Tag: chicago
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July 27, 2006 07:11 AM EDT --
When I was in college in Chicago, I had the experience of a lifetime. Not in a good way, but in a very bad way. This is a follow-up article to Perp Walk, about a shoplifter in my store last night.
I . . . more
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December 05, 2007 08:55 AM EST --
Well, it seems slow and steady is the way this snowstorm has decided to go. There were several points in the storm last night were the flakes were coming down hard, but it seemed to slow down overnight . . . more
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February 08, 2008 05:02 PM EST --
Since Valentine's Day will soon be upon us, I decided to share this little tid bit of information that I got off of a post card I picked up in Chicago.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, . . . more
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December 27, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
I just ran across this Chicago Tribune article concerning the chior director at Barack Obama's church in Chicago being a homicide victim. I know the area well and both the church and the scene of . . . more
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September 15, 2006 05:19 AM EDT --
It seems the people affected did not like what the Chicago City Council was trying to do.
The Council voted to require all "Big-Box" retailers to pay a minimum wage of $10/hour and $3 benefits . . . more
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June 27, 2007 09:59 PM EDT --
The number of children in Chicago killed each year by gun fire is just staggering--yet very rarely discussed. Every so often there's news of an A-student, a basketball star, or a sweet toddler . . . more
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September 02, 2007 11:36 PM EDT --
A trip to Chicago for us is always accompanied by either thunderstorms, snow storms, rain and the past year we had returned from the airport twice! So this time, we had fingers crossed when we reached . . . more
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February 27, 2008 11:26 AM EST --
I have been thinking about hosting a Gather meet up in Chicago. After I saw that one was being planned on the East coast I figured why not ChiTown?
I love my town, and I love showing it off. . . . more
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May 12, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
I am leaving tomorrow to go back up to Chicago. This time for fun! I am going to stay with some friends that I haven't seen in many years! I am super excited.
So, not that I have been around much . . . more
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June 13, 2008 04:34 PM EDT --
Here is a big trial we were following in Chicago. How this guy beat the rap is beyond me but he did and as I understand the FBI made a positive ID of Kelly as being in the film that bought about the charges. . . . more
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June 18, 2008 03:08 PM EDT --
http://www.paulfrank.com/windycity/
Enter to win a weekend package for you and your child to hit up one of the greatest summer music festivals ever. Paul Frank's Lollapalooza & Kidzapalooza . . . more
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June 24, 2008 10:29 PM EDT --
With the higher gas prices impacting everything, I was wondering what is the job market like in your area? Are things slow, about average, booming? Have there been any businesses coming into or departing . . . more
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July 01, 2008 08:37 PM EDT --
I passed the station in Westchester, IL about 30 miles west of Chicago and gas was 4.29.9 or 4.30 per gallon. I'm biking and using public trans more.
What are you paying for gas and where, how . . . more
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June 29, 2008 06:50 PM EDT --
Will Obama's Chicago past come back to haunt him? That's the question posed by John Fund, in the WSJ Political Diary .
Mr. Obama was on shakier ground when he insisted that none of the burgeoning . . . more
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November 04, 2007 03:52 PM EST --
Thought I would throw a little Chicago Trivia into the Gather world. So here is my first Chicago Trivia question (who knows this may become a daily/weekly thing).
What Chicago street . . . more
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April 21, 2008 05:14 PM EDT --
It's recently come to my attention that three of my favorite people on Gather -- Brian T., Lainie P. (I'm beginning to think the P. stands for Pregnant!), and GREMS "gremlin," all live . . . more
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June 30, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
The below chart ran today 6/30/08 in the Chicago Sun- Times. I know that people say that Obama may raise taxes and he will, but probally not on most Americans according to the chart here. This chart wasn't . . . more
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July 13, 2008 11:33 PM EDT --
We attended a festival last weekend in Elburn, IL. One of the reporters for a local paper in that area saw my youngest on the big slide and wanted to talk to him. My son and his Daddy made . . . more
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December 06, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Flaggie’s Letter to His Mother After the Great Chicago Fire Oct. 8, 1871
(edited and reposted)
While rummaging in boxes for pictures, I ran across a copy of a letter written in 1871 by . . . more
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April 07, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
There are so many things to do in Chicago, anyone can tell you that. Chicago has a huge list of museums, beaches, jazz clubs, theatres, and festivals.
The list of things to do can go on and on. I have . . . more
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