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Ads take the field in Wrigley rehab plans
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Cubs want to restore Wrigley Field in the style of an era long gone by, even as the team ushers aspects of the ballpark into the 21st century, including a large video board and more electronic advertising common at stadiums across the nation.
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Boozer giving Bulls heavy minutes, high production
Chicago Tribune
Carlos Boozer should have shed his injury-prone label last season, when, despite the frenetic, lockout-compressed schedule, he played in every game for the first time in his career. Nevertheless, critics persisted. So Boozer followed that up by playing ...
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Time for a friendlier confines?
Chicago Tribune
MIAMI — The Cubs have a prolonged stretch of games at Wrigley Field coming up, with 16 of their next 19 at home. With the weather warming up, the number of no-shows should decrease from the first homestand, and the Cubs have a chance to climb back to ...
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Hawks must adapt to 'uglier game' in playoffs
Chicago Tribune
The winning goal in Game 1 of the Blackhawks' first-round series against the Wild was a thing of hockey beauty. It started with a puck-separating hit behind the Hawks goal by Andrew Shaw, continued with an otherworldly pass from Johnny Oduya to a ...
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Blackhawks vs. Wild: Who has the edge?
Chicago Tribune
Offense. The Hawks roll four lines and finished second in the NHL with an average of 3.10 goals per game. Center Dave Bolland is battling a groin injury, but if he's at full strength, a shift back to the third line could be in order as Michal Handzus ...
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Chicago offers compromise on water bill exemptions for nonprofits
Chicago Tribune
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago aldermen have proposed a compromise to religious leaders who say that paying their water bill after decades of a blanket exemption will rob them of the resources necessary to provide social services. On Sunday, city ...
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White Sox hope to heat up in Texas
Chicago Tribune
Just in time for the White Sox to leave town, the weather turned warmer in Chicago. The Sox embark on an eight-game road trip, beginning with Tuesday's date against the Rangers. They also will travel to Kansas City and then New York to play the Mets.
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Our Chicago Tribune 'Digital Copy'
Chicago Tribune
Many readers tell me they love to hold the printed Chicago Tribune and page through it in an act of discovery. Now there is a way to enjoy a similar experience with the newspaper on your digital tablet. It's called the Digital Copy and it presents the ...
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Despite loss, Sveum sees arrow pointing up
Chicago Tribune
MIAMI — It has been one week since Dale Sveum tried to light a fire under Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo by suggesting they weren't immune from a demotion to Triple-A Iowa. Did Sveum's warning work? "I don't know," he said. "Whenever you do ...
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Sox turn on unlikely power for 5-4 victory
Chicago Tribune
April 27, 2013|By Phil Rogers, Chicago Tribune reporter. White Sox second baseman Tyler Greene, left, celebrates with Alejandro De Aza after Greene hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning. (Chris Sweda/Tribune photo) (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) ...
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Blackhawks' Crawford proves he belongs
Chicago Tribune
Corey Crawford heard the talk. He heard some fans and media members saying the only thing that could hold the Blackhawks back this season was his goaltending. Here's the thing: Crawford heard it, but he never believed it. Instead, he believed in himself.
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Ex-official guilty in tainted water case
Chicago Tribune
Theresa Neubauer, the former water supervisor for the Village of Crestwood, and her attorney Jonathan Brayman leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse following a guilty verdict in her trial. Neubauer was found guilty of all 11 counts of making false ...
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Gut-check time again
Chicago Tribune
The Bulls have arrived at yet another fortitude checkpoint in, really, the most fitting fashion imaginable. Kirk Hinrich's balky body, which currently features a bruised left calf that has the point guard doubtful to play in Thursday's Game 6, has ...
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Dennis Quaid: 'At Any Price' star puts experiences to use
Chicago Tribune
Actor Dennis Quaid, star of "At Any Price," at Bernard's Bar inside Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Chicago. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune). There was a time, in the late 1980s, when each new film starring Dennis Quaid was The One. The one destined to make him ...
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Madigan offers his pension fix
Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD—. — House Speaker Michael Madigan unveiled a new pension plan Tuesday aimed at lowering the state's heavy retirement system debt by scaling back benefits to public employees, taking more from their paychecks and raising their ...
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Kyle Long meets the media Friday at Halas Hall. (Chris Walker/ Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune
New Bear Long: Last 18 hours a 'whirlwind'. April 26, 2013|By Dan Pompei | Tribune reporter. Kyle Long meets the media Friday at Halas Hall. (Chris Walker/ Chicago Tribune). Kyle Long's path to the podium at Halas Hall on Friday was anything but ordinary.
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Retired US Justice O'Connor casts doubt on Bush v. Gore ruling
Chicago Tribune
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has voiced some regret about the. court's intervention in the hotly contested 2000 presidential election that went to Republican George W. Bush over Democrat Al Gore. O'Connor, 83, told the Chicago Tribune's editorial board ...
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South Side rapper Lil Reese is found sleeping in car and arrested on warrant
Chicago Tribune
South Side rapper Lil Reese was caught sleeping in a car early Sunday and arrested on a warrant. The arrest warrant was issued Friday in Champaign County for Lil Reese, 20, whose birth name is Tavares Taylor. He was arrested about 4 a.m. Sunday in the ...
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'42' in the Windy City
Chicago Tribune
When Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers brought their historic roadshow to Chicago a few weeks into the 1947 season, a record crowd of 46,572 people crammed into Wrigley Field, and 20,000 more stood outside wishing they could get in. After the ...
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Gas prices ease nationwide while Ill. marches higher
Chicago Tribune
(Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune). AAA said Tuesday that motorists nationwide are paying the lowest springtime gas prices in three years, but don't tell that to drivers in Illinois. Despite a recent dip, drivers here are paying the highest average price ...
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Buckingham Fountain to be turned on Thursday
Chicago Tribune
Buckingham Fountain in Chicago at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. (Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune). The Chicago Park District will turn on Buckingham Fountain for its 86th season on Thursday, the district announced today.
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One year later, Toews enters playoffs at full strength
Chicago Tribune
Another last-weekend sabbatical completed, Jonathan Toews began the work of pursuing a Stanley Cup on Monday. In the midst of it, he skated in front of the crease just as Patrick Sharp unleashed a shot that registered a nasty direct hit on Corey ...
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May Day marchers urge federal immigration reform
Chicago Tribune
Several thousand demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago on Wednesday, banging drums and chanting loudly in support of comprehensive federal immigration reforms that many think could be passed by Congress this year. "Now is the time!
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Chicago Tribune
Flooding reveals: Safe-deposit boxes not entirely safe
Chicago Tribune
After flooding filled the basement vault of a Northfield bank, William Hielscher arrived to inventory the contents of his mother's safe-deposit box — one of a few hundred that had been exposed to floodwaters several days earlier. Chase bank employees ...
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Wells Bridge work slows commute, but CTA sees no other big delays
Chicago Tribune
(Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune). The morning CTA commute was slowed today largely by trains detoured into the subway because of the closing of the 91-year-old Wells Street Bridge. As the rush hour peaked around 8:45 a.m., trains on the Red Line...
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At Chicago school closing hearings, crowds fade
Chicago Tribune
(E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune). After months of jampacked hearings over Chicago's decision to shut down scores of schools, the final round of public meetings — the ones mandated by state law — has often been sparsely attended and overcast by ...
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Chicago still lags other cities in mobile gourmet
Chicago Tribune
Chicago still lags other cities in mobile gourmet. April 28, 2013. Noah Weiss buys lunch recently from the Brand BBQ Market truck in Chicago. The growth of the food truck business in the city has been slow. (Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune). A ...
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Peterson attorney accepts 3-month law license suspension to settle ...
Chicago Tribune
One of Drew Peterson's attorneys has agreed to have his law license suspended for three months to settle state disciplinary charges alleging he stole another client's money, records show. David Peilet, who joined Peterson's defense team last fall to ...
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6 insurers offer 165 health plans for Illinois exchange review
Chicago Tribune
Six insurance carriers submitted 165 health insurance plans to be offered on the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace, the online exchange where individuals and small businesses in October can begin buying coverage for 2014, state officials said ...
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Joe Johnson could have been a Bull
Chicago Tribune
For a two-week window back in 2010, Nets guard Joe Johnson felt at home inside the Berto Center. Yes, the Berto. The six-time All-Star frequented the Bulls' practice facility alongside Chicago native and ex-Bull Jannero Pargo, his best friend and ...
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Teachers at UNO charters vote to unionize
Chicago Tribune
Teachers at schools run by the United Neighborhood Organization, one of the largest charter networks in the city, voted Wednesday to unionize. Teachers at privately run, publicly funded charter schools in Chicago have never been part of the Chicago ...
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Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winner
Chicago Tribune
The family of a North Side businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot is disputing a deal he purportedly signed leaving his share of several dry cleaning stores to his wife. In an emergency motion filed Monday ...
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New sentencing date for Jesse Jackson Jr.
Chicago Tribune
A man walks past window decal of former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife Sandi at the former politicians' headquarters Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at the intersection of Yates Boulevard and Exchange Avenue in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune) ...
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Sandra Day O'Connor speaks
Chicago Tribune
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor takes questions from the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Friday, April 26, 2013, in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) (John J. Kim ). I've never met a current or former Supreme Court justice, ...
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Hawks' Leddy will feel at home in 1st round
Chicago Tribune
Late Saturday, Nick Leddy doubled back to the Scottrade Center locker room without fully grasping the workout his voicemail was about to get. The Blackhawks defenseman did not know his postseason would be brimming with home games, the Minnesota ...
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Handzus a nice surprise on Hawks' second line
Chicago Tribune
He was cast aside, 36 and counting, shipped out for a draft pick and landing on a team with barely any room for him. Maybe he would win a faceoff or kill a penalty. Michal Handzus was the utensil in the back of the drawer, useful and happened upon only ...
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Thanks but no thanks for the 'news conference,' Mr. Mayor
By Eric Zorn
Emanuel announced the changes today at a City Hall news conference.... but he did not take questions from reporters looking for specifics....from our story on the announcement of a aminor alteration in the parking-meter deal. I'm told that ...
Change of Subject
Yes, the abortion-doctor trial is relevant to abortion debate
By Eric Zorn
“So even though what Gosnell is charged with is closer to infanticide — an unlicensed abortionist profiting mightily by killing the newborn babies of poor, minority women — somehow it's not news.” Well, it wasn't news to the New York Post, evidently. ..... "Change of Subject" by Chicago Tribune op-ed columnist Eric Zorn contains observations, reports, tips, referrals and tirades, though not necessarily in that order. Links will tend to expire, so seize the day. For an archive of Zorn's latest ...
Change of Subject
Change of Subject: Will you watch Al Jazeera America?
By Jessica Reynolds
Research commissioned by the station shows Americans "are not happy with the landscape of thenews," he said. Al Shihabi insisted, "It will represent ... It was evident Al Jazeera hopes to be the antithesis of the three current major 24-hour news stations. "What CNN is covering, what FOX ....."Change of Subject" by Chicago Tribune op-ed columnist Eric Zorn contains observations, reports, tips, referrals and tirades, though not necessarily in that order. Links will tend to expire, so seize ...
Change of Subject
Change of Subject: Open thread: The Weeks in Review
By Eric Zorn
The "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 state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions ..... "Change of Subject" by Chicago Tribune op-ed columnist Eric Zorn contains observations, reports, tips, referrals and tirades, though not necessarily in that order. Links will ...
Change of Subject
Land of Linkin - Change of Subject | Chicago Tribune | Blog ...
By Eric Zorn
Tech news: Fake shower app helps mask unwanted toilet noises. Daredevil ... "Change of Subject" byChicago Tribune op-ed columnist Eric Zorn contains observations, reports, tips, referrals and tirades, though not necessarily in that order.
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Bulls wear down Nets 142-134 in 3-OT epic | WGN-TV
By Steve Lippo
Home · Local News · Morning News · Weather · Traffic · Sports · Watch Live · More. X. Home · Weather · Watch Live · More · Return to ... 5:16 p.m. CDT, April 27, 2013. Copyright © 2013 Chicago TribuneCompany, LLC. Share. VIEW & ADD ...
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A community news co-op, aiming to build a replicable model, moves ...
By Dan Kennedy
Tom Stites, a veteran journalist who's worked at The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, came up with the idea of local news co-ops a few years ago. He founded the Banyan Project to serve as an umbrella; Haverhill Matters will be the ...
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Retirement blues - Change of Subject - Chicago Tribune
By Eric Zorn
My dad retired 17 years ago and he works more hours than he did as a senior executive, all his work charitable--except for some minimally reimbursed work as a small town newspaper columnist-reporter. Otherwise it's soup kitchen, teaching ...
Change of Subject
Firefighters douse extra-alarm blaze in ... - Chicago Tribune
Firefighters douse extra-alarm blaze in abandoned South Side building. print ...
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