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Axelrod On Obama Transition Leaks: 'No One Is Frustrated' (VIDEO)

  |   November 21, 2008 06:45 PM

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Barack Obama's chief campaign strategist and soon to be White House senior advisor David Axelrod said the transition team is not upset over the...

U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Should Stay: Durbin

Associated Press   |  Mike Robinson   |   November 21, 2008 06:00 PM

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Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday he will recommend another term for corruption-busting federal prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald if he wants to stay on as...

Why Chicago Is Really Called The Windy City

Chicago Reader   |  Robert Cass   |   November 21, 2008 05:56 PM

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"If you had always assumed that Chicago earned its nickname as the Windy City from the chilly gusts coming off Lake Michigan, you would be...

Senator Durbin Rips Big Three Automakers

AP   |   November 21, 2008 05:49 PM

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Sen. Dick Durbin is ripping into auto industry leaders, calling them out of touch with ordinary people. But he indicated there's still a chance for...

Sidwell Friends Famous Alumni (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post   |  Willow Lindley   |   November 21, 2008 05:48 PM

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It's official: after much speculation, the Obama girls will be attending Sidwell Friends School when they move to Washington, DC in January. Check out our...

New Charges For Man Convicted Of Bestiality

  |   November 21, 2008 05:41 PM

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A Hobart, Ind. man convicted of sexually abusing and killing a chicken in 2001 has been indicted by a federal grand jury on new...

Chicago Police Department To Hold Gang-Fighting Summit

AP   |   November 21, 2008 05:23 PM

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Chicago police officers will study gang-fighting strategies at a summit that will focus on getting search warrants, building tight cases against gang members and using...

Every Illinois County Voted Against The Constitutional Convention

Progress Illinois   |  Josh Kalven   |   November 21, 2008 04:48 PM

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A Progress Illinois analysis of the 2008 general election results found that every county in the state voted heavily against the proposed 2010 constitutional convention....

Schools Seek A 1% Income Tax Hike

Catalyst Chicago   |   November 21, 2008 04:21 PM

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Chicago Public Schools officials are floating plans for a one-point increase in the state's 3 percent flat-rate personal income tax, and a slightly higher increase...

Teens Protest Police Use Of Assault Rifles

Chicago Tribune   |  Steve Schmadeke and Angela Rozas   |   November 21, 2008 04:13 PM

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Nearly 100 teens marched outside Chicago police headquarters Thursday night to protest the department's plans to equip officers with semi-automatic rifles, saying the weapons could...

Less Than 50 Restaurants Cited For Smoking Ban Violations

NBC 5   |  Matt Bartosik   |   November 21, 2008 04:05 PM

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It's been nearly one year since the statewide smoking ban took effect. How have Chicago businesses been coping? The Department of Public Health has ticketed...

Obama Has Lunch At Manny's Deli (VIDEO, SLIDESHOW)

  |   November 21, 2008 02:04 PM

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President-elect Barack Obama picked up lunch at the iconic South Loop deli Manny's Friday. (Scroll down for a complete account of his stop and a...

Obama Makes Video Pitch For Chicago Olympics

AP   |  STEPHEN WILSON   |   November 21, 2008

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Chicago presented its 2016 Olympics bid to a key international audience Friday with a powerful endorsement from its highest-profile supporter in America:...

Chicago Tribune Dumps Sports Columnist Mike Downey

  |   November 21, 2008 12:22 PM

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Chicago Tribune sports columnist Mike Downey is leaving the paper, Phil Rosenthal reports: "The Tribune was generous enough to make me one of the...

Obama Inauguration: Bill Daley Likely Committee Chair

  |   November 21, 2008 12:09 PM

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Former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley is "likely" to be one of the co-chairs of the Obama inauguration committee, Lynn Sweet reports in the Chicago...