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Low turnout in race to replace ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Tribune reportersChicago election officials report turnout is low in the primary election to find a successor to disgraced former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. As of 1:45 p.m., turnout was about 11 percent among sampled city precincts, according to the...Tags: Local Government, U.S. Congress, Polls, Michael Bloomberg, Jesse Jackson, Jr.
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Funeral held for woman whose sister attended Obama speech on gun violence
The South Side woman killed in North Chicago hours after her sister attended President Obama's speech on gun violence was remembered at a funeral service today. Janay McFarlane was shot and killed in the 1300 block of Jackson Avenue on Feb. 15. 21 year-...
Tags: Shootings, Barack Obama
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Jacksons' guilt a tale of excess
— It was the kind of runaway spending usually reserved for someone with newfound riches — a holistic retreat, a cruise, pricey restaurant tabs, flat-screen televisions and even a pair of stuffed elk heads —and former Congressman Jesse...
Tags: FBI, Chicago Mayor, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, U.S. Congress
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Cubs should dump Chicago
It’s time for the Cubs to move out of Wrigley Field and leave Chicago! Tom Ricketts bought this team and he should have the right to run his business as he sees fit. He should not be held hostage by a money-greedy, dictatorial mayor who even tells...Tags: Jerry Reinsdorf, Blackmail and Extortion, Thomas M. Tunney, Wrigley Field, Chicago City Hall
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Storm dusts Tucson with snow, gathers strength as it rolls east
In most places, hoopla about an official snowfall reading of less than one-tenth of an inch sounds silly. In Tucson, it makes sense. On Thursday, a day after the Sonoran desert's saguaros got a rare -- albeit thin -- blanket of snow, the winter...
Tags: National Weather Service, Los Angeles Times, Air Transportation Delays, Snow Storms, St. Louis
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Jacksons' case a tale of runaway spending
Tribune reportersIt was the kind of runaway spending usually reserved for someone with newfound riches — a holistic retreat, a cruise, pricey restaurant tabs, flat-screen televisions and even a pair of stuffed elk heads —and former Congressman Jesse Jackson...Tags: FBI, Chicago Mayor, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Rod Blagojevich
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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: TNT (tv network), UNLV Rebels, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Oregon Ducks, Barack Obama
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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: Movies, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Music, Aretha Franklin, Howard Reich
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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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For Jackson, the rules do apply
WASHINGTON -- Jesse Jackson Jr. arrived in court wearing a leather bracelet, not the gold-plated Rolex watch he bought with $43,350 in federal campaign cash. The former congressman's head was bare, unadorned by the Michael Jackson fedora, purchased with...
Tags: Bob Menendez, Mayo Clinic, Justice System, Michael Jackson, Rick Santorum
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Feds, Texas A&M authorities investigate bomb threat at school
About 700 people were evacuated at several facilities at Texas A&M University on Wednesday after a bomb threat forced the closing of part of the school and its athletic complex. “The investigation is continuing,” spokesman Lane Stephenson...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Bombings, Explosions, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School
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Former New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty in corruption case
Former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, whose lambasting of the federal government’s response after Hurricane Katrina helped make him the face of his city’s post-disaster tenacity, pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to bribery, money...
Tags: Bribery, Justice System, Trials, C. Ray Nagin, Corporate Crime
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Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 15, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013
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