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Chicagoans expect a global boost from NATO
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 CDT But event comes with political risks for Obama, Emanuel
TRIBUNE/WGN POLL: Mayor Rahm Emanuel has touted the NATO summit as a way to showcase Chicago on an international stage. Much of the Chicago area agrees with that notion and expects that protests will be peaceful. >> Read about earlier polls on Emanuel's approval rating, crime and education


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Bride's husband called 'possessive, jealous'
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:30:00 CDT Relatives of the bride found dead in a Burbank bath tub in her wedding dress said they know little about the woman's new husband, but they said they did not approve of the couple's relationship.


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Lamborghini crash video a YouTube sensation
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:53:00 CDT brightcove.createExperiences();
The driver of a Lamborghini caught on video in a Wheeling fender-bender last weekend got a lot more hits than dents after the video became a YouTube sensation.


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Marchers call for foreclosure moratorium
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:00 CDT About 130 protesters marched through the Loop this morning calling for a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures. >> Photos | Videos


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Man ran sex ring, enslaved 12 girls: Charges
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:22:00 CDT A West Side man known as “Church” used drugs and shelter to entice girls into sexual servitude, controlled every aspect of their lives and administered vicious beatings when they got out of line or tried to escape, prosecutors alleged today.


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4 Guardian Angels knifed at Red Line stop
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:22:00 CDT Four members of the volunteer security patrol known as the Guardian Angels were stabbed late Tuesday while trying to nab a man who pistol-whipped a rider on a Red Line train on the Near North Side.


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Workers in lottery pool sue over $118M ticket
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:47:00 CDT Two employees of a Chicago Heights bakery are suing co-workers over a $118 million Mega Millions jackpot, alleging they were unfairly left out of the winnings.


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Illinois third worst nationally in foreclosures
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:27:00 CDT Almost 7.5 percent of all mortgage loans in Illinois were in foreclosure in the first quarter, topped only by foreclosure activity in Florida and New Jersey, according to new data.


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Girl dies after jumping into Bolingbrook pond
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:00:00 CDT An 11-year-old girl died after leaping into a pond from a footbridge behind a Bolingbrook school during what witnesses said appeared to be a game with friends.


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Burbank police issue arrest warrant in newlywed's killing
Wed, 16 May 2012 08:32:00 CDT Groom to slain bride charged with 1st-degree murder
Police continue their search today for a Brighton Park man who they say stabbed his new bride to death less than 48 hours after they were married.


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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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