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A National Day of Action to Stop Stupak

Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Nancy Keenan, New York Times, Congress, Rep. Stupak, Naral, National-Day-of-Action, Chicago, Abortion, Bart Stupak, Abortion Rights, Health Care Reform, Stupak Amendment, Chicago News

Today I feel like I'm still 18, in the fall of 1968, gathering nickels, dimes and dollars for a friend to take the bus to Rapid City, South Dakota to get an (illegal) abortion.

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Stephanie Sheehan Sues United Airlines After Suitcase Falls On Foot

WBBM 780 | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Stephanie Sheehan Sues United Airlines for Suitcase Falling on Her Foot, United Airlines, Chicago, Chicago News

Stephanie Sheehan says United Airlines is liable after a suitcase stowed in an overhead bin fell on her foot and injured her. ...

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Comcast To Add WiMax, 4G Wireless Service, In Chicago

chicagotribune.com | Wailin Wong | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wireless, Broadband, Wimax, Chicago to Get 4g Wireless, 4g, Comcast, Chicago, Chicago News

Comcast Corporation is expected to launch WiMax, or 4G, wireless service in Chicago, joining a lineup of technology heavyweights offering ultrafast br...

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Police Board Overhaul Ahead

nbcchicago.com | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council Vote on Police Board Reform, Chicago City Council, Chicago Police Department, Chicago, Chicago News

The city council is expected to vote on a reform ordinance that would force the board to explain its decisions in writing - namely, its perplexing un...

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Postcard Perfect Holidays In A Prairie State

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Santa Claus, Christmas, Holiday Season, Chicago, Black Friday, Holidays, Illinois, New Year's Eve, Chicago News

To help jump start the holiday spirit, these are my favorite 10 images four years after evacuating back to the heartland south of Chicago, east of Lincoln's home and north of a cornfield.

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Motion Graphics Fest Animates DC

Eric Shutt | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Motion Graphics Festival, Richard Harrington, N.a.S.A., PinkLine Project, Chicago, Washington, Shepard Fairey, Shantell Martin, Dc, Psymbolic, mgfest09, Mgfest, Media News

Motion Graphics Festival (MGFest) has been touring the U.S. for nearly 5 years, but you may not have heard of it until now.

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Swimming With the Sewage: The Distrubing Reality of the City's Sewage System

John Petro | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Waste-Water, New York Times, Sewer-Systems, Chicago, New York City, Mayor Daley, Green Roofs, New York News

On Monday the New York Times brought us some nasty details about the city's sewer system. New York City has a combined sewer system, meaning that both...

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Washington Post To Close New York, Chicago, LA Bureaus

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Washington DC, Internet, Newspapers, New York, Advertising, Chicago, Wapo, Newspaper Circulation, La, Bureaus Closing, Washington Post, Dc, Circulation, Media News

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post will close its remaining U.S. bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save money...

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Chicago's Public Health Budget Gets The Flu

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Health, Budget Cuts, Health Care, Chicago, Aids, Chicago Budget, HIV/AIDS, Swine Flu, Mayor Daley, H1n1, Chicago News

Some essential city services are too important to do without. Alarmingly, Mayor Daley's 2010 budget plan calls for a $2.1 million funding reduction (6.7% cut) for public health.

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On The Road

Joy Preble | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Dreaming Anastasia, Advice-to-New-Authors, Debut Authors, Book Publishing, Michael Chabon, Chicago, Larry Day, Author, Writing, 57th-Street-Books, Book Promotion, Borders, Book Publicity, Naomi Wolf, Sarah Palin, Books News

These are the humbling moments in the debut author journey. The ones that remind you to hang onto that day job.

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Chicago LIVE On Twitter: Local News, Sports, People

Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Sports, Chicago People, Chicago Tweets, Chicago Live on Twitter, Chicago, Chicago Live Tweets, Chicago News, Chicago Twitter, Chicago Breaking News Twitter, Chicago News

Follow the latest in Chicago LIVE through our curated Twitter lists: local news, local sports, and local people via tweets. Do you know a tweeter w...

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The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Pollution, Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Water, Chicago, Great Lakes, Privatization, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ballast-Water, Chicago News

The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.

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Chicago Footnotes

Bob Giloth | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Harold Washington, Rob Mier, Navy Pier, Chicago, James Rouse, Chicago News

"Washington's administration broke with the traditional Chicago growth machine on various issues ... [T]he administration killed plans to revitalize N...

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SLIDESHOW: Art For A Better World: Five Exhibits That Inspire Change

Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Art, Social Change, Emma Thompson, Venice Arts, Chicago, Slideshow, Un, Exhibitions, Cancer, Lance Armstrong, New York, Livestrong, Human Trafficking, Veterans, Impact News

Have trouble understanding modern art? Impact sought out some special exhibits that seek to make a change in the world, be it through raising awarenes...

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Is Jay Cutler Really the Bad Guy?

Amy Turek | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports

Read More: Nfl, Chicago Bears, Chicago, Chicks-in-the-Huddle, Jay Cutler, Sports News

He's not exactly the storybook hero we were hoping for, but I think Cutler is doing a decent job as our quarterback. There's only so much you can ask one man to do for an offense.

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Diversity Is Great, But It Won't Save Chicago's Public Schools

Matt Farmer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Martin Luther King, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Board of Education, CPS Segregation Consent Decree, CPS Magnet Schools, Chicago, CPS Selective Enrollment Schools, Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman, Chicago Magnet Schools, Diversity, Cps, Education Reform, Public Education, Chicago News

CPS CEO Ron Huberman knows there is very little racial or economic diversity in our public schools. There is also very little Huberman and his team can do about that.

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Thomson Prison In Illinois Is Leading Choice In Obama's Search For Stateside Gitmo

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: White House, Pat Quin, Pat Quinn, Guantanamo, Thomson Illinois, Obama, New Gitmo, Gitmo, Mark Kirk, Thompson Prison Facility, Jan Schakowsky, Thomson Prison, Chicago, Thomson Correctional Facility, Illinois, Gitmo Detainees, Cuba, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with fede...

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Northbrook Police's Gun Giveaway Program Under Fire

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Suburbs, Gun Laws, Chicago Suburbs, Chicago, Northbrook, Chicago Tribune, Gun Control, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

Many residents of Northbrook and the surrounding suburbs are upset about the gun giveaway because it will put more weapons in our neighborhood.

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Chicago Taps Parking Meters To Fund Homeless Shelters

Posted 11.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Chicago Parking Meters, Homeless, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Chicago, Impact News

Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley announced last week that the city has earmarked $1.4 million to fund homeless prevention programs over the next two yea...

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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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Stage Door: Superior Donuts, The Understudy, Vamps

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Michael McKean, Broadway, Cabaret, Off-Broadway, Tracy Letts, Entertainment, Chicago, New York News

When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.

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An Open Letter to President Obama About Afghanistan From William R. Polk

The Nation | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Afghanistan War, Nato, Afghan Election, Tribes, Durand Line, Kabul, Middle East, Taliban, Policy, Hamid Karzai, Afghan War, Chicago, Afghan Strategy, Un, South Waziristan, Soviet Union, Pentagon, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Troop Levels, Terrorism, Pashtun, Foreign Policy, Kashmir, Insurgency, Al Qaida, State Department, Pashtunwali, Soviet Afghan War, Counterinsurgency, World News

I was an early supporter of yours. So I hope you will accept the following analysis and proposals as being from a friend as well as a person with cons...

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Poet Pride: A Charm City Classic on Film

Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Civil Rights Movment, New York, Baltimore, 1990's, Muggsy Bogues, Hbo, Drugs, 1980's, War on Drugs, Basketball, Film, The Wire, Carmelo Anthony, Len Bias, USA Today, Reggie Lewis, Chicago, Documentary, Boston Celtics, Rudy Gay, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nba, 1970s, Entertainment News

A new basketball documentary, Poet Pride, takes a look at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. This famed East Baltimore institution has produced some of the greatest basketball players in the country.

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Howard Dean Stresses Importance of Grassroots Pressure on Public Option

Ellen Gill | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illinois Tenth Congressional District Democrats, Howard Dean, Illinois, Chicago, Fifty State Strategy, Public Option, Politics News

Dean said that he thinks the public option should be Medicare, administered by the same agencies and under the same rules as Medicare.

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A Hole in the Night

Robert Koehler | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Restorative Justice, Peace, Urban Violence, Crime, Chicago, Derrion Albert, Chicago School Violence, Criminal Justice, Chicago News

I remember big, white-teeth grins, laughter, especially from the kid in the white hoodie. He was laughing as he swung and connected with my cheekbone and I went down.

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