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Veteran officer offered to release prisoner from lockup in exchange for sex, prosecutors sayA veteran Chicago police officer appeared in court Friday on charges he had sex with a prisoner he had promised to release from the West Side lockup where the officer was stationed.
- Prosecutors: Fake cop forced woman to have sex (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Chicago woman gets 30 years for murder of Joliet john (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Experts: Chicago's sex IQ low, STI rates high (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trice: Fraternity helps young men talk about sex and sexuality (Category: USA, Illinois)
Business consultant attracted foreign companies to ChicagoRobert M. Ady had a long career helping companies identify sites for offices and plants. He went on to lead World Business Chicago, which worked to attract foreign companies to the Chicago area.
- Shirley Klem, 1925-2011 (Category: USA, Illinois)
- 2 firms make pitches for running Illinois Lottery (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Taxpayers come out ahead on public works projects (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Emanuel defends secrecy of business group (Category: USA, Illinois)
Education best defense against swindlers and sneak thieves, police sayIt starts with a phone call and the voice on the line says "hi grandma." The caller states he or she is in jail — typically in a foreign country — and needs the grandmother to wire them money for bail.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Employee alerted merchants about cigarette inspections in exchange for cash, authorities sayAs a Cook County revenue inspector, Robert Mitchell was tasked with catching merchants selling illegal cigarettes.
- Police target johns with billboards and steep fines (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Appealing property assessments a little less taxing (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Telephone conversation leads to arrest in Albany Park slayings (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Candidates for County Board president debate health care oversight (Category: USA, Illinois)
Witness testified that he found a bullet on his driveway, felt intimidated by ex-copDefense attorney Steven Greenberg on Wednesday asked for a "mistrial with prejudice" after the questioning of witness Thomas Pontarelli by Will County Assistant State's Attorney Kathleen Patton during redirect examination. The following is an excerpt of that exchange, which the court provided to the Tribune upon re...
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Ex-state senator once led Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a DuPage County official Ray Soden, a former president of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and state senator, was with the Navy in the Pacific during World War II and was an advocate for veterans all of his life, serving as the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the early 1970s.
- Where veterans can get help (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Veterans Day closings (Category: USA, Illinois)
- A few private words at a veterans cemetery (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Bill would give jobless veterans a boost (Category: USA, Illinois)
Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday dismissed the idea that he would sign into law a major gambling expansion in exchange for a promise from lawmakers that they will pass a follow-up ethics measure when they return to the Capitol in the fall.
- Gambling, speed camera measures advance in Illinois House (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Minority aldermen tell Quinn casino means jobs, urge him to sign bill (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Quinn rebuffs Emanuel's pressure to OK Chicago casino (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Quinn intensifies criticism of gambling expansion bill (Category: USA, Illinois)
Eligible frequent fliers would have to provide certain background information on themselvesSome passengers on United Airlines will soon have the option to undergo expedited security screening at O'Hare International Airport in exchange for volunteering certain background information about themselves, the Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Strict testing rules can prevent cheating – if they're followed (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Off-duty cop killed in Austin neighborhood (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Focus turning to NATO, G-8 summits in Chicago (Category: USA, Illinois)
Desperately seeking someone to take on the unions and Boss MadiganAs you sit here in Madiganistan, the wind-swept and debt-ridden wasteland once known to foreign travelers as Illinois, and look northward to the free lands of Wisconsin, the question arises:
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
'Consolidated power and secrecy are not ingredients for effective government,' former prosecutor saysUnder Illinois state ethics law, lawmakers are not banned from having a financial relationship with people whose interests come before the General Assembly. Instead, the law contains caveats against accepting financial benefit if the lawmaker "knows or should know" it was offered in exchange for in...
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Media visitors marvel at 'gleaming city on the lake'The first visit to Chicago for Michelle Stockman, a video journalist for French news agency AFP, made quite an impression.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
After visiting a metropolis with so many sides, which face of Chicago will NATO visitors take home?On Thursday, I asked a French journalist, freshly arrived from Paris, what she planned to cover while she was in Chicago for the NATO summit.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
At luncheon in Chicago, she says international system still coping with triple shock since 9/11, describes 3 major policy focus points in AfghanistanThe international system is still grappling with the triple shocks of the Sept. 11 attacks, the global economic crisis of 2008 and the Arab Spring, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said at a Thursday luncheon hosted by The Executives' Club o...
- Rice to appear at GOP lawmaker's fundraiser (Category: USA, Illinois)
- No buzzer-beater needed this time (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Robert 'Tubby' Bacon, 1930-2012 (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Fred Rice, 1926-2011 (Category: USA, Illinois)
The spelling and pronunciation of some 65 international leaders have been checked and rehearsed. A circular table so massive a school bus could fit on it has been custom-built. And dozens of doors have been examined — do they swing in or out? — to ensure nothing trips up a foreign dignitary.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Whatever you do, don't forget the palm greaseTo our most gracious foreign guests from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization:
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Likely candidate for town president focuses on issueFor years, an appointment to a board or commission in Cicero came with financial benefits not found in most other municipalities, including annual salaries as high as $10,000 and family health insurance, all in exchange for working on panels that typically meet once a month.
- A new round for racetrack site (Category: USA, Illinois)
- 2 men struck and killed by Metra train near Cicero (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Town president gets new trial in political firing case (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Woman remembers horror of finding mother, daughter slain as 1993 case goes to trial (Category: USA, Illinois)
Hundreds of soldiers from the Illinois National Guard will be deployed in Chicago during next month's NATO summit to help move foreign dignitaries around the center of the city, among other duties, guard officials said Tuesday.
- Restrictions planned on lake, Chicago River during NATO summit (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Tribune looks ahead to top stories of 2012 (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Secrecy shrouds Emanuel's planning for G-8 and NATO summits (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Focus turning to NATO, G-8 summits in Chicago (Category: USA, Illinois)
Fledgling group aims to inspire its members to take first step toward health and fitness Along South Ashland Avenue, Marketa Whitaker slowly jogged past the White Castle restaurant and the crowds outside the currency exchange and stamped her feet on the oil-soaked concrete sidewalk in front of the Englewood transmission shop.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Angalia Bianca had everything growing up, but soon life went in a downward spiral. Now she volunteers for CeaseFire, helping youths keep out of trouble.Angalia Bianca grabbed the young man by the jacket and affectionately shoved him against the window of a currency exchange.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Others say events could be 'disaster' The May summits of world leaders in Chicago are an unmatched opportunity to build the city's global image and to attract more foreign visitors, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his supporters said Wednesday in a pitch for cooperation that stayed away from potential downsides like the violent protests that have marred similar meetings in the past.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- CPR saves dog's life (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
Montgomery woman spent some of cash on designer purses, prosecutors sayErica Salgado cashed checks at a Montgomery currency exchange so often that she became friendly with the manager.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
In her own home and abroad, Bolingbrook woman promoted foreign exchange opportunitiesDeanne de Langlade's introduction to foreign student exchange programs came through the prism of her teenage daughter's over-the-moon reaction to a presentation at her high school in Bolingbrook in the mid-1970s.
- Sleeping boy goes undetected at bus drop-off, gets extra shut-eye on ride to terminal (Category: USA, Illinois)
- How geriatric experts care for their own (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Madigan leads sweep at South Side nursing home (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Indiana man drowns at Starved Rock (Category: USA, Illinois)
Illinois' junior senator lauds former Massachusetts governor's 'managerial talent,' foreign policy stanceMark Kirk will endorse former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's bid for the GOP presidential nomination Monday, sources close to the political operation of the first-term Illinois Republican senator said Sunday.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
A student-exchange program between Thornton Township High School and Schaumburg High School fosters common ground between kids who lives in different worlds when it comes to education.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
High school kids find common ground between Schaumburg and HarveyWith trepidation, the teens boarded buses to travel to the unknown, their minds swirling with preconceptions about their two Chicago-area high schools some 50 miles apart.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
School district bringing in expert to advise on all grade levelsNaperville Unit District 203 is bringing in an outside expert to explore the possibility of improving and expanding its foreign language programs.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
U.S. also lacks agreements with some nations that have gotten millions of dollars in aidA major impediment to hunting fugitives who flee across U.S. borders is America's patchwork of more than 100 extradition treaties with foreign governments.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
Cullerton 'disappointed' in governor's exclusion of racetracks in casino expansion Illinois Senate President John Cullerton said Thursday night that he's "disappointed" in Gov. Pat Quinn's rejection of a plan to put slot machines at horse-racing tracks in exchange for expanding casino gambling to Chicago.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
'In Europe, it's very much the epic American road trip'PONTIAC, Ill. — The honeymooners from Spain spoke limited English, but that didn't stop Mayor Bob Russell from giving them a hearty welcome to his community.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
A high school trip to Qatar has become more than just a cultural exchange for a group of Lindblom Math and Science Academy students.
- Immigration issues split Kirk, Giannoulias (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Mary Schmich: How short is too short? (Category: USA, Illinois)
- Trump Tower spire to light up tomorrow night for the first time (Category: USA, Illinois)
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