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Probe deepens as U.S. attorney subpoenas ex-city official
Federal authorities have launched a criminal probe of bribery allegations in Chicago's red-light camera program, issuing a subpoena for financial records of the former city official at the center of the escalating international scandal. The subpoena,...
Tags: Government, Prosecution, Public Officials, Corporate Crime, Politics
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Will Penny Pritzker become the next U.S. commerce secretary?
In late 2009, President Barack Obama appeared on "60 Minutes" and said "fat-cat bankers" were smothering his efforts to craft new rules for Wall Street. As soon as the reforms cleared Congress six months later, the president's top advisers launched a...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Gaming, Entertainment, Allstate Corp., Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.
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Red light camera firm admits it likely bribed Chicago official
Chicago's embattled red light camera firm went to City Hall on Friday in its latest effort to come clean, acknowledging for the first time that its entire program here was likely built on a $2 million bribery scheme. By its sheer size, the alleged plot...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Public Officials, Corporate Crime, Chicago Mayor, Business Enterprises
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Officials tout improved center business, hotel occupancy
Business improved at the Tinley Park Convention Center in the first full year of operation following a $22 million expansion that more than doubled the size of the venue, and officials tout an increase in hotel occupancy in the south suburbs as well....
Tags: McCormick Place, Politics, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Taxation, Finance
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Judge halts O'Hare convention center project
A project to build a convention center near O'Hare International Airport has been temporarily stopped by a federal judge after a government lawsuit accused the developer of trying to bilk Chinese investors out of millions of dollars. Anshoo Sethi's...
Tags: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Judges, O'Hare International Airport, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Pat Quinn
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Emanuel cuts cord with besieged red-light camera firm
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration dumped the city's longtime red-light camera vendor Friday following a Tribune report about new allegations that the company gave lavish sporting trips to a former city official and then lied about it to City Hall. The...
Tags: Public Officials, Spring Training, Laws, Chicago Mayor, Business Enterprises
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City dropping red-light camera firm as probe heats up
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today he will axe the city’s embattled red-light camera vendor when its contract expires in July, citing new investigative findings that the company gave thousands of dollars in free trips to the former city official who...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Newspaper and Magazine, Public Officials, Spring Training, Corporate Crime
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Fall Out Boy reuniting, despite past denials
Less than 48 hours after Pete Wentz denied that Fall Out Boy was reuniting and told the Tribune "don't hold your breath that it's happening," the Chicago-area quartet’s website revealed Monday that the band has a new album and tour on the way....
Tags: Jim Belushi, Entertainment, John Cusack, Titanic (movie, 1997), Dennis Rodman
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Zigzagging along the Chicago Cultural Mile
At first glance, the Chicago Cultural Mile ("Where Culture & Commerce Meet") resembles nothing so much as a gerrymandered congressional district. According to its website, this officially arty and mercantile stretch begins at Michigan Avenue and the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Soldier Field, Field Museum of Natural History, Cultural Development, Maxwell Street
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Lawsuit filed by doctor stabbed after Mag Mile lights festival
Tribune reporterAn Oak Brook doctor who was stabbed in the neck and face during an attempted holdup at a Gold Coast restaurant in November is suing his alleged attacker along with the restaurant and hotel that houses it. Mir Shah says he was violently attacked and...Tags: Prosecution, Litigation, Cook County Government, Gold Coast, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sighting: Star-filled New Year's Eve -- and week ahead
Where did the famous and semi-famous spend New Year's Eve in the Chicago area? NASCAR driver Danica Patrick dined New Year's Eve at the newly opened Baume & Brix in the River North neighborhood before heading nearby to The Grid. "Cooler Than Me"...
Tags: Matt Forte, Rakim, Entertainment, Bank of America Corp., Music
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Phil Vettel recommends
A roundup of restaurants reviewed in 2012 by critic Phil Vettel.
Acadia ✭✭✭ 1639 S. Wabash Ave., 312-360-9500. Ryan McCaskey's gamble to place a luxury restaurant in the South Loop is, so far, paying off. People are crowding into...Tags: Alinea, Entertainment, Music, Salads, Lifestyle and Leisure
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