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Occupy protesters target Boeing during summit

May 15, 2012 | No comments yet

The NATO Summit is more than a week away and Occupy Chicago will hit the city’s streets on Friday to start their 10 days of protests. Activists named Boeing, Co. as one of their main targets during the summit. In a Thursday news conference, organizers announced plans to shut down Boeing’s corporate headquarters in the… Read More »

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Job applicants get ‘suited’ for success

May 3, 2012 | No comments yet

Since opening its doors in 2006, Bridge to Success has helped more than 2,500 low-income job applicants get dressed for interviews. The organization, which is the only one of its kind in Chicago, says first impressions are everything. Related Link: http://www.thebridgetosuccess.org/

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Relief for local businesses as Congress Parkway construction ends

April 21, 2012 | No comments yet

Business along Congress Parkway is hurting because of the construction, but there’s hope on the horizon as the project is scheduled to come to a close by the end of Spring.

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With nowhere else to turn, she ended up in the hands of a man who tried to kill her

March 9, 2012 | No comments yet

A bloody mouth, black and blue legs, a sharp shiny knife — images from a night 20-year-old Nicole Stewart will never forget. When her boyfriend drank around her for the first time, she said the man she considered respectful and affectionate quickly transformed into a crazed animal. Not only did his alcohol-infused rampage include multiple… Read More »

Frederick Springer has been living on the streets of Chicago since November. (Matt Michaels/MEDILL)

Logjam in homeless shelters creating citywide problem

March 8, 2012 | 6 Comments

Dozing off on the El might not seem like a dangerous idea. But for 43-year-old Frederick Springer, the decision to grab some shut-eye on CTA’s Blue Line almost cost him his life. “I was sleeping good and the next thing I know, I feel something around my neck squeezing tighter and tighter,” Springer said. “When… Read More »