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Adventures in sock puppetry
Change of SubjectAdventure No. 1: The Chicago Reader busts "Arthur Layton" for attempting to have a conversation with himself in its comment threads. Adventure No. 2: Rich Miller and the Daily Herald bust the campaign of 10th District GOP congressional candidate hopeful..... -
GML: The Week In Review
WGN NewsGML Weekly Rewind...were discussing stories of the week. On a sad note, my condolences to the family of Thomas Wortham. He lost his life in the midst of a dare, a game, utter foolishness by 4 suspects who wanted his motorcycle. The 30-year-old officer was...Tags: WGN, Death, Firearms, Regional Authority, Theft
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Shakeup at the Reader
Change of SubjectVocalo's Rob Feder reports: Veteran Chicago journalist James Warren stepped down Monday after just four months as president and publisher of the Chicago Reader. Warren, a former Tribune higher-up, will be devoting his energies to his work at the Chicago..... -
Two Florida restaurants included in 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards nominees
Cooking Gal» Orlando Sentinel – Cooking GalThe James Beard Foundation has announced the final nominees for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries, taking place May 2 and 3, 2010 in New... -
Truth, and other overrated ideas
Special to The TimesWhen I was a kid, I lied a lot. Lying, for me, was easier than learning to tie my shoes. I could tell lies like my best friend, Dave, could eat French fries — by the fistful. When I was in junior high school, I used to cut class and take the bus...Tags: Garrison Keillor, Julia Sweeney, Jonathan Demme, Rick Moranis, Animals
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'The Lazarus Project: A Novel' by Aleksandar Hemon
The Lazarus Project
A Novel
Aleksandar Hemon
Riverhead Books: 294 pp., $24.95
First, a small historical marker:
On March 2, 1908, Lazarus Averbuch, a 19-year-old Jewish émigré from Eastern Europe, paid a visit -- for reasons unknown -- to the home of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Hospitals and Clinics, Book, Photography, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Building Barack Obama's money machine
Tribune staff reportersSen. Barack Obama tapped everyone from small Internet donors to Hollywood stars and industry titans to raise a towering $25 million in the first three months of this year. The eye-catching total is a far cry from his first bid for elected office a...Tags: Aon PLC, Employees, David Geffen, Washington (U.S. state), African Americans
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Comeback kid
Tribune arts criticViolinist Rachel Barton Pine-star attraction on this balmy night in Santa Fe--is stranded. She yearns to get up from the back-yard lawn chair where her husband has deposited her and stroll to a pool that's shimmering green-blue in the desert twilight....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pomona, Chicago Transit Authority, New Mexico, Children
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Nelson Algren's legacy ebbs
The Steppenwolf Theatre feels like a womb. It's warm, dark, soporific, full of voices barely loud enough to be distinguished, a setting beyond time. Outside, the streets of Old Town are laced with spring afternoon snowflakes; on the South Side, at U.S....Tags: Arts and Culture, Long Island, Jean-Paul Sartre, Death, Ray Schalk
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Inside Rep. Weller's Nicaragua land deal
Tribune staff reportersThe rolling surf of the Pacific Ocean crashes onto white sand beaches below a lush hillside in southwest Nicaragua, a picture of tropical paradise by anyone's definition. These days, paradise is for sale. Contact the seller, Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.)....Tags: Republic of Ireland, Guatemala, Washington (U.S. state), Apartments, Death
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Carlos Hernandez Gomez
Carlos Hernandez Gomez is CLTV's Political Reporter.
In addition to local, statewide and national politics, he also covers legal affairs and the courts. His vast sources and extensive knowledge of local politics give CLTV an edge in a city where politics...Tags: CLTV, NPR, DePaul University, Chicago Tonight (tv program), Education
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Daddy coolest
![Fatherhood, for humorist Neal Pollack, didn't hasten an end to his boozy nights out at crowded rock shows or mute his inner cynic or prompt a move away from the crime-ridden urban enclaves he called home. That's because Pollack was determined — for reasons he still can't quite articulate — to be a "cool" dad, spending his son's first few years in a unique sort of identity crisis, touring with his newly formed punk band, pot-smoking in Amsterdam and giving his toddler the pop culture chops that would make any Gen-Xer proud.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-12/27107797.jpg "Fatherhood, for humorist Neal Pollack, didn't hasten an end to his boozy nights out at crowded rock shows or mute his inner cynic or prompt a move away from the crime-ridden urban enclaves he called home. That's because Pollack was determined — for reasons he still can't quite articulate — to be a "cool\" dad, spending his son's first few years in a unique sort of identity crisis, touring with his newly formed punk band, pot-smoking in Amsterdam and giving his toddler the pop culture chops that would make any Gen-Xer proud.")
Times Staff WriterFatherhood, for humorist Neal Pollack, didn't hasten an end to his boozy nights out at crowded rock shows or mute his inner cynic or prompt a move away from the crime-ridden urban enclaves he called home. That's because Pollack was determined —...Tags: Book, Gaming, Television, Children, Texas
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