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Save the Field Museum's mammals
The American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was established in 1919 for the purpose of promoting the study of mammals, as well as providing information for public policy, resource management, conservation, and education. With more than 2,000 current...Tags: Arts and Culture, Conservation, Science, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues
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Emanuel to accept online applications for Ald. Sandi Jackson successor
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday night that he will accept online applications from people who want to succeed former 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson and ask a committee to winnow the field of contenders. The web site will be up Friday and the panel will...Tags: Cook County Government, Politics, Local Elections, Gun Control, Local Government
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Field Museum team helps uncover T. rex of the sea
Tribune reporterResearch and planning are often key factors scientists cite when they make a great discovery. Only rarely does being out of shape play a role. But Field Museum scientist Jim Holstein said being dog-tired after a long day of trekking through a Nevada...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Paleontology, University of Chicago, Science, Education
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Field Museum to cut staff and research, refocus mission
Tribune ReportersBattered by the recession and a high debt load, the Field Museum on Tuesday announced plans to cut staff, overhaul its operations and limit the scope of its research. A comprehensive plan being drawn up by museum officials also could include changes to...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Arts and Culture, University of Oregon, Science
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Winter agenda: Events for the season
STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, “Schooner”...
Tags: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Millennium Park, Turkey, Religious Festivals, Music Theater
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Museums offer holiday gift options
We all know that the holidays are commercialized. For those looking for an alternative to the mass pandemonium of the malls, gift shops at Chicago museums offer presents with local interest as well as artistic and educational panache. And in many cases,...
Tags: Holidays, Michigan Avenue, Science and Technology, Services and Shopping, Peru
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Windy City White House 2012
If reactions from the few hundred people in the audience at the Chicago Tribune's forum this week about the stakes of the 2012 presidential race were any guide, the election will pivot around how voters rank economic matters and social issues....
Tags: Aaron Schock, Politics, Periodicals, Republican Party, Media Industry
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Trail camera captures rare photo of cougar
Tribune reporterAfter Mark Cobb and his 12-year-old son Matthew finished an early morning deer hunting trip Sunday, he sat at the kitchen table and checked pictures from one of his two trail cameras, hoping they would show a prized buck he could track. As Cobb, 50, of...Tags: Southern Illinois University, Roscoe Village, Hunting, Springfield, Lifestyle and Leisure
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New Panelists join our presidential forum next week
We've added new panelists to next week's Chicago Forward: Windy City White House, a panel discussion that examines Chicago's role in presidential politics. U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock and nationally syndicated columnists Jonah Goldberg and Leonard Pitts Jr....
Tags: Aaron Schock, Politics, Chicago Tribune, Jim Edgar, Christie Hefner
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Field Museum tells opulent story of India's maharajas
Chicago Tribune reporterA seldom-explored aspect of Indian culture and history is getting some much-deserved exposure at Chicago's Field Museum. "Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts," opening Wednesday and running through Feb. 3, tells the story of these rulers...Tags: Arts and Culture, Painting, Music Industry, India, Arts
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Chicago throws a huge party for returning Moon Men
Chicago went loony for the Moon Men. It was Aug. 13, 1969, and the city threw one monster party for Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronauts whose journey to the moon and back had captivated the world. With...
Tags: Michael Collins, Chicago Hotels, Richard Nixon, Buzz Aldrin, Politics
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Touring exhibit for the birds
Staff reportsA touring exhibition coming to Ellendale, N.D., shows dozens of ways of looking at birds through paintings, photographs, prints, video, and electronic media, according to a news release. “Winged Shadows: Life Among Birds” opens Friday...Tags: Fine Artists, Zoology, Electronics, Travel, Science and Technology
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