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CWB estimates that 21 people were taken into police custody during Wrigleyville’s Saturday-into-Sunday St. Patrick’s binge. IT AIN’T EASY BEING GREEN: St. Pat’s Festivities Rack Up 21 Arrests, 17 Ambulance Runs In Wrigleyville

A 1998 memo from White House speechwriter Jeff Shesol recaps a meeting with Emanuel, in which they were talking about a speech about a new bulletproof vest law. And how did Emanuel want Shesol to deal with National Rifle Association president Charlton Heston? “Shove it up his ass” the memo …

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The official date of St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th, 2014. Unfortunately, since it falls on a Monday this year most people will indulge in St Pat’s revelry the weekend before on March 15th. Here in Chicago, 2 of the biggest events are the St. Pat’s Trolley Crawl Chicago and …

Published March 3, 2014 By TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters Former Mayor Richard M. Daley and eight of his relatives found themselves in the middle of the latest investigation of David Koschman’s death. But none had to testify before the grand jury that indicted Daley nephew Richard J. …

February 28, 2014 12:21 PM CHICAGO (CBS) – Police Supt. Garry McCarthy was cautious Friday in his reaction to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s assessment that the Police Department was slow to react to changes in gang structures as street gangs became more fractured and violent crime spiked. McCarthy acknowledged it took …

JimmyFallon takes the PolarPlunge in Chicago this morning. More pix http://sun-tim.es/1fTcS3D pic.twitter.com/pyExjShHCG Link

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Cook County Sherriff Tom Dart responds to a lawsuit that describes a ‘sadistic culture’ at Cook County jails.  

CHICAGO (CBS) — City crews are scrambling as a record number of people are without water because of frozen pipes. And, as CBS 2′s Dorothy Tucker reports, relief for those suffering seems like a long way off. Some residents have taken to shoveling snow into buckets and then boiling it …

FREE screening (and panel) of a new film about the media – “Shadows of Liberty” – Feb. 25th, 7PM ‘Shadows of Liberty’ Launches National Screening Tour at Northwestern University School of Law!!! Chicago, IL — On TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, at 7:00 PM at the Northwestern University School of Law (357 …

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“Trending toward insolvency.” “The country’s worst school system.” “The murder capital of America.” This is Rahm Emanuel’s third year as mayor of Chicago, and everything is under control. By Neil Steinberg on February 19, 2014 Read more: Rahm Emanuel Mayor Interview – Rahm Emanuel Profile – Esquire

By Rachel Cromidas, RedEye 2:35 p.m. CST, February 18, 2014 A third man has been charged with flooding parts of Trump Tower, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, after he and two friends were denied service at a bar because they were intoxicated, police said. Daniel T. Maradei, …