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Controversy, too, is harvest of White House garden
It was while she was serving dinner to her kids in 2008 and their dad was out campaigning for president, that Michelle Obama hatched a modest daydream: a vegetable garden on the White House grounds.
She'd recently had a conversation with her children's...Tags: Bee (insect), Soups, Obesity, Zucchini, The Biggest Loser (tv program)
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Next city police commissioner faces challenging benchmark
However Baltimore's plain-spoken police commissioner is remembered, when he departs on the first day of August, he will leave his successor a challenging target. The number 200. That is the standard by whichFrederick H. Bealefeld III's successor will be...
Tags: Maryland State Police, Murder, Litigation, Prisons, Heroin
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Prairie garden or weed-infested yard?
The dispute began simply enough, with a neighbor's complaints about the plants behind a southwest suburban couple's backyard. Where the neighbor saw weeds, the two U.S. EPA employees who lived in the home saw an environmentally friendly prairie garden....Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Frankfort Square, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Frankfort
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Totally 'Boss' summer
RedEyeA cunning vampire overlord, a murderous meth maker and an oil baron carrying a Texas-size grudge: In a summer TV schedule stuffed with bold, brash characters, Mayor Tom Kane vanquishes all pretenders. He's the biggest, the boldest. He is the "Boss."...Tags: Grant Park, Connie Nielsen, Methamphetamine (drug), Entertainment Events, Martin Donovan
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Police union demands overtime pay for officers working NATO weekend
WGN NewsCity officials have heaped praise on Chicago's police for putting in extra hours during the NATO Summit. Now that the protests are over, the police union is demanding the city put its money where its mouth is. The Fraternal Order of Police filed its...Tags: International Organizations, Chicago, NATO Summit, NATO
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Wilma is Chicago's poster pet for dog licenses
The Chicago City Clerk’s office today announced the winner of an online competition to let website visitors pick their favorite newly licensed dog — part of a push to register more canines in the city. Wilma, a chocolate Labrador retriever...
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Emanuel talks tough on parking
Mayor Rahm Emanuel stuck with the tough talk on Chicago's parking meter deal Thursday, pledging to fight a new bill for $22 million the meter leasing company recently sent the city for lost revenue.
Emanuel has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of...Tags: Lawyers, Illinois Governor, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Transit Authority, Companies and Corporations
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Fitzgerald succession pick is a political hot potato
Dick Durbin and Barack Obama have a political problem involving their choice of the next federal prosecutor in Chicago, now that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is leaving the office.
And it won't go away before the November elections.
There's been a...Tags: Mitt Romney, Lawyers, Political Corruption, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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CTA dedicates new 'L' station at Morgan and Lake — the first new Chicago stop to open in 15 years
Community activists have unsuccessfully prodded Chicago officials for years to build more CTA rail stations along the Lake Street elevated structure and on the branches of the Green Line to promote economic development in struggling neighborhoods below...Tags: West Loop, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Jon Hilkevitch, NATO Summit, Chicago
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Emanuel talks tough on big parking meter bill
Tribune reporterMayor Rahm Emanuel stuck with the tough talk on Chicago’s parking meter deal today, pledging to fight a new bill for $22 million the meter leasing company recently sent the city for lost revenue. Emanuel has positioned himself as a staunch opponent...Tags: Lawyers, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor, Patrick Fitzgerald
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Elmhurst Celebrates Memorial Day with 94th Parade on May 28
TribLocal - ElmhurstELMHURST, IL, May 17, 2011 — Led by Grand Marshal Leonard F. Prescott, a decorated Petty Officer in the United States Navy, nearly 90 entries …... -
City Hall fights parking tickets: Tab now up to $50 million
As profits soar for the company running Chicago's metered parking spaces, so are the multimillion-dollar bills the outfit is asking taxpayers to foot under little-known provisions in its long-term deal, according to documents obtained by the Tribune. The...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Wage Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Rahm Emanuel, Business Enterprises
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