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Candidate, Former SEC Chairman Bash Water Deal that Flushed $68 Million Down the Sewer

David Ormsby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

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The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.

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McClendon Murders: Charges Filed Against 2 Teens In Connection With Slaying Of TV Host's Parents

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 10.25.2009 | Chicago

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A judge in Indiana has approved criminal charges against two teens in connection with the deaths of CLTV host Garrard McClendon's parents last week, L...

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Dan Hynes' Tax Plan Would Shield Illinois Legislature, Governor From Tax Hike and Other Campaign News

David Ormsby | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

If Hynes ultimately were to become governor and enact his plan, the entire Illinois governing class would be exempt from an Illinois income tax increase. Oops.

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Our Justice System Needs to Protect Children's Human Rights

Bernardine Dohrn | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

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Routine police interrogation methods have elicited an outrageously high proportion of false confessions -- coerced confessions given by innocent suspects, especially children, who quickly recant.

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Axelrod Blames Chicago Loss On IOC Politics (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

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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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Chi-Town Daily News Abandoning Non-Profit Model In Shakeup

Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

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The local news site Chi-Town Daily News is abandoning its non-profit structure four years after launching, saying its business model is unsustainable....

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State of Pay: A Chicago News-Blog Suspense Story

Sally Duros | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago

Our emerging newsrooms will be staffed in part by a generation of newshounds -- yes, journalists -- who've taken on the task of news delivery through the Web on their own.

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Chicago Television News Stations To Share News And Video Resources

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 06.04.2009 | Chicago

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Four Chicago television stations are expected later today to announce they soon will be sharing newsgathering resources at general news events, source...

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For Burris, It's Hail Mary Time

James Warren | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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It's time for an A-Rod-like press conference but with some substantive answers and a set of assurances about Burris' political future.

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Blagojevich Profanity-Laced Conversations Reenacted On "Rachel Maddow"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media

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Everybody's been reading over the obscenity-strewn transcribed conversations of Rod Blagojevich and realizing that he's the most profane, David Mamet-...

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Republic Workers Continue Protest As New Creditor Emerges

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Workers have approved a $1.75 million agreement, ending a sit-in that lasted six days at a Chicago window and door factory. U.S. Rep....

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Blagojevich Returns To Work

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — His career in shreds, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich clung defiantly to power Wednesday, ignoring a call to step down from President-el...

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Laid Off Workers Occupying Chicago Factory Win Big Round Against Bank Of America

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said Tuesday it would extend ...

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Schakowsky: Blagojevich Should Step Down Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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As the full extent of Rod Blagojevich's alleged scheme to auction off the vacant Illinois Senate seat became known, some of the Governor's Illinois co...

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Rod Blagojevich Arrest: Legal And Political Fallout

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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National and local Illinois officials are calling for the state Senate to reconvene and pass legislation that would effectively take the power of appo...

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Jesse Jackson Jr. Is Senate Candidate 5 (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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READ THE LATEST NEWS ON BLAGOJEVICH Update, 4:45pm Jesse Jackson, Jr. emphatically denied that he was a target in the federal investigation of Gov. ...

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Following Blagojevich Arrest, Obama Senate Seat Put On eBay

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Various elements of the Rod Blagojevich arrest today are unavoidably humorous -- whether it is his completely cynical approach to politics, the idea t...

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Rod Blagojevich Arrest Leads To Split Reactions On Prosecutor Fitzgerald

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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If you're looking to shorthand today's arrest of Rod Blagojevich, which will certainly expand the "Illinois Governor Wing" of the Federal Correctional...

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Rod Blagojevich Arrested: The Damage He Could Do

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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The arrest this morning of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has sparked intense discussion in the political universe over how great a taint his ethical f...

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Of No Fixed Address: The Panhandler's Playbook

Christopher Devine | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago

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This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from my oral history Of No Fixed Address: A Collection of Voices from the Streets of Chicago.

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Cab Surcharge Could End Next Week

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago

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Look for cab fares to drop next week if gasoline prices keep falling. The current 50-cent taxicab fuel surcharge could disappear Nov. 14 if gas price...

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Bronzeville Votes For Middle Class Housing

Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

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Voters in Bronzeville overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that would set aside a portion of vacant lots in the community for middle-income housin...

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Blackhawks' Wrigley Game Ticket Drawing Set

Chicago Tribune | Chris Kuc | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

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The NHL announced Monday that there will be a random drawing for the general public to determine who will have an opportunity to purchase tickets for ...

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