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Former Mayor Daley’s staff saw parking-meter problems brewing, records show
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staff was aware of major problems with the city’s parking-meter privatization deal in 2010 — a year and a half before the costly issues publicly surfaced, according to hundreds of pages of documents released Wednesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration.
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Judge delays court fight over closing Chicago schools until July
Protesters’ last, best chance of halting the closure of 50 Chicago public schools will be resolved at a four-day hearing in July, a federal judge ruled Thursday morning.
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O’Hare, Midway offer free Wi-Fi access to 41 websites
O’Hare International and Midway airports are now offering free Wi-Fi access to 41 websites, via a new portal called “The Good Stuff,’’ officials said Thursday.
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Congress Theater close to being clear of city violations
The Congress Theater is just a step away from being cleared of its city violations. On Thursday, city attorney Judy Frydland told a Cook County judge the theater at 2135 N. Milwaukee must still connect its backup generator and lighting system before any sort of city agreement can be made.
Metro
Schaumburg official injured in Oklahoma tornado shares harrowing experience
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Zachary Fardon nominated as next U.S. attorney in Chicago
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Congress Theater close to being clear of city violations
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1 injured from extra-alarm blaze at abandoned West Side building
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Former Mayor Daley’s staff saw parking-meter problems brewing, records show
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Police: Two bodies found in car trunk on South Side
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Two seriously injured after CTA bus crashes into building
Nation
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Body of child found in deadly Minnesota landslide
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NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season
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Man’s car stolen with wife’s ashes in trunk
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17-pound bone found during western Indiana flood cleanup
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Most students released after Indiana school bus crash
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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
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Solar plane completes 2nd leg of cross-country trip
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1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide
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Alabama governor signs bill on carrying guns
Crime
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Man gets 50 years in prison for killing man he pimped to his pregnant wife
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Boy, 16, fatally shot in Back of the Yards
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Ealy denied killing ex-Burger King boss, co-worker testifies at murder trial
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Ex-con gets 32 years for sexually assaulting roommate
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Pipe bomber ‘The Bishop’ gets 37 years in prison
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Dude, where’s my friend’s car? Naperville man passes out in pickup truck
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Police warn of robberies on Loop CTA trains, platforms
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Police: Man touches woman’s leg at South Loop CTA station
Politics
Former Mayor Daley’s staff saw parking-meter problems brewing, records show
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Teachers union vows to change political landscape after schools vote
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Emanuel, business leaders make pitch for McCormick arena — and it’s a tough sell
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Daley nephew trial expected next year, grand jury still working
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Outgoing GOP chief Pat Brady warns leaders: ‘It’s not 1980 anymore’
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Lynn Sweet: Black Caucus chair asks for lenient sentence for Jesse Jackson Jr.
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N.J. Gov. Chris Christie had secret weight-loss surgery
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Bar group honors Sun-Times’ Koschman stories
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Quinn vetoes electric-rate hike; legislators likely to override
City Hall
Former Mayor Daley’s staff saw parking-meter problems brewing, records show
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Teachers union vows to change political landscape after schools vote
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Emanuel, business leaders make pitch for McCormick arena — and it’s a tough sell
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Police lead school-closing opponents out of City Hall, 25 get tickets
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Teamsters back away from representing O’Hare janitors
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Unions, retirees slam Emanuel plan to cut health-care subsidy
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Art imitating life: ‘Crime Scene’ to be staged at Chicago parks this summer
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$750,000 in private funds to bring summer culture to parks
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Daley nephew trial expected next year, grand jury still working
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Emanuel to announce $300 million DePaul stadium plan for McCormick Place
World
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Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam
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Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state
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Puerto Rico legislator targets parents of dropouts
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Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort
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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels
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Ukrainian journalists disrupt government session
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El Salvador president meets pope amid Romero hopes
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Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
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Syrian opposition urges rebels to join key battle












