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Family breakdown goes biracial
I know from past experience that I'm going to upset some folks by saying this, so brace yourselves: Marriage is very important and beneficial to the raising of children, but there's little evidence that it fights crime. I bring this up in response to...
Tags: Father's Day, Manhattan (New York City), Brookings Institution, Family, Elections
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Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to...
Tags: Judges, World War II (1939-1945), The New York Times, Manhattan (New York City), Ed Koch
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Bloomberg targets Halvorson gun stance in race to replace Jackson Jr.
Clout StreetThe first TV ad in the special primary election to replace ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. comes from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super political action committee and targets Democrat Debbie Halvorson’s support of gun owner rights. A...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Toi Hutchinson, Cook County Government, Democratic Party, Local Government
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Chicago Magazine's '100 Most Powerful Chicagoans' ranking released
Change of SubjectSome highlights from the list. 1 Rahm Emanuel 2 Michael Madigan 8 Toni Preckwinkle 10 David Axelrod 13 Dick Durbin 15 Sam Zell 20 Lisa Madigan 22 Ed Burke 24 Karen Lewis 30 Garry McCarthy 37 Cardinal Francis George 45...... -
Emanuel names five to panel to vet Sandi Jackson successors
Clout StreetA pastor who protested in favor of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push for a longer school day, a community activist and a businesswoman are among five people picked to sit on a panel that will narrow the field of applicants to replace former 7th Ward Ald....Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Public Schools, Local Government, Michelle Harris
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Halvorson says she won't join Democrats on assault weapons ban
Tribune reporterDebbie Halvorson found herself alone among leading Democratic candidates Sunday when she indicated she would not support a ban on the semiautomatic firearm used in the Sandy Hook school shooting last month. The former one-term congresswoman from Crete...Tags: Weaponry, Toi Hutchinson, Assault, Debbie Halvorson, Anthony Beale
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Edward Koch dies at 88; outspoken mayor led New York City comeback
In the late 1970s when Edward I. Koch won his first term as mayor of New York, the city was in shambles, its coffers and confidence sapped by financial crises and a paralyzing blackout. It needed a fighter and found one in Koch, a well-practiced pol...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), The New York Times, Democratic Party, Manhattan (New York City), AIDS
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Illinois Senate approves gay marriage
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The Democratic-led Senate delivered a Valentine’s Day victory to gay and lesbian couples today, passing legislation for the first time that would allow same-sex marriage in Illinois. The gay marriage measure now goes to the...Tags: Toi Hutchinson, Slavery, Dale A Righter, Kwame Raoul, Heather Steans
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First lady's attendance at Hadiya's funeral necessary and vital
Michelle Obama is not only first lady of the United States. She's also a mother of two young daughters. And she's coming home to the funeral of a girl who was killed in a park about a mile from the Obamas' Kenwood home. You've heard about Hadiya...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Hadiya Pendleton funeral: 'I'm not worried about her soul'
Tribune reportersSlain teen Hadiya Pendleton was remembered today as a laughing youth who brought love and happiness to all her family and friends. Despite the heavy security because of the attendance of first lady Michelle Obama and other dignitaries, Hadiya's funeral...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Cook County Government, Hadiya Pendleton, Colleges and Universities
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Obama returns home to speak about Chicago's gun violence
President Barack Obama will visit Chicago on Friday, when he will discuss gun violence as he focuses on his economic message from Tuesday's State of the Union address, according to the White House. Obama will "talk about the gun violence that has...
Tags: New York City, Murder, Cook County Government, Hadiya Pendleton, State of the Union Address
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Jesse Jackson Jr.'s guilty plea: Readers react
When former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, to keep some $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use, the story quickly became Wednesday's most-read story on chicagotribune.com, and the subject...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Chris Tucker, Chicago Tribune, Trials, Court Preliminary
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