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Former CBOT chair Arbor among Democratic running-mate hopefuls
Clout StPosted by Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia at 12:30 p.m.; last updated at 3:56 p.m. An eclectic group of 46 names were unveiled today as the first applicants seeking to be Gov. Pat Quinn's second banana in the state Democratic...... -
Artwork from Michael Crichton's personal collection going on sale
Culture MonsterIn such bestselling novels as "Jurassic Park," "The Andromeda Strain" and "Disclosure," Michael Crichton demonstrated a fascination with the glimmering, shiny complexities of the contemporary high-tech world. As it turns out, the late author's taste in... -
Betty Loren-Maltese's attorney joins race to replace Scott Lee Cohen
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia at 2:25 p.m. A criminal defense attorney who represented former Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese has joined the growing list of Democrats who want to succeed Scott Lee Cohen as the party's lieutenant governor candidate.... -
Art review: Andreas Gursky at Gagosian Gallery
Culture MonsterThe grandiose differs from the grand in its need to make a spectacular impression. Size matters, and looking important trumps all. The German photographer Andreas Gursky has been making grandiose art for years. Some of his enormous, impossibly precise... -
Steeped in rhetoric: My visit to the tea party rally
Change of SubjectThe question has been on my mind for a while now: What is it, exactly, that tea party activists want? Go to their Web sites, listen to sound bites from their rallies or study what their leaders say when interviewed...... -
Ryan jury not first to have problems
There are 11 judges on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who are being asked by former Gov. George Ryan's lawyers to review alleged jury misconduct in his historic public corruption trial. At least one of the appellate judges knows from recent...Tags: University of Chicago, Crime, Law and Justice, Wrestling, Crimes, Witnesses
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Northern Illinois University shooting leaves 6 dead, 16 wounded
Chicago Tribune reportersA gunman dressed in black stormed into an oceanography class at Northern Illinois University Thursday afternoon and opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns, killing five students and wounding 16 more in a matter of seconds. Then, still on stage, he...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vehicles, Teaching and Learning, Health, Chicago Tribune
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The Helmut Jahn State of Illinois Center
Chicago TribuneIn a cityscape long associated with the flat, black facades of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the arrival of Helmut Jahn's State of Illinois Center was akin to Carmen Miranda crashing a black-tie ball. From the outside, where it boldly looks out on...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Architecture, Chicago Loop, Carmen Miranda, Arts and Culture
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The Loop's Great Chicago Flood
Chicago TribuneTens of thousands of office workers and store clerks streamed into the Loop as usual on this morning, only to be sent home for an unscheduled holiday. For many, that holiday lasted a week; for some, it went on for more than a month. The reason was one...Tags: Chicago Loop, Government, Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Richard M. Daley
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A $10 billion surprise
Tribune senior correspondentThe historic merger agreement between Chicago's two leading futures exchanges, the Merc and the Board of Trade, went up for grabs Thursday after a surprise $9.9 billion bid from an out-of-town rival who says the city would be better off keeping its...Tags: CBOT Holdings Incorporated, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Stock Market, Florida, Elections
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Open-outcry system going by the boards at Chicago exchanges
Tribune senior correspondentFirst of two parts The bidding war for the Chicago Board of Trade hit almost $10 billion last week, astounding exchange members who not long ago were being offered a few hundred-thousand dollars apiece for the ownership interests they still quaintly call...Tags: Television, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Electronics, Stock Market, Northwestern University
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The top 10 local stories
1 In what he described at its completion as "the transaction from hell," Chicago billionaire and motorcycle fan Sam Zell (pictured right) spearheaded the $8.2 billion deal to take media giant Tribune Co. private. Skeptics questioned whether banks would...Tags: Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago, International Olympic Committee, History, Contracts, Entertainment
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