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Gerard Pawlicki, 1921-2013
Gerard Pawlicki was just out of DePaul University when he joined Enrico Fermi, Walter Zinn, George Weil and other seasoned scientists as they lifted their paper cups filled with Chianti wine, celebrating the first controlled nuclear chain reaction under...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Manhattan (New York City), University of Chicago, DePaul University, Colleges and Universities
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Obama to visit Argonne
— President Barack Obama will travel to Argonne National Laboratory in the western suburbs Friday to promote his energy policies, according to White House officials. Aides would not say whether Obama also plans to talk about the sequester cuts...Tags: Barack Obama, White House
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7 seek school board seats in Batavia
The Batavia School District 101 School Board will have plenty of new faces after the April 9 election since only one incumbent is running for four open seats. Departing are board vice president Jack Hinterlong, president Ron Link and member Joseph...
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Obama announces $2B alternative fuel research proposal
Tribune reportersPresident Barack Obama returned to Chicago Friday to push an energy policy aimed at weaning the country off of oil by using revenues from increased oil and gas production. In a roughly 20-minute speech at Argonne National Laboratory, Obama touched on...Tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, Research, Politics, White House, National Government
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Obama touts new energy trust at Argonne National Laboratory
With Washington in political gridlock over spending, President Barack Obama traveled Friday to Argonne National Laboratory to announce an energy proposal that would secure money for advanced vehicles by diverting federal revenue from offshore oil and...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Budget Control Act of 2011, Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Department of State, Dick Durbin
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Obama to visit Argonne next Friday
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will travel to Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago's western suburbs next week to promote his energy policies. The Friday trip to Argonne, near Lemont, is to "focus on American energy," according to an...Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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Fallout of fear
Chicago Tribune reporterHalf a century ago, the unthinkable became all too thinkable as the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in a game of chicken, played with nuclear bombs. On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy went on television to announce that the Soviet...Tags: Tribune Tower, University of Chicago, Weaponry, Chicago City Council, Science
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Head of Clean Energy Trust working to change world
Tribune staff reporterAmy Francetic was at a child's birthday party in 2004 when she decided it was time to leave Silicon Valley. "I was sitting there listening to 6-year-olds talk about IPOs and whose house was bigger and how much a wedding dress cost," she said. By...Tags: Research, Science, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Apple iPhone
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North Central president has big plans
Raising $50 million to $60 million and then building a modern science facility is one of the first plans on tap for Troy Hammond, the new president of Naperville's North Central College. In his inaugural address this month, Hammond said the college...
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Casino deal maybe not as close as Quinn, Emanuel say
Clout StreetPerhaps spurred by the excitement of being out in public for a rare joint appearance, Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel suggested Friday that they are “very close” to an agreement to expand gambling in Illinois and bring a casino to...Tags: John J Cullerton, Executive Branch, Lifestyle and Leisure, Religion and Belief, Politics
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
5 - 6 a.m. The Saturday Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong 6 - 9 a.m. Mr. Fix-It with Lou Manfredini 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. WGN Weekend with Bill Moller 9:07 a.m. A scientist from Argonne National Laboratory tells Bill Moller about a...Tags: Alec Baldwin
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The dirt on your dollar
He gets around, that George Washington.
Spit crisp and slick from the ATM, he slides in and out of wallets, waiters' aprons, beggars' coffee cups, deli cash registers, the pockets of teens' jeans.
Countless anonymous fingers have fondled that buck of...Tags: Medical Research, Heroin, Viral Diseases and Infections, Salmonella Infection, University of Miami
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