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“Justin” is 6 feet 2, 250 pounds, with a build that looks like it could split open a suit jacket during a particularly violent sneeze. But the mixed martial arts expert from Des Plaines insists it was his “training,” not brawn, that allowed him to wrench a loaded pistol from …

Suddenly, from the broadcast booth, came these deliberately-spoken words from the late, great “MNF” color-man, Howard Cosell. “An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City,” Cosell said, interrupting the excitement of a 13-13 game. “John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side …

By Jared S. Hopkins Tribune reporter 12:45 p.m. CST, November 30, 2011 After hotel tax figures came in this year, the city of Chicago for the first time had to pitch in extra money to help pay off renovations and maintenance to Soldier Field and U.S. Cellular Field, home of …

BY THOMAS HARGROVE November 25, 2011 11:32PM FILE–An office building on the Motorola campus in Harvard, Ill., about 60 miles northwest of Chicago, is shown Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2001. The company announced it will close its cell-phone manufacturing plant in Harvard, Ill., and eliminate 2,500 jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett) Cook …

By: Lynne Marek November 22, 2011 (Crain’s) — Chicago Tribune is doubling and tripling weekday delivery rates for some readers when their subscriptions come up for renewal. The newspaper, a unit of Chicago-based Tribune Co., has sent some subscribers letters notifying them of the increases; others have simply seen a …

Staff report 3:11 a.m. CST, November 23, 2011 A teen has been charged with decking a man at a downtown ‘L’ station earlier this year in an incident recently posted on the Internet that prompted a citywide search for the attacker. Chicago police said that Scotty Strahan, 18, was the …

Emanuel prevailed, after reworking the increase in response to Mendoza’s criticism that the mayor was making life tougher on minivan-driving moms and other law-abiding Chicagoans to balance his budget. But it’s the clerk’s office that will likely receive the complaints next year when the owners of nearly 1.3 million vehicles …

AIR-ONE police truck Spotted this police truck on Madison Street in the Loop recently. It’s intimidation factor is so over the top that I thought it was an improperly parked movie prop. It turns out, it’s legit. The “my police department can beat up your police department” vehicle isn’t part …

By Abdon M. Pallasch Political Reporter apallasch@suntimes.com November 19, 2011 9:28PM Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivers the keynote speech in support of President Obama, at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner, in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) Emanuel says he backs unions before …

November 19, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A Native American tradition is sparking hope in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. The area is a community facing gangs, guns and violence, but with the help of a Catholic priest, peace is the message this week. “We want to walk for peace …