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'House of Cards' or 'The Walking Dead'?
There must be someone besides me watching "House of Cards." Someone? Hello? I know you're out there. The new made-for-Netflix series, a baker's dozen of episodes that made their debut in one fell swoop two weeks ago, has gotten as much publicity...
Tags: Entertainment, Television, Kelsey Grammer, House of Cards (tv program), Netflix Inc.
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Will school massacre spur real change in gun laws?
By Tuesday, the argument over gun control had almost vanished from my Facebook feed. Gone were the passionate gun-related posts that had dominated Facebook since Friday, when a man walked into a Connecticut grade school, pulled the trigger on a semi-...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, University of Chicago, Gays and Lesbians, Barack Obama, Politics
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Toned down 'Today Show' hits Chicago
Big picture, not much went right for the “Today Show's” planned broadcast from Chicago this week. First, terrible, significant news happened in Oklahoma, meaning stars Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie would never make it to the live location...
Tags: The Second City, Navy Pier, Today (tv program), Oprah Winfrey Show (tv program), Rahm Emanuel
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Harris: William Daley deals with 'crazy hours, long days' on trip to China
William Daley called Wednesday from China about 11 p.m. Beijing time, saying "the crazy hours, long days and time lag" were "kind of getting to" him. Daley and World Business Chicago Vice Chairman Michael Sacks, a top adviser to Mayor Rahm Emanuel,...
Tags: University of Chicago, Beijing (China), Science and Technology, Bill Clinton, Rahm Emanuel
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All sides must put political nonsense aside
Not every night will you see Gov. Pat Quinn shaking hands with players in the Cubs dugout or Sen. Dick Durbin mingling with team Chairman Tom Ricketts on the field. Not every night at Clark and Addison will you find Sec. of State Hillary Clinton...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Wrigley Field, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama
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Ricketts puts people above family business in Wrigley Field deal
Unless Carlos Marmol gets involved, the Cubs still hope to close a deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field by Monday's home opener. Assuming the agreement can overcome a late-inning scare, planned improvements at the venerable 99-year-old...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Wrigley Field, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama
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Key to Wrigley renovation: Will it lead to a title?
Quaint ballparks are cool, no question about it. But they don't win championships. That's why the Yankees did an ugly overhaul on the House That Ruth built in the mid-1970s and scrapped the original Yankee Stadium altogether five seasons ago. It's why...
Tags: Michael Bowden, Wrigley Field, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Yankee Stadium
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CPS chief forcing coaches to set better example
Barbara Byrd-Bennett still remembers how often her daughter, Nailah, quoted coaches of every sport growing up in New York. Nowadays, Byrd-Bennett frequently hears similar reverence repeated from her twin grandsons, who just started playing football....
Tags: Schools, Chicago State University, High School Sports, Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel
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Cubs, Ricketts come up empty at home opener
If the Cubs falling a wind shift short of a game-winning home run in the ninth inning of Monday's home-opening 7-4 loss to the Brewers teased your emotions and tested your resolve, imagine how Tom Ricketts felt. The Cubs chairman arrived at Wrigley...
Tags: Norichika Aoki, Wrigley Field, Thomas M. Tunney, Starlin Castro, Rahm Emanuel
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How helpful are surveillance cameras?
After the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Emanuel extolled the value of video surveillance cameras and promised to keep adding them in Chicago, which already has the nation's most extensive network. In Boston, the cameras didn't deter the killers, but...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Sports
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Surveillance cameras aren't all that
Video surveillance cameras have been growing in popularity for years, but in recent weeks their advance has gotten a turbo boost. After helping to identify two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, the cameras went from occasionally desirable to...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Michael Bloomberg, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Sports
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It's about time Cubs played a little hardball
Hearing Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts publicly threaten to move the team out of Wrigley Field for the first time Wednesday if his restoration plan meets resistance immediately raised an obvious question. What took so long? Ricketts told the City Club...
Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Wrigley Field, Thomas Ricketts, City Club of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel
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