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Yellow Dubmarine: If the Beatles met the Wailers
The melody is instantly familiar but the other sounds are not — horns boldly announce their arrival, the patient tempo crawls along and the voice is more Maryland than Liverpool.
When the plea to stay kicks in — "Believe me when I beg you,...Tags: Music, The Beatles (music group), Bob Marley, Reggae (genre), Concerts
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Paul Davis, 1957-2012
Paul Davis was a journalist and public relations specialist who often put his talents to work for causes and political candidates he believed in. "I remember Paul as an aide to Mayor Harold Washington," said the Rev. Paul Jakes Jr., who met Mr. Davis...
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Evening Message
ReutersGood night from the Reuters Daybook. Please add and update the following to the Reuters Diary for the Week Ahead for Saturday, May 19 through Friday, May 25, 2012: Saturday, May 19 No items added or updated. Sunday, May 20 ADDS BASH, ZELENY...Tags: Lawyers, Inner Harbor, Naturalization, America's Most Wanted (tv program), Technology
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3 congressmen urge Metra not to OK Englewood Flyover contract
Tribune reporterThree congressmen called on the Metra board today not to approve a proposed contract for the Englewood Flyover rail bridge on the South Side because not enough minorities would be working on the $141 million project. Rep. Bobby Rush called the contract...Tags: Englewood, Business, Democratic Party, Bobby L Rush, Amtrak
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Lawmakers urge Metra to reject bridge contract
Three U.S. congressmen demanded Friday that Metra reject a pending contract to build a $141 million railroad bridge on the South Side because it would not provide enough jobs to African-Americans who live nearby.
Metra officials, however, maintained that...Tags: Business, Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Chicago Tribune, Bobby L Rush, Democratic Party
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Metra delays awarding of contract after minority-contractor questions raised
Tribune reporterMetra has postponed the awarding of a contract to build the $141 million Englewood Flyover rail bridge on the South Side, a project that drew complaints today from three local congressmen that the project lacks adequate minority participation. In a...Tags: Englewood, Business, Democratic Party, Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Bobby L Rush
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Metra delays rail contract as congressmen blast minority role
Metra has postponed awarding a $141 million contract for a new railroad bridge on the South Side, a project that drew complaints Thursday from three local congressmen about what they called a lack of minority participation.
In a letter to the commuter...Tags: Transportation, Business, Democratic Party, Railway Transportation, Bobby L Rush
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Primary over, Democrats move to oust lawmaker charged with bribery
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn and other leading Democrats called today for the resignation of a state lawmaker from Chicago who won a House primary one week after being arrested on federal bribery charges. The growing pressure on state Rep. Derrick Smith contrasts with...Tags: Pat Quinn, Voting, Executive Branch, FBI, Ossie Davis
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House opens hearings into Chicago lawmaker's bribery charge
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD--The Illinois House opened a special investigation today into a Chicago Democrat charged in federal court with taking a cash bribe. But Rep. Derrick Smith, a West Side Democrat, didn't show up. Smith faces the first House probe since then-...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Pat Quinn, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich, Cook County
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House opens probe into bribery charges against lawmaker
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House opened a special investigation Tuesday into a Chicago Democrat charged in federal court with taking a cash bribe, but Rep. Derrick Smith was not there to answer the allegations.
Smith faces the first House probe...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Pat Quinn, Trials, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich
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Protesters set up camp overnight outside Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic
WGN NewsProtesting the closing of a South Side mental health clinic, patients, advocates and staff held a rally that continued through Saturday night. Demonstrators took shelter in about 10 tents that remained outside the Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic despite...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Chi Mag snubs Quinn and Cullerton! For real?
Change of SubjectI fear that I’m falling into a publicity trap set by my devious Tribune Company colleagues upstairs at Chicago Magazine. They just released the ranking of the 100 most powerful Chicagoans, published online and in the March issue. Lists of......
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