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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Friday, May 17,  2013
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 2013 Induction Ceremony Airs Saturday
The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony premieres on HBO Saturday at 9pm ET. The show will be repeated several times in coming weeks....Tags: Robyn, Bon Jovi (music group), Mick Fleetwood, Victoria's Secret, Bruce Springsteen
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Forecast for L.A.'s mayor race: paltry turnout
More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Barack Obama, Primaries, Racism, Eric Garcetti
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OPINION: In Vallejo, residents get say on spending
The Sacramento BeeIn recent years, Vallejo has been known mostly and sadly for the fact that it went bankrupt in 2008. Today, the beleaguered city on San Pablo Bay is making news for something innovative and exciting. It is holding a first-in-the-nation citywide experiment...Tags: Local Government, Voting, Elections, Politics
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Recount coming in Park Ridge 6th Ward race
After being defeated by just 20 votes in the race for Park Ridge's 6th Ward alderman, Vincent LaVecchia requested that the Cook County clerk's office hold a discovery recount. "The integrity of the vote is extremely important," said LaVecchia, who...
Tags: Business, Park Ridge, Voting, Elections, Politics
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Making Good: Idaho job changes, recognition and other achievements
The Idaho StatesmanHospitality and tourism Chris Lockner has been named director of food and beverage at the Boise Centre. Lockner began his career in the convention business in 1990 with Boise Centre, where he served as senior food and beverage supervisor with Marriott...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Navy Pier, Abusive Behavior, Career and Workplace, Media Industry
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Voice of the People, May. 11
Promoting gambling Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made a video using the plight of Chicago's schoolchildren to promote the building of a casino in Chicago. This resurrects sad memories for many of us of the Illinois Lottery's self-justification in 1974 that...Tags: Social Services, George Ryan, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lotteries
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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the city's African-American voters...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Garry McCarthy, Toni Preckwinkle, Rahm Emanuel, Karen Lewis
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Orland Park's holds inauguration day
There was standing room only inside Orland Park's board room Monday where officials decked the space with red, white and blue bunting and welcomed Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke to help conduct their inauguration into office. Family,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Special Olympics, Illinois Supreme Court, Government, Elections
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School in Prague to be named after Mayor Cermak
Eighty years ago, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was assassinated, an anniversary that some, like Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, say does not receive enough attention. But on Thursday, a school in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, will remember Cermak by...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Chicago City Council, Local Government, Rahm Emanuel, Edward M. Burke
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Romeoville mayor, board settle in after election
Romeoville Mayor John Noak has been sworn back into office with his four running mates. "It's nice that we don't have to change the name plates," he joked. "I am one of the luckiest mayors in the state of Illinois because I get to serve with the best...
Tags: Steve McMichael, Local Elections, Elections, Politics
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Emanuel doubles down as year 2 ends
Surrounded by kids as he accepted money from a soft-drink company for nutrition and exercise classes, Rahm Emanuel was asked if it might make more sense for children's health to take a harder line on the sale of sugary drinks. "I'm here about making...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Career and Workplace, Political Fundraising, Illinois Supreme Court, Garry McCarthy
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Penny Pritzker nominated for Commerce secretary
Tribune staffChicago business executive Penny Pritzker was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the new Secretary of Commerce on Thursday, in an expected move that could prove controversial for the longtime political supporter and fundraising heavyweight....Tags: Chicago Hotels, Career and Workplace, Republican Party, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Political Fundraising
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