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Tell WC: Testing out some new commenting features

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We're going to try out a few things on the WC comments over the next few days...

 

1. User pics won't appear with comments.  2. Comments that get lots of downvotes will disappear gradually the lower their score.

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Windy Citizen awarded $35,000 grant through Chicago Community Trust news incubator

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Exciting news! The Chicago Community Trust today announced $500,000 in awards to 12 recipients under an new program, Community News Matters, to spur the growth of new sources of quality local news and information about the Chicago region. The award winners were selected from among 86 requests, totaling $5.7 million.

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I say this is the best Chicago-centric Halloween costume ever. Prove me wrong.

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I say this is the pinnacle of Chicago-centric Halloween costumes. Can you top it? Send us your Chicago-centric costume and best prize wins a Car Talk mug.

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Photos and descriptions of Jazz age Chicago hotels

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Everything you need to know about old Chicago hotels

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Chicago Innovation Awards recognize local visionaries

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Nice write-up. The Hero Pipe sounds tremendous.

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Tribune Co launching new Chicago sports site ChicagoSports.com in a few days

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From a memo to the troops: "We're re-launching the section under a new name: Chicago Sports. With a new name comes some new (and renewed) features ..."

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Original bidder Bill Davies buys old Chicago post office for $20.8 million

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The price he pulled in was half the price he originally bid for it. Why do people keep saying this guy's a dufus? Sounds like he just saved himself a cool $20 million.

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Chicago City Council Live Viewing Party Thread - 10 a.m. - ?

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Letter from a 17-year-old senior at Fenger High School

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An anonymous student at Fenger High School talks about life before, during, and since the fight that killed one of her classmates and fixed the world's attention on Chicago's gang violence problem.

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BradFlora Made popular 2 weeks 6 days ago

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Ex Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon sells Northbrook mansion, moves to Florida

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The "Punky QB known as McMahon" has left the Chicago area.

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Brad Flora is CEO of WindyCitizen.com, a web service that lets people share their favorite Chicago news and events with their friends and neighbors. He is a Chicago-based journalist and web developer who has written for Slate Magazine, the Carnegie Corporation and seveal Chicago-area publications. Prior to founding Windy Citizen, he edited the Chicago Methods Reporter, a web site that won no awards but helped a lot of people score jobs. He lives in Old Town with an ever-rotating cast of characters discovered on Craigslist.

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