Clean diamonds

A local dealer finds another way

02/03/2010 10:00 PM

While the issues of labor and human rights violations remain at the fore of the global diamond market, one Chicago jeweler is doing his part to change the industry from the inside. Brian Leber, owner of Leber Jeweler in River North, offers a "conflict free" alternative for his diamond-hunting customers. Leber, a third-generation jeweler, purchases the diamonds sold at his store from Canada - a source which ensures that the stones are clean, he said.
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A fine cold day

Courtney Taylor pets one of the Alaskan Huskies during Snow Days Chicago, free three-day winter festival in Grant Park.
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Down in the 18th

Crime dropped last year

02/03/2010

Crime in the 18th District is on the run, according to data released last month by the Chicago Police Department. The report states that the most serious property and violent crime in the district dropped 12.1 percent in 2009 versus 2008. The citywide crime rate dropped 8.7 percent.
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A smarter road

Northwestern prof goes to the atomic level to attack concrete cracks

02/03/2010

Potholes, rough roads and heel-catching cracks in the sidewalk may soon be a thing of the past, as researchers at Northwestern University apply nanotechnology to create relatively crack-proof concrete.
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City fights subpoenas

Burnett among 10 alderman called to testify in corruption trial

02/03/2010

Ald. Walter Burnett (27th), whose ward includes parts of the West Loop and Near West Side, has been subpoenaed to testify in the upcoming trial of developer Calvin Boender, who allegedly bribed Isaac Carothers, the former alderman of the 29th Ward in Austin.
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12 things women do that men hate

01/27/2010

IF THERE IS A BIBLE FOR SINGLE GALS it should be Jennifer Bawden’s Get A Life, Then Get a Man because she unveils the 12 things women do that men hate. And so they run away, fast.
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