Tag result for article published on Fri May 24 2013 10:12 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: attempted kidnapping, attempted kidnapping Chicago, Chicago, Chicago Police Department
Chicago police received a report that a man attempted to abduct a fourth-grade boy at Bell Elementary School, 3730 North Oakley Avenue in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago. A middle aged black male approached the boy in the playground at Bell Elementary School about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday May 22, 2013. The man said he [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat April 20 2013 3:35 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Aurora, Chicago, Jihad, Terrorism
Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, 18, of Aurora, Illinois was arrested at O’Hare Airport Friday attempting to board a flight bound for Istanbul, Turkey. Tounisi, a U.S. citizen, was charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The FBI reports an investigation has been ongoin Tounisi since 2012. The FBI [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu April 11 2013 7:07 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: armed robbery, baseball bat, bat, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, gunshot, surveillance video
A man faces charges in the shooting of a Chicago store owner who furiously swung a baseball bat to fend off a pair of robbers. The dramatic confrontation was captured on the gift shop’s surveillance video. Cornell Mack, 53, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, armed robbery and discharge of a firearm in an [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Sat March 23 2013 3:55 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: A330, Air Berlin, Berlin, Chicago, O'Hare
Aircraft spotter and YouTube publisher fsxaviation caught the first landing of an Air Berlin A330 on its maiden flight from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Chicago O’Hare (ORD). Air Berlin Flight No. AB 7420 arrived Saturday afternoon — landing on Runway 10 and marking its first arrival in Chicago at O’Hare International Airport. Air Berlin [...]
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Posted in Air Travel
Tag result for article published on Thu March 14 2013 11:08 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: bakery, bakery Chicago, brownies, Chicago, cupcakes, retro treats
Chicago’s Angel Food Bakery satisfies cravings for retro American treats. Stephanie Samuels opened Angel Food Bakery in 2003. Three special treats featured in this Cooking Channel video are treats in a category called the Trailer Park — named after stainless steel campers people had in the 50′s and 60′s. Three versions of Trailer Snacks … [...]
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Posted in Dining +
Tag result for article published on Wed March 13 2013 4:14 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, Cook County Sheriff's Police, Cook County Sheriff’s Eviction Unit, Python, Python Chicago
CHICAGO, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Eviction Unit deputies found an unusual inhabitant of a Chicago apartment this morning: a three-foot Burmese Python, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said today. About 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, deputies enforcing a court-ordered eviction in the 500 block of East Bowen Avenue in Chicago found the python in an aquarium located [...]
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Posted in Public Service
Tag result for article published on Sun September 16 2012 12:36 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: arrest, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction Chicago, Chicago, FBI, terror arrest, terror arrest Chicago
Adel Daoud, 18, of Hillside, Illinois was arrested late Friday, September 14, 2012 after he communicated his goals to hurt American citizens and destroy American property, and attempted to detonate what he believed to be a car bomb in front of a downtown Chicago nightclub by pressing a triggering mechanism. An FBI special agent assigned [...]
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Posted in Terrorism
Tag result for article published on Fri August 17 2012 1:40 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: air show, Chicago, Chicago Air and Water Show
The Chicago Air & Water Show is Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19, 2012 with the focal point at North Avenue Beach. Both show times are 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Headliners are the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights, and the U.S. Navy Parachute Team Leap Frogs. Listen [...]
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Posted in Events
Tag result for article published on Sun July 29 2012 2:48 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: censorship, Chicago, First Amendment, gay, gay activism
Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno interview. Fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A is standing firm in its opposition to gay marriage even as some U.S. politicians say the company’s values don’t mesh with well with those of their cities. Rahm Immanuel ‘Chicago Values’ statement regarding the Chick-A-Fil controversy. After Chick-Fil-A being on the radar regarding LGBT issues for a [...]
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Posted in Gov
Tag result for article published on Mon July 23 2012 6:21 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, Chicago Fire Department paramedics, Chicago Police Department, Chicago shootings, homicide, shooting
Shooting scene looking east down Lake from Austin Blvd in Chicago after a homicide on early Saturday just before 1:00 a.m. Chicago police responded about 4:00 a.m. Monday to the shooting a 27-year-old man standing in the 3700 block of West Grenshaw Street in the Homan Square neighborhood was shot in the left arm by [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu June 14 2012 11:31 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, Cook County, foreclosure, foreclosure activity, foreclosure rates, Illinois, Real Estate
Chicago, Illinois along with Miami, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; and Phoenix, Arizona have the status of the cities with the top foreclosure activity in the United States. Foreclosure rates in Chicago amount to about one in every 252 housing units — the fourth-highest among the nation’s 20 largest metro areas. Illinois is [...]
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Posted in Real Estate
Tag result for article published on Wed June 06 2012 12:24 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: APB, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, missing, missing person Chicago, missing teen, missing teen Chicago
Chicago Police are searching for a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since Monday from Chicago’s Northwest Side neighborhood Jefferson Park. Yesenia Castro was last seen leaving her home near Laramie Avenue and Foster Avenue about midnight on Monday. Yesenia Castro could be with a boyfriend in the 5300 block of West Deming Place. According [...]
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Posted in CRIME BLOG C