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(EMcaao 7ZrL Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com 1 Third straight win for Trump Nevada victory bolsters the GOP front-runner ahead of Super Tuesday Donald Trump romped to a third straight election victory Tuesday night, winning the Nevada caucuses and tightening his grip on the Republican presidential contest as the race now expands into a nationwide test. Trump's victory was evident the instant polls closed, though the fight for second place between Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz was too close to call. A scant 30 delegates were being contested in Nevada, but the candidates competed fiercely in the state's precinct caucuses, mindful of how the results might shape the race on Super Tuesday, when the stakes grow exponentially higher. Rubio, who has been riding a recent wave of momentum, and Iowa caucuses winner Cruz are battling for position as an alternative to front-runner Trump. Ohio Gov.

John Kasich, the second-place finisher in New Hampshire, did not compete in Nevada Instead, he was focusing on a handful of Super Tuesday states and staking his campaign on a March 8 win in the Michigan primary. Full story, Nation World, Page 13 E. JASON WAMBSGANSCHICAGO TRIBUNE Ahmed Kassam, left, and Rahman Damani were close friends of Kamil Shamji, 58, a licensed cabdriver in Chicago for 35 years. Slain cabbie had worked long hours for daughter's education 35 -year driver, father of 2, found shot behind library in Lincoln Square shot by a fare he picked up near Pratt Boulevard and Clark Street in Rogers Park. Police would not say whether anything was taken from Shamji or the cab, and it was not known whether the shooting was caught on camera.

Shamji, a native of Pakistan, had been driving a cab in Chicago for 35 years, and raised two children. His friends said the shooting illustrates once again the risks cabbies take. "These are the things that we talk about," said Ahmed Kassam, who shares a cab with Damani. When he heard Shamji had been killed, Kassam said he called Turn to Cabbie, Page 8 But Shamji wasn't there. The next day, just before 8 a.m., police found the 58-year-old Shamji dead in his cab behind Sulzer Regional Library in Lincoln Square.

It's a neighborhood with low violent crime, although a 25-year-old man was killed and two others were wounded during a shootout last month in nearby North Center, not far from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home. Shamji died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Cook County medical examiner, which ruled the death a homicide. No suspects were reported in custody. Police were saying little about the investigation Tuesday, but sources said investigators were looking into whether Shamji was By Peter Nickeas Chicago Tribune As he started his overnight shift driving a cab Sunday, Rahman Damani drove past a favorite free spot for parking on Devon Avenue, looking for his friend and fellow cabbie. Fellow Flash Cab driver Kamil Shamji often parked in that spot between fares, sometimes catching a little sleep.

Mostly, though, he was on the roads, working. Up Senators rule out action on top court Republicans flatly refuse to weigh any Obama pick for justice AHMED KASSAM Kamil Shamji, 58, was fatally shot Monday in Lincoln Square. to 20 hours at a time if he could, especially with his daughter at a university and increasing competition from Uber, according to friends. By Alan Fram Associated Press WASHINGTON Majority Leader Mitch McConnell emphatically ruled out any Senate action on whoever President Ba-rack Obama nominates to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, an extraordinary step that escalated the partisan election year struggle over replacing the late Antonin Scalia Democrats promised unremitting pressure on Republicans to back down or face the consequences in November's voting. After winning unanimous public backing from the 11 Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, McConnell told reporters that that panel would hold no hearings and ruled out a full Senate vote until the next president offers a nomination.

Such steps would defy many decades of precedent that have seen even the most controversial choices questioned publicly by the Judiciary Committee and nearly always sent to the entire chamber for a vote, barring nominees the White House has withdrawn. "In short, there will not be action taken," McConnell told reporters. The Kentucky Republican said he wouldn't even meet with an Obama selection should the White House follow tradition and Turn to Court, Page 14 Griffin out as Tribune Publishing chief exec Top shareholder installs medical tech associate to run newspaper group By Robert Channick Chicago Tribune Three weeks after welcoming Michael Ferro as the largest shareholder and nonexecutive chairman of Tribune Publishing, Jack Griffin is out as CEO. Griffin, who has guided Tribune Publishing since its August 2014 spinoff, has been replaced by technology executive and longtime Ferro associate Justin Dearborn, the Chicago-based newspaper company confirmed Tuesday. Dearborn, 46, had been CEO of Merge Healthcare, a Ferro-con-trolled medical technology company that was acquired by IBM in October.

"Although this is a different medium than my last technology company, it has the same challenge on how to create the highest value for our content," Dearborn said in the news release. Ferro became Tribune Pub-lishing's largest shareholder in early February, when his investment firm, Merrick Media, bought a 16.6 percent stake in a $44.4 million deal. Ferro also is the majority owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, but has said he has given up "all operating involvement" with that newspaper upon becoming nonexecutive chairman of Tribune Publishing's board. Turn to Tribune, Page 10 ZBIGNIEW BZDAKCHICAGO TRIBUNE Ed Mierkowicz, 91, rests Monday at Woodward Hills Nursing Center in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. A Tiger's tale: Sole survivor of Cubs' last World Series 71 years ago, Ed Mierkowicz played left field in the final inning of Detroit's championship BY PATRICK M.

O'CONNELL Chicago Tribune MORE CUBS COVERAGE: The Cubs' game plan, whatever you want to call it, worked so well that rivals are copying the blueprint in the hope of finding sustainable success, writes Paul Sullivan. Chicago Sports He hopes the pain subsides so he can go back home. Rivulets of blue veins wend through his wrinkled hands. His left ankle is swollen, his foot turned awkwardly to the side. When the physical therapist gingerly scoops his arms under Mierkowicz's leg to lift him from the bed, he howls in pain.

In the corner of the room is a heart-shaped box of chocolates its cover decorated to look like a baseball resting on a table next to a browning banana, a package of peanut butter crackers and a printout of the rehab center's menu. Turn to Mierkowicz, Page 7 BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. His 6-foot-4 frame fills the bed, the rumpled sheets and blanket covering his bare feet. Ventilators hum. The weary moans of an elderly woman fill the hallway.

Nurses, therapists and guests shuttle in and out of the room, a fabric curtain the only partition between Ed Mierkowicz and a new roommate. A few days before, Mierkowicz, 91, fell at his apartment, injuring his hip, leg and Rewards revamp may give some Starbucks regulars a bitter taste Starbucks is overhauling its loyalty awards and, like the way airlines altered their frequent flier programs, it will soon reward dollars spent, not visits. Not all customers are happy, writes Phil Rosenthal. Business left foot. Now his head is propped up on a mound of pillows in Room 107 of the Woodward Hills Nursing Center in the Detroit suburbs.

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