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Elizabeth Byrd
Elizabeth “Maxine” Byrd, 84, wife of Arza M. Byrd for 65 and a half years, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 20 at the Hospice Care Center. She was a member of Bethel Christian Church. She was born March 14, 1929, to the late... -
Cubs should dump Chicago
It’s time for the Cubs to move out of Wrigley Field and leave Chicago! Tom Ricketts bought this team and he should have the right to run his business as he sees fit. He should not be held hostage by a money-greedy, dictatorial mayor who even tells...Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Sandi Jackson, Jerry Reinsdorf, Political Corruption, Chicago Mayor
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Jacksons' case a tale of runaway spending
Tribune reportersIt was the kind of runaway spending usually reserved for someone with newfound riches — a holistic retreat, a cruise, pricey restaurant tabs, flat-screen televisions and even a pair of stuffed elk heads —and former Congressman Jesse Jackson...Tags: Museum of Science and Industry, Credit and Debt, Sandi Jackson, Chicago City Council, Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.
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For Jackson, the rules do apply
WASHINGTON -- Jesse Jackson Jr. arrived in court wearing a leather bracelet, not the gold-plated Rolex watch he bought with $43,350 in federal campaign cash. The former congressman's head was bare, unadorned by the Michael Jackson fedora, purchased with...
Tags: Washington, DC, Judges, Bipolar Disorder, Rick Santorum, Trials
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Feds, Texas A&M authorities investigate bomb threat at school
About 700 people were evacuated at several facilities at Texas A&M University on Wednesday after a bomb threat forced the closing of part of the school and its athletic complex. “The investigation is continuing,” spokesman Lane Stephenson...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Bombings, Colleges and Universities, Explosions, Los Angeles Times
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NCAA Tournament: Louisville feeling at home at Rupp
ktaylor@winchestersun.comLEXINGTON — Kentucky won’t play its next game here at Rupp Arena until next year, but for now, Louisville has settled in as a temporary tenant. The Cardinals, the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the team to beat in the...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Peyton Siva
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1 man, 12 hours of March Madness
For RedEyeCharles Barkley has it right: Watching the first couple rounds of the NCAA tournament before the switch to a new format wasn’t great. "We all take it for granted now but the tournament used to suck [on TV]," Barkley told SI. "It used to be: Why...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Bob Barker, College Sports, Basketball, TNT (tv network)
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'Sweet Sisters of Zion' doc celebrates the Barrett Sisters
Five years ago, the greatest trio in the history of gospel music – the Barrett Sisters – told me they had one last wish: That someone would make a documentary film about their lives and careers. That film, a moving evocation of their...
Tags: Howard Reich, Entertainment, Smithfield, Movies, Music
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The many shades of meaning in 'Negro'
I got a clue even before my column ran this week that its subject — what "Negro" means these days — might make some folks uncomfortable. I'd pulled up to the valet stand at the Hilton and waited while the young man fumbled through the...Tags: United Negro College Fund, Social Issues
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Former New Orleans mayor pleads not guilty in corruption case
Former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, whose lambasting of the federal government’s response after Hurricane Katrina helped make him the face of his city’s post-disaster tenacity, pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to bribery, money...
Tags: Judges, Trials, Corporate Crime, Political Corruption, C. Ray Nagin
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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy count
The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge that he conspired to misuse more than $750,000 in campaign...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Judges, Sandi Jackson, Trials, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Mother of woman killed after younger daughter saw Obama prepares for funeral
Tribune reporterThe mother of a woman killed the same day as a younger daughter heard President Barack Obama speak about gun violence in Chicago was left preparing funeral arrangements today as charges were pending against the alleged killers. Angela Blakely finalized...Tags: Mount Hope, Murder, Barack Obama, North Chicago, Chicago Mayor
Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
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