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Body found on Blue Line tracks in the Loop
Police have launched a death investigation after a CTA conductor discovered a mangled body on the Blue Line El tracks in the Loop early this morning. The body was found about 1:45 a.m. near the platform of the LaSalle station in the 100 block of West...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Police Department
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The monk's life — for a day or two
In early December I stumbled on what may be the largest breakfast in Chicago. It didn't come with a flashy, down-home title, like the "Monster Truck Driver Combo" or the "Peterbilt Protein Pile-up." Instead it was served to me in near silence, by two...
Tags: Bridgeport (Chicago, Illinois), Rentals, Transportation Industry, Religion and Belief, Strawberries
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Chicago parking meter rates to rise again in 2013
Tribune reporterIn an annual ritual that has become as predictable if not as joyous as a New Year’s Eve countdown to midnight, Chicago drivers again will have to dig a little deeper to pay to park at meters in 2013. Loop rates will go up 75 cents to $6.50 an...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley
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Off-duty Chicago officer, 54, dies after collapsing in hallway
Tribune reporterAn off-duty Chicago police officer died late Sunday night after collapsing in an apartment hallway, apparently of natural causes, authorities said. The 54-year-old officer, identified by police as Detective Patrick Finucane, was discovered...Tags: South Loop, Chicago Police Department
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Shootings, stabbing overnight wound 4
A 16-year-old boy and a woman were among four people shot overnight in the city, police said. Someone shot the woman in the leg about 5:20 a.m. today while she was outside in the 700 block of West Gladys Avenue in the West Loop Gate neighborhood,...
Tags: Greektown, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Police Department, Archer Heights
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Part two: Warning signs
When Bank of America credit officer Dan Petrik and his team sat down in early 2007 to analyze Sam Zell's plan to take control of Tribune Co., their numbers showed that the complex deal failed to meet five of the bank's 10 lending guidelines. There was...
Tags: Breach of Contract, Finance, Real Estate Buyers, Bank of America Corp., Jimmy Lee
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Police: Loop bank robber flees with cash
A Loop bank branch was robbed this morning, police said. The robber was wearing a baseball cap when he entered a Bank of America Bank branch and handed a teller a note demanding cash, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan....
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Theft, Chicago Police Department, FBI, Criminals
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Lady Gaga dines at Girl and the Goat, Dave Chappelle hangs out at The Shrine and Underground, Avicci DJing Studio Paris
There will be plenty of celebrities in Chicago this weekend due to Lollapalooza, but likely none bigger than Lady Gaga. The pop mega star with nearly 28 million Twitter followers had dinner at Girl and the Goat in the West Loop late Friday night. I...
Tags: The Temper Trap (music group), Celebrities, Avicii (music group), Calvin Harris, Entertainment Events
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Cops search for Loop bank robber
Authorities today released a surveillance photo of a man who robbed a Loop bank on Wednesday. The man walked into a Citibank branch, 222 W. Adams St., about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday and handed a teller a robbery note, said Chicago Police News Affairs...
Tags: Theft, FBI, Citigroup Incorporated
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Problem Solver: Updates on tickets, air conditioner, check for water damage
Loreen Targos continues to park her motorcycle in a free, legal parking spot in the Loop — and Chicago police continue to give her tickets. Since the Problem Solver last wrote about Targos two weeks ago, she has received an additional four parking...
Tags: Sleep Apnea, Jon Yates, Respironics Incorporated
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Teen jokes while pleading not guilty in Chicago car-bomb plot
Tribune reporterA 19-year-old high school graduate accused of plotting to bomb a Loop bar joked in court today when he was asked about the sentence is facing – life imprisonment. During his arraignment before U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, Adel Daoud,...Tags: FBI, Juvenile Delinquency
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Wrigley Building: Star of the skyline
Chicago Tribune reporterHoliday shoppers on Michigan Avenue this month can get a unique gift: Viewing parts of the Wrigley Building that haven't been visible to the public since the "fraternal twin" towers were completed in 1921 and 1924. The ongoing renovations, which have...Tags: Thomas Edison, World War II (1939-1945), Calvin Coolidge, Chicago Restaurants, Michigan Avenue
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