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McManus: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn't managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you'll probably be surprised to hear where progress is being...
Tags: Interior Policy, Martin Luther King Jr., Laws, Barack Obama, Tom Coburn
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'Gossip Girl' recap: St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Upper East Side-style
Show TrackerCall me cynical, but as long as we've been watching Chuck and Blair play nice in the aftermath of their latest breakup, I've been waiting for the other Louboutin to drop. They've been kind and respectful to each other, and...... -
Deirdre Capone softens a notorious icon
What's in a name? If you're a Chicagoan and your surname is Capone, everything. There is perhaps no more notorious name associated with the city (except perhaps Gacy, or for a time, Bartman). Growing up, Deirdre Marie Capone lived what she calls a "shame-...
Tags: Scarface (movie), Insurance, John Ford, Nat King Cole, Desi Arnaz
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Al Capone's descendants get Chicago-based reality TV series
RedEyeProving once again that anything can be made into a reality TV series, REELZ Channel announced Wednesday that Al Capone's descendants will be the centerpiece of a new docuseries. "The Capones" will debut this fall and stars Dom and Dawn Capone, owners of...Tags: Television Industry, The Chicago Code (tv program), Foods and Beverages, Sausages, Organized Crime
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10 things you might not know about razed Chicago
Chicago Tribune reportersEver since the Great Fire of 1871, a cycle of destruction and rebuilding has been central to the Chicago story. This month, Northwestern University secured a permit to tear down Prentice Hospital so that it can build a biomedical research facility. Also...Tags: Civic Opera House, Gold Coast, Holy Name Cathedral, L (movie), Richard M. Daley
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Column: Do-nothing Congress does something
OK, so Congress hasn't managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you'll probably be surprised to hear where progress is being...Tags: Interior Policy, Martin Luther King Jr., Laws, Barack Obama, Tom Coburn
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Directors detail their films' crucial scenes
For most directors, there is usually one moment in their film that brings it all together while they are shooting — or sometimes before production has even started — one scene that unlocks key relationships among the characters or clicks so...
Tags: Les Miserables (musical), Academy Awards, David Chase, Music, Frances McDormand
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Tribune staff reporterOn this frigid morning, in an unheated brick garage at 2122 N. Clark St., seven men were lined up against a whitewashed wall and pumped with 90 bullets from submachine guns, shotguns and a revolver. It was the most infamous of all gangland slayings in...Tags: Firearms, Al Capone, File Sharing, Murder, Valentine's Day
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TODAY IN HISTORY
1895: Oscar Wilde's final play, ''The Importance of Being Earnest,'' opened at the St. James's Theatre in London. 1929: The ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down. 1959: The...Tags: Elections, Heart Attack, Al Capone, Health, Ruhollah Khomeini
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Theater listings: Shows in Chicago suburbs
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Betrayal: Nobel Prize-winner Harold Pinter's drama explores an ill-fated love triangle between a woman, her husband and his best friend.: through Nov. 13; 8 p.m. Fri. - Sat.; 5 p.m. Sun.; 8 p.m. Thu. - Fri.; $25; $20 for students;...Tags: Tennessee Williams, French Literature, Clubs and Associations, Florida, Comedy (genre)
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Jonathan Eig's 'Get Capone' aims to go beyond stereotypes
Special to the Tribune“Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster” By Jonathan EigSimon and Schuster, 480 pages, $28 Reviewed by Noah Isackson, Special to the Tribune Finding a new way to tell a familiar story is a formidable...Tags: Biography (genre), Omaha, Lou Gehrig, Criminals, Crimes
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5 questions for the new 'Pickles'
Tribune reporter"Step High, Stoop Low, Leave Your Dignity Outside." This phrase appeared on the door of the historic Dill Pickle Club, a social club founded in 1914, which moved into its club space on Tooker Alley off Dearborn Street in 1915, according to records at the...Tags: Pickles, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Djuna Barnes
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