Fire destroys South Loop building

Fire department says windy morning helped intensify flames

09/08/2010

High winds drove an early-morning fire Tuesday at 1326 S. Michigan Ave. to three alarms as flames devoured a two-story retail and office building home to at least one business.
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Target opens medical clinic at S. Clark location

09/08/2010

For $59 you can now walk out of Target with a freshwater pearl necklace or with a fashionable bandage after having been treated for a minor burn.
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CPS can't say if board will hear school access issue

Parent, aldermanic concerns 'under review’'

09/08/2010

Chicago Public Schools cannot guarantee that the Chicago Board of Education will discuss or see a recent request from the 2nd and 25th wards’ leadership, seeking an expanded magnet school option for hundreds of kids in the University Village and surrounding areas, in time for the next board meeting.
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Local 73 negotiations begin

Three units begin bargaining talks with UIC this week

09/08/2010

Three bargaining units of Local 73 of the Service Employees International Union this week began another round of talks with leadership at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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Beer bottle beat down

09/08/2010

Two men were standing on the 1200 block of W. 18th September 3 at 11:19 yelling at each other. One of the men grabbed an empty beer bottle and hit the other in the head, cutting his left cheek.
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Fioretti needs a few weeks to decide

09/08/2010

Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) on Tuesday told NBC’s “Ward Room” blog that he needed 10 days to decide whether or not to announce a bid for Chicago mayor shortly after Mayor Richard M. Daley dropped a surprise announcement that he would not seek a seventh term in office.
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Renter-friendly ordinance before city council

09/08/2010

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley last week announced plans to introduce to the City Council an ordinance to protect renters affected by condominium conversions throughout the city.
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FEMA still taking assistance apps

09/08/2010

Until further notice, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will accept applications for assistance from those recovering from flooding that inundated Cook County and surrounding counties in late July and early August.
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The harvest is here

Colder nights and shorter days push farm fields to yield for neighborhood markets

09/08/2010

This time of year, if you ask farmer Jeannine Kalvaitis what was good at her Streeterville market stall, she will tell you it’s all fresh-picked and delicious. But, if pressed, she’ll admit it’s the candy onions, the watermelon and the tomatoes that are best this week. That the northeast Indiana family farm has vine-ripened tomatoes and perfectly toned watermelon to bring into Chicago’s city and neighborhood markets this year is a minor miracle.
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More people paying cash

The Home Front

09/08/2010

With home-loan interest rates at a 50-year low, mortgage market analysts were expecting an avalanche of loan originations for refinancing and purchases of homes and condos this year.
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