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Congressman compares NCAA to Al Capone and the Mafia
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Fellow activists say Obama's memoir has too many I's
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe drama began with a tiny ad in a local newspaper -- a notice that asbestos was about to be removed from the management office at Altgeld Gardens, the all-black public housing complex where young Barack Obama worked as a community organizer. "You think...Tags: Rental Service, Activism, Death, Illnesses, Newspapers
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Fresh face or old-school player?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHe managed to burnish a reformer's reputation while swimming in the muddy waters of special-interest- infested state politics. He worked on a nice-guy image while practicing the hardball and brawling tactics of Chicago-style politics. Now, promoting...Tags: Crimes, U.S. Senate, Emil Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Political Corruption
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Red Line rehab poses political challenge for Emanuel
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday lauded Chicago Transit Authority workers for their "flawless" rollout of a five-month Red Line reconstruction that has shuttle buses replacing train service. So far, they're breathing a sigh of relief at City Hall. The...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Local Government, Richard M. Daley, Roderick T. Sawyer, Howard Brookins
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If Metra's CEO leaves, agency could take a new course
Three years after Metra was rocked by the suicide of its longtime executive director, the commuter rail agency could again be chugging toward an uncharted destination. Alex Clifford, the CEO who was recruited from Los Angeles in 2011 to succeed the...
Tags: Railway Transportation, Travel, Transportation, CTA Ventra Card, Metra
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Straddling the worlds of high finance and community activism
In 1972, Jim Reynolds was less than two months shy of graduating from Chicago Vocational High School, with plans of becoming a television repairman. Raised in Englewood on the city's South Side, he had been studying the trade for two years when his...
Tags: Soldier Field, Edward G. Rendell, Jim Reynolds, Craig Robinson, Economy, Business and Finance
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Chicago Blues Festival: Shemekia Copeland, James Cotton to headline
Shemekia Copeland, Irma Thomas, Otis Clay, James Cotton and Billy Branch will be among the headliners at the 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival, running June 6 through 9. The festival, expanded to four days this year, will open for the first time at the...
Tags: Chicago Blues Fest, Entertainment Events, James Cotton, Millennium Park, Festive Events
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'Whose schools? Our schools!'
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds I attended the Chicago Teachers Union rally and march yesterday — as an objective spectator — along with the new editorial board intern David Uberti. Those of you who have read the Tribune's editorials on CPS closings...... -
Democratic congressmen support Illinois gay marriage, though they can't vote on it
Clout StreetA day after Speaker Michael Madigan pronounced the gay marriage bill 12 votes short, a group pushing the issue tried to recapture momentum by announcing support from seven Illinois Democratic congressmen --- even though they don’t get to vote in...Tags: Social Issues, Danny Davis, Jan Schakowsky, Same-Sex Marriage, Daniel Lipinski
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Tinley Park mayor names term-limit commission panel members
Special to the TribuneMayor Ed Zabrocki announced this week his appointees to a commission that will study whether Tinley Park should adopt term limits for elected officials. The seven-member panel announced at Tuesday’s Village Board meeting include: Ken Slater, a...Tags: Local Government, Elections, Reformed, Judges, University of Chicago
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Epic, Half-Realized, Wildly Swirling Thoughts on Obama, Poverty, Politics, Guns, Chicago, Being a White Guy, the Secret Service, and Little Old Lady Laughs
President Barack Hussein Obama came to Chicago last Friday to give a speech at Hyde Park Academy on the South Side, and I went to write about it. Technically, this was my third time seeing the president speak live after making it to election night...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Entertainment Events, U.S. Congress, Bruce Willis, Lisa Madigan
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Chicago Blues Festival expands to four days
The 30th annual Chicago Blues Festival will expand to four days, with opening night June 6 at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Chicago blues star Shemekia Copeland will kick off the fest that night, with guest guitarist Quinn Sullivan. The...
Tags: Chicago Blues Fest, Entertainment Events, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Shemekia Copeland
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