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** FILE ** President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the shooting at Fort Hood, Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A large Irish flag during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Passengers wait at a United Airlines gate to board a flight at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2013 file photo, Danyia Bell, 16, left, and Artureana Terrell, 16, react as they read a program after the funeral service for 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton outside the Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago. Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral service for the Chicago teen whose killing catapulted her into the nation's debate over gun violence. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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**FILE** Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. (Associated Press)

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A woman smokes a cigarette during a break from work in downtown Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Teachers strike in 2012 because the mayor of Chicago asked for concessions. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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** FILE ** Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy (left) poses for a photo after protesters marched to President Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago on Monday, May 21, 2012, the final day of the NATO summit. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Azhar Usman, a Muslim comic from Chicago, is known for his work on “Allah Made Me Funny: the Official Muslim Comedy Tour.”

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** FILE ** Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Associated Press)

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Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts ponders a question about manager Lou Piniella, who announced that he will retire from coaching at the end of this season, during a baseball news conference at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

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President Obama made time for a 2009 beer summit with Sgt. James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates Jr. — but not for the funeral of a slain Chicago girl who'd played with her high school band at the president's 2013 inauguration.

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President-elect Barack Obama (right) meets with Sen. John McCain on Nov. 17 at Obama's transition office in downtown Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Traders signal in the CME Group's S&P 500 futures pit in Chicago Wednesday shortly after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a half-point.

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With the Sears Tower behind them, pedestrians head away from their offices in downtown Chicago, Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001, in Chicago. Many Chicago buildings, including the Sears Tower, were shut down as security measures in response to the attack at the World Trade Center in New York.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)