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Strollin' and strummin'
03/10/2010
City soup
03/10/2010
Lighting illuminated the El stop at Polk and State streets Monday night after a San-Francisco-like fog descended on Printers Row.
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Farming wind
River North-based company navigates renewable energy economy
03/10/2010
Drive a couple of hours southwest of Chicago, down a two-lane county road, through cornfields and cow pastures and into a town called Tiskilwa, Ill. Skyscrapers disappeared miles ago. Follow the bend in the road and look out the passenger-side window. Strategically placed on the hill, several 400-foot, white wind turbines peek through the hazy, gray fog. Even the snow on the ground seems off-white in comparison.
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A piece of the census pie
Time to stand up and be counted
03/10/2010
The U.S. Census Monitoring Board estimates that 76,819 people in Cook County were not counted in the 2000 census. That’s nearly enough bodies to fill Wrigley Field twice.
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Pitching in for Cabrini Connections
Heart of the 'hood
03/10/2010
Drunk goes after cops
03/10/2010
A taxi driver approached police in the 1100 block of N. State March 7 at 11:10 a.m. and said he had a passenger in his cab who was drunk and didn’t know where he wanted to go.
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Some better real estate news - especially for the buyers
The Home Front
03/10/2010
Rescues of the week
03/10/2010
Apricot is a beautiful 6-month-old, Calico kitten. With her beautiful markings, gorgeous green eyes and sweet disposition, she is hard to resist! This happy kitty is very social and loves to play. Apricot would brighten any home and would make a wonderful companion.
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Healthy eats
Dissatisfied with after son’s food in the South Loop, couple starts company
03/10/2010
Two years ago, husband and wife team Jason Weedon and Danielle Hrzic investigated their son’s lunch menu at his private preschool in the South Loop and were disappointed with what they saw. They wanted something better, and decided to intervene.
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The $3 cup
Some Chicagoans willing to pony up for craft coffee
03/03/2010
With a Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts seemingly within any two-block radius and McDonald’s offering its new McCafé line of premium coffee and espresso, there are more than enough options for Chicagoans in need of a caffeine fix. But followers of locally owned Intelligentsia Coffee Co. have found a haven for the hot stuff that, in their eyes, those other chains simply don’t deliver.
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