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Immigrant voting push strong
Chicago Tribune reporterDuring the last three months, immigrant groups in Illinois have registered about 24,000 new voters, part of an aggressive last push to influence next month's elections. Although the subject of Immigration has barely been broached by either presidential...Tags: New York, Illinois, Migration, Chicago Lawn, Los Angeles
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Chicago's working-class roots are perfect for travelers on a budget
Associated Press WriterCHICAGO (AP) _ Chicago has a reputation as a working-class city for a reason. Sure, there are fancy Gold Coast shops and $500-a-night hotel suites, but it's also possible to see Chicago's famous lakefront, eat its famous food and enjoy distinctive...Tags: Gold Coast, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago Loop, Pilsen, Transportation
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Extra-alarm fire wrecks Chinese-American Museum of Chicago, officials say
Chicago Tribune reporterAn extra-alarm fire broke out Friday afternoon in the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago in the Chinatown neighborhood on the Near South Side, officials said. No injuries were immediately reported from the blaze that broke out in the four-story...Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Near South Side, Fires
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Chinatown merchant sentenced to prison being tobacco tax cheat
Chicago Tribune reportersTwenty years ago, Howard Mui emigrated from China to Chicago, where he opened a small store in the Chinatown neighborhood selling telephone cards, trinkets, Rubik's Cubes, kites and other items. Then Mui got greedy, selling more than $1.2 million in...Tags: Court Administration, New York, State Budgets, Chicago, Local Authority
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Where to shop
The tools and ingredients listed in this story were purchased from these three Chicago markets: Broadway Supermarket, 4879 N. Broadway, 773-334-3838 Chinatown Market, 2121 S Archer Ave., 312-881-0068 Chicago Food Corp. (Joong Boo Market), 3333 N...Tags: Theater, Waukegan, Naperville, Arlington Heights, Music Theater
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Vietnamese boy's long journey smoothed by outpouring of support
Chicago Tribune reporterWatching 2-year-old Phung Thien Nhan scoot merrily around an examination room at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, making excited conversation with strangers and burning through toys with a toddler's fickle taste, one would never know that he'd...Tags: Injuries, Physical Fitness, New Hampshire, Health Treatments, Robert Mitchum
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24 ways to savor summer in 24 days
In May, we shared 99 things we had to do this summer. Believe it or not, the season's end is fast approaching. In about three weeks, fall arrives, so quickly stock up on summertime moments to create warm memories to tide you over in the cold days ahead....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Lincoln Park Zoo, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Road Transportation, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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Elizabeth Large's top 10
Baltimoreans think nothing of picking hard-shell crabs. But what about other foods that are hard to tackle the first time without some direction - or take so much work they are hardly worth the trouble? Here's my list of the most difficult: Whole...Tags: Pigtown
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Zeal for China, acting, business set the stage
Special to the Chicago TribuneWhen Larry Gutkin was growing up, two things fascinated him: Chinatown and business. Gutkin's dad, "a very entrepreneurial man," took him to subdivisions his company was developing. "I became fascinated by business, how it could make something out of...Tags: International Relations, Second City, Colleges and Universities, Diplomacy
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Red Line service to be rerouted to elevated tracks this weekend
Red Line subway service between the Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown Stations will be rerouted in both directions this weekend to elevated tracks, the Chicago Transit Authority said Friday. The rerouting will occur from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Monday,...Tags: Public Transportation, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Transit Authority, Transportation
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Fugitive, seized in Chicago after years of thwarting authorities, gets life in prison
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who fled California after killing his estranged wife and stepson and who was captured nearly a decade later in Chicago's Chinatown has been sentenced to life in prison. Fu Lin Wang pleaded guilty Tuesday in Los Angeles to...Tags: Wanted, Assault, Punishment, California, Crimes
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