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• Suspect Shot by Police on Chicago’s South Side

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  From the Chicago Sun-Times : Police and fire crews remain at the scene of a police-involved shooting Tuesday night in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood. Independent Police Review Authority spokesman Curtis Tarver confirmed a police-involved shooting happened at 54th and Indiana Avenue about 7:40 p.m. He ...
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• Chicago Bears Shock Vikings 36-30 in Overtime

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  Here’s the last play from the NFL Game Center: 1-10-MIN 39 (9:21) J.Cutler pass deep right to D.Aromashodu for 39 yards, TOUCHDOWN. I don’t know where this team has been for most of the season, but they were incredible tonight. Jay Cutler played the game of his career, and even looked a bit choked up when it ...
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• Electronics Sales and Thefts Up This Year; Watch Your Stuff on CTA

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  Reports leading up to the holiday season indicated sales of electronics were up this year. While not meeting 2010 targets due to the G.O.P./Bush Recession, manufacturers still expected to do well. Thieves are also looking for your gadgets, so be careful. From the Chicago Tribune : Lindsey Anderson had a strange ...
  3 days ago

• Brief: Join Kiva, and let’s all help the world today

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Wow! Schaumburg’s First-Ever Tax Levy is $23.7 Million

  
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  I try not to be surprised, but, yow! I had no idea residents of Schaumburg have never paid a tax levy in the village’s 53 years of existence. Now, the roughly  75,386 residents are going to have to dig deep to help plug a budget gap, adding about 8.1 percent to each resident’s 2009 tax bill. From the Daily ...
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• Always Loving the Spotlight, Dwight Welch Helps Nab 3 Bank Robbery Suspects

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  When I first read this in the Trib, I just knew the “suburban mayor” had to be Dwight Welch trying to play cowboy again. From the Chicago Tribune : Three suspects were arrested this afternoon after they robbed a bank in south suburban Country Club Hills, officials said. Three officers from Country Club Hills ...
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• Beluga Whale Born At Shedd Aquarium This Week Dies

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  Don’t know why, but I actually felt a twang of grief when I read this headline in the Chicago Tribune . Strange. Feel sorry for the little guy. Here’s the scoop : A male baby beluga whale born in a difficult birth Sunday at the Shedd Aquarium died Tuesday after never establishing a bond with his mother or ...
  1 week ago

• A little fine print to boost tourism

  
  west north — Authority: 103
  Buried within the super-fine-print fare rules for any United Airlines domestic airfare purchase is this condition: “STOPOVERS WITHIN CONTIGUOUS U.S.A. 2 STOPOVERS PERMITTED – 1 IN EACH DIRECTION IN DEN AT USD 55.81 EACH. NOTE – NOT VALID ON NONSTOP ROUTINGS OR ROUTINGS THAT DO NOT HAVE DEN AS AN INTERMEDIATE ...
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• Michael Jordan Sues Jewel, Dominick’s for Using His Name, No. 23 to Sell Steaks

  
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  Wow. This was just incredibly bad judgment on the part of Jewel and Dominick’s. From the Sun-Times : Michael Jordan is suing Chicago’s two big grocery chains, Jewel and Dominick’s, claiming they used his good name and his good number — 23 — to sell steaks and other goods without his permission. ...
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• Withers: Drunken Husband of State Sen. Heather Steans Goes to Gay Bar to Harass Rival

  
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  You can’t make this stuff up. From 365Gay.com : Let’s start this Christmas week with some crazy family mess from Illinois. Jim Madigan, an openly gay Illinois politician, wants to unseat 7th District State Sen. Heather Stearns. No problem there unless you are Stearns’ husband, Leo Smith. Last week the ...
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• Danny Davis Likes Dorothy Brown for Cook Co. Board President, and So Do I

  
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  Rep. Danny Davis endorsed Dorothy Brown for Cook County Board President. In desperation, Todd Stroger played the race card, stupidly, I think. From the Sun-Times : U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) threw his support behind Dorothy Brown in the crowded Democratic primary for Cook County Board president. Davis noted ...
  1 week ago

• Create a Presence: The Influence of LinkedIn Groups

  
  The Sports Network for Sports Social Media, Marketing, Business, Management and Sponsorships — Authority: 127
  Last May I was kicking back with Lewis Howes at a Chicago Cubs game, not knowing in two weeks time I would be doing the same thing with another colleague, Jude LaRose.  Still digesting the LinkedIn knowledge Lewis dropped on me, Jude and I ended up not paying much attention to the play on the field and instead spent ...
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• Wah! I broke my tranny.

  
  Everything I Like Causes Cancer — Authority: 106
  Well, hi! Gosh, its been a while. Have you lost weight? Changed your hair? No? Well, whatever it is youre doing, it looks good on you. Rowr . Whats that? How have I been? Meh . Im having expensive car troubles again. Its possible this is the time I should have sent the old girl to The Great Junkyard ...
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• VOLKSWAGEN “RACING UNDER GREEN” TRAILER AND BROADCAST DETAILS RELEASED

  
  German Car Scene — Authority: 444
  Herndon, VA (Dec. 15, 2009) – Beginning January 18, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup documentary, “Racing Under Green” will begin airing on the Discovery Communications networks. Today, Volkswagen released the long-form documentary trailer on Youtube.
  2 weeks ago

• Guantanamo Comes to Illinois: Thomson Chosen for Guantanamo Detainees

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  View Larger Map From Lynn Sweet at the Sun-Times : The White House will announce Tuesday that President Obama will seek to acquire the Thomson Correctional Center in northwestern Illinois to house detainees now held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. I reported in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Eleven-Year-Old Aston Wise Killed by Coward with Shotgun

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  When will it stop? The sad news from the Chicago Sun-Times : Eleven-year-old Aston Wise was a passenger in a sport-utility vehicle parked on a South Shore street Friday night when a masked gunman opened fire with a shotgun, killing Aston and critically wounding his father. Aston, of the 6800 block of South East ...
  2 weeks ago

• BREAKING NEWS: Terror Alert in Chicago, IL

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  This just in via email: BREAKING NEWS: Terror Alert in Chicago, IL The Chicago Bears football practice was delayed nearly two hours today after a player reported finding an unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. Head coach Lovie Smith immediately suspended practice and called the police and federal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Todd Stroger Doesn’t Like Those Poll Numbers

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  From the Sun-Times : Embattled Cook County Board President Todd Stroger blasted a new poll showing he’s in third place in the four-way race for his job. A Tribune poll of what has been described as 500-plus likely voters shows Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown leading the pack in next month’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cadillac Body Restoration Shop

  
  sherrill brown recommends — Authority: 138
  As one shocker, my neighbors daughter got into her first vehicle collision.Damage to the front end fender was nothing too copious; there was mostly body damage.To save money, my neighbor took the auto to a cheap shop.Looking outside at the neighbor across the way, all I see is the 2 tone, mismatch Camaro looking back ...
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• Lawsuit Against Chicago Archdiocese Charges Racial Discrimination in Sex Abuse Cases

  
  Turning Left — Authority: 140
  From the Chicago Tribune : A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago alleging that church officials discriminated against African-American victims of sexual abuse by trying to silence their claims and proposing smaller settlements than those offered to white victims. The ...
  2 weeks ago

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