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By Rosemary R. Sobol Tribune reporter 4:21 p.m. CDT, September 25, 2012 An “apparently intoxicated” Cook County prosecutor became disruptive in an adult store on the North Side and bit a worker in the leg when told to leave, authorities say. Sarah Naughton, 31, an assistant state’s attorney since 2008, …

By FOX News Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues. American Power Source makes military clothing in Fayette, Ala., but its government contract expires in October. Federal Prison Industries – which also operates under …

FBI: U.S. citizen wanted to carry out jihad Posted: 6:30 AM By: CNN Wire Staff CHICAGO (CNN) — The FBI said Saturday it has arrested an 18-year-old American man who allegedly tried to blow up a car bomb in front of a downtown Chicago bar. Adel Daoud, of the Chicago …

It’s usually good news for music-loving Chicagoans when the city gets to play host to just one high-caliber music festival — and with those prospects doubled this weekend, music fans in the area have been tasked with a tricky choice. In this corner, Chicago’s Riot Fest. The punk-geared festival, in …

By joel • Sep 12, 2012 • Print-Friendly The seven members of Chicago’s Board of Education, along with CEO Jean-Claude Brizard, are, in theory, responsible for the governance of the city’s schools. In reality, they are only accountable to the man that appointed them—Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As anyone who has …

Parents started arriving at Disney Magnet School shortly after 8 a.m. Many were from nearby Nettelhorst Elementary. They walked their children past protesting teachers as security guards directed them to an area in back of the school across a parking lot. Some parents said they found the situation awkward. “It’s …

By TAMMY WEBBER and DON BABWIN Associated Press US Video Buy AP Photo Reprints CHICAGO (AP) — The vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union said Saturday the city school district’s latest offer in contract negotiations was disappointing and that the wrangling would continue throughout the weekend, as tens of …

By Noel Sheppard | September 03, 2012 | 07:49 “Is the President just another Ivy League A–hole shredding civil liberties and due process and sending people to die in some s–thole for purely political reasons?” So asked perilously liberal actor John Cusack Saturday in an article published by Truthout: Mr. …

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By Mary Wisniewski Reuters 10:54 a.m. CDT, August 28, 2012 CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two people died and six others became ill after contracting Legionnaires’ disease in an outbreak linked to a Chicago Marriott hotel this summer, city health officials said. The eight cases were among 8,500 people staying at the …

By David Kravets 08.28.12 6:00 AM When Golden Valley Electric Association of rural Alaska got an administrative subpoena from the Drug Enforcement Administration in December 2010 seeking electricity bill information on three customers, the company did what it usually does with subpoenas — it ignored them. That’s the association’s customer …

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8:58 AM, Aug 13, 2012, By DANIEL HALPER In campaign remarks yesterday at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago, Illinois, President Barack Obama praised his adopted city, where he lived before becoming president of the United States. “Chicago is an example of what makes this country great,” Obama said. His …

By Peter Nickeas Tribune reporter 4:06 a.m. CDT, August 24, 2012 Nineteen people were shot across the South and West sides from Thursday evening through early Friday morning — 13 of them wounded over a 30-minute period, authorities say. The overnight shootings peaked between 9:15 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. That’s …