite sponsors free St. Pat's shuttles
RedEyeMiller Lite is offering free shuttle rides for the St. Patrick's Day festivities. For the South Side Irish Parade, shuttles will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. March 10. The next weekend, shuttles will operate between the Loop, Old Town, Wrigleyville,...Tags: New Year's Day, Wrigleyville, Chicago Transit Authority, St. Patrick's Day
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Crackdown coming on South Side Irish Parade brawling
Clout StreetA Southwest Side alderman’s plan to prevent a return of rampant drunken misbehavior at the South Side Irish Parade moved a step closer to approval Thursday. Ald. Matthew O'Shea's proposal would stiffen penalties for violations near a parade route....Tags: Fines, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Punishment, Matthew J. O'Shea
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Chicago plan to double fines for drinking, peeing near parades advances
RedEyeParade-goers drinking in the street could get slapped with a fine of up to $1,000 under a proposal advanced Thursday by a key City Council committee. The original proposal would have doubled the fines for drinking in the public way and public...Tags: Fines, Gay Pride Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Punishment
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Nov 1: Poll Results
WGN NewsMORNING NEWS POLL: Do you think increasing fines will reduce bad behavior at the South Side Irish Parade? Yes: 26% No: 74% MIDDAY NEWS POLL: Would you be okay with having a digital billboard in your neighborhood? Yes: 36% No: 64% NEWS AT NINE POLL:...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Alderman: Hike fines at South Side parade or 'idiots will come back'
Tribune reporterThe Southwest Side alderman whose ward hosts the South Side Irish Parade wants to stiffen the repercussions for drinking or publicly relieving oneself around Chicago parade routes to try to prevent a return of the drunken mayhem that briefly forced...Tags: Fines, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Punishment, Matthew J. O'Shea
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Aug 2: Poll Results
WGN NewsMORNING NEWS POLL: Do you think birth control pills should be covered by health insurance? Yes: % No: % MIDDAY NEWS POLL: Do you think the South Side Irish Parade should return? Yes: 79% No: 21% NEWS AT NINE POLL: Yes: % No: % THANKS FOR VOTING.Tags: WGN, Elections, Politics
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Friday, March 9, 2012
5:30 - 9 a.m. Jonathon Brandmeier 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Mike McConnell 9:35 a.m. Its the end of the world as an asteroid is hurdling toward earth. Mike McConnell talks to a NASA expert. 12 - 3 p.m. John Williams 12:05 p.m. John Williams will be...Tags: NASA, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Blackhawks Game Tickets, Lotteries
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Baltimore St. Patrick's Day parade a festival of music, beads and green
Some 700 miles away from home, Center Stage intern Meghan O'Rourke still got to celebrate her Irish heritage in Baltimore.
She missed out on a family tradition Sunday — Chicago's South Side Irish Parade — but Baltimore's St. Patrick's Day...Tags: Entertainment Events, Martin O'Malley, Washington Monument, Arts and Culture, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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