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, Dec 26, 2012
Photo Issue 2012
A collection of reader-submitted images honoring Chicago's quiet-but-worthy moments
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, Nov 23, 2012
Abbate case is just the tip of the iceberg in city legal payouts
The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005
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, Jul 17, 2012
Looking for work in East Garfield Park
A glimpse of joblessness on the west side
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Local photographer Marc Monaghan documents the surreal NATO protests
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, May 18, 2012
NATO by the numbers
In honor of this weekend's summit and protests: an index!
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, May 16, 2012
The mayor's first year: moving forward, over and over again
Rahm Emanuel's first year in office looks a lot like Mayor Daley's first year in office
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, Mar 5, 2012
G8 moving to Camp David = one less summit to protest
It's clear that to Mayor Emanuel, this was a big fucking bummer.
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, Dec 9, 2011
Today's marijuana lesson comes from New York City
How Chicago can take a cue from New York City on pot possession.
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, Dec 9, 2011
Why are blacks busted more often for pot?
Illegal searches play a leading role in the racial imbalance.
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Patrick Gleason, ex-con and actor
"I put on one of my pistols that I always carried. It was second nature: I got dressed, I put on my gun." -Patrick Gleason
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, Aug 25, 2011
Faced with a cop shortage, some officials look to private policing
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, Jul 14, 2011
Rahm Emanuel's report card so far: there's room for improvement
Grades on budget, economic development, personnel, police, and schools
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, Mar 28, 2011
No Charges in Reported Hate Crime Against Alshaibi
No charges will be filed the reported March 6 beating of filmmaker Usama Alshaibi in Fairfield, Iowa, which Alshaibi initially labeled a hate crime.
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, Feb 3, 2011
They Got Us Wrong
The new Fox series, The Chicago Code, isn't bad but it isn't Chicago.
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, Jun 25, 2010
Park District Balks at Gun-Rights Group Meeting
Several weeks ago leaders of Illinois Carry got a permit to hold a meeting on gun ownership rights at a south side park. Yesterday park officials announced it's not going to happen.
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, May 21, 2010
The Mayor's the One Missing the Point
Mayor Daley's distaste for debate and dissent is the real issue behind the sodomy and shooting "joke."
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, May 20, 2010
Mayor Daley Threatens to Shoot the Messenger—Namely, Me
Mayor Daley offers to demonstrate the effectiveness of banning guns by shooting a certain reporter in the ass with one.
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Goodbye To My First Kiss
Kissing cousins, relative terms, and a guy who spits instead of swallows. All and all, not a bad night.
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, Feb 10, 2010
Surprise Package
Before bus plunges came trunk mysteries
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, Feb 8, 2010
He Took a Powder
Not a human cannonball so much as a human grenade
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