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Obamas leave Chicago after weekend visit
With the Willis Tower visible in the distance against a backdrop of clear blue sky, President Barack Obama set off for Mexico on Sunday aboard Air Force One at the conclusion of a weekend spent in his hometown with family and friends. The president...
Tags: G20, Father's Day, White House, Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama
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Transit of Venus transfixes folks across Chicago area
TribLocal - Orland Park » NewsAmateur Chicago-area astronomers turned their attention skyward Tuesday evening to catch a glimpse of a pinprick-size disc — Venus floating past the sun. The planet's …... -
United Airlines to bring 1,300 jobs to Chicago
Clout StPosted by John Byrne at 10:35 a.m.; last updated at 10:42 a.m. United Airlines will bring another 1,300 jobs to Chicago by the end of next year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today. The new jobs support United’s global operations, the...... -
Dining amid the clouds at Metropolitan
The popularity of Chicago Restaurant Week, which continues through Sunday, can make some restaurants very difficult to get into. But it also offers access to dining rooms that ordinarily are off-limits. The Metropolitan Club, on the 67th floor of Willis...Tags: Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Restaurants
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Kerry Wood raising money for charity with cupcakes, 'Jersey Shore' star Ronnie appearing in Schaumburg, Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga visit Chicago Indoor Racing
How did the Cubs’ Kerry Wood spend the night before his team’s season opener against the Washington Nationals at Wrigley Field? By decorating cupcakes. Wood — all 6-foot-5 of him — squeezed the cream cheese frosting out of a...
Tags: Glee (tv program), Kerry Wood, Starlin Castro, Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose
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Pump Room is primed & ready
The Pump Room is back, baby. The ghosts of former habitues Frank Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart and untold others can revel in a revamped dining room that's as relevant for today's restaurant patron as the original Pump Room was for the celebrities of...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Humphrey Bogart, Celebrities, Pump Room, Restaurants
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New name for Pump Room? How about the Pump Room?
Tribune criticAs you may have read a couple of weeks ago, the venerable Pump Room restaurant, and the building that houses it, are being renovated by hotelier/impresario Ian Schrager and will emerge in September as a boutique hotel, to be called Public Chicago (1301 N....Tags: New York, Pump Room, Restaurants, Macy's, Inc., James Beard
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175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
On March 4, 1837, exactly 175 years ago, Chicago was incorporated. Not that Flashback needed a reason, but we took this occasion to compile a very long list of events, year by year and decade by decade, that helped shape this great city.
Some events...Tags: Tribune Tower, Valentine's Day, Chicago Fire, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Tribune
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When Sears, the Facebook of its era, launched its IPO
Even people who don't play the market are thinking this week about buying stock in Facebook's initial public offering of shares.
One hundred six years ago, Sears, Roebuck and Co. was its era's version of a hot tech company. Like Facebook, Apple or...Tags: Media Industry, Discover Financial Services, World War II (1939-1945), Chicago Tribune, University of Chicago
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Listing: Chicago-area farmers markets
An early spring will bring not only May flowers to the farmers markets this year, but also an abundance of farm-fresh produce earlier than usual, while preparations for Chicago's first NATO summit will delay two downtown markets.
The Daley Plaza...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Wicker Park, Uptown, South Shore, Chicago Loop
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Stretches of Lake Shore Drive, I-55 to be closed during NATO summit
Tribune reportersLake Shore Drive and Interstate Highway 55 near McCormick Place will be closed during the NATO summit, federal and Chicago officials announced today. In addition to the highways, the security measures for the summit also will close significant portions...Tags: Chicago Mayor, U.S. Secret Service, Metra, Chicago Police Department, Adler Planetarium
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Mary and Larry Kissko: The normal heart
![Here's Mary Kissko, 63, wife, mom, grandmother, talking about her life: "It could not have been more perfect. We've been so blessed."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69756207-04135717-187105.jpg "Here's Mary Kissko, 63, wife, mom, grandmother, talking about her life: "It could not have been more perfect. We've been so blessed.\"")
Here's Mary Kissko, 63, wife, mom, grandmother, talking about her life: "It could not have been more perfect. We've been so blessed."
"If we're unique, it's because we're so normal," says her husband, Larry, 64. "We have a good marriage."
Larry Kissko...Tags: Marriage, Culture, Colleges and Universities, Springs, Ellen Warren
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