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Goosey Events and Trees That Smile

Nancy Sharp | Posted 05.08.2012

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Let yourself go the next time you stumble across the improbable or the unforeseen. Be wildly silly and curious about everything that you see, paying attention to all that is quirky because you never know what meaning lies behind.

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PHOTOS: Zillow Calculates Denver's Best Trick-Or-Treating Neighborhoods

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, Zillow.com named Denver the fifth best trick-or-treating city in the country based on an equation that factored in home value (on the assum...

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Washington Park Mayor's Home Shot At, Months After Former Mayor Was Murdered

Posted 05.25.2011

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Three bullets hit the house of Washington Park, Illinois mayor Cynthia Stovall-Hollingsworth last night, in a shooting of which she was apparently not...

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John Thornton DEAD: Washington Park Mayor Fatally Shot

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. — The mayor of a decaying village near St. Louis known for its strip clubs and beset by financial troubles and embezzlemen...

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Washington Park Mayor John Thornton Killed: Shot To Death In His Car

Posted 05.25.2011

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John Thornton, mayor of a troubled Illinois village outside of East St. Louis, was shot and killed in his car early Thursday morning. According to lo...

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Obama's Olympic Error

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The very idea that Chicago could be the setting for the Olympics might have been hatched by Jon Stewart for a four-year supply of comedic fodder.

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An Olympic Guarantee You Can Count On

Alden Loury | Posted 05.25.2011

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Olympics have displaced more than two million people in the last 20 years, especially minorities and the poor. With or without the Games, we're witnessing the clearing of two miles of lakefront property.

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Daley Slams Media, Ducks Questions At Final Olympics Rally Before Copenhagen

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Richard Daley today sought one more time to rally the city behind the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics before heading to Copenhagen for next wee...

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Residents Fear 2016 Olympics Could Prompt City Land Grab

Chicago Reporter | Alden Loury | Posted 05.25.2011

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South and West side residents asking city officials for reassurance that the 2016 Olympic Games won't push out longtime residents near some proposed O...

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Chicago Games: Benefits Far Outweigh the Risks

Patrick Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The greatest risk we face is not taking advantage of this unique opportunity to engage and enrich Chicago's children by hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Four Of Nation's 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods In Chicago: Study

Chicago Sun-Times | MARK J. KONKOL | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous "neighborhoods" in the country, including a sliver of Washington Park that ranked No. 2, a recent...

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Chicago Olympic Bid Money Could Be Short

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago 2016 Olympic planners on Friday revised their venue plan to turn an even brighter spotlight on Washington Park and Northerly Island -- and low...

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Obama: The South Side Perspective

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

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Catherine Haskins is 36 and has never bothered to vote in a presidential election. She says that will change Nov. 4 when she votes for Barack Obama. ...

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Neighbors Debate U. of C. Expansion Into Washington Park

Chicago Public Radio | Natalie Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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The University of Chicago's foray into the Washington Park neighborhood is being met with a mix of skepticism and anticipation. For decades, Washingto...

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U. Of C. Land Grab?

Chicago Tribune | Susan Chandler | Posted 05.25.2011

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The University of Chicago is one of the South Side's biggest landlords, so when it starts acquiring land in a new area, people notice--even if the uni...

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