Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Civilian Office on Police Accountability to replace IPRAAug 29, 2016 11:00 pm - The new agency charged with investigating police wrongdoing will be called the Civilian Office on Police Accountability, aldermen were told Monday as they haggled with t...
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Brookfield Zoo mourns loss of 83-year-old Cookie the cockatooAug 29, 2016 1:00 am - He was crusty, a curmudgeon, as only the elderly can be. Sometimes he would shriek. While he did tolerate certain people, others he just wanted to bite. "If he didn't li...
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Emanuel orders crackdown on food truck violatorsAug 28, 2016 11:00 pm - There's nothing wrong with Chicago's 4-year-old food truck ordinance that can't be remedied by strict enforcement, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday. Emanuel responded to a...
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Fix is in for Manfredini to open another store in suburbsAug 28, 2016 1:00 am - Lou Manfredini is well known to Chicago and suburban fans as host of the WGN Radio show, Mr. Fix-It. He also hosts WGN-TV's half-hour program, House Smarts, and contribu...
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How 3 top GOP donors from Chicago are approaching 2016Aug 25, 2016 1:00 am - Ron Gidwitz, Dan Webb and William Kunkler are veteran Republicans - and friends - from Chicago's political money circuit. They raised buckets of cash for Mitt Romney fou...
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Kirk accuses Duckworth of making fun of stroke victimsAug 24, 2016 1:00 am - Sen. Mark Kirk defended himself Wednesday against claims made by Democratic challenger U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth that he "lacks the ability to control what he's saying" ...
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CTU Big Bargaining Team urges teachers to walk if no deal by OctoberAug 23, 2016 11:00 pm - The Chicago Teachers Union's Big Bargaining Team wants the union to walk off the job if a contract deal isn't reached by October. That's according to the union's latest ...
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Montgomery makes nice Cubs debut in ColoradoAug 21, 2016 1:00 am - DENVER - Not surprisingly, John Lackey doesn't plan to spend any more time on the disabled list than he's forced to with the shoulder soreness that put him on the DL Fri...
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Thunderbirds back as Chicago Air and Water Show wows crowdsAug 20, 2016 1:00 am - Planes thundered so close over Chicago's waterfront Saturday that viewers on beaches and rooftops reflexively ducked as they cheered the Chicago Air and Water Show. Show...
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Trump struggles to fill Chicago tower retail spaceAug 19, 2016 11:00 pm - A yearslong effort by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to rent retail space at the base of Trump's namesake tower in Chicago has struggled to find success, accordin...