Friday 18th May, 2012
NATO protesters start storming Chicago
Mytheos Holt ) Chicago isn’t exactly a hotbed of homespun America and apple pie motivated sentiment. But apparently even the residents of Chicago have limits regarding what they’ll ...
And Here Are Our Preakness Picks
e-ponies.com Twelfth Race - Preakness his computer says 7-9-3-6 *****for today the black eyed Susan he likes 4-7-2***** Although he got caught in the stretch to finish second in the Derby, ...
Police Union Mounts Billboards To Highlight Manpower Shortage
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police thinks all the publicity surrounding the NATO Summit is a good time to publicize its beef with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. As WBBM ...
Appeals Court Backs Quinn’s Move To Deny Workers’ Raises
CBS 2 ChicagoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — A federal appeals court is backing Gov. Pat Quinn’s move to deny pay raises to thousands of union workers. As WBBM Newsradio’s David Roe reports, a lower ...
Some I-55 closures to begin earlier than expected
ABC7May 18, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Security officials say that to make sure I-55 is completely empty by 12:01 a.m. Saturday, one ramp and some lanes wil be shutting down throughout the evening Friday. ...
Texas authorities to watch border for bride death suspect
ABC7May 18, 2012 (CHICAGO) -- The nationwide hunt for a man accused of killing his new bride intensified Thursday, as the FBI issued an unlawful flight warrant for Arnoldo Jimenez. Police already had ...
Lawyers: Bridgeport protesters had no Molotov cocktails
ABC7May 18, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The National Lawyers Guild refuted claims Friday they say the Chicago Police Department is making that Molotov cocktails were recovered in a Thursday night house raid ...
F-16s to fly over Chicago in summit defense drill
ABC7May 18, 2012 (CHICAGO) -- Air Force F-16s and other military aircraft will scream through the skies over Chicago Friday as part of preparations for securing the NATO ...
Wade lets loose with expletive at Spoelstra MAY 18
General Sources08:08 AM ET 05.18 | In some ways, Dwyane Wade's 2-of-13 night on the floor was the least of his transgressions. There was a frustration that boiled over in the third quarter as a team dreaming ...
Drew makes his case to stay MAY 18
General Sources08:10 AM ET 05.18 | The support of Hawks players, which helped Larry Drew get the job in the first place, may serve him well. As Drew awaits word from the team if it will pick up his contract option ...
Gasol in Dallas? MAY 18
General Sources08:07 AM ET 05.18 | The clock will begin to tick a little louder on the Lamar Odom watch in Dallas. Whether he meant to or not, [Rick Carlisle on ESPN Dallas] opened the door for speculation that ...
40 Fed Agencies Man Secret Command Center Outside Chicago
Infowars.comMay 18, 2012 Chicago cops, the FBI, Homeland Security, Secret Service and a large number of unnamed others have established a high-tech secret command center to surveil people exercising their ...
First big NATO protest rolls out Friday
Chicago TribuneNATO summit weekend descends on Daley Plaza today, promising to gather thousands of people protesting government economic policies they believe benefit wealthy corporate interests at the expense of ...
Would Sam Adams seek permission from the mayor?
Chicago TribuneSam Adams and the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party. No one asked for a permit. Did Sam Adams ask King George for a writ of protest? "They didn't have protest permits ...
Seeing the city through foreign eyes
Chicago TribuneNATO summit . Maybe — as local officials hope and some members of the media imagine — she would be busy transmitting the wonders of the Windy City back to the City of ...
Cellphone of slain bride's husband used in Texas, authorities say
Chicago TribuneThe Chicago man accused of stabbing to death his new bride in Burbank might have traveled to a Texas town near the Mexican border, authorities said Thursday. According to details included in a ...
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outlines main foreign policy issues for U.S.
Chicago TribuneEx-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to the Executives' Club of Chicago, stressing the importance of Afghanistan and indispensability of Pakistan to U.S. foreign policy ...
Ex-Blagojevich aide to serve 10-day federal sentence in McHenry County Jail
Chicago TribuneJohn Harris, a former top aide to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, leaves court with his wife in March after being sentenced to 10 days in prison. He will serve his time in the McHenry County Jail beginning ...
Panel to oversee district's spending
Chicago TribuneAfter the state schools chief described the North Chicago school district's budgetary condition as a "train wreck," the State Board of Education gave unanimous approval Thursday to ...
Drew Peterson trial ready to begin
Chicago TribuneDrew Peterson is set to go on trial — again. The former Bolingbrook police sergeant was first scheduled to go on trial for murder in 2010, but a last-minute appeal by prosecutors in the ...
Anti-Obama ad flap deals blow to Wrigley Field rehab plan
Chicago TribuneChicago Cubs ' ownership team had been offered a plan for using a super PAC to run racially tinged attack ads that linked President Barack Obama to his former pastor, the ...
Ready, set: Here comes NATO summit weekend
Chicago TribuneNATO summit weekend in Chicago is finally here, and a hearty hallo, bonjour, hola, ciao, përshëndetje, ahoj, здравей, hej, sveiki, and cześć to all. Or, as they once exclaimed ...
U.S. protocol officers make sure everything runs smoothly during NATO summit
Chicago TribuneNATO negotiations — U.S. officials have spent months poring over all the finer points of diplomacy. From airport salutations to motorcades and seating assignments, protocol specialists have ...
O'Hare volunteers the first to welcome summit-goers
Chicago TribuneO'Hare International Airport to give those travelers and visitors something else — a broad smile and warm handshake. "I just want to welcome everyone to Chicago," said ...
We have the freedom to assemble — but where?
Chicago Tribune9/11 era. Beneath the relatively tranquil surface, however, there have been skirmishes over Chicago's renowned public spaces, including Daley Plaza, where a ...
DuPage County Sheriff’s Office Stuck Borrowing Radios For NATO Summit
CBS 2 ChicagoWHEATON, Ill. (CBS) — The DuPage County Sheriff's office is being criticized this morning for not preparing properly for the NATO Summit weekend. As WBBM Newsradio's Dave Berner ...
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