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Bank's guest speaker sizes up U.S. economy's bright, dark spots
PETOSKEY — Like the sunlight entering Petoskey City Hall’s windows around him as he spoke Wednesday, Mitch Stapley sees aspects of the U.S. economic picture that appear bright. At the same time, Stapley, who is chief fixed income officer...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Government, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Financial and Business Services
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Voice: Greece's turn to be under attack
El CentroThe media makes bad portrayals of certain countries to prejudice your mind. They say Greece is one of the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, etc.) I remember back over the last 30 years watching the International Monetary Fund & World Bank doing this same...Tags: Ron Paul, Libya, World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, Saudi Arabia
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Life Matters: When travelers find each other
Contributing ColumnistMy wife and I were the only customers in the souvenir and gift shop, lone shoppers during an off-season in Daytona Beach, Fla. The lady at the cash register was kind but guarded, like the person checking your ID at airport security. But something about...Tags: Transportation Industry, Christian Orthodoxy, Europe, Daytona Beach, Christianity
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Kass' Odyssey and Chicago's connection to the world
On Sunday, columnist John Kass concluded two weeks of reports from Greece and Turkey, where he journeyed to explore questions with relevance here in Chicago. Regular readers of course know of John’s Greek ancestry. He writes with pride about the...
Tags: Turkey, Chicago Tribune
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Saying goodbye to Greece — as hordes of young people do the same
— I traveled to Greece to see the land of my fathers, to see its beauty and its economic crisis firsthand. But as I arrived, others were leaving. Especially Greece's young people, suffering from unemployment that hovers around 50 percent. "They...
Tags: Feta Cheese, Turkey, John Kass, Istanbul (Turkey), Religious Festivals
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In Greece, books beat rocks
ATHENS, Greece — It is easy to throw a rock, and there have been plenty thrown here lately, a common ritual, almost not newsworthy, with the anarchists and hooligans smashing big pieces of marble and throwing the chunks at police, at the government,...Tags: Books, Services and Shopping, Coffee, John Kass, Crime, Law and Justice
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A suicide, an angry protest, and a nation in agony
— The old man, reportedly ill with cancer and exhausted by the agony devouring Greece, just couldn't take it anymore. His name was Dimitris. And so he walked out Wednesday morning onto the beautiful and peaceful Syntagma Square across the street...
Tags: Murder, John Kass, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Athens (Greece), Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Going home to Rizes
RIZES, Greece — When I mention our family's village in Greece, I usually write that Rizes is the most beautiful village in the universe.
And it is.
Your family's village might also be the most beautiful. This is possible. I understand that. But...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Athens (Greece), Barack Obama
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Home sales bump, earnings send stock market higher
NEW YORK (AP) — On a day that brought both good and bad news about the economy, investors chose to see the glass as half-full. U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday, pushed up by a batch of bright earnings reports and encouraging news about home sales....
Tags: Stock Activities, Earnings, ING Group, Services and Shopping, Spain
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Allan Powell: Reality is hard to find
Richard Dawkins must surely be one of the most prolific writers of modern times. While his forte is evolutionary biology, he comfortably ventures into other fields of science. His newest publication, “The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s...Tags: Biology, Science, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture
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Allan Powell: 'Boomerang' a story of self delusion
Little is more depressing than reporting about how four countries populated with bright, energetic people became victims of their own short-sighted and self interested behavior. In his very well-written book, “Boomerang,” Michael Lewis gives a...Tags: Game, International Monetary Fund, Economy, Business and Finance, Foods and Beverages, Litigation and Regulation
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Joyce K. Melonas, chef
Joyce K. Melonas, who was the cook at a downtown waterfront diner that she owned and operated with her husband, died Wednesday of Alzheimer's disease at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium
She was 92.
The daughter of Greek immigrants, Joyce Karas was...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Christian Orthodoxy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Highlandtown, Windsor Mill
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Apr 6, 2012
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Apr 5, 2012
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Apr 8, 2012
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Apr 26, 2012
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Apr 27, 2012
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Mar 23, 2012
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Mar 15, 2012
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