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Show your skills for 'America's Got Talent'
RedEyeIn its seventh season, "America's Got Talent" went to the dogs, literally, when Olate Dogs, the dog act led by Richard Olate and his son Nicholas, won the competition. That pretty much shows you that any act has a chance in NBC's competition series. So...Tags: America's Got Talent (tv program), Entertainment
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Michelle Williams in the cast of 'Fela!'
Tribune reporterThe Chicago area's own Michelle Williams has joined the national tour of "Fela!" that's coming to town Feb. 19-23. Williams, the Grammy winner and former Destiny’s Child, will play Sandra Isadore, show producers Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter,...Tags: Broadway Theater, Ticketmaster, Jada Pinkett Smith
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Same-sex marriage in Illinois
I came out of the closet to my mom in 2003 at the age of 15. I was lucky to be a part of a family and community that accepted me for who I am. Back then, I thought being accepted was the best I could hope for and part of me believed it was all that I...Tags: Minority Groups, Politics, Social Issues, Elections, Marriage
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'Fela!' returns to Chicago; Arie Crown returns as tour venue
"Fela!," the Broadway musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, is returning to Chicago for a week in February. Yet more surprisingly, the Arie Crown Theater, which has been on ice of late, once again has a Broadway-style show within the...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Jada Pinkett Smith
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Interview: 'Hardcore Pawn: Chicago' stars buy, sell and raise hell
Here's the thing about brothers and "Hardcore Pawn: Chicago" co-stars Randy and Wayne Cohen: They fight a lot — and even came to blows this year — but they always make up. And once they're done patching things up, they tend to go right...
Tags: Chandler Parsons, Jason Hervey, Ashton Kutcher, Jeremy Lin, Chicago Bulls
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NATO summit cost Metra $800,000 in lost revenue and security costs
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsThe NATO summit at McCormick Place cost Metra $800,000 in lost revenue from customers who stayed away and extra security expenses like bomb-sniffing dogs, the …... -
Loyola Academy alum Aylin Bayramoglu has 'Glee'-ful hopes for her career
The list of reality shows Aylin Bayramoglu has auditioned for unsuccessfully is a long one: “American Idol,” “The X Factor,” “American Juniors,” “America's Got Talent,” “The Sing-Off” and “...
Tags: Glee (tv program), America's Got Talent (tv program), Roosevelt University, Television Industry, Ryan Murphy
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Obama campaign plans 'watch party'
Whoever wins the campaign for president a week from Tuesday, this election night is not likely to resemble 2008 on the streets of Chicago. Four years ago, Chicago police blanketed the streets of downtown as streams of jubilant Barack Obama supporters...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Rahm Emanuel, International Organizations
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Chicago should benefit from friendly White House
As he looks ahead to President Barack Obama's second term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel expects funding for roads and mass transit and a push for education reform to be high on the White House's to-do list. Not surprisingly, those agenda items also are close to...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Politics, Labor Markets, Edward M. Burke
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Did Chicago botch Super Bowl chances with McDome fiasco?
Most longtime Bears fans think their team should have won more than one Super Bowl by now. Marc Ganis, president of the Chicago-based consulting firm SportsCorp Ltd., tells me Chicago should have been host to multiple Super Bowls by now if the idea of...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Yankee Stadium, Super Bowl, MetLife Stadium, Sports
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Chicago is mostly banished at Obama party
"Hello, Chicago," said the city's newly elected hometown president, speaking to ecstatic Grant Park celebrants four years ago this week amid a backdrop of iconic Midwestern skyscrapers, shimmering in red, white and blue. After Barack Obama's victory rally...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, CNN (tv network), Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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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: Immigration, Barack Obama, Politics, Elections, Satellite and Cable Service
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Dec 30, 2012
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Jun 15, 2012
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