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Open thread: Weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
'Check Please!' names Catherine De Orio new host
Citizens of Chicago, food-TV obsessives, our long nightmare is over: Meet Catherine De Orio. She's Italian. She's in her mid-30s. She lives in the West Loop. She's married to a lawyer. She has no food allergies. She has a throaty, confiding voice. Her...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Julia Child, Arts, PBS (tv network), Restaurants
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'Ramblers' author: 'More than a sports story, it was a civil rights story'
Michael Lenehan wrote “Ramblers: Loyola Chicago 1963 — The Team That Changed the Color of College Basketball.” We asked him some questions about his new book. This is your first book, so why did you choose this particular tale to tell?...
Tags: College Basketball, Executive Branch, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Marquette Golden Eagles, Loyola Ramblers
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Kirk, Rush to meet about controversial gang proposal
Tribune reportersSen. Mark Kirk's proposal for mass arrests of Chicago's Gangster Disciples triggered a small protest outside his Chicago office on Monday just as Rep. Bobby Rush — who dismissed the plan as an "upper-middle-class, elitist white-boy solution" —...Tags: Gang Activity, Mark Kirk, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Dick Durbin
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WUCF part of alliance to consolidate operations
Staff writerOrlando's WUCF-Channel 24 is part of a public TV station group that aims to consolidate broadcast operations in a single master control in Jacksonville. The 11-station group, called the Digital Convergence Alliance, has received a $7 million grant...Tags: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Cocoa Beach, Television Industry, Media Industry, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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There's a core of substance in Mark Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal
Change of SubjectFriday's print column It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he...... -
There's a core of substance in Kirk's `empty, simplistic' crime-fighting proposal
It's an arresting idea, so to speak. Round up 18,000 members of the Gangster Disciples street gang and put them behind bars awaiting trial. On what charges? "Drug dealing," said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., when he first publicly advanced the notion...
Tags: Gang Activity, Environmental Issues, Mark Kirk, Thomson Correctional Center, Police Arrests
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Kirk plays the Ikea card
Change of SubjectWhen you don't want to answer a tough question, change the subject to.... Sweden! Prepare to be amazed by U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's pivot in his interview Wednesday evening with Carol Marin on WTTW-Ch. 11: MARIN: Take a look at...... -
Weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of...... -
Metta World Peace does the weather, talks Lakers season
Metta World Peace joined Liz Habib on the KTTV-TV (Channel 11) news broadcast Friday night to talk sports and do the weather with meteorologist Pablo Pereira. "I came to L.A. because of Phil Jackson, Kobe [Bryant] reminded me of [Michael] Jordan,...
Tags: Television, Michael Jordan, Entertainment, Staples Center, Scottie Pippen
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Young Chicago poet Malcolm London speaks up for education on TED show
On Tuesday night, if you tune into PBS' one-hour special "TED Talks Education," you'll see host John Legend and an array of prominent speakers, including Bill Gates, giving impassioned talks about ways to reinvent education. You'll also see Chicago's...
Tags: HIV, Human Interest, Northwestern University, Students, PBS (tv network)
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Pritzker Military Library offers oral histories, speakers
The wide windows in the landmark Monroe Building offer a sweeping view of Michigan Avenue and Millennium Park. On a crystal-blue spring day, it's easy to temporarily forget the long, bloody history of warfare. But keeping the stories of "citizen soldiers"...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Television Industry, Michigan Avenue, Millennium Park
Jun 13, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
May 28, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 4, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 3, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 3, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
May 30, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
May 31, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 31, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
May 9, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
May 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 6, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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