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The Stevenson and Dan Ryan expressways will close earlier than originally planned tonight because of the NATO summit. The Chinatown feeder ramp from the inbound Dan Ryan to the northbound Stevenson (I-55) will be shut down at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Some lanes on the northbound Stevenson north of the Dan Ryan will close at 10:30 […]

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WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE/BREITBART: Mob of protesters confronted by Chicagoans in their neighborhood near Halsted Street. Breitbart has published a video that shows mobs in Chicago streets invading the Halsted Street Orange Line Station near the interchange of the Dan Ryan Expressway and the Stevenson Expressway, just north of Bridgeport. WGN NATO Protest Cam

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HOAXKiller1: “This video has been getting attention around the web, and is causing people to have mixed reactions. Little do they realize the video is fake and their reactions are unwarranted. ” [The video has been taken down due to a copyright claim by Ted Hueckstaedt] A YouTube channel known for exposing hoaxes on videos […]

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VIDEO: A drone spotted in the Elgin area on Saturday, May 12, 2012. A man with a video camera at a soccer field in Elgin, Illinois has claimed to have captured on May 12, 2012 what appears to be a drone Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that he says was flying toward Chicago the weekend before […]

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Residents of State Street Condo Told To Leave Chicago During NATO Summit: MyFoxCHICAGO.com Chicago residents and owners of the Library Tower condo building — a 17-story building at 520 South State Street (between Congress and Harrison) — are being advised to leave their residence and live at an alternate site during the NATO Summit from […]

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Hundreds of Illinois National Guard soldiers will be deployed in Chicago during the NATO Summit May 20-21. The soldier will be assigned operations to help move foreign dignitaries around Chicago, and to assist with other unspecified duties. A drill involving other Illinois National Guard troops will coincide with the NATO Summit time frame, but will […]

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At the request of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, the City of Chicago has purchased over $190,000 in state-of-the-art helmet shields in anticipation of protests related to the combined summit schedules of G-8 and NATO. The only other time the summits have met simultaneously was in London in 1977. Police are concerned with officers […]

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Both the NATO summit and the G8 summit are scheduled to be held in May 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reported to have lobbied President Barack Obama, hard to get the summit in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is hoping to get private donors to help supplement the city’s resources for a huge security […]

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