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Hello Britain, Meet Chicago: Granta Takes a Toddlin' Town Tour

Victoria Lautman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: John Freeman, Publishing, Chicago, Aleksandar Hemon, Alex Kotlowitz, Chris Ware, Sandra Cisneros, Barack Obama, Granta, Granta Chicago Issue, Granta Chicago, Chicago News
Victoria Lautman

It's Chicago's turn to inspire an issue of Granta, the esteemed British literary journal that seems to instantly confer upon the subscriber a mantle of elevated intellect, or at least the appearance of it. I talked about the issue with editor John Freeman.

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Green News Report - September 1, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Hurricanes, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Clean Coal, Energy Innovation, Energy Citizens Rallies, Coal Industry, Gas Tax, American Petroleum Institute, Swine Flu, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Faces-of-Coal, Solar Energy, Bonner and Associates, Water, Chicago, Green News, Coal Ash, Wildfires, Climate Change, Air Pollution, California Wildfires, H1n1, Astroturf, Solar Power, Global Warming, Lightbulbs, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Fires rage across California as Hurricane Jimena bears down on Baja; Lights out for incandescent lightbulbs; The Summer of...

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Health Care Town Hall in Chicago -- Let them Speak!

Aemilia Scott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Teabgging, Hitler, Moustache, Protest, Chicago, Rally, Obama, Health Care, Tea Party, Chicago News
Aemilia Scott

I attended Jan Schakowsky's Town Hall in Skokie, Illinois Monday. All the anti-healthcare reform people want is for you to let them speak! Okay, we'll let them speak.

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America's Five Most Stressful Cities

ABC News | Sarah Lynch | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Stressful Cities, Forbes, Chicago, Cities, US Cities, Living News

Few enjoy their commute. Just ask Stephen Dinwiddie, M.D., a psychiatrist at the University of Chicago....

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1000 Journals and the Capacity for Hope

James M. Lynch | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: The Audacity of Hope, Arts, 1000 Journals, Journaling, Hope, Activism, Seminars, Chicago, Living News
James M. Lynch

The agenda was: here's a blank page, please fill it in, pass it on and return it to me. It's simple, straightforward, open and effective.

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Tribune: Decline of a Media Giant

Chris Maloney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: New York Times, Sam Zell, Death of Newspapers, Chicago Tribune, Recession, Chicago, Tribune Company, Chicago News
Chris Maloney

Tribune's vast multimedia holdings were supposed to act as a hedge against a downturn in any one area -- that was before the Internet and the "perfect storm" financial crisis.

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Remembering Ted Kennedy

Murray Fromson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Moscow, Bangkok, Lyndon Johnson, CBS News, Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Russia, Lbj, Chicago, Cold War, Politics News
Murray Fromson

None of my colleagues covering Ted Kennedy's early emergence on the national horizon in the 1960s bet on him as a promising young star.

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Coming Home to Race in the Chicago Triathlon

Jim Garfield | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Swimming, Bicycling, Adventure Racing, Racing, Triathlon, Chicago Triathlon, Bicycle Racing, Swim Race, Chicago, Chicago News
Jim Garfield

We will do battle with the elements, the course and ourselves as we hurl into the chilly waters of Lake Michigan beginning at 6:00 AM.

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Sneaky Sigg Sold BPA

Sarah Newman | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Kleen Kanteen, Polycarbonate Plastic, Chicago, Fda, Sigg Bottles, Takepart, Bpa, Nalgene, Sigg, Environmental Working Group, California, Green News
Sarah Newman

Millions of others joined the Sigg bandwagon after learning about the horrors of many reusable plastic bottles that contain BPA or polycarbonate. However, it seems like we were duped.

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You're Not the King of Me: Midwest Gen Runs Afoul of the Clean Air Act

Henry Henderson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Epa, Chicago, Midwest Generation, Department of Justice, Pollution, Air Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

Filing a lawsuit against the folks responsible for filth-spewing, coal-burning relics in Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village neighborhoods.

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Wild Thing: You Make Animal Control's Phone Ring

Mari Gallagher | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wrigley Field, Baseball, Pets, Safran Metals, Chicago, Food, Chicago Cubs, Everglades, Dogs, Alligators, Chicago News
Mari Gallagher

Animals are very intelligent but, like humans, they get swept away from time to time by emotions and ignore logic.

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Ambassador To China Makes Pitch For Chicago To Host 2016 Olympics

AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olymnpics Bid, Jon Huntsman, Chicago 2016, Chicago, Chicago News

BEIJING — The new U.S. ambassador to China slipped in a pitch for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics while presenting his credentials to t...

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Police Kill Knife-Wielding Man In Downtown Chicago

AP | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Man With Knife Killed Downtown, Downtown Shooting, Chicago, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Police have shot and killed a knife-wielding man who threatened an elderly bystander in Chicago's downtown theater district. Police s...

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Anniversary: Chicago '68

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Police Brutality, Vietnam War Protests, Riot, 1968, Chicago, Yippies, Convention, Chicago News
Michael Kaplan

All things converged to one night: tonight, forty-one years ago. The police found the fuse and lit it.

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United Airlines' Second Golden Marketing Opportunity: United Breaks Guitars, Song 2

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media

Read More: United Breaks Guitars Song 2, Social Media, United Breaks Guitars, United Airlines, Marketing, Internet, Social Networking, Media News, United Airlines Guitar Song, Chicago, Media News
Andrew Cherwenka

What if United put its best baggage handlers on drums and its best customer service reps on the tambourine? They could have in-house legal counsel singing backup.

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David Hoffman To Resign Inspector General Post And Run For Senate

NBC Chicago | Posted 09.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daley Administration, Inspector General, Senate, Illinois, David Hoffman, Chicago, Chicago News

Chicago's Inspector General, David Hoffman, is close resigning his post in the Daley administration so that he can run for U.S. Senate, sources say....

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Daley To Admit Parking Deal Got "Screwed Up," Spent Too Much Time On Olympics

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Chicago, Mayor Daley, Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Olympics, Richard Daley, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Chicago News

Mayor Daley will acknowledge tonight that his administration "totally screwed up" the transition to private control of the city's 36,000 parking meter...

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Teen Sex Headline Abuse

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Boston, Children, Health, Chicago, San Antonio, Science, Teen Sex, Media, Sexuality, Adolescents and Sex, Media News
Philip N. Cohen

Early sexual activity is risky for adolescents. But, despite what you might have read in today's headlines, sex at age 12 is not the norm for poor children.

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Premature Anti-Fascist

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Anti-Fascist, Free Market Capitalism, Capitalism, Bernard Knox, Dr. Hilkevitch, Chicago, Living News
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

I first spied Dr. Hilkevitch on the corner of 51st and Woodlawn, at the bus stop for the #2, from Kenwood to downtown Chicago. It was 1989, my first year as a graduate student in clinical psychology at Northwestern.

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Chicago Shuts Down City Government On Monday To Save Money

CBS 2 | Posted 09.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: State Budget Constraints, State Budgets, Economic Crisis, Chicago Closed, Recesession, Chicago, Chicago City Goverment, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago City Goverment Closed, Chicago Budget, Chicago News

If you planned to check out a library book, visit a city clinic or have your garbage picked up on Monday, you're out of luck. The City of Chicago wil...

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A Chance to Change

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Animals, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Michael Vick, Dogfighting, Chicago, Animal Cruelty, Michael Vick and the HSUS, At-Risk Youth, Hslf, Hsus, Michael Vick Chicago, Chicago News
Michael Markarian

On Chicago's South Side, Michael Vick spoke to at-risk youth and urged them not to get involved in dog-fighting, telling kids from personal experience not to go down this dead-end path.

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The Push to the Finish Continues

Patrick Ryan | Posted 09.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago, Columbian Exposition, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Patrick Ryan

If we win the Games, the financial and social benefits generated would be tremendous--jobs, economic development, affordable housing, improved parks, and sports programs for thousands and thousands of kids.

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Jerry Springer Joins "Chicago" On Broadway

NewYorkology | Posted 09.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Jerry Springer, Jerry Springer Chicago, Chicago, Chicago on Broadway, Broadway, Broadway New York, Chicago Jerry Springer, Home News

Talk-show host Jerry Springer will take on the role of shady lawyer Billy Flynn in Broadway’s “Chicago,” according to Telecha...

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Arriving in 2011: The Perfect Museum for Las Vegas

Ellen Sterling | Posted 09.04.2009 | Style

Read More: St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Mayor Oscar Goodman, Chicago, Bugs Moran, Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, Mob Museum, Las Vegas, Bugsy Siegel, Style News
Ellen Sterling

The latest only-in-Las Vegas cultural offering is the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement -- the very site of the museum has a bit of mob-related history of its own.

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Weekend Off?

Brian Dickie | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Christopher Bell, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Music Man, Passion, Francesco Milioto, Chicago Cultural Center, Acis and Galatea, Grant Park Orchestra, New Millennium Orchestra, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Art, Chicago, Orchestra, Chicago News
Brian Dickie

Their utterly delightful, spectacles and all, Marian/Galatea was Amy Conn. The show is worth it for her alone. But for much else as well.

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