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the Loop...
SAN DIEGO,Calif. Aug.1-Soaring above this immense
seaside state, it’s hard to tell a
coup de tat is under foot. Kobe Bryant is the
topic of the nightly news. The weather will be
in the 70s tomorrow, just as it is 360 days of
the year.
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what's Off the Blotter this week
According to documents obtained from the First
District Police Department, a silver 2001 Cavalier
was stolen on July 9 at 7:30 a.m. in front of
a residence at 1332 S. State St.
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City
stumbles on unsanitary conditions at South Loop
deli
Store closed until problems
fixed
City health inspectors say a lack of hand washing
and unsafe food conditions at one South Loop convenience
store's deli could have bred a strain of botulism
or salmonella if they had not ordered it closed.
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Ex-Beatles
bud sells Blackstone
After a year of sitting dormant beneath rows
of scaffolding, the Blackstone Hotel was declared
for sale at a price of $35 million-a move that
has already received “lots of interest.”
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| Sex
offenders still reside at mission
Despite sweep last fall,
mission still houses seven
Registered sex offenders released from the Illinois
Department of Corrections have officially taken
up residence at the Pacific Garden Mission, 646
S. State St., despite a law that prohibits them
living near a school, according to police officials.
Offenders residing at the homeless shelter violate
a 1998 amendment to the Sex Offender Registration
Act, which makes it unlawful for a sex offender
to live within 1,000 feet of a school, child-care
facility or day-care center.
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| Hotel
workers protest wages
Employees speak out
against salary drop, lack of contract
Nearly 500 members of Hotel Employees and Restaurant
Employees Union Local 1 and supporters protested
in a rally in front of the Congress Plaza Hotel,
520 S. Michigan Ave., on May 19.
The hotel employees have been working without
a contract since January 1.
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| Bobbleheads
get nod from MLB
Life-size baseball icons
look to top cows as new roadside Chicago theme
When people think of bobbleheads, they think
of the cute little dolls. But the city of Chicago
and Major League Baseball are about to change
all that.
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