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Summer Dance ends this year's program with a big swing in Grant Park
Last dance
09/01/2010
The dance day started Sunday in Grant Park with a couple of hundred people working out the steps for East Coast Swing as instructors from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio demonstrated from the stage.
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Aldermen ask CPS for magnet school access
Expanded Jackson program touted as solution to neighborhood complaints
09/01/2010
Responding to community wishes, two Chicago aldermen last week recommended that Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman expand the Andrew Jackson Language Academy to address claims of a poor choice in neighborhood schools by some residents in areas of the 2nd and 25th wards.
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Chicago entrepreneur makes a go in the online coupon business
Small-scale success
09/01/2010
It’s hard to image that a desire for inexpensive sushi and hairdos would drive a small business to success by topping electronic coupon searches in the South Loop. But one neighborhood entrepreneur is linking urban dwellers with the deals they seek.
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Swim. Bike. Run.
09/01/2010
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Thousands beefing up business skills in Chicago MBA programs ... before economic recovery beings
Waiting for change
09/01/2010
Family feud
09/01/2010
Two women were arguing on the 400 block of S. Dearborn August 24 at 1:30 p.m. One of the women called the other woman a b-tch. The other woman grabbed her and started attacking her.
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West Loop gun killing
09/01/2010
National Hellenic Museum comes out
09/01/2010
With a year to go before the doors open, the National Hellenic Museum held a “coming out” party August 27 near its S. Halsted Street home.
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Chicago's best preservation
09/01/2010
The Chicago Landmarks Commission This week announced the 2010 recipients of the Preservation Excellence Awards. Included in the 22 winners are: the On Leong Merchant’s Association Building at 2220 S. Wentworth Ave. for its terra cotta restoration and Printers Row Park for their new urban infill park.
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Condo sales up
New construction running ahead of 2009
09/01/2010
As bleak as Chicago’s new-construction condominium market looks, there are a few rays of sunshine filtering through the gloom, real estate analysts say.
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