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Choking is easily averted, but always a tragedy
Fred Y. Sasaki put on a red tie and his gray suit. He was not a man who typically dressed up, but tonight was special. At 80 years old, Sasaki had built a successful career as a dry cleaner. He had just spent the day with his grandson. And now he was...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Wrigley Field, Coughing
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Open thread: The weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
Plan aims to turn Navy Pier into more of a park
Navy Pier, the highly commercial tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more parklike feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans formally announced Friday. Due to cost constraints, the initial $176 million remake does not...
Tags: Architecture, Manhattan (New York City), Chicago Hotels, DePaul Blue Demons , Rahm Emanuel
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Get Out: A few ways to make Sunday the best day of your week
If Cher could turn back time: For a woman who turns 67 on Monday, Cher seems to be turning back time in the aging department. The Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club is throwing her a birthday brunch and bash a day early. Although Cher will not be attending,...
Tags: Railway Transportation, Vegetarian Diet, Travel, Transportation
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The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods
Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...
Tags: Humboldt Park, Chicago Loop, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Rahm Emanuel, United Center
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Psychologists, Physiology, Chicago Hotels, DePaul University, Philosophy
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Subject for debate: Elevate Chicago
Change of SubjectStory: The Navy Pier remake is being rolled out this week along with other tourism-related projects, including a proposed multi-use arena at McCormick Place that would serve as the home of the DePaul Blue Demons basketball team and additional hotels...... -
Once on the bus, you don't have a chance
A plain-looking bus full of ticketed passengers pulled up to an ordinary Chicago street corner on Tuesday night and a couple of Nigerian women jumped on board. One was wary of the people on the bus and sat quietly, watching. The other, younger woman...
Tags: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Arts and Culture, Chicago Restaurants
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Navy Pier remake would add urban park elements
Tribune staff reporterNavy Pier, the highly commercialized tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more park-like feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans to be formally announced Friday morning. The initial remake does not include some of the...Tags: Architecture, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, DePaul Blue Demons , Rahm Emanuel
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Vienna Tourism Board invites Chicagoans to a day of vertical dancing
RedEyeWanna see a bunch of people make like Spider-man and scale walls in Chicago? Or maybe you've wanted to try your wall-climbing skills. If so, you're in luck. The Vienna Tourism Board is hosting “Vienna from a Different Angle,” a free event...Tags: Vienna (Austria)
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Kass: Mayor's shell game should have taxpayers clutching their wallets
I've got a feeling that in some weird, alternate universe, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making a decent living playing hide-the-pea. You know the game, don't you? First, you put your money down. Then Mr. Misdirection places a pea under one of three cups....
Tags: Robert Fioretti, Illinois Governor, Chicago Hotels, DePaul University, Michele Smith
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DePaul arena part of broader plan to boost Chicago tourism
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded. The...
Tags: Architecture, Robert Fioretti, Local Government, Springfield, Chicago Hotels
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