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City: Expansion of gambling would be bad bet for Aurora

AURORA — The city of Aurora expects gaming tax revenues to be seriously impacted if all the casinos in the state’s proposed gambling expansion bill are built. “It would make it difficult for existing casinos like the one in Aurora to compete,” said city spokesman Kevin Stahr about Hollywood Casino …

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Notary Public Chicago

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Chicago’s tech guru envisions ‘smart’ services

Tolva is counting on his chief data officer, Brett Goldstein, to expand upon Goldstein’s work developing a Chicago Police Department program that aims to predict when and where crime will happen. “We want to apply analytics to sets of data to identify patterns,” Tolva said. That could mean comparing a …

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Aquaponics taking root in Chicago

Startup companies bet locally sourced fish, produced in self-sustaining habitats, can win over city-dwellers By Christopher Weber, Special to the Tribune May 25, 2011 Amid the worst economy in decades, Andrew Fernitz, 23, thinks he can raise fish and organic produce for a living. While his classmates are searching for …

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Iron Maiden singer moonlights as pilot

Posted by Shia K Iceland Express is increasing service from O’Hare International Airport to Reykjavik starting in June, and the company has pulled from its pilot ranks to help promote the service. It turns out Bruce Dickinson, lead singer for the English metal band Iron Maiden, also is a commercial …

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New Ethics Rules for Chicago

On May 18, 2011, in Uncategorized, by Sarah Kovit On Monday, May 16th Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed three new executive orders and reissued three additional executive orders. The three reissued executive orders include a ban on political contributions to the mayor from the owners of companies that do business with …

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