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Brett Favre booed before football game in Chicago, Jane Lynch coming to Wrigley Field, Fifty/50 featured on 'Mob Wives Chicago'
What do retired NFL star Brett Favre and Jonas Brothers singer Nick Jonas have in common? They were the only two participants at EA Sports’ “Madden NFL ’13” flag football game Friday in Grant Park who were booed. Of course, that&...
Tags: Travel Channel (tv network), Kerry Wood, Television Industry, Wrigley Field, Celebrities
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Our kind of sport — right off the bat
Chicago Tribune reporterOn summer evenings, players in ragtag uniforms — a few baseball caps, perhaps jerseys bearing a corner tavern's name — converge on parks all across the Windy City, honoring with ball and bat Chicago's contribution to the world of sport: the...Tags: Softball, Mike Royko, YMCA, Chicago Park District, Sports
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Snow jobs: 2 great ways to enjoy the chill
Hit the ice Polish up your blades and hit one of our favorite rinks -- if you own your own skates there are no fees involved. Millennium Park: Chicago's most dramatic spot to skate thanks to Anish Kapoor's nearby "Cloud Gate," but also its most crowded....
Tags: Michigan Avenue, University of Chicago, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois), Millennium Park, Midway
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Chicago hip-hop war of words turns violent
Chicago’s hip-hop community is in a war of words that has escalated into violence, with the shooting death of a teenage rapper. Tuesday was another night, another homicide in a year in which hundreds of Chicagoans have been gunned down; the...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Radio Industry, Lollapalooza, Entertainment Events, Che Smith
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Dems, GOP talk about healing divided nation
WGN NewsWhen President Barack Obama walked onto the stage at McCormick Place last night, accompanied by his family, it was reminiscent of four years ago when he proclaimed victory in Grant Park. But this time, with the economy still feeble, unemployment...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, McCormick Place, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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Voters await election night results: 'Last 4 years unlike I've ever seen'
Tribune reportersStudents watched as the counts mounted onscreen at the UIC student center, periodically falling silent when a total was announced. "Come on, Ohio," breathed Monique Bolden, 18; of the West Side. "Come on, president." The table of students, who live in...Tags: Republican Party, Polls, Northwestern University, Politics, Chicago Mayor
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This year will be different, but we'll always have 2008
I saved the newspapers from the week after Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, and a few days ago I fished them out of the basket, hidden behind a living room chair, where they've gathered dust for the past four years. I leafed...
Tags: Chicago Elections, The New York Times, Newspaper and Magazine, Social Issues, Al Capone
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Children's Museum signs 90-year lease with Navy Pier
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Children’s Museum on Monday announced a new lease with Navy Pier, securing a home at the waterfront park for the rest of the century. Under the 90-year lease agreement , the children’s museum will expand in size from 57,000 square...Tags: Navy Pier, Rahm Emanuel, Richard M. Daley, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Occupy's niche smaller 1 year after landmark arrests
This week marks the first anniversary of a memorable act of street theater in the city — the peaceful, ritual arrest of 173 Occupy Chicago protesters who refused to leave Grant Park after the 11 p.m. curfew. As news accounts at the time related,...
Tags: Protest, Lawyers, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Obama picks McCormick Place for election night rally
WGN NewsPresident Barack Obama will hold his election night party in Chicago like he did in 2008, but this time the venue is McCormick Place. The plan: 10,000 guests will fill some portion of the convention center. In 2008, almost a quarter of a million filled...Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Elections, McCormick Place, Barack Obama, Politics
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Orbert Davis, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic swing into a new season
No other orchestra in America looks, sounds or acts quite like Orbert Davis' Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. For though various bands play Third Stream repertoire — a term that loosely refers to jazz-meets-classical fare — the CJP immerses...
Tags: Hoagy Carmichael, Chicago Jazz Fest, Lincoln Center, Music Industry, University of Chicago
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Brett Favre returns to the gridiron for 'Madden'
CNNFormer Super Bowl champion Brett Favre was back on the football field wearing his No. 4 jersey and throwing touchdowns in front of a packed crowd of cheering fans. But while his fans from Green Bay, New York and Minnesota will be able to see him in action...Tags: Gaming, Chicago Bears, NBC (tv network), Nick Jonas, Economy, Business and Finance
Jun 26, 2012
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Jul 22, 2012
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Nov 11, 2012
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Sep 6, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012
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Nov 4, 2012
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Oct 30, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012
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Oct 17, 2012
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Oct 18, 2012
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Aug 10, 2012
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