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    Jul 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Review: 'The Twenty-Year Death' by Ariel S. Winter is 3-in-1 noir

    <strong>The Twenty-Year Death</strong>
    -------------------- The Twenty-Year Death A Novel Ariel S. Winter Hard Case Crime: 672 pp., $25.99 -------------------- Noir is, first and foremost, style. It's like kabuki, or, more to the point, the blues — a folk art defined by its...

    Tags: The Big Sleep (movie), Ernest Hemingway, Georges Simenon, Movies, Arts and Culture

    2. May 29, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Editorial: Speaker Madigan, work your House pension bill in the Senate

    Dear House Speaker Michael Madigan,
    Dear House Speaker Michael Madigan, May we call you Mike? Mike — we know you are aware of Wednesday's date, May 29. Friday marks the scheduled end of the Illinois legislature's spring session. Three workdays. As you know, we support your...

    Tags: Daniel Biss, Michael Madigan, Elections, Lobbying, Christine Radogno

    3. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Lobbyist Jack Dorgan is new Illinois GOP party chairman

    Illinois Republican leaders on Saturday choose a lobbyist and Rosemont trustee to serve as state party chairman following several hours of closed door talks.
    Tribune reporter
    Illinois Republican leaders on Saturday choose a lobbyist and Rosemont trustee to serve as state party chairman following several hours of closed door talks. Jack Dorgan's selection follows the resignation of former chair Pat Brady, who came under...

    Tags: Michael Madigan, Rosemont (Cook, Illinois), Elections, Springfield, Justice System

    4. Jun 2, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Lobbyist chosen to lead Illinois GOP

    Illinois Republican leaders Saturday chose a lobbyist and Rosemont trustee to serve as state party chairman after several hours of closed-door talks. Jack Dorgan's selection follows the resignation of former chairman Pat Brady, who came under fire for...

    Tags: Michael Madigan, Rosemont (Cook, Illinois), Elections, Justice System, Springfield

    5. May 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Hefty payouts, but few regrets

    Former Sen. Art Berman will draw a state legislative pension of $209,520 this year, highest among his peers and more than three times what he made as a lawmaker.
    Former Sen. Art Berman will draw a state legislative pension of $209,520 this year, highest among his peers and more than three times what he made as a lawmaker. Former state Rep. Judy Erwin will collect $167,523, a pension spiked by a high-paying...

    Tags: Corporate Officers, Elections, Emil Jones, Justice System, Values

    6. May 1, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Generous rules govern aldermen's pensions

    When Chicago aldermen floated a proposal in 1987 to boost their city pensions dramatically, Mayor Harold Washington's administration dismissed it as an arrogant ploy that lacked even a cursory cost analysis.
    Tribune reporters
    When Chicago aldermen floated a proposal in 1987 to boost their city pensions dramatically, Mayor Harold Washington's administration dismissed it as an arrogant ploy that lacked even a cursory cost analysis. Three years later, the proposal still didn't...

    Tags: Civil Laws, Judges, Justice System, WGN, 311 (music group)

    7. Nov 2, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. New reef created in Chesapeake Bay

    Concrete that once blocked fish from swimming up the Patapsco River to spawn has a new life as home for aquatic creatures at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay.
    Concrete that once blocked fish from swimming up the Patapsco River to spawn has a new life as home for aquatic creatures at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay. Water cannons blasted chunks of the demolished Simkins Dam off a barge Wednesday, completing...

    Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Ellicott City, Building Material, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry

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