chicago

Throughout history, Chicago has been well known for its politics and its architecture. On the political front, the trend continues with the amazing story of the first black president, Barack Obama (also the first blogging president), as well as the seedy story of Rod Blagojevich. Chicago is also the birthplace of the skyscraper and today the city continues its vertical trend with an ever growing skyline.

Above all, Chicago is a sports crazy town. In football, "Da Bears" remain the darling of the city no matter how they perform and in baseball, the Cubs-Sox rivalry is the stuff of legend. Chicago sports are marred by their share of scandal as well, chief among them the infamous 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal.

Of course, no conversation about Chicago is complete without at least mentioning the Mayors Daley (father and son), and the current push for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics.

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• Chicago Is A Forsberg Type Team

  
  KK Hockey — Authority: 655
  from Steve Rosenbloom of RosenBlog, I don’t know how much money the Hawks have under the salary cap, nor do I know whether general manager Stan Bowman wants to do the seemingly annual Forsberg fox trot, but it’s at least worth discussing for this team right now.... Perhaps the Hawks aren’t interested in the ...
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• More Muscle Power Reduces the Risk of Getting Alzheimer’s disease

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  The old adage that goes, “Health is wealth” is indeed very true in many ways. Life is not fun without a good health. Hence, it is very important to maintain a good health especially in today’s fast paced world, which has forced many to inculcate unhealthy habits that in turn deteriorate their health. ...
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• “Big” pic of the day

  
  Eideard — Authority: 491
  Bus crashes into house. [IMG: http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eideard.wordpress.com&blog=3848052&post=45705&subd=eideard&ref=&feed=1]
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• Burrell? Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

  
  Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — Authority: 145
  Still think it’s too early to not worry about this Mets offseason? Take the below excerpt from Ken Davidoff’s blog : The Mets held internal discussions about acquiring former Met-killer Pat Burrell from Tampa Bay, which would love to unload Burrell. But they’re not inclined to make such a deal, because of ...
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• Chicago/Midwest Emmys for Walter E. Smithe Co. and Lou Beres & Associates

  
  Media and Marketing Mix — Authority: 127
  Good news for some in the ad world at the Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards ceremony last Saturday at the Park West. Lou Beres & Associates/Chicago won a Emmy Award in the public service campaign category for its "Click It or Ticket" campaign for the Illinois Department of Transportations traffic safety division. The ...
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• Heyman On Bradley, Gonzalez, Halladay

  
  MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Authority: 716
  Jon Heyman has the latest on Milton Bradley , Roy Halladay , Adrian Gonzalez , and plenty of otherbig names in his new column. Lets check out some of the highlights.... Although Texas and Tampa Bay seem like the most likelydestinations for Bradley, one GM says the outfielder needs to play in asmall market like ...
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• Over 90 Percent Of Daleys Property Taxes Go Towards TIF

  
  Progress Illinois - — Authority: 652
  Each fall, Cook County Clerk David Orr releases an annual tally of how much public money has been absorbed into Chicagos massive tax increment financing (TIF) system. Like clockwork, each new reportreveals that hundreds of millions are whisked away fromschools, parks, libraries, and other taxing bodies. The exact ...
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• Sammy Sosa’s pictures show his bleached white skin

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Las Vegas, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) At the last week’s Latin Grammy Awards many musicians won many awards but the showstopper of the lot was Sammy Sosa with his skin akin to Michael Jackson. His pictures were clicked and they made numerous rounds of the Internet world with everybody wondering that, “What happened to ...
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• Privacy Case Flunks ‘Duck Test,’ Court Says

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 147
  Annie Youderian reports: The 7th Circuit dismissed an invasion-of-privacy class action filed by Illinois citizens who submitted voter registration forms at the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The complaint flunks the “duck test,” Judge Terence Evans wrote, because the lead plaintiff “says, in effect, that ...
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• Spreading Democracy to Chicago?

  
  Schools Matter — Authority: 527
  Could it be that the citizenry is getting fed up with the corporate education reformers and their puppet mayors whose actions ignore the needs of children, parents, and teachers in favor of lining the pockets of the corporate welfare parasites of the education industry? Illinois State Senator James Meekss bill, SB ...
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• United Airlines adds flights to Africa, the Middle East and Europe

  
  Gadling — Authority: 700
  Filed under: Africa , Europe , North America , Ghana , Bahrain , United States , Airlines , Transportation , News , Middle East Starting May 2, 2010, United Airlines fans can fly the carrier from the US to Africa for the first time in the companys history. United will offer flights from DC to Accra, ...
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• ESPN: In The Future, The Bulls Will Be Good, But Not Quite Good Enough

  
  MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog — Authority: 553
  I am enjoying this Bulls season so far. For having such a tough schedule out the gate, they’ve played well. You look at this team with Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Joakim Noah and maybe Tyrus Thomas after this season, you add in a free-agent acquisition (Chris Bosh?), and the Bulls are primed to make some serious noise ...
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• Seen and Heard at the Bear Game

  
  Life In The Great Midwest — Authority: 128
  As usual, there were a lot of interesting things to see and hear at the Bear game last Sunday. While not everything has the high honor of being posted at the most important site on the internet, Drunk Bear Fans , these are some interesting odds and ends. Click on any photo for larger. Below you see a Red Explorer ...
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• New Twins Ad Features Joe Mauer In Bubble Wrap

  
  SPORTSbyBROOKS — Authority: 726
  The Minnesota Twins are leaving the Metrodome and relocating to the brand-new state-of-the-art Target Field. To remind fans of this fact, the Twins have put together a TV commercial showing movers at the new digs delivering the goods - such as boxes, championship trophies, and Joe Mauer encased in bubble wrap. ...
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• Round Two In The Fight Over Outsourcing Chicago Schools

  
  Progress Illinois - — Authority: 652
  With less than a week to go before the Chicago Board of Education votes on whether or not to authorize six new charter schools, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) held a round of public hearings last night. School reform advocates have longcomplained that CPS handpicks which charters will get the green lightlong before ...
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• Mets Setting Up Fans for Disappointment

  
  Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest — Authority: 145
  Whether you believe the Mets are going to stay away from big name free agents or that there is a split in the hierarchy over what direction the team should take there is one guarantee that is abundantly clear: The Mets are going to disappoint their fans again this offseason. A team that just came off a 92 ...
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• Watch NBA Match Denver Nuggets vs Chicago Bulls Live Streaming Online On pc 11 Nov 2009

  
  Dapx - Published news — Authority: 172
  Watch NBA Match Live Denver Nuggets vs Chicago Bulls Click here NBA United States The National Basketball Association, called NBA, this is their main league, very interesting! Denver Nuggets vs Chicago Bulls
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• Cubs Rumors: Marmol, Payroll, Theriot

  
  MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — Authority: 716
  Bruce Miles of The Daily Herald has a few tidbits of information about the Chicago Cubs in his latest blog post. Miles notes that the Cubs have an unusually high number of arbitration-eligible players this offseason, and singles out Carlos Marmol as an important case. Miles figures that the Cubs and Marmols agent ...
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• Chicago Mayor Daley Blames Fort Hood On America’s Love Of Guns!

  
  Big Government — Authority: 793
  On Monday, Chicago Mayor Daley blamed the Ft. Hood Jihad Massacre on America’s love of guns! “Unfortunately, America loves Guns. We love guns to a point where that uh we see devastation on a daily basis. You don’t blame a group.” The Mayor is using a straw-man argument that conveniently provides him ...
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• It’s 3 Straw Poll Wins in a Row for Andrzejewski

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 429
  -By Warner Todd Huston Over the weekend the Federation of Illinois Young Republicans (FIYR) held its annual convention in Bolingbrook. There a straw poll of members was conducted and once again outsider candidate Adam Andrzejewski won. This is the third straw poll in a row that Andrzejewski has won. On October ...
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