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Open thread: The 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...... -
Early morning anchor job at KTTV goes to Araksya Karapetyan
After doing the job on an interim basis, Araksya Karapetyan has officially been given the position of anchor on the "Fox 11 News" shows that air weekdays 4:30-7 a.m. and 10-10:30 a.m. on KTTV-TV Channel 11. She replaces Jean Martinez, who left last...
Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, PBS (tv network), Gold Standard Incorporated
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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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Lifestyle and Leisure, Michigan Avenue, Human Interest
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Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago
Tribune criticAnd they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Roger Ebert, Human Interest, Newspapers, Chicago Mayor
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Common sense locked out in Cook County Jail dispute
Something extremely odd happened in the Cook County criminal court system in November: Suddenly, and without notice or explanation, judges all but stopped ordering pretrial detainees to be released on electronic home monitoring. Records show that from...
Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Rentals, Personal Income, Science and Technology, Laws
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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: Teaching and Learning, HIV, Northwestern University, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Poetry
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Peter Sagal takes educational ride with 'Constitution USA'
“Constitution USA With Peter Sagal,” the new PBS series about the country's ever-disputed founding document, tests an important constitutional principle: that the framework for a federal government, drafted with high hopes and noble purpose...
Tags: Teachers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Ken Burns, Freedom of the Press
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Maine West teacher wins Golden Apple
It's not every day that teachers get surprised by media, family and co-workers, but that's exactly what happened during Maine West fine arts teacher Gregory Regalado's Digital Imaging class at Maine West High School last week, when he found out that he...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Northwestern University, Teachers
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Profiles in humbug: Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon on pension reform
Change of SubjectHere's a transcript of an exchange between WTTW-Ch. 11's Carol Marin and Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon Monday on "Chicago Tonight." (video link) Carol Marin: Pension reform. Do you have a favorite bill? One that you are pushing? Sheila Simon: My...... -
Putting an end to 'illegal immigrants'
While the nation continues to wrestle with illegal immigration, its major newspapers are solving the problem of "illegal immigrant." The term is widely — though not universally — considered offensive. "'Illegal' should describe only an...
Tags: Immigration, National Football League, Migration, Lawyers, Sports
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Monday: Eat. Drink. Do.
For RedEyeEAT Blackhawks Celebration Specials Howells & Hood 435 N. Michigan Ave. 312-262-5310 Attending WGN's party for the Blackhawks (11 a.m.-1 p.m.) in Pioneer Court? Stop in to the adjacent restaurant for Hawks-themed specials including The Madhouse...Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), Comcast SportsNet (tv network), NBC (tv network), Chicago White Sox, Entertainment
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} 826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students....Tags: The Wall Street Journal, O.J. Simpson, New York Observer, Columbia University, Human Rights
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Apr 26, 2013
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