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Memo puts WGN news staffers at a loss for words

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Tribune executive Randy Michaels issues list of forbidden words. (Unbelievable!) (49 views)... More...
msmithivas      comments 4 comments      tim Posted 9 hours ago
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Reader's Mick Dumke, Parking Ticket Geek Join 'Smart Mouth'

Reader's Mick Dumke, Parking Ticket Geek Join 'Smart Mouth'

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The McCormick Freedom Project hosts Smart Mouth at noon this Thursday, March 11 at the Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago Reader political reporter Mick Dumke is a panelist and The Expired Meter's resident goof, the Parking Ticket Geek is being allowed on the dais for the honor of spit shining Dumke's shoes. (17 views)... More...
The Parking Tic...      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 10 hours ago
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Hyde Park Academy grading a mess - complete with blanket As, massive grade changes

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Last school year at struggling Hyde Park Academy High, more than 2,000 grades were boosted at least one notch — including more than 870 F’s that were changed to passing marks, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows. (15 views)... More...
craignewman      comments 1 comment      tim Posted 10 hours ago
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Thousands of Cook County Children Running on Empty

Thousands of Cook County Children Running on Empty

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Chicago's Heartland Alliance has confirmed that thousands of children go to bed hungry or don't know where they will find their next meal. What can we do to help the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Windy Citizens? (71 views)... More...
qstrian      comments 1 comment      tim Posted 17 hours ago
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Chicago's Garden in a City Motto May Suffer Recession

Chicago's Garden in a City Motto May Suffer Recession

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Chicago's Northwest Side 47th Ward Alderman Gene Schulter plans to introduce legislation which would defer costly ornamental iron fence & landscaping after developers complain about escalating costs. (9 views)... More...
abledanger      comments 1 comment      tim Posted 1 hour ago
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Free Irish whiskey for St. Patrick's Day

Free Irish whiskey for St. Patrick's Day

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If you don't start in the morning, you can't drink all day. Begin St. Patrick's Day with a free breakfast open house featuring Irish scones and coffee made with Feckin' Irish Whiskey. (71 views)... More...
LAZ      comments 2 comments      tim Posted 19 hours ago
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Columnist Questions Emanuel's Finger Pointing in the Buff

Columnist Questions Emanuel's Finger Pointing in the Buff

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Reining in unruly Congressmen takes a few persuasive words or assertive body language, but is there any truth to Chief of Staff & former Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel confronting one recalcitrant Congressman au naturale in the shower? (4 views)... More...
qstrian      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 2 hours ago
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Quinn Borrowing Billions to Raise Support for Tax Hike?

Quinn Borrowing Billions to Raise Support for Tax Hike?

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Future generations would be saddled with millions of dollars in interest payments under a plan proposed by Governor Patrick Quinn. Underhanded way to garner support for big tax hikes or spending cuts, Windy Citizens? (5 views)... More...
qstrian      comments Post a comment      tim Posted 2 hours ago
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The Cubs want YOU to be a Wrigley Field Ambassador

The Cubs want YOU to be a Wrigley Field Ambassador

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Let's say you're going to Wrigley Field for your first Cubs game ever. You don't know how to get there, where to park, what's available to eat. Who do you call? That's a project for a Wrigley Field ambassador. (77 views)... More...
John Kristoff      comments 2 comments      tim Posted 18 hours ago
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Warren steps down as Chicago Reader publisher to do more with Chicago News Co-op

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Poynter has the e-mail that James Warren sent out this morning discussing leaving his role as the Chicago Reader's publisher and president. (571 views)... More...
Richard Giraldi      comments 37 comments      tim Posted 1 day ago
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