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Palos Hills plans big welcome for returning Marine
Palos Hills will be applauding U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Andrew J. Jender, one of its own, during a welcome home ceremony led by the Soldiers Guardian Angels and the Warrior Watch Riders. The event, which will kick off with a parade at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct....
Tags: FBI, Barack Obama, U.S. Marine Corps, Armed Forces, Central Intelligence Agency
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Safety concerns at old post office addressed, but development remains stalled
Bill Davies, the eccentric Monaco-based owner of Chicago's old post office, wants to turn the hulking mass that straddles Congress Parkway into a mecca of shopping, office space, residences, etc. But the building sits rotting and untouched because,...
Tags: Public Officials, Cook County Government, Amtrak, Melissa Harris, Politics
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Ruins unearthed of S.F. City Hall destroyed in 1906 earthquake
L.A. NOWA piece of San Francisco's past was unearthed earlier this month when wreckage from the old City Hall — destroyed in the 1906 earthquake that devastated the city — were discovered at a construction site.... -
Kassopedia: The cure for Verpes, Rahmifications and Karen Lewis Withdrawal Syndrome
As I light my pipe, take up my quill pen and sheepskin and once again prepare to write another volume of The Kassopedia — the repository of the world's great knowledge — I'm reminded of a snarky reader. She calls herself, "Your long...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Strike, Early Learning, Chicago Mayor, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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L.A. football stadium plan still faces major hurdles
L.A. NOWLos Angeles took its biggest step yet toward luring the NFL back after a 17-year absence, signing off on crucial agreements for a new downtown stadium even as uncertainty continues to shroud the ownership of the company seeking to build...... -
Obama rally: McCormick Place site to limit attendance
Four years ago, Janesh Rahlan watched the Grant Park presidential election extravaganza play out on TV from the confines of his parent's Aurora home. "I did want to go, but my parents said that is not happening on a school night," said Rahlan, now 20 and...
Tags: Elections, CNN (tv network), Barack Obama, Satellite and Cable Service, McCormick Place
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Is Proco loco?
Change of SubjectNews story: A Chicago alderman once again is threatening to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in his Northwest Side ward because of the owner's stance against gay marriage — after saying earlier that he had dropped his opposition to...... -
Chicago stand-ins steal revenue but not thunder in new 'Dark Knight Rises'
“The Dark Knight Rises” has already been a blessing for Pittsburgh and Newark, N.J., two non-traditional film locations that replaced Chicago as Gotham City in the third Christopher Nolan-directed Batman film. The superhero movie, in...
Tags: Twin Anchors, Man of Steel (movie), Christopher Nolan, Berghoff Restaurant, Rahm Emanuel
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Death of Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, stunned the city
Chicago Tribune reporterThe death of Chicago's first black mayor was marked by tears of sorrow, words of praise — and down-and-dirty politicking. A few days after Harold Washington had a fatal heart attack in his City Hall office, 25 years ago Nov. 25, a Tribune reporter...Tags: Elections, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Elections, Primaries, Heart Attack
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CEO pushes to gain power for Latinos, UNO charter school network
Tribune staff reporterAs America's banking system began to freeze in mid-2008, Juan Rangel's nonprofit United Neighborhood Organization was in trouble. Because of a gubernatorial funding veto, the Latino group, which runs one of Chicago's largest charter school networks,...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Chicago Public Schools, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago White Sox, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Like his inspiration Churchill, hotelier won't stay down
Tribune staff reporterTo say that Chicago-based luxury hotel investor Laurence Geller is captivated by all things Winston Churchill is something of an understatement. As chairman of the Churchill Centre, a not-for-profit dedicated to preserving the legacy of the iconic...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Investment Service, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Central Park, Chicago Mayor
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Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're pressed for time, so let's get started, shall we? Here's your countdown of the Top Five Stories making news on this 13th day of September. 1. We're on the ground in Philadelphia this morning......
Oct 11, 2012
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Sep 25, 2012
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Sep 28, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012
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Oct 20, 2012
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Nov 18, 2012
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Aug 27, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
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