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Halvorson, Beale try to chill Kelly momentum by attacking Bloomberg super PAC
Clout StreetDemocratic congressional candidates Debbie Halvorson and Anthony Beale used a televised debate tonight to try to chill Robin Kelly’s momentum by attacking the support she is receiving from an anti-gun super political action committee run by New York...Tags: Debbie Halvorson, Michael Bloomberg, Elections, National Rifle Association of America, Politics
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Hutchinson drops out, endorses Kelly in Jackson Jr. contest
Clout StreetState Sen. Toi Hutchinson dropped out of the 2nd District special Democratic primary Sunday and endorsed ex-state Rep. Robin Kelly in the contest to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress. The move, announced in a morning news release, shakes up the...Tags: Debbie Halvorson, Michael Bloomberg, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Gun Control, Cook County Government
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Guide to February 2013 TV premieres, specials, movies
RedEyeEvery February we celebrate Valentine's Day and Black History Month, but this one is extra special because we welcome NBC's "Community" back to TV after too long a hiatus. It's also when the high-profile Netflix series, "House of Cards," debuts. Back on...Tags: Bear Grylls, Top Gear (tv program), Community (tv program), Harlem Globetrotters, Triggers (music group)
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It took a trio to come up with Wonder Woman
If comic book characters are a driving force in Hollywood, it's worth noting that Wonder Woman, one of the most iconic characters of the last 70 years, has yet to star in her own live-action movie. She hasn't been completely ignored. Two years ago,...
Tags: House (tv program), David E. Kelley, Crime, Law and Justice, Doubt (movie), Philosophy
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Documentary spotlights civil rights pioneer
When we hear the name Whitney Young, most Chicagoans probably think of the city's Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, rather than the man after whom it was named. But filmmaker Bonnie Boswell, Young's niece, hopes her new documentary about the civil...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Sociology, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Vernon Jordan, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Reawakening the ghosts of Skokie
To me, a kid growing up in the 1960s and '70s, Skokie seemed like any other suburb, its tidy houses sitting on impeccably manicured lawns. Sure, on Friday nights and Saturday mornings you'd sometimes see Hasidic Jews strolling to and from synagogue....Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Museums, Arts and Culture, Howard Reich, Human Interest
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Screening "Skokie: Invaded but not conquered"
The story of Skokie and the way it rallied a community, a region and a state to stand up to the racism of neo-Nazism is told once again in a new documentary that takes a fresh look at old wounds. Last week, the film, “Skokie: Invaded But Not...
Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Museums, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Quinn: Pension reform before gambling expansion
Clout StreetEfforts by the legislature to expand casino gambling to Chicago and other locations is a secondary issue behind attempts to deal with the state’s unfunded pension liability, Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday. The Democratic governor's comments drew a...Tags: Illinois General Assembly, Lifestyle and Leisure, Louis I Lang, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel
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Crafting gun laws without the likes of …
"This is a serious time," said the fundamentally unserious former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh during an interview on WTTW-Ch. 11's "Chicago Tonight" program last week. "My side — the side that believes in freedom and limited government; the...
Tags: Gun Control, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Republican Party
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This side of 'Paradise,' with Echols, Davis
"I really do believe these people would have gotten away with murdering me if it would not have been for what you guys did — for being there in the beginning and getting this whole thing on tape so the rest of the world sees what's happening." That'...
Tags: Peter Jackson, Reese Witherspoon, Crime, Law and Justice, Sundance Film Festival, Prisons
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New book brings Vivian Maier out of the shadows
I would not presume to know, at any point during her 83 years on this planet, what Vivian Maier was thinking. But since she died in 2009, I suppose it's OK to make a leap and say that she would be made very uneasy and perhaps downright uncomfortable...
Tags: Maxwell Street, France, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tonight (tv program)
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Hit show 'Wild Chicago' may be heading to DVD
In January 1989, entertainer Ben Hollis and WTTW-Ch. 11 producer Jon Davies created a television show that they called "Wild Chicago." The reason they did this, said Hollis at the time, "was because there was nothing like it on TV." Indeed. I was the...
Tags: Entertainment, Television, Social Media Week, Chicago Public Library, Music Industry
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