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Rahm Emanuel's Constituents React To His New Job

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago

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Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel has accepted Barack Obama's offer to become White House Chief of Staff. And that leaves Illinois' 5th congressional ...

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Lincoln Park Stabbing

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

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A person was stabbed this morning in the 2100 block of North Halsted Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The victim was taken to Advocate Illino...

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Harold and Barack: Emotional Wisdom From 1983

Paul Engleman | Posted 10.08.2008 | Chicago

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The 1983 Chicago mayoral election has one obvious similarity to this year's presidential race. With only a few weeks left, there is a real possibility that something which until recently seemed unthinkable will happen: An African-American could be elected president.

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Of No Fixed Address: The Gospel According to Art

Christopher Devine | Posted 10.01.2008 | Chicago

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Art and his friend Martin have set up camp in a long, narrow storage space below a three-flat in west Lincoln Park. A single bulb lights the enclosed room.

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New Lawsuit Filed Over Lincoln Park Soccer Field

Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.23.2008 | Chicago

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Four months after getting the private Latin School to stop building a soccer field in Lincoln Park, a group of residents has filed a new lawsuit seeki...

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Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago

Christopher Devine | Posted 09.23.2008 | Chicago

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On the busy streets that frame Lincoln Park's expressions of grandeur, you will find some of America's poorest citizens.

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See What All The Fuss Is About: The Counter Burger In Lincoln Park

Gapers Block | Lori Barrett | Posted 09.09.2008 | Chicago

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Today is the grand opening of Counter Burger, a create-your-own burger joint (part of a California-based chain) on Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park. D...

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After New York & Los Angeles, What Does Chicago Have to Offer a Girl Like Me?

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 09.05.2008 | Chicago

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My first six months here were brutal. Too broke to splurge on winter clothes, I layered all of my LA outfits on top of each other and shivered through the worst winter Chicago had seen in a decade.

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Lincoln Park-Latin School Soccer Field Going Forward

Chicago Tribune | Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | Posted 09.03.2008 | Chicago

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After stopping the private Latin School from building a soccer field in Lincoln Park, a group of residents was unable to stop the Chicago Park Distric...

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Connecting The Dots In Chicago

Tom Tresser | Posted 08.17.2008 | Chicago

Can we calculate the cost of corruption to the citizens of Chicago? Does your city seem broke, incompetent, arrogant, unaccountable and impenetrable? Congratulations, you are a Screwed Citizen.

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Drive-By Shooting Lincoln Park

Chicago Tribune | Dan P. Blake | Posted 08.14.2008 | Chicago

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Two people were seriously wounded Thursday afternoon in a drive-by shooting on Chicago's North Side, and a third person was hurt after running into a ...

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