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Wicker Park helps Chicago earn ‘most caffeinated city’ title

Wicker Park helps Chicago earn ‘most caffeinated city’ title

A recent survey about the most caffeinated city sent our reporter Samantha Peña out to Wicker Park to investigate. Like this: Like Loading…

Cheney Talks About New Book, Same Politics

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Cheney Talks About New Book, Same Politics

Former vice president Dick Cheney said Monday that the interrogators who tortured inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison were correct in using “more robust techniques” and should have been decorated for their work. “It’s regrettable that your coverage did not include mention of the protests outside the Union League Club when Cheney appeared there last […]

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French school wins approval to move to new Northside facility

A French international school moved one step closer to taking over the site of the long-abandoned Ravenswood Hospital after a recent vote by the Chicago Plan Commission. Lycee Francais de Chicago estimates it will educate 750 to 800 students at its new location, which it expects to occupy by July 1, 2015. The 17-year-old private, […]

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Marijuana ticketing to be enforced, expanded to Ford Heights

Getting a ticket for possession of 10 grams of marijuana or less, instead of getting arrested, could come to Cook County because of recent change to the cannabis possession ordinance. The Cook County Board of Commissioners expanded the jurisdiction of marijuana ticketing for possession of 10 grams or less, ordinance  to cover Ford Heights. The […]

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Season Ends at Wrigley

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Season Ends at Wrigley

The Cubs played their last game of the 2011 season at home in Wrigley Field. Reporter Evan Braun brings us the sights and sounds of this last touch of summer. Fans are not happy with the team this season, and they share their ideas for what’s wrong with the team and what’s right with the […]

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Lycée Français de Chicago Brings French Market to Town

The Lycée Français de Chicagoinvites Chicago to experience the tastes, sights, and sounds of a traditional French marketplace at its annual Fall French Market October 14–16, 2011. The school will transform itself into a bustling bazaar with more than 90 vendors, culinary demonstrations from top Chicago chefs, great raffle prizes, and children’s entertainment. Proceeds will […]

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Disability Advocates Rally Against Medicaid Cuts

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Disability Advocates Rally Against Medicaid Cuts

The chanting of “no justice, no peace” echoed through the city’s Downtown skyscrapers during a rallyto protest Illinois Medicaid cuts Wednesday afternoon. Protesters from various disability-rights and healthcare groups, holding signs that read “Medicaid cuts kill,” spoke out against the possibility of state and federal cuts to the healthcare program outside Chicago’s Federal Plaza at […]

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