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What gives with Sandra Day O'Connor?
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor should never have retired from the U.S. Supreme Court. She is an 83-year-old with plenty of energy, which she expends hearing lower-court cases, giving speeches, and making me want to tear my hair out by talking like the...
Tags: Samuel A. Alito, Political Fundraising, CBS Corp., Voting, Politics
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Tribune sued by former Countryside police chief
Momence police Chief Timothy Swanson, formerly the police chief in the suburb of Countryside, filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Tribune on Friday in response to articles about a police helicopter program he spearheaded. Swanson, of Bourbonnais, is...
Tags: Momence, Bourbonnais, Freedom of Information Act, Kankakee, Laws
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Cops: Custody dispute motive in Manchester slayings
Tribune reporterThe gunman who opened fire on a family in the small downstate town of Manchester, killing a great-grandmother, a young couple and two small children, "planned his attack and was seeking to resolve a domestic dispute," the State Police said today,...Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, Shootings, Interior Policy
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CSN Chicago fires reporter after 'sex' remark
ReutersThe Sports Xchange CSN Chicago fires reporter after 'sex' remark Comcast SportsNet Chicago parted ways with reporter Susannah Collins two days after an on-air flub went viral on the internet and was the subject of talk show jokes. Collins, who...Tags: Comcast SportsNet (tv network), Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs
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Group protests Koch brothers' interest in Tribune Co.
Tribune staff reporterA small group of protestors rallied outside Tribune Tower on Wednesday, demonstrating against the potential sale of the Chicago Tribune and other Tribune Co. newspapers to conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch. The protestors, about two...Tags: Tribune Company, Tribune Tower, Los Angeles Times, Newspaper and Magazine, Unemployment Benefits
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Voice of the People, May. 05
Business competition Gov. Rick Perry comes up here from Texas to poach Illinois-based businesses. Tribune reporter Phil Rosenthal's article is titled "Perry's kick to the gut" because Perry has the audacity to try and promote competition in the...Tags: Rick Perry, U.S. Congress, Phil Rosenthal, Labor Legislation, Executive Branch
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Glen Ellyn D41 removes 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' from school shelves
Students at Hadley Junior High won't find "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" on the shelves of classrooms or the library at the Glen Ellyn school. Glen Ellyn School District 41 has banned the book from the school after parents of an 8th grade student...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Students, Teaching and Learning, Freedom of the Press
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SL man reports building 'missing' to police
Grand Haven Tribune, Mich.The Tri-Cities has enjoyed plenty of tales during its history concerning residents who lost or misplaced things. While most missing items result from misplacement, some are so remarkable they become a mystery. What if you knew exactly where...Tags: Labor Legislation, Railway Industry, Maxwell Street, World War I (1914-1918), Career and Workplace
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Mike Gray dies at 77; co-wrote 'China Syndrome' screenplay
Mike Gray, an author, activist and documentarian who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The China Syndrome," the provocative 1979 film about a cover-up at a nuclear power plant, died Tuesday of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, his...
Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Heart Failure, Manufacturing and Engineering, Entertainment, Science and Technology
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Chicago Bulls, Game 6: The Chicago Tribune's courtside team
Rather famously in newsroom lore, there was a time when the Tribune put more reporters onto a Bulls playoff game than the team had players on the roster. The challenge back then was that expense accounts would run up while stories overlapped. There are...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Arts and Culture, Arts, National Basketball Association
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A death -- and a mystery for a writer
What ended up as Thursday's front page story in the Chicago Tribune started when I was reporting out the case of an accused extortionist back in November. Restaurant types up in Highland Park and Highwood already were speculating then that...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Media Industry
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5 writers booked for picnic series
The Columbus DispatchFive authors with Ohio ties will be featured in the 28th annual summer Literary Picnics, presented by the Thurber House. All programs -- with picnicking available -- will take place on the side lawn of the Thurber House, 77 Jefferson Ave. The...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Fiction, Literature
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