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State pollution board orders Chicago River cleanup

By Michael Hawthorne Tribune reporter 2:42 p.m. CDT, June 2, 2011 The Illinois Pollution Control Board today took the first step toward designating stretches of the Chicago River, Cal-Sag Channel and Little Calumet River safe for “primary contact,” a legal term that includes activities such as kayaking, canoeing, boating, wading …

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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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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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