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What makes a happy worker happy?
The workplace advice columnist has only one natural enemy: the happy worker (Laborius contentus). This rare — some might say mythical — creature poses a threat to anyone who dispenses workplace-improvement tips for a living. But rather...
Tags: Human Interest, Rex Huppke, The Happiest News!, Chicago Tribune
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Gambling bill would allow PokerStars, Full Tilt to apply for an online gaming license
A gambling expansion bill is back, but it now includes a provision that would allow PokerStars, once accused by federal prosecutors of money laundering and fraud, to compete for an online gaming license in Illinois. In the first draft of Senate Bill...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Northwestern University, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker advocates paying parents for student performance
Nobel Prize winner Gary Becker could never win an election in this town. In a 30-minute speech Thursday to The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the 82-year-old University of Chicago economist proposed that keeping "the American dream alive" would...
Tags: Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Social Issues, Washington, DC, Academic Progress, Colleges and Universities
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Harris: Project gets off to 'beautiful' start
The stickers are simple and, well, beautiful. Printed on reflective silver, they're cut in the size and shape of a nametag and say "you are beautiful" in bold, black print. They're the "all-encompassing" artistic statement of Chicago graphic...
Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service, Science and Technology, Corn Products International Incorporated, Adler Planetarium
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Woman's surname is hers to keep or change
Dear Amy: I have been dating a wonderful woman for several months now, and we have fallen deeply in love. We talk of spending our lives together, and although we are undecided if we would get legally married, we would at the appropriate time make a...
Tags: Gymnastics, Human Interest, Advice Columns and Columnists
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Is the Working Families Flexibility Act really flexible?
If we lived in a perfect world, doughnuts would be vegetables, Matthew McConaughey would have my abs and I would have his, and work would be a high-paying activity that involved naps. Also in a perfect world, a thing called The Working Families...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Employment, Labor Legislation, Martha Roby, Laws
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When your old boss comes calling
Emotionally, jobs can be like lovers. We fall for them, fight with them and sometimes lose them. The Great Recession left millions of Americans jilted by their jobs. But as the economy continues its slow recovery, some find their old flames back on...
Tags: Employment, LinkedIn Corp., Employment Opportunities, Rex Huppke, Career and Workplace
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Mighty Big Aspirations
You often hear people say that when the job market is bad, it's a good idea to go back to school and boost your academic credentials. I have disregarded that advice because I fear it might interfere with my TV watching, but many folks — whether...
Tags: Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Research, Rex Huppke, University of Chicago
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Getting an MBA: Your business. Your decision.
Chicago TribuneAdmissions consultant Andrea Sparrey uses two numbers to startle prospective business school applicants. She tells them the average price of a home in the United States in 2010 was $273,000. And then she tells them the average price of an MBA from a...Tags: Northern Illinois University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Northwestern University, Colleges and Universities
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A hidden gem, in plain sight
There are many things I don't understand about the restaurant business. I don't see why small plates are "shareable." I don't get the appeal of communal tables. And I don't understand why Storefront Company isn't crowded all the time. The year-old...
Tags: Salads, Restaurants, Potatoes, Wines, Phil Vettel
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A country song, assumptions -- and a racial outcry
Southern white men don't usually drive racial dialogue. For as long as race has riven America, they have been depicted more often as the problem than the solution. So after country music star Brad Paisley released his new song "Accidental Racist" this...Tags: Social Issues, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Brad Paisley, Civil Rights, New York City
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Phil Vettel: Three stars for EL Ideas
EL Ideas has been playing to full houses since it opened in July 2011. That would be a nice achievement for any operation, but given the quirky experience chef and owner Phillip Foss offers, it's positively miraculous. Dinners cost $145, prepaid, tip...
Tags: Pecans, Restaurants, Greektown, Breads, Potatoes
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