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Despite a strong performance by John Garland, the White Sox lost the first game of a two game series against the Baltimore Orioles at U.S. Cellular Field on May 13. The Sox pitcher allowed just six hits and three walks in his seven innings on the mound.
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Wal-Mart has groups at odds over city stores
Proposed stores could
destroy jobs, experts say
Is any job that pays a wage worth taking, especially
if you’re unemployed?
That seems to be the question at the heart of a
controversy about the proposed arrival of two Wal-Mart
stores in Chicago, one in the West Side community
of Austin and the other in the South Side neighborhood
of Chatham. On one side of the battle are residents
of two economically-deprived communities, hungry
for jobs and development, while on the other, stand
a collection of community activists, union members,
politicians and concerned citizens who see the world’s
largest company as a danger to communities everywhere,
including their own.
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Exhibit to address human rights
Downtown art show will
give account of persecuted Chinese practice
Practitioners of an ancient Chinese spiritual
discipline are hoping a new exhibition this month
in Chicago will bring about social and political
acceptance of their condemned lifestyle.
“Persecution Meets Principle,” an exhibit
that combines paintings, photos and performance
art to illustrate the teachings and persecution
of the disciplinary practice Falun Gong (also known
as Falun Dafa), is being organized by an association
of Falun Gong practitioners in Chicago to raise
awareness about struggles with the Chinese government.
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Sailboats are moved down the Chicago River out into the Chicago Harbor as shown in this view of the river from the Madison Street bridge.
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Mayor's casino plan goes bust
Illinois officials reject proposal to bring gambling to downtown Chicago
A plan by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley that would have brought gambling within walking distance of Columbia’s South Loop campus was nixed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who said he would not grant the state’s 11th casino license.
One of the possible sites for Daley’s land-based casino sits less than a mile west of Columbia’s campus.
Blagojevich said he would not approve the Chicago-owned casino less than 24 hours after a May 10 press conference in which Daley said he would ask state lawmakers for permission to build a casino “near downtown.”
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Panelists envision student-centered Loop, Grant Park
South Loop: largest college 'town' in Illinois
With May as National Bike Month and Bike Chicago 2004 already underway, the city is flexing its bike-friendly muscles.
After almost two decades of work on the city, Bicycling magazine named Chicago the best city for bicycling with a population of more than 1 million in the United States in 2002. The magazine wrote, “Chicago has made incredible strides to become a great cycling town.”
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Betting popular in NCAA sports
Study shows money influences college athletes
CHICAGO (KRT)—When stories broke in February about the lurid side of college football recruiting—tales of campus visits that included strip clubs, alcohol, private planes and lobster dinners—the NCAA’s response was to form a task force to initiate reform.
“In the past, the NCAA has often waited until a problem boiled over and then reacted,” NCAA President Myles Brand said.
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