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Couple get extra time to stay in the home they love
The building inspectors came to the home of R.J. and Josephine Harris on Friday morning. One of them jumped up and down on the new kitchen floor.
His verdict: It's better.
The Harrises felt a rush of hope.
Maybe, just maybe, they wouldn't have to...Tags: Justice System, Entertainment Events, Whole Foods Market, Best Buy Co., Inc., Lawyers
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Obama turning the big 5-0. Now for a little advice ...
Barack Obama turns 50 on Thursday, a fact he'd probably be thinking about even if he weren't marking it with a birthday fundraiser in Chicago on Wednesday.
The president has taken to commenting publicly on his graying hair and the bags under his eyes,...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Diane Keaton, Elections
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At this bakery, interns' hope rises along with the bread
Meet the cast of characters of the Sweet Miss Givings Bakery. *Stan Sloan, 45, idea mastermind, a tanned Episcopal priest who wears a black leather jacket and grooves on Madonna.*Stephen Smith, 28, chief operating officer, Harvard grad who just moved...Tags: HIV, University of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Startups, Christianity
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Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young
Inside every adult lurks a graduation speaker dying to get out, some world-weary pundit eager to pontificate on life to young people who'd rather be Rollerblading. Most of us, alas, will never be invited to sow our words of wisdom among an audience of...Tags: Science and Technology
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Deeds of kindness after evil
The postcards started arriving last week, and every day Kate Braser tapes a few more on the windows of her office in the Campus Life building at Northern Illinois University. "I filled up my sister's car with gas.""My roommate was feeling down so I...Tags: DeKalb, Gaming, Greeting Cards, Northern Illinois University, Juvenile Delinquency
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Steering high school journalists on right path
When I headed off Thursday to talk about column-writing to high school journalists, I felt a little like a seafarer commissioned to give a workshop on how to fly the space shuttle. I could offer some general tips on the nature of exploration and...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Roosevelt University, Education, Human Body, Schools
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Cindi Canary watches Springfield like a hawk
Illinois has lived lately in a state of ethical emergency and Cindi Canary has been on call. You must have seen or heard her. When a government ethics committee needs a member, when the national or local media need a nonpartisan comment, Canary's there,...Tags: Corporate Crime, Edgewater, Roland Burris, Paul Simon, Corrupt Practices
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Schmich on the move
Change of SubjectThose of you who are online-only readers may have missed this recent development, reported on this morning by TOC's Robert Feder: Of all the perks of winning the Pulitzer Prize last spring, the most visible for Mary Schmich may be...... -
The best of Mary Schmich
Change of SubjectNow available here as an e-book: The Best of Mary Schmich is a collection of the most popular and beloved columns from the 2012 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Mary Schmich, who has been writing for the Chicago...... -
Stay cheerful, my friends
Change of SubjectPhoto by Ken Carl We sold out our four "Songs of Good Cheer" programs over last weekend at the Old Town School of Folk Music (in mid November, actualy). As always after these shows we get requests for links to...... -
Scribe Aid
Change of SubjectRobert Feder puts it well: Chicago Tribune columnists Mary Schmich and Eric Zorn will lead the singing at the second Scribe Aid event Friday at the Heartland Cafe, 7000 North Glenwood Avenue. Hosted by our friends from the Chicago Headline......
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