Video: "48 Hours" takeaway: The War in Chicago
Correspondent Maureen Maher previews a "48 Hours" special on Chicago's fight against drugs, guns and gangs in America's third-largest city -- and her ...
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Chicago commuter headache as 'L' train line shut for five months
Doing the project all at once - "ripping off the Band-Aid" - will save $75 million compared with doing it over four years, CTA President Forrest ...
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Fiery Chicago teachers union president reelected - Washington Post
CT CT-MET-KAREN-LEWIS-A_CTMAIN 0911 SR Karen Lewis, the fiery leader of the Chicago Teachers Union who led a strike last year and became a nationally ...
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David's Bookclub: The Warmth of Other Sons
The achievement of Isabel Wilkerson's amazing The Warmth of Other Suns is to transmute sociology into memoir. The migration of 6 million black ...
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A World of Thank You’s!
As I write this blog, I’m sitting on a plane headed home from Chicago. This was the last stop on my
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Stories differ over pitbull shot by off-duty Chicago cop
The family of a pitbull puppy shot dead by an off-duty Chicago police office grieved Saturday over the pet they described as “just like my baby.” The ...
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Cerna 'Chickie' Alter, 1939-2013
Highland Park woman made her mark in Chicago with corporate art consulting business Cerna "Chickie" Alter was not a brilliant artist, but she knew ...
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StoryCorps booth allows Chicagoans to make history into a microphone
StoryCorps sets up recording booth in Cultural Center Sitting across from his son Peter in a warmly lit booth at the Chicago Cultural Center earlier ...
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Town of Marshall devoted to keeping its rich history alive
One of the first things that caught my eye as we drove along Michigan Avenue in Marshall, Mich., was the Rexall Drugs sign, resplendent in blue, ...
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Sprint Acquires U.S. Cellular Spectrum In Chicago, St. Louis And More
These days, it's a spectrum turf war for carriers. The more spectrum they have, the more power and coverage they have... so they'll do anything to ...
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