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Hillary Clinton on Chicago-Boston game: 'Three overtimes. Really?'
Twitter newcomer and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative on Thursday in Chicago, reached back into her hockey-fan childhood and mentioned a certain exhausted hockey team. "I listened to my friend [Chicago]...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Jason Kidd, Chicago Blackhawks, Rahm Emanuel, Sports
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Hillary Clinton speaks at Clinton Global conference
The push to create more opportunities for women is the “great unfinished business of this century,” Hillary Clinton said Thursday, telling a Chicago audience that “when women participate in peacemaking and peacekeeping, we are safer...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Rahm Emanuel, Media Industry, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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In Illinois, expected vote to approve gay marriage fizzles
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A showdown vote on legalizing gay marriage in Illinois never materialized Friday as lawmakers adjourned, dashing the high hopes of supporters who believed that after years of disappointment they were finally on the verge of...Tags: Barack Obama, Marriage, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, Family
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Villaraigosa bets on Kings with Sriracha, local beers and Langer's pastrami
There's more than pride and the Stanley Cup on the line as the reigning champion Los Angeles Kings defend their title against the Chicago Blackhawks -- this year, the customary wager between mayors includes local craft beer. It is a long-standing...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Los Angeles Kings, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Blackhawks, Sandwiches
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Another kind of gun control
Supporters of a measure that would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases decried the bill's death in the Senate last month. But was the defeat really such a bad thing? Had it passed, the new law would have been hailed as a historic...
Tags: Criminals, Justice System, George W. Bush, Personal Weapon Control, Lawyers
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'Croods,' 'Olympus' rise at box office. CBS eyes TV Guide Network.
After the coffee. Before the matzo ball soup. The Skinny: I'm in D.C. for Passover, and it snowed here. So much for seeing some cherry blossoms, lunching at an outdoor cafe near the Capitol and taking a nice long jog. Monday's headlines include a...
Tags: Matzoh, Olympus Has Fallen (movie), Passover, Revolution (movie), Cee Lo Green
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Rep. Gutierrez hopes for immigration action after Easter recess
WASHINGTON – Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez of Chicago, a key player in the bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform, said Tuesday that he is hopeful that Congress will act on the issue in early April after the Easter recess. “...
Tags: Barack Obama, Immigration, Rahm Emanuel, Luis Gutierrez, U.S. Congress
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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy count
The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge that he conspired to misuse more than $750,000 in campaign...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Justice and Rights, Prisons, Civil Rights, Richard M. Daley
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2 charged in Hadiya Pendleton's murder to appear in Chicago court
The two men accused of shooting Hadiya Pendleton will appear in a Chicago courtroom on the first-degree murder charges Tuesday, hours before her parents are to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama for the president’s State of the Union speech....
Tags: Adam Lanza, Trials, Interior Policy, Misdemeanors, Hadiya Pendleton
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Hadiya Pendleton funeral: 'This should hurt the hearts of every man'
Friends, family and First Lady Michelle Obama gathered Saturday afternoon to remember Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old Chicago majorette who was fatally shot a week after she performed at President Obama’s inauguration. Hadiya -- who was shot...
Tags: Barack Obama, Illinois Governor, Personal Weapon Control, Pat Quinn, Shootings
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Hadiya Pendleton: Slain girl had made PSA against gang violence
Not long after a fatal bullet pierced Hadiya Pendleton’s back, her round face -- its espresso eyes and easy smile -- had become a national symbol of innocence robbed. The slaying of the Chicago sophomore who had recently performed as a...
Tags: Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Gang Activity, Gun Control, Rahm Emanuel
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White House, politicians react to Hadiya Pendleton shooting death
More than once, Hadiya Pendleton and President Obama walked the same streets. Last week, the high school sophomore performed as a majorette at his inauguration in Washington. On Tuesday, she was gunned down in a park a mile from Obama’s...
Tags: Barack Obama, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, White House
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