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Bride found dead in bathtub; police hunting Maserati-driving groom
Just hours after saying "I do," Estrella Carrera was found stabbed to death in her Chicago-area bathtub, still wearing the glittery, sequined dress she wore at her cocktail reception. A manhunt is now underway for her husband, Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, who is...
Tags: Family, Marriage, Chicago Tribune, Rentals, Chicago Restaurants
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26-foot-tall Marilyn Monroe sculpture lands in Palm Springs
L.A. NOW“Forever Marilyn,” the 26-foot-tall statue that became a controversial fixture on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, has been getting final touch-ups since her arrival in Palm Springs Monday morning.... -
Mega Millions mystery solved: Illinois couple claim $218 million
A husband and wife from an Illinois farming town have staked their claim to a $218-million share of the record Mega Millions jackpot that recently riveted the nation. Merle and Pat Butler spent just $3 on lottery tickets (using the quick-pick method)...
Tags: NASA, Chicago Tribune, Mega Millions Lottery, Lotteries, CNN (tv network)
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Obama explains decision to move G8 summit from Chicago
Chicago TribunePresident Obama on Tuesday said he was confident in Chicago's ability to host the G8 gathering of world leaders and played down the notion that security concerns had anything to do with the decision to move the May meeting from Chicago to Camp David....Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Summits, Vladimir Putin, Politics, Grant Park
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Patt Morrison Asks: Blue blood, Peter O'Malley
In 1938, after voters recalled L.A.'s crooked mayor, Frank Shaw, it's said that someone planted a sign on the City Hall lawn: "Under new management." The new ownership of the Dodgers needs no sign. The purchase, by a Chicago financial service company at a...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Magic Johnson, Peter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball
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L.A. catching up to Chicago in sleaze
Panning for gold in the local cesspool is always lucrative, but it's been one fat nugget after another lately.
We've got Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa marketing himself for his next job before he finishes this one; City Atty. Carmen Trutanich...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Charlotte, Chicago Elections, Jan Perry, Elections
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Gay marriage draws support from U.S. mayors led by Villaraigosa
L.A. NOWL.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was among a group of 80 mayors in Washington D.C. on Friday who pledged their support for gay marriage and announced an initiative aimed at expanding marriage rights for same-sex couples.... -
Controversy, too, is harvest of White House vegetable garden
It was while she was serving dinner to her kids in 2008 and their dad was out campaigning for president, that Michelle Obama hatched a modest daydream: a vegetable garden on the White House grounds. She'd recently had a conversation with her children's...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Summer Squash, Soups, Bee (insect), Travel
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Police union demands overtime pay for officers working NATO weekend
WGN NewsCity officials have heaped praise on Chicago's police for putting in extra hours during the NATO Summit. Now that the protests are over, the police union is demanding the city put its money where its mouth is. The Fraternal Order of Police filed its...Tags: NATO Summit, Politics, International Organizations, NATO
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Wilma is Chicago's poster pet for dog licenses
The Chicago City Clerk’s office today announced the winner of an online competition to let website visitors pick their favorite newly licensed dog — part of a push to register more canines in the city. Wilma, a chocolate Labrador retriever...
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Prosecutors: Undercover work showed 3 men planned to hit police, mayor's house, Obama HQ
Police surrounded the three men — now known as the NATO 3 — outside a Bridgeport drugstore last week and peppered them with questions as officers searched their car.
The two sides traded barbs about the Occupy movement and the 1968 Democratic...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Social Media, Police Investigations, Rentals, Laws
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Emanuel talks tough on parking
Mayor Rahm Emanuel stuck with the tough talk on Chicago's parking meter deal Thursday, pledging to fight a new bill for $22 million the meter leasing company recently sent the city for lost revenue.
Emanuel has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Rahm Emanuel, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago Mayor, Companies and Corporations
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