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Chicago Tears Down a Mies

Edward Lifson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Architectural Preservation, Chicago Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe, Blair Kamin, IIT Campus, IIT Test Cell, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

This week, powers that be in Chicago will demolish a little work by Mies van der Rohe. A small part of his extraordinarily important campus for the Illinois Institute of Technology will bite the dust.

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Rival's Video Says Quinn Nods Off While Woman Recounts Health Care Nightmare (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pat Quinn, Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn Asleep, Hynes Quinn, Video, Illinois Governor 2010, Illinois Governor Race, Midge Hough, Chicago News

Did Gov. Pat Quinn fall asleep during Wednesday afternoon's gubernatorial debate? A video released by a rival campaign makes it appear that he did. "...

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Terror Fears Scarier Than Guantanamo Bay Suspects in the Heartland

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hate Crimes Against Muslims, Violence Against Muslims, Valerie Kenney, Tinley Park Illinois, Thomson Illinois Prison, Islamophobia, Fort Hood, Mark Kirk, Guantanamo Bay, Backlash, Nidal Malik Hasan, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

I'm less scared of the possibility of an armed Islamic radical coming into my life than I am about the everyday bigots.

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FAA Flight Delays: O'Hare, Midway Flights Back On Track After Computer Glitch Caused Delays

Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Midway Airport, Midway Delays, O'hare Delays, Chicago Airport Delays, O'Hare, Check Flight Status, Flight Cancellations, Faa Glitch, Faa Delay, Airport Delays, Faa, Airport Delay, Faa Glitch Airport Delays, Faa Computer Glitch, Faa Flight Delays, Chicago News

UPDATE: The FAA computer glitch has been resolved, though problems continue to ripple across the country from the nearly five hour computer outage. Ge...

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Daley Rips Reporter Over Michael Scott Question (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Scott Death, Michael Scott Suicide, Tera Williams, Michael Scott, Mayor Daley, Video, Jody Weis, Michael Scott Investigation, Daley Tera Williams, Mayor Daley Michael Scott, Chicago News

Mayor Daley lit into a reporter Wednesday for asking whether the death of his longtime friend Michael Scott will affect the mayor's political career. ...

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Don Manzullo, Illinois Congressman, Apologizes For Calling Islam A 'Savage Religion' (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Thomson Correctional Center, Don Manzullo, Don Manzullo Islam, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Gitmo Detainees Illinois, Manzullo Detainees, Chicago News

Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) moved to distance himself Tuesday from remarks he made to a local TV station in which he referred to Islam as a "savage rel...

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Michael Scott's Death Definitely Suicide: Medical Examiner (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Scott Suicide, Michael Scott, Mayor Daley, Video, Nancy Jones, Michael Scott Death, Michael Scott Investigation, Michael Scott Chicago, Chicago News

The Cook County Medical Examiner said today that there was "no evidence" the death of Chicago school board president trusted Daley ally Michael Scott ...

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Mark Kirk Gets Skittish About Possible Glenn Beck Endorsement (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Glenn Beck, Mark Kirk Glenn Beck, Mark Kirk, Mark Kirk Sarah Palin, Video, Senate Races, Chicago News

U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk may or may not accept an endorsement from conservative talk show host Glenn Beck -- he won't say either way. After wo...

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Zack Heddinger, Steelers Fan, Says He Was Poisoned, Blinded At Chicago Bar After Bears Game

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Zack Heddinger, Steelers Fan Drink, Bears Fans, Kitty O'Sheas, NFL Fans, Bears Steelers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Steelers Fan Poisoned, Steelers Fan Blind, Steeler Nation, Chicago News

A Pittsburgh man in town to watch the Steelers play in September says he had to be rushed to the hospital on the verge of death after accepting a drin...

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Studs Terkel's FBI File Unearthed, With A Few Surprises

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Studs Terkel, Studs Terkel FBI, Studs Terkel FBI File, FBI Surveillance, Fbi, J. Edgar Hoover, Andre Schiffrin, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Long before the FBI identified him as a suspected communist and spent decades watching him and talking to confidential informants abou...

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GOP Moves To Block Gitmo Detainees From Coming To Illinois Prison

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Thomson Correctional Center, Gitmo Detainees, Pat Quinn, Guantanamo Detainees, Dick Durbin, Gitmo Detainees Illinois, Guantanamo, Thomson-Illinois, Thomson Prison Video, Mark Kirk Gitmo, Video, Aaron Schock, Dan Proft, Don Manzullo, Mark Kirk, Dan Hynes, Thomson Prison, Mark Kirk Thomson, Andy McKenna, David Hoffman, Patrick Hughes, Tom Cross, Jerry Hebeler, Gitmo Illinois, Chicago News

A plan to transfer prisoners currently held at Guantanamo Bay to a nearly deserted Illinois jail is sharply dividing the state's politicians, with Dem...

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The Lifeblood of Undergraduate Education Is on Strike

Emily F. Shaw | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: University of Illinois, Strike, Education, Geo, University of Illinois Global Campus, Rod Blagojevich, Graduate Employees’ Organization, TA Strike, Higher Education, University of Illinois Clout List, Unions, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Teaching Assistants, U of I Strike, University of Illinois Strike, Chicago News
Emily F. Shaw

The Fighting Illini don't have much fight on the gridiron this year. But the University administration has more than enough fight to allow a strike of its TAs to begin.

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Thomson Residents Want Gitmo Detainees At Prison: 'It Will Wind Up Being A Boon For This Town'

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Guantanamo Detainees, Gitmo Detainees, Thomson Correctional Center, Thomson Prison, Thomson Gitmo, Gitmo Detainees Illinois Prison, Pat Quinn, Dick Durbin, Obama Detainees, Thomson Illinois, Chicago News

THOMSON, Ill. — Some folks in this dying Mississippi River town would rather take their chances with suspected terrorists in their backyard than...

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Michael Scott: School Board Chief's Apparent Suicide Stuns

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Scott Dead, Chicago River Dead Body, Michael Scott CPS, Michael Scott Body, Michael Scott, Michael Scott Chicago School Board, Michael Scott Chicago Public Schools, Michael Scott Gun, Michael Scott Suicide, Video, Chicago News

(AP) CHICAGO — Chicago's school board president apparently shot himself in the head near the Chicago River before dawn Monday, officials said as...

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Daley Sued Over Obama, Jarrett's Olympic Involvement

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Chicago Olympics, Valerie Jarrett, Chicago Olympics, Obama Olympics, Mayor Daley, Judicial Watch, Chicago Olympics Lawsuit, Valerie Jarrett Ethics Waiver, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

A conservative watchdog group is suing Mayor Daley and the city for failing to turn over information about the Obama administration's involvement in C...

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Fort Hood Victim Pfc. Michael Pearson Hailed As Hearse Passes Through Hometown (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Fort Hood Victims, Bolingbrook, Pfc Michael Pearson, Fort Hood, Michael Pearson, Fort Hood Shootings, Slideshow, Chicago News

On the same day Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was charged with 13 counts of murder in the killing of a dozen of his fellow soldiers, one of the victims ...

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Illinois Foreclosures Rank Third Nationally

Huffington Post | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure, Home Foreclosures, Illinois Foreclosures, Economy, Housing Crisis, Chicago News

Not only is the housing crisis far from over, in Illinois it may be getting worse. Foreclosure filings jumped 56 percent in October, resulting in the...

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Two Dining Landmarks in Chicago: Last Call

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Don Roth's Blackhawk, Nick's Fishmarket, Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Lee Suckow, Ann Roth, Food, Chicago News

It's last call at two fine dining landmarks in downtown Chicago, the 90-year-old Don Roth's Blackhawk and the 32-year-old Nick's Fishmarket.

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Brian Dugan Sentenced To Death For Rape And Murder Of Jeanine Nicarico

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Brian Dugan Death Sentence, Jeanine Nicarico, Chicago News

WHEATON, Ill. — A suburban Chicago jury said Wednesday that a convicted murderer should be executed for the rape and killing of a 10-year-old gi...

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Keeping Score in Chicago Episode 28: Dear Oprah, LA Is For Suckers

Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mark Brown, Oprah Winfrey, Keeping Score in Chicago, Bill Zwecker, Sammy Sosa, Oprah Chicago, Chicago Podcasts, Chicago News
Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks

Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker gives the scoop on Oprah's diabolical plan to sell out Chicago and cuddle with celebrities and skinny people in California.

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Erwin Vermont Washington Drunk Pilot: United Pilot Arrested After Failing Breathalyzer Before London-To-Chicago Flight

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Erwin Vermont Washington, Drunk Pilot, London Chicago Drunk Pilot, United Airlines, Intoxicated Pilot, Pilot Breathalyzers, Flying Drunk, Heathrow, Travel, Chicago News

LONDON — A United Airlines pilot who was pulled from his trans-Atlantic flight to Chicago shortly before takeoff has been charged with having to...

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Prosecutors Still Won't Explain Why They're Subpoenaing Northwestern Journalism Students' Grades

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: David Protess, Medill School of Journalism, Medill Innocence Project, Medill Cook County Subpoenas, Anita Alvarez, Anthony McKinney, Northwestern University, Wrongful Conviction, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 197...

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Francheska Velez, Pregnant Chicago Woman, Among Fort Hood Shooting Victims

Huffington Post | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Ft Hood Shooting, Francheska Velez, Francheska Velez Fort Hood, Ft Hood Victims, Fort Hood, Michael Pearson, Fort Hood Victims, Fort Hood Shootings, Chicago News

A pregnant woman from Chicago is among the 13 people killed in the Fort Hood shootings Thursday. Kelvyn Park High School graduate Francheska Velez, 2...

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Derrion Albert Beating Death: 14-Year-Old Is 4th Teen Charged

AP | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert Murder, Derrion Albert Suspects, Chicago Gang Violence, Youth Violence, Fenger High School, Chicago News

CHICAGO — A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. The 14-year-old's name...

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Kirk Slammed From Right And Left For Courting Sarah Palin

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate 2010, Cheryle Jackson, Mark Kirk, David Hoffman, Sarah Palin, Mark Kirk Sarah Palin, Patrick Hughes, Kirk Palin, Senate Races, Chicago News

When word broke that self-described moderate Republican Mark Kirk was angling for kind words from Sarah Palin for his U.S. Senate bid, the response fr...

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