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  1. Riding a new 'L' car with @RahmEmanuel after the Morgan Station's grand opening in the #WestLoop: twitter.com/ChiJournal/sta… 10:12 AM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  2. The Morgan Station is finally open on the Green and Pink lines. Grand opening ceremony today at 11:30 a.m.: bit.ly/JG8W2c 8:15 AM May 24th via Tweetbot for iOS
  3. PHOTOS: The day after a clash in #SouthLoop, protestors march unhindered downtown, decry violence: bit.ly/JL5jwu #SLNATO 3:32 PM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  4. Protestors have arrived at Obama Campaign HQ in the Prudential Building. A press conference on yesterday's clash is scheduled for 2 p.m. 11:36 AM May 21st via Tweetbot for iOS
  5. Protestors leaving Boeing now, heading east on Washington. Lots of confetti left behind, no arrests. 10:18 AM May 21st via Tweetbot for iOS
  6. Anti-Boeing marchers headed down Lake Street through the #WestLoop now. #WLNATO 9:08 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  7. Motorcade time. // RT @gr8southloop: Lots of sirens near Cermak and Michigan #SLNATO 8:45 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  8. Heads up, #WestLoop: Protestors headed your way this morning. Light crowds in Union Park set to march to Boeing soon. 8:06 AM May 21st via Twitter for Mac
  9. @divideby0 Fair point. But this was Michigan and Congress, too. Almost no cars. 8:25 PM May 20th via Twitter for Mac in reply to divideby0
  10. Just rewalked the parade route from earlier from 18th and Michigan to Jackson and Dearborn. Downtown is completely abandoned. 5:33 PM May 20th via Tweetbot for iOS
  11. PHOTOS — Police clash with protestors at Michigan and Cermak: bit.ly/KTsdle #SLNATO 4:04 PM May 20th via Twitter for Mac
  12. A man is arrested at Michigan and Cermak #SLNATO: yfrog.com/kem6sojj 3:49 PM May 20th via Twitter for Mac
  13. Out of the fray now, uploading photos. #SLNATO 3:31 PM May 20th via Twitter for Mac
  14. CPD telling protestors to disperse from Cermak and Michigan with LRAD. Saying "other techniques" can be used to get people to move. #SLNATO 3:16 PM May 20th via Tweetbot for iOS
  15. Officers trying to push protesters west out of intersection, things being thrown. Lots of arrests. 3:04 PM May 20th via Tweetbot for iOS
  16. Veterans now on stage one by one returning their medals to NATO generals, a.k.a. throwing them as hard as they can towards McCormick Place. 2:11 PM May 20th via Tweetbot for iOS
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