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Ferne L. (Trexel) McVicker, 97, of Jenner Township
Ferne L. (Trexel) McVicker, 97, of Jenner Township, died June 20, 2012, at Somerset Hospital. Born June 5, 1915, in Jenner Township, the daughter of Frank K. and Nettie Stella (Bittner) Trexel. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Warden H., on May 16,...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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I-GO Car Sharing CEO is passionate in her belief in access to transportation
Sharon Feigon had spent two years building I-GO Car Sharing with the idea that everyone should have access to a car, regardless of their neighborhood or income, when Zipcar's CEO asked for a lunch meeting.
At Zipcar, the country's major car-sharing...Tags: The Huffington Post, Hybrid Vehicles, High Schools, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Chicago Transit Authority
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Kinda cranky pizza guy
![Burt Katz drove home. It was the middle of the day. He worked downtown but lived in Skokie. His wife, Sharon, watched him come through the door. She was throwing a birthday party for their son, who was 5. "What are you doing home?" she asked.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/65088654-29081824.jpg "Burt Katz drove home. It was the middle of the day. He worked downtown but lived in Skokie. His wife, Sharon, watched him come through the door. She was throwing a birthday party for their son, who was 5. "What are you doing home?\" she asked.")
Burt Katz drove home. It was the middle of the day. He worked downtown but lived in Skokie. His wife, Sharon, watched him come through the door. She was throwing a birthday party for their son, who was 5. "What are you doing home?" she asked.
Burt, who...Tags: Philosophy, History, NASCAR, Heart Attack, Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
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Abbey L. Myers, 4 months
Abbey Lynn Myers, 4 months old, of 19215 Sharon Drive, Hagerstown, Md., passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012, at the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. Born Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in Rockville, Md., she was the daughter of Kevin David Myers and Megan Patricia...Tags: Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Stamford, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Uh oh, the dreaded EAB comes ever closer to Connecticut
Look out, the evil Emerald Ash Borer is now within 23 miles of Connecticut's western border. The little green ash-murdering bastards have been spotted east of the Hudson River and state officials here are warning Connecticut residents to be on the...
Tags: Agriculture, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Agricultural Research and Technology, New London (New London, Connecticut), U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Winifred G. Smith, 93
Winifred Goldie Smith, 93, of Harwich, Mass., passed away peacefully Thursday, March 8, 2012, surrounded by members of her family. Affectionately known to her family as “Winnie” The Pooh, she was born Aug. 8, 1918, in Boston, Mass. She was...Tags: Human Interest, Game Playing, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Crosswords, Boston
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Damien Bona dies at 56; co-wrote 'Inside Oscar' on Academy Awards
Damien Bona earned a law degree from New York University in 1980 but spent only two years practicing law.
As he told the Los Angeles Times in 1986, "I had to choose between a job and an obsession. I chose the obsession."
Bona's obsession was the Academy...Tags: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Greer Garson, Crime, Law and Justice, Bob Hope
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Unions Unsettled By Malloy's Call For Tenure Reform
The Hartford CourantThe leaders of the state's teachers unions aren't happy with how Gov.Dannel P. Malloydescribed the current tenure system in his State of the State address Wednesday — "the only thing you have to do is show up for four years" — but they say...Tags: Executive Branch, Teachers, Andrew Fleischmann, Teachers Unions, Teachers Unions
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Unions Balk At Teacher Certification Changes
The Hartford CourantTeacher union leaders, school administrators and state officials harmonized last week over a proposed teacher evaluation system. But Tuesday when Gov.Dannel P. Malloyannounced plans to reduce red tape and to "empower local school districts" — steps...Tags: Executive Branch, Teachers, Standards, Career and Workplace, Unions
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'Rich Boy' by Sharon Pomerantz
![Though a friend likened "Rich Boy" to "The Great Gatsby" in its depiction of a young man living under the illusion that money can buy happiness, for me it evoked "An American Tragedy," Theodore Dreiser's great dramatic novel about a young man's struggle to the top rung of the American social ladder.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63092447-08115048.jpg "Though a friend likened "Rich Boy\" to \"The Great Gatsby\" in its depiction of a young man living under the illusion that money can buy happiness, for me it evoked \"An American Tragedy,\" Theodore Dreiser's great dramatic novel about a young man's struggle to the top rung of the American social ladder.")
Literary editorThough a friend likened "Rich Boy" to "The Great Gatsby" in its depiction of a young man living under the illusion that money can buy happiness, for me it evoked "An American Tragedy," Theodore Dreiser's great dramatic novel about a young man's struggle...Tags: Human Interest, Elizabeth Taylor, Elections, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Dreiser
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Riders offer names for universal transit fare card
![<a href="http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/cta/ct-red-going-public-071211-20110711,0,204466.story" target="_blank">In Tuesday's column</a>, Going Public asked riders what they would name a card that could be used on Metra, Pace and CTA. Last week, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-quinn-signs-bill-calling-for-a-universal-transit-fare-card-20110707,0,641225.story" target="_blank">Gov. Quinn signed legislation</a> that requires a universal fare card by 2015.](http://redeye.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63212096-13101333.jpg "<a href="http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/cta/ct-red-going-public-071211-20110711,0,204466.story\" target=\"_blank\">In Tuesday's column</a>, Going Public asked riders what they would name a card that could be used on Metra, Pace and CTA. Last week, <a href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-quinn-signs-bill-calling-for-a-universal-transit-fare-card-20110707,0,641225.story\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Quinn signed legislation</a> that requires a universal fare card by 2015.")
RedEyeIn Tuesday's column, Going Public asked riders what they would name a card that could be used on Metra, Pace and CTA. Last week, Gov. Quinn signed legislation that requires a universal fare card by 2015. Here are rider suggestions: >> Dory Kerstin, 54,...Tags: Near North Side, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Metra, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois)
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Paul Leka dies at 68; co-writer of 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'
![It was intended to be a "throwaway" song, the seldom-played B-side of a 45-rpm record produced in a New York recording studio in 1969.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65653723-25215425-187105.jpg "It was intended to be a "throwaway\" song, the seldom-played B-side of a 45-rpm record produced in a New York recording studio in 1969.")
It was intended to be a "throwaway" song, the seldom-played B-side of a 45-rpm record produced in a New York recording studio in 1969.
Instead, it became an A-side No. 1 hit single for a band called Steam, a song whose simple but catchy chorus became...Tags: Music, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Chicago White Sox, Entertainment, Nero (music group)
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