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Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...Tags: Mark Sanford, Barack Obama, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Republican Party, Elizabeth Colbert Busch
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By the numbers, how Rahm could lose in 2015
A new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows that, halfway through his first term, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's overall disapproval rating is up 11 percentage points over a year ago. Four in 10 Chicago voters — and nearly half of the city's African-American voters...
Tags: Garry McCarthy, Rahm Emanuel, Karen Lewis, Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Government
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George Michael: Pretty blue in blue states
A recent article in the real estate section of MSN.com, written by Kurt Badenhausen of Forbes Magazine, was titled “America’s Most Miserable Cities of 2013.” The article ranked American cities based on metrics that included violent...Tags: Lawyers, Internal Revenue Service, Barack Obama, Taxation, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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'42' in the Windy City
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen 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 game,...Tags: Baseball, Jackie Robinson, St. Louis Cardinals, American League, Soldier Field
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1 man, 12 hours of March Madness
For RedEyeCharles Barkley has it right: Watching the first couple rounds of the NCAA tournament before the switch to a new format wasn’t great. "We all take it for granted now but the tournament used to suck [on TV]," Barkley told SI. "It used to be: Why...Tags: CBS Corp., Basketball, Barack Obama, TNT (tv network), Bars and Clubs
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'Sweet Sisters of Zion' doc celebrates the Barrett Sisters
Five years ago, the greatest trio in the history of gospel music – the Barrett Sisters – told me they had one last wish: That someone would make a documentary film about their lives and careers. That film, a moving evocation of their...
Tags: Howard Reich, Music, Smithfield, Movies, Aretha Franklin
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The many shades of meaning in 'Negro'
I got a clue even before my column ran this week that its subject — what "Negro" means these days — might make some folks uncomfortable. I'd pulled up to the valet stand at the Hilton and waited while the young man fumbled through the...Tags: United Negro College Fund
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What election?
I was looking over the results of the various county and township elections across Chicagoland this morning. Robin Kelly won Jesse Jackson's old congressional seat; not really a surprise but the turnout in that district was 20 percent of the electorate. ...Tags: Elections
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'Whose schools? Our schools!'
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds I attended the Chicago Teachers Union rally and march yesterday — as an objective spectator — along with the new editorial board intern David Uberti. Those of you who have read the Tribune's editorials on CPS closings...... -
50 years of Chicago's WVON: A Chicago voice that echoes nationwide
In the volatile world of radio, almost nothing lasts half a century. But a great Chicago radio station — WVON-AM 1690 — has managed the feat: The institution marks its 50th anniversary Monday and celebrates with a concert featuring Toni...
Tags: Media Industry, Barack Obama, Toni Braxton, Malcolm X, Chess Playing
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Newton: Some questions for Greuel and Garcetti
There was plenty to grouse about in the first round of the Los Angeles mayor's race. Instead of real discussion of the city's issues, the candidates offered evasive cliches. A deluge of debates reduced almost every serious policy position to a sound bite....
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Los Angeles Police Department, Port of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Eric Garcetti
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Venezuela's 'president in charge' Maduro picks a running mate
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela’s new interim president, Nicolas Maduro, gave a clear sign Friday night that he will use political capital left by the late President Hugo Chavez to win election in his own right. In his acceptance speech to the...
Tags: Government, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Elections, Heads of State
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