Barack Obama

Alleged Chicago Bombing Targets Included Obama Campaign HQ, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's House

Nick R. Martin | May 19, 2012, 4:12PM

President Barack Obama meets alone with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office on his first full day in office on Jan. 21, 2009.

Prosecutors said on Saturday that a trio of protestors arrested this week in Chicago were allegedly planning to target President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house and some of the city's financial institutions with homemade bombs in a series of attacks timed to coincide with this weekend's NATO summit there.

Court documents posted online by the Chicago Tribune said the three men were anarchists who traveled together from Florida to Chicago to carry out the attacks and hoped to recruit as many as 16 people to help.

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NATO

Chicago Office Workers Told To 'Look Like A Protester' During NATO Summit

Eric Lach | May 9, 2012, 2:19PM

The NATO summit will be in Chicago later this month, and protests are expected to come with it. According to Crain's Chicago Business, some office workers in downtown Chicago are being told to dress down on those days, so as not to attract unwanted attention.

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Bomb Threats

'Letters From Osama': Chicago Man Accused Of Mailing Fake Nuclear Bomb Threats Signed By Al-Qaeda Leader

Jillian Rayfield | January 6, 2012, 5:46PM

A Chicago man was charged with mailing fake nuclear bomb threats all around the country and signing them "Osama Bin Laden," according to federal officials.

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Rod Blagojevich

Jury In Blago Re-Trial Reaches Verdict

Jillian Rayfield | June 27, 2011, 11:51AM

Former Governor Rod Blagojevich

The jury in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to announce its verdict early Monday afternoon in Chicago.

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Chicago

Rahm Emanuel Meets @MayorEmanuel (VIDEO)

Eric Lach | March 3, 2011, 10:15AM

Rahm Emanuel

Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel met his Twitter impersonator Wednesday and, according to The Chicago Tribune, "the skies didn't open, and no one got sucked into a time vortex." So that's good.

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