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A Letter From Concerned Citizens to Mayor Daley

Jim Peters | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Chicago Architecture, Bauhaus, Walter-Gropius, Mayor Daley, Michael Reese Hospital, South Side of Chicago, Chicago Development, Modernist Architecture, Chicago News

The disappointment over the loss of the 2016 Olympics should not prevent Chicagoans from realizing a great opportunity -- the redevelopment of the former Michael Reese Hospital Campus.

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Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, Chicago Reader, Old Media vs. New Media, Creative Commons, Chicago Politics, Chicago Olympics, Death of Newspapers, Wbez, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, New York Times, Cnc, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago News

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.

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Lessons Learned From the Olympic Fiasco

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Sears Tower, Todd Stroger, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Chicago Budget, Cook County Board, Cook County Board President Race, Willis Tower Tifs, Tifs, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News

If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.

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'Rio Won The Bid ...Chicago Did Not Lose': Former USOC Chief

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Usoc, Ioc, Jim Scherr, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago 2016, Rio 2016, Rio Olympics, Stephanie Streeter, Chicago News

NEW ORLEANS — The ousted CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said changing leadership and strained relations with international Olympic officials ...

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Is Obama a "Narcissist"?

John McQuaid | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Narcissism, Nobel Peace Prize, 2016 Olympics, Conservatives, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics News

If conservatives want to win back power, they should focus on issues. They could start by kicking Obama off the analyst's couch and taking a spin on it themselves.

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Hey, Who Doesn't Want to Be a Millionaire?

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

According to a recent report the number of millionaire households around the world fell from around 11 million in 2007 to 9 million last year. The only region going the other way -- Latin America.

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The Rio Games -- And Those GOP Games

Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP and Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Oprah Winfrey Olympics, Olympics and Obama, Republicans and Health Care, Jim Demint, Barack Obama Olympics, Weekly Standard, Olympics, Rio Olympics, GOP and Health Care, 2016 Olympics, Bill Kristol, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Rio De Janeiro, William Kristol, Olympic Bid, Politics News

Why was the GOP so elated with Chicago's Olympic failure? Was it the joy in avoiding the inevitable cost overruns? The security concerns? Or was it enough that Obama had failed?

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Stephanie Streeter, USOC Chief, Leaving After Chicago Olympics Bust

AP | EDDIE PELLS | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Usoc, Usoc Ceo, Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago 2016, 2016 Olympics, Ioc, Stephanie Streeter, Larry Probst, Chicago News

Six months of shaky decisions and turmoil came to a head for the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday when its acting CEO said she would step down, bri...

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Chicago Olympics Bid Chief: No Way To Beat Rio

Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen and Philip Hersh | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ioc, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympics, Rio 2016, Chicago Olympics, Rio Olympics, Pat Ryan, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Though Chicago's campaign for the 2016 Summer Games went down in flames in the first round of voting, there was nothing more the city could have done ...

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Chicago 2016 Closing Up Shop, Laying Off 57 By End Of Month

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago 2016, World Sport Chicago, Chicago Olympic Committee, Chicago News

The organization that brought you all those banners, ads and fund-raising pitches for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago soon will pay the price for the cit...

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Krugman: The Modern Conservative Movement "Has The Emotional Maturity Of A Bratty 13-Year-Old"

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, 2016 Olympics, Paul Krugman, Republican Party, Politics News

So what did we learn from this moment? For one thing, we learned that the modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, h...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympics, Obama Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Rio 2016, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, World News

This week, in the battle for the 2016 Olympics, the Brazilians waxed the star power of Oprah and the Obamas. Chicago was rejected on the first ballot, and conservatives couldn't contain their glee. I thought it was only the coasts that Republicans think are not part of the real America. Now it's the Midwest, too? I wonder how far their bizarre wish for America to fail would go: if the Windy City had gotten the Olympics, would Republicans have rooted against American athletes? Would chants of "USA! USA!" have been replaced by shouts of "Government-run sports is socialism!" and "Keep your hands off my high jump!"? One sure sign that a political party has completely lost its way is when it finds itself cheering that an American city will not be hosting the Olympics.

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Olympics Loss Puts Daley On Defensive And Chicago Plans In Limbo

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Chicago's dream of an Olympics-sized stimulus was dashed when the 2016 Summer Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, and the loss amoun...

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Obama Told Olympics Trip Could Have Clinched Chicago's Bid: Jarrett

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Obama IOC Vote, Obama Copenhagen, Chicago Olympics, Obama Chicago Olympics, Barack Obama, Obama Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

In the run-up to the Olympics vote, the White House was getting a clear message from the architects of Chicago's bid: Balloting would be tight, and a ...

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Joe Scarborough Shows Yet Again Why He Could Be President Someday

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Gop, 2016 Olympics, Joe Scarborough, 2012 Election, President Barack Obama, Morning Joe, Politics News

There should be no doubt left in anyone's mind that Scarborough is angling for the Oval Office chair. Whether or not he's genuinely fed up with all the reprehensible partisan bickering truly doesn't matter.

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Crimes and Misdemeanors

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, 2016 Olympics, Elizabeth Smart, Roman Polanski, David Letterman, Politics News

David Letterman makes this revelation about his personal life because he was being extorted. I understand he was staying ahead of the wave, and I commend him for it, but really, is this any of our business ?

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Rio and the 2016 Summer Olympics: Reflections on Brazil and the Marvelous City

Chris McGowan | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Eduardo Paes, 2016 Olympics, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Rio Olympics, Brazil, Ioc, Rio De Janeiro, 2016 Summer Olympics, Pan-American Games, 2016 Olympics Bid, Copacabana, Lula, Chicago Olympics, World News

Brazilians would be far better off if its populace refused to tolerate the rogues' gallery that populates its government. But despite its social problems, the Rio Olympics may be the most entertaining Games ever.

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Obama Blows the Olympics

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama, Cheney, Olympics, United Nations, Chicago, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rio 2016, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, Comedy News

Losing the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro just shows that Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans have been right all along. Relying on reasoning, discussion and goodwill is bullshit.

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'Disappointed' Daley Makes First Public Comments Since Losing Olympic Bid

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

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About three hours after Chicago was eliminated from hosting the 2016 Olympic Games, Mayor Richard Daley made his first public statement, saying he was...

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The IOC Got This One Right

Christopher DeSa | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Ioc, Pele, Olympics, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Chicago Olympics, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, World News

In choosing Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the IOC gave the people of South America its long-deserved first chance to see the Olympics come to their continent.

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Thank You, Mr. President

Joe Scarborough | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Joe Scarborough, Chicago, Barack Obama, Morning Joe, Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Joe Scarborough Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Media News

Count me as one conservative who is disappointed that President Obama's hometown will not be hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Chicago Blues

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama, Chicago, Olympics, 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, 2016 Rio Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Ironically, the city most known for its hardball politics couldn't overcome the internal politics of the Olympic Committee to make it past the first round of voting for the 2016 Games.

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Obama 'Disappointed' At Chicago Olympics Loss (VIDEO)

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON — (AP) President Barack Obama had a message Friday for the many people – including himself – who put "heart and soul" int...

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Axelrod Blames Chicago Loss On IOC Politics (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Axelrod Olympics Politics, Chicago News, Axelrod, 2016 Olympics Announcement, Chicago Olympics, Ioc Vote, Ioc 2016 Announcement, International Olympic Committee, Ioc Announcement, Olympic Bid, Axelrod Olympics, Olympics, 2016 Olympics, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago Olympic Bid, Olympic Decision, Chicago 2016, Chicago IOC, Chicago News

White House aide David Axelrod thinks that internal politics at the International Olympic Committee are responsible for Chicago's unexpected early eli...

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