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A community portal about Chicago with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Chicago is a major city in the state of Illinois. The city is the largest in the Midwest and the third-most populous city in the United States, with approximately 2.9 million people. The Chicago Metropolitan area, sometimes informally called Chi-town or Chicagoland, has a population of 9.4 million in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana making it the third largest in the United States. Chicago is located along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan and is a center of transportation, industry, politics, culture, finance, medicine and higher education. Chicago is informally called the " Second City," the " Windy City," the "City of Big Shoulders", and "Chi-town."
This girls name was Inez Clark, She is in Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. This boy was known as Josie Lyon. He died at 9 yrs. old in 1891. His parents erected this monument, and I think it's just so cool. It's in the Cavalry Cemetery in Evanston, Il. So on Saturday it was so nice out and we went on a cemetery tour. First we went to the Cavalry Cemetery in Evanston, that's where we visited Josie, that statue is so haunting to stare at, it's almost like he's really in there looking back at you...
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A woman will testify at R. Kelly's upcoming child-pornography trial that she had a three-way sexual encounter with Kelly and the allegedly underage girl shown in the videotape at the center of the case, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Saturday (May 3). Jury selection for the long-delayed case is scheduled to begin Friday.
In the case, prosecutors claim to have identified the girl in the videotape, who is now in her 20s. Kelly's lawyers are planning to argue — and the alleged victim will...
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More than 7,000 miles separate Chicago and Tehran. But on May 14, the city council of the American city will consider whether to take a stand on an event that would have far reaching consequences for residents of both: a US attack on Iran. A resolution introduced into the council by one of its members, Alderman Joe Moore, would put the city on record as opposing a preemptive strike against Iran by the US. The resolution urges all congressional representatives whose districts include parts...
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I've lived in Chicago all my life, and I love it, although this winter has been a little rough. But there really is a lot to do here, in any season. I love summer, hanging at the beach with my family or walking around Lincoln Park zoo, there's always stuff going on there, and of course Wrigley field. But I think fall is my favorite season, I love to watch the trees turning colors and carving pumpkins at halloween. My son loves winter, he likes to snowboard, (I think if I did that I would...
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Chicago has a lot of infamous history. I think that most people connect Chicago to the gangster era. The most famous is the St. Valentines day massacre. The gruesome scene happened at the SMC Cartage Co. on Clark st. It has been torn down and its now a parking lot. 7 men were gunned down by gangsters in police uniforms. I went on vacation once down to Ixtapa, Mexico, and a waiter had asked us where we were from and when we said Chicago, he said, "oh bang bang, gangsters" That was pretty...
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NEW YORK/CHICAGOA - Final bids for the Chicago Cubs will likely be due late September or early October, two sources said on Thursday, as owner Tribune Co seeks to sell the storied baseball team by the year end.
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Associated Press - September 5, 2008 10:04 AM ET Corrected Version CHICAGO - Despite a boycott to bring attention to school funding, the Chicago Public Schools saw a record high attendance rate on the first day ...
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Kevin Youkilis and Jason Bay each knocked in three runs as Boston blasted Chicago, 8-0, in the opener of a three-game set at Fenway Park.
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From The Chicago Sun-Times September 2, 2008 Storm brews over Palin BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Columnist ST.
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Jayson Werth hit another home run against the Chicago Cubs and 45-year-old Jamie Moyer got his 12th win, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 victory that salvaged a split of their four-game series at ...
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, Wash. -- Leaders of Boeing Co.'s Machinists union called Friday for a strike after rejecting the aerospace giant's "best and final" contract offer. They urged union members to reject the offer in a vote set for Wednesday. The Chicago-based company
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Candice Dupree had 24 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to help the Chicago Sky win their third straight game with a 82-81 overtime win over the Detroit Shock on Sunday night.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed two hits in eight innings, Dustin Pedroia had four hits and Jason Bay drove in three runs to help the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 8-0 on Friday night.
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Alfonso Soriano's solo home run in the seventh inning was the difference, as the Chicago Cubs clipped the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2, in the second of a four-game series at Wrigley Field.
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A former supervisory plumbing inspector for the City of Chicago was convicted Thursday of attempted extortion for taking a $500 cash bribe.
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