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Midwest bundles up as bitter cold grips region
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Homeless people scrambled to find shelter, schools shut down and plumbers wrestled with frozen pipes Tuesday as the upper Midwest endured a third straight day of bitter cold temperatures. Waves of frigid Arctic air began...
Tags: Homelessness, Des Plaines, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Mark Kirk to return to Senate on Jan. 3
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who suffered a stroke in January, plans to return to the Senate floor Jan. 3, the first day of the new Congress, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) said Thursday. A Senate official, who...
Tags: Randy Hultgren, U.S. Congress, Mark Kirk, Stroke, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
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'Boss' filming wraps in Chicago, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis coming to Wrigley Field, Pitchfork sightings
If you followed Kelsey Grammer’s time in the Chicago area filming Season 2 of cable network Starz’s “Boss,” you likely know the five-time Emmy-winning actor had his wife’s name tattooed on his hip in April at Insight...
Tags: Arts, Feist, Dallas Mavericks, Shameless (tv program), Arlington Park
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ComScore leader focused on consumer interests and business assistance
Tribune staff reporterIt's not uncommon for Gian Fulgoni to be told how much he looks like Dustin Hoffman, or even to be mistaken for the Academy Award-winning actor and pressed for an autograph. It happens at least once a week. When it does, the typically gregarious,...Tags: Media Industry, Sports, Corporate Officers, Deutsche Bank AG, Research
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Urban Car Dealers Get Creative
KickingTiresIn most of the country, the car dealership is a standalone building on a strip of road. Sometimes it's a road lined with dealer upon dealer so shoppers don't have to go far if they're cross-shopping. In recent years, these......Tags: Mercury, Italy, Mini, Volvo, Tesla
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Aug 8: Poll Results
WGN NewsMORNING NEWS POLL: Are you offended by The Onion's satirical picture of a plane flying into the Willis Tower? Yes: % No: % MIDDAY NEWS POLL: Do you think plastic shopping bags should be banned? Yes: 43% No: 57% NEWS AT NINE POLL: Yes: % No: %...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Amputee Uses Bionic Leg to Climb 103 Stories
CNNCHICAGO -- When Zac Vawter put his mind to climbing the 103 floors of Chicago's iconic Willis Tower, his legs did the rest. Even the one that isn't human. The Seattle resident scaled the skyscraper's stairway heights on Sunday thanks to what the...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Track and Field, Weight, Mark Kirk
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Sen Kirk participates in Willis Tower stair climb
Sen. Mark Kirk climbed more than three dozen flights of stairs in Willis Tower during a charity event Sunday, but his staff declined to say when the senator will return to Congress following a major stroke. Kirk’s climb, his first public appearance...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapists, Mark Kirk, Elections, Robert Dold
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Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk participates in Willis Tower stair climb
Tribune reporterSen. Mark Kirk climbed more than three dozen flights of stairs in Willis Tower during a fundraising event Sunday, but his staff declined to say when the senator will return to Congress following a major stroke. Kirk’s climb, his first public...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapists, Judy Biggert, Mark Kirk, Television Industry
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Nerve-connected bionic leg helps climb toward medical history
Tribune reporterZac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee, aims to make medical history Sunday when he attempts to climb 103 stories to the top of the Willis Tower with his state-of-the-art bionic leg. Researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago equipped Vawter...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Science and Technology, Injuries and Wounds, U.S. Department of Defense, Amputation
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Bionic leg faces a big test — 103-story climb
Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee, aims to make medical history Sunday when he tries to climb 103 stories to the Skydeck of the Willis Tower with his state-of-the-art bionic leg. Researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago equipped Vawter with...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Science and Technology, Injuries and Wounds, U.S. Department of Defense, Amputation
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