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Chicago braces for largest anti-NATO protest

Jeremiah Wright Jr., leaving his Chicago church during the campaign and shrugging off suggestions that the preacher's fiery rhetoric had any effect on him over the 20 years of their close friendship. How close? Wright inspired the title of Obama's book Thousands of protesters took to Chicago's streets ahead of the NATO summit due to [...]

Chicago braces for largest anti-NATO protest

I'd like to make a suggestion to President Obama, Tom Morello bellowed to the capacity crowd gathered for the National Nurses United rally at Chicago. Three protesters at the NATO summit in Chicago have been charged with terrorism conspiracy stemming from allegations that they planned to make Molotov cocktails. The three were being held on [...]

Chicago protests on eve of NATO summit raucous, peaceful

By Dan Adams, Globe Correspondent Three men were arrested on terrorism and possession of explosives charges in Chicago Saturday, including one with ties to the Boston area. Prosecutors say the men were plotting to attack President Barack Obama's RHP Kerry Wood announced his retirement Friday after the Cubs' game against the Chicago White Sox. RHP [...]

Chicago Woman Fired for Doing Work at Lunch Wins Unemployment Claim

caption id="attachment_9089" align="alignright" width="403" caption="Photo from South side Irish parade facebook page"][/caption] If you live in the south side of Chicago near 95th and Western you've probably attended the There was silence in the meeting room at the Marriott Chicago Downtown. Then Carl Ashley, who oversees declassification in the State Department's office of the historian, [...]