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Chicago NATO Summit focuses on Afghanistan
The Chicago NATO Summit yielded some progress Sunday on reopening NATO truck routes through Pakistan to Afghanistan while the U.S., NATO and new French President Francois Hollande decided not to rock the alliance over France pulling combat troops from Afghanistan this year. President Barack Obama …Read More
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Daley appointee: Working for the taxpayers while suing them
THE WATCHDOGS: Eight months before leaving office, Mayor Richard M. Daley hired a friend, Patricia C. Bobb, as inspector general of the Public Building Commission of Chicago in a move to block his nemesis, City Hall Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, who wanted to examine the multimillion-dollar construction deals approved by the commission and expose bogus minority subcontractors. Bobb hasn’t done much, records show. And now Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to replace her as early as next month.
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Iraq-Afghan veterans against war return medals
Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans spoke out against the wars and NATO Sunday morning in Grant Park with an anti-war concert and rally and a march to near McCormick Place, where the NATO Summit was taking place, and at another rally at which many of them gave back their medals.
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NATO chief calls Chicago ‘perfect place for this NATO summit’
NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen on Sunday praised President Barack Obama’s leadership of NATO and the president’s choice of Chicago for the summit. Obama rival Mitt Romney wrote a letter to the editor of a Chicago newspaper arguing that Obama has provided weak leadership, not leaning …Read More
Nation
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Inside Sunday’s violent clash between ‘Black Bloc’ anarchists, cops
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Hundreds of protesters rally outside Art Institute
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Chinese activist renews call to fight injustice after returning to U.S.
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg changes his status: ‘married’
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Blind Chinese activist lands in US
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Mourners gather in New York for funeral of Mary Kennedy
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Want to see the solar eclipse? Tips to stare safely
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Gazpacho on the menu as Michelle Obama hosts G-8 spouses at White House
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Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove
Crime
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Two men killed in early morning Pilsen shooting
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‘NATO 3’ suspects ‘not violent’
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Crowd cheers as protesters freed after arrests
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Supt. McCarthy on the front line: ‘You lead from the front.’
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NU study: 2,000 U.S. inmates exonerated
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Wisconsin protester charged in weapons case
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Source: Group beaten at Tinley Park restaurant were white supremacists
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Officer suffered concussion in van incident in Loop Saturday, top cop says
Politics
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Inside Sunday’s violent clash between ‘Black Bloc’ anarchists, cops
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Crowd cheers as protesters freed after arrests
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Polish president honors Gov. Quinn, Illinois National Guard
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Hundreds of protesters rally outside Art Institute
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Obama on NATO Summit: It’s no Taste of Chicago
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Tensions rise during NATO 3 march
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Chief of protocol eyes every NATO detail
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University: We don’t want community service from ex-Ryan adviser
City Hall
Mayor Emanuel after 1st year: 'I'm impatient to get things done'
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Supt. McCarthy on the front line: ‘You lead from the front.’
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Up to 1,000 march through Loop, clash with cops
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Rahm’s not home, but protesters streaming past his house
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Woman charged with pushing North Side alderman in breadcrumb dispute
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Cubs boss Tom Ricketts works to douse Obama political firestorm
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Rahm blasts plan to attack Obama by Super PAC linked to Rickettses
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Police union erects billboards to give NATO leaders glimpse of hiring flap
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NATO Summit prompts police grievance by Chicago cops over OT pay
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Transcript: Police Supt. McCarthy on NATO, one-year on job
World
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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dies
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Millions look skyward as rare eclipse crosses Asia
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Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious material
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Son: Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead
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Trapped Chinese coal miner rescued after 17 days
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Tunnel blast kills 20 at Chinese construction site
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Powerful quake kills at least 4 in northern Italy
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Transgender contestant loses in Miss Universe Canada pageant
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Syria: Suicide vehicle bomb hits military compound









