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On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted. Comment?
Cubs chairman threatens to move team from Wrigley
The owner of the Chicago Cubs threatened Wednesday to move the team out of Wrigley Field if his plans for a big, new video screen are blocked, saying he needs millions of dollars in ad revenue to help bankroll the renovation of the storied ballpark. Comment?
Legal fight settled over Chicago parking meters
Kyle Vocelka buys some time for his vehicle from a Chicago parking meter kiosk across the street from St. Comment?
Midwestern river cities brace for floodwaters
Communities along the Mississippi River and other rain-engorged waterways are waging feverish bids to hold back floodwaters that may soon approach record levels. Comment?
From Rockies to Rust Belt, storm brings extremes
Officials survey a gaping sinkhole that opened up a residential street on Chicago's South Side after a cast iron water main dating back to 1915 broke during a massive rain storm, Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Chicago. Comment?
Storm woes range from sinkhole to snow to twisters
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Officials survey a gaping sinkhole that opened up a residential street on Chicago's South Side after a cast iron water main dating back to 1915 broke during a massive rain storm, Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Chicago. Comment?
City, Cubs push $500 million Wrigley renovation
The historic home of the Chicago Cubs will get a $500 million facelift, including its first electronic outfield video board, as part of a hard-fought agreement announced Sunday night between the City of Chicago and the ball team. Comment?
Cubs, Chicago close to Wrigley renovation deal
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In this April 4, 2012 file photo, people walk outside Wrigley Field in Chicago. Two people with knowledge of the negotiations between the Ricketts family that owns the Chicago Cubs and the city say the two are near an agreement on a $500 million project at Wrigley Field. Comment?
March homicides drop dramatically in Chicago
Almost exactly a year after Chicago's surging homicide rate caught the nation's attention, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy rolled out statistics Monday that showed a dramatic drop in the number of killings. 8 comments
Parents, union to fight Chicago school closings
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Deviyea Dean, an eighth grader at Mahalia Jackson Elementary School in Chicago listens as Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks outside the soon to be shuttered school, Thursday, March 21, 2013, about the planned closing of public schools. 1 comment
Revelers from NYC to Dublin mark St. Patrick's Day
Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed during New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, and people with a fondness for anything Irish began a weekend of festivities from the Louisiana bayou to Dublin. Comment?
Revelers await St. Patrick's Day from NY to Dublin
The Irish, their descendants and the Irish for the day prepared to don green and pay tribute to Hibernian heritage as a weekend of St. Comment?
Irish showdown: Boston vs. Chicago
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The city of Chicago may dye the Chicago River green each year, but does that give it the right to claim itself the "US headquarters for Saint Patrick's Day?" The ShamROCK Chicago Council launched an online and Facebook campaign to encourage Chicagoans to show city and Irish pride. Comment?
Need surgery? Good luck getting hospital cost info
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Sean Toohey, a grains broker at the Chicago Board of Trade, who had hip replacement surgery last summer ,walks home from work Monday, Feb. Comment?
Suit: Answering calls, scanning emails deserves OT
Does scanning emails and answering calls from bosses on your smartphone after hours constitute work that should be compensated? A lawsuit winding its way through federal court in Chicago says that it does. Comment?
Teen performer at inaugural events fatally shot
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A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in the president's hometown, killed in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. Comment?
Ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan released from prison
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was released from federal prison and into a Chicago halfway house Wednesday after serving more than five years for corruption. 2 comments
Prominent Chicago businessman dies in Calif.
Barry Lind, a leading voice in the futures industry for many years and a fixture at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, has died after being hit by a car in Southern California, according to coroner's officials. Comment?
Daley nephew appears before new judge
A nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has made his first appearance before a new judge on involuntary manslaughter charges. Comment?
Chicago looks to be US headquarters of St. Patrick's Day
For a good number of Bostonians, there is nowhere they'd rather be on St. Patrick's Day-except perhaps Ireland, itself-than the streets of their city celebrating their collective Irish heritage. Comment?