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Saturday, April 20
Following Mayor Daley's accusation that the Tribune Co. hid the structural problems at Wrigley Field, the Tribune Co. this week invoked the Freedom of Information Act regarding the city's maintenance of the facade of City Hall. Yesterday, the city shut down construction on WGN's North Side studios, citing lack of permit and denying it had anything to do with the current tensions between City Hall and the Tribune Co. C'mon boys... shake hands and call it a day already, will ya?