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Open thread: Weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but not limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup...... -
Metta World Peace does the weather, talks Lakers season
Metta World Peace joined Liz Habib on the KTTV-TV (Channel 11) news broadcast Friday night to talk sports and do the weather with meteorologist Pablo Pereira. "I came to L.A. because of Phil Jackson, Kobe [Bryant] reminded me of [Michael] Jordan,...
Tags: Metta World Peace, Kobe Bryant, Scottie Pippen, Television, Phil Jackson
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Early morning anchor job at KTTV goes to Araksya Karapetyan
After doing the job on an interim basis, Araksya Karapetyan has officially been given the position of anchor on the "Fox 11 News" shows that air weekdays 4:30-7 a.m. and 10-10:30 a.m. on KTTV-TV Channel 11. She replaces Jean Martinez, who left last...
Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Gold Standard Incorporated, PBS (tv network)
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Young Chicago poet Malcolm London speaks up for education on TED show
On Tuesday night, if you tune into PBS' one-hour special "TED Talks Education," you'll see host John Legend and an array of prominent speakers, including Bill Gates, giving impassioned talks about ways to reinvent education. You'll also see Chicago's...
Tags: HIV, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Students
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Pritzker Military Library offers oral histories, speakers
The wide windows in the landmark Monroe Building offer a sweeping view of Michigan Avenue and Millennium Park. On a crystal-blue spring day, it's easy to temporarily forget the long, bloody history of warfare. But keeping the stories of "citizen soldiers"...
Tags: U.S. Military, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions, Millennium Park, Arts and Culture
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Peter Sagal takes educational ride with 'Constitution USA'
“Constitution USA With Peter Sagal,” the new PBS series about the country's ever-disputed founding document, tests an important constitutional principle: that the framework for a federal government, drafted with high hopes and noble purpose...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, U.S. Military, Ken Burns, Teaching and Learning, Wars and Interventions
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Maine West teacher wins Golden Apple
It's not every day that teachers get surprised by media, family and co-workers, but that's exactly what happened during Maine West fine arts teacher Gregory Regalado's Digital Imaging class at Maine West High School last week, when he found out that he...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Northwestern University, Teachers
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Putting an end to 'illegal immigrants'
While the nation continues to wrestle with illegal immigration, its major newspapers are solving the problem of "illegal immigrant." The term is widely — though not universally — considered offensive. "'Illegal' should describe only an...
Tags: Tribune Company, Politics, Local Elections, Illegal Immigrants, Elections
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectThe "Weeks in Review" feature is now an open thread in which commenters can talk about any current events or cultural phenomena that have caught their attention, including but limited to the topics brought up in our traditional roundup of...... -
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826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Cartoons, Loyola University Chicago, Politics
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Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago
Tribune criticAnd they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...Tags: Human Interest, Book, Politics, Broken Nose, Arts and Culture
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Common sense locked out in Cook County Jail dispute
Something extremely odd happened in the Cook County criminal court system in November: Suddenly, and without notice or explanation, judges all but stopped ordering pretrial detainees to be released on electronic home monitoring. Records show that from...
Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Rentals, Toni Preckwinkle, Science and Technology, Timothy Evans
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May 9, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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