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    May 24, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Ex-senator tells how he picked an untouchable, Patrick Fitzgerald, to be U.S. attorney in Chicago

    Politicians were dancing and singing all along the Chicago Way on Wednesday, after U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced he would step down.
    Politicians were dancing and singing all along the Chicago Way on Wednesday, after U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced he would step down. "I can hear the champagne corks popping all the way over here, and I'm in Virginia," said banker and...

    Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Regional Authority, James Robert Thompson, Elections, Parties and Movements

    2. May 24, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. 'A man for others'

    From the moment Wednesday that Patrick Fitzgerald announced his resignation, news coverage highlighted his office's convictions of two Illinois governors. That's a proper epitaph: In Chicago, we judge our federal prosecutors by the battles they choose — or delicately avoid, lest they offend their (and their targets') political patrons.
    From the moment Wednesday that Patrick Fitzgerald announced his resignation, news coverage highlighted his office's convictions of two Illinois governors. That's a proper epitaph: In Chicago, we judge our federal prosecutors by the battles they choose...

    Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Regional Authority, Jon Burge, Laws, Peter Fitzgerald

    3. May 24, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Presidential election-year politics could come in play in Fitzgerald replacement process

    Picking a successor to Patrick Fitzgerald as Chicago's top federal prosecutor is fraught with difficulties, from finding a lawyer with zeal and talent to take on public corruption to trying to keep any choice from becoming embroiled in presidential election-year politics.
    Picking a successor to Patrick Fitzgerald as Chicago's top federal prosecutor is fraught with difficulties, from finding a lawyer with zeal and talent to take on public corruption to trying to keep any choice from becoming embroiled in presidential...

    Tags: Legal Service, Elections, George Ryan, Parties and Movements, U.S. Elections

    4. May 23, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald stepping down June 30

    U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who oversaw the prosecutions of governors George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, announced today he is stepping down on June 30.
    U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who oversaw the prosecutions of governors George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, announced today he is stepping down on June 30. Fitzgerald has been the longest serving U.S. attorney in Chicago history, holding the office...

    Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Eric Holder, George Ryan, Police Investigations, Patrick Fitzgerald

    5. May 23, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Polish president visits Kirk, young professionals

    President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland spent the last day of his NATO summit visit working to strengthen ties between his country and Chicago through a series of meetings Tuesday, including one with U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in his downtown office.
    President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland spent the last day of his NATO summit visit working to strengthen ties between his country and Chicago through a series of meetings Tuesday, including one with U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk in his downtown office. It was...

    Tags: Lobbying, Bronislaw Komorowski, NATO Summit, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Gold Coast

    6. May 14, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Farm pollution

    The May 7 online editorial "Congress should reign in crop insurance" noted that the Senate's farm bill does not require land-stewardship practices in exchange for crop insurance subsidies. This is cause for alarm given agriculture pollution is a top cause...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Dick Durbin, Environmental Pollution, Springfield, Agricultural Research and Technology

    7. May 14, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Senate confirms Oak Park lawyer as new Chicago-based federal judge

    The U.S. Senate today voted 86-1 to confirm Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor John J. “Jay” Tharp Jr. to a vacant judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    Special to the Tribune
    The U.S. Senate today voted 86-1 to confirm Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor John J. “Jay” Tharp Jr. to a vacant judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Tharp, 51, becomes the fifth federal...

    Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Parties and Movements, Judges, Labor Legislation, Politics

    8. May 16, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Teacher's recovery from stroke at age 38 inspires others

    One morning in September, two days after completing a mini-triathlon, Kirk Disrude reached for a shirt in a closet of his Mundelein home and was thrown to the floor by a jolt that felt like a giant rubber band had snapped in his head.
    One morning in September, two days after completing a mini-triathlon, Kirk Disrude reached for a shirt in a closet of his Mundelein home and was thrown to the floor by a jolt that felt like a giant rubber band had snapped in his head. For the high school...

    Tags: Teachers, Sports, Hospitals and Clinics, Road Running, Stroke

    9. May 8, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  9. Sen. Kirk releases video showing his rehabilitation after stroke

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    Mark Kirk has released a video showing him walking with the help of a cane and a harness as the U.S. senator talks about his …...
    10. May 10, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Weeks in review

    Change of Subject
    A roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review (WTTW-Ch. 11) Host Joel Weisman with Ben Bradley, ABC-7 News; Jon Hilkevitch and......
    11. May 8, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Sen. Mark Kirk discusses recovery from stroke in new video

    <span class=&quot;runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON -- Sen. </span>Mark Kirk of Illinois has released a video showing him walking with the help of a cane and a harness as he talks about his rehabilitation since suffering a stroke in January.
    WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois has released a video showing him walking with the help of a cane and a harness as he talks about his rehabilitation since suffering a stroke in January. "I'm walking again," the Republican says, seated before a...

    Tags: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Senate, Stroke

    12. May 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. My stroke

    On Saturday, Jan. 21, I woke up with a headache. The headache worsened as the morning progressed, but I wanted to keep to my work schedule. At 11 a.m., a member of my staff, Andrew Weissert, picked me up at my house in Highland Park to take me to a noon meeting of my Eastern European Advisory Board in Chicago. In the car, I felt new symptoms &mdash; numbness in my hands and problems with my vision. I realized this was not a headache or even a migraine.
    On Saturday, Jan. 21, I woke up with a headache. The headache worsened as the morning progressed, but I wanted to keep to my work schedule. At 11 a.m., a member of my staff, Andrew Weissert, picked me up at my house in Highland Park to take me to a noon...

    Tags: Scott P. Brown, Hospitals and Clinics, Stroke, Mitch McConnell, Health

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