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BY TIM NOVAK and CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters December 14, 2011 10:03PM More than seven years after her 21-year-old son David Koschman died as the result of a punch thrown by a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley, Nanci Koschman asked Wednesday for the appointment of a special prosecutor to …

By Joel Hood and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune reporters December 15, 2011 More than 50 protesters took command of Chicago Public Schools’ board meeting Wednesday, shouting down board members in a dramatic show of force against proposed school closings, consolidations and turnaround projects. In a chaotic scene that echoed …

Posted 12/14/11 3:09 p.m. WLS Radio’s Bill Cameron Reports CHICAGO (WLS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants big new powers to help stage the NATO and G8 summits here in Chicago next May. WLS Radio’s Bill Cameron reports from City Hall that the mayor is asking the aldermen to give him …

Chicago police have released surveillance video they say shows tow truck drivers stealing cars on the streets of Chicago. Link

By Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune reporter December 13, 2011 A City Council committee Monday approved paying more than $3 million to settle two cases of alleged misconduct that, according to one key alderman, indicated “a troubling pattern” in Chicago Police Department lockups. Police and civilian detention aides were accused in …

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, D-Orland Park, wants to gut a pension reform bill with new legislation friendly to union officials. (E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune / December 12, 2011) December 13, 2011 We don’t expect the perpetrators — a slew of Democrats in the Illinois House — to confess. But let’s …

December 12, 2011 1:13 PM CHICAGO (CBS) — If you’re a stingy, Scroogey type at Christmas, the Admiral Theatre has an incentive for you to change your ways. Yes, that Admiral Theatre. Beginning Monday and continuing through Saturday, the Admiral is offering a free lap dance to anyone who donates …

In celebration of the opening of Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977, the Art Institute will project Andy Warhol’s 1964 film Empire—a single, eight-hour-long nighttime take of the Empire State Building—from the museum’s Bluhm Family Terrace across Millennium Park to the upper stories of the Aon Center. Warhol’s …

New Furnace Loan Program Financing Available Now! December 5, 2011 Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas are excited to announce the launch of the on-bill financing program for high-efficiency furnaces! Financing options are available beginning today for qualified residential customers. Eligible residential customers of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas can now apply for a low-interest loan to purchase a high-efficiency …

The Chicago Sun-Times and its sister publications in the suburbs will start charging for online access, joining the ranks of newspapers looking for revenue from digital sources. Access to web sites controlled by Sun-Times Media LLC will be governed by a “metered” pay plan starting Thursday. Web site users will …