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Gambling bill would allow PokerStars, Full Tilt to apply for an online gaming license
A gambling expansion bill is back, but it now includes a provision that would allow PokerStars, once accused by federal prosecutors of money laundering and fraud, to compete for an online gaming license in Illinois. In the first draft of Senate Bill...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, WMS Industries Incorporated, Prosecution
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Phil Vettel: Three stars for EL Ideas
EL Ideas has been playing to full houses since it opened in July 2011. That would be a nice achievement for any operation, but given the quirky experience chef and owner Phillip Foss offers, it's positively miraculous. Dinners cost $145, prepaid, tip...
Tags: EL Ideas, Lifestyle and Leisure, Breads, Potatoes, Restaurants
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Overcoming obstacles: Or, what I learned from a cactus
I was climbing a gorgeous rock formation in Arizona the other day, holding my 6-year-old's hand, when my foot slipped and my butt made acquaintance with a cactus. This was not one of those tame, domestic cactuses. It was an ornery, feral succulent...
Tags: Rex Huppke
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Groupon co-founder Keywell taping radio pilots
Serial entrepreneur and Groupon co-founder Brad Keywell has begun taping pilots for a new 30-minute radio program he would host on WBEZ-FM 91.5, a public radio station. "It would be a Saturday morning show," said Jessica Malkin, executive director of...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, New York City, Political Fundraising, Business
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Here's some poetic justice for gun-control advocates
I know why the caged bird shoots. Because some creep is at the door, turning the knob. And she's alone and rightfully afraid. But she has a gun in her hand. And thanks to the Second Amendment that many on the political left would like to erase and...Tags: Politics, Time (magazine), Interior Policy, Maya Angelou, Gun Control
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Phil Vettel: Two stars for Found Kitchen
The last time I stepped inside an Amy Morton restaurant, it was March 1990, when Morton, daughter of legendary restaurateur Arnie Morton, had a pleasantly quirky Old Town restaurant called Mirador. It was a cute place, decorated with framed mirrors and...
Tags: Bacon, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Turnips, Phil Vettel
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Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag
Dan, even with the additions of two starting linebackers, the team has zero depth at the position. Unless they plan to draft three linebackers, it's still the biggest need position on the roster. Is there any chance, maybe after the draft, that Brian...
Tags: Football, Tom Zbikowski, Dan Pompei, Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick
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Cubs' Barney gets 5 stitches in knee, out for opening day
HOUSTON -- You could have written a worse ending for the Cubs' spring training, but not one that was uglier than Saturday, especially not from Darwin Barney's perspective. While the Cubs were in the process of losing to a team of Astros' prospects 6-3,...
Tags: Spring Training, Minor League Baseball, Darwin Barney, Dontrelle Willis, Luis Valbuena
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Great expectations for Constellation
For anyone who values innovation in music, the next few days could mark the beginning of a significant era in Chicago. On Monday, Chicago jazz drummer and music producer Mike Reed will launch Constellation, a performing arts center that will feature...
Tags: Howard Reich, Wrigleyville, Pitchfork Music Festival, Entertainment, Music
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Phil Vettel: Four stars for L2O
A lot of words have been used to describe L2O — minimalist, compelling, any superlative you care to name — but until recently, playful was not among them. But the ascendancy of chef Matthew Kirkley at this highly regarded restaurant —...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Mussels, St. Patrick's Day, Caviar, Foie Gras
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Is your workplace ageist?
Suppose I'm a business — and what a handsome business I'd be! — that's interviewing people for a job opening. There are two finalists, one 27 years old, the other 52. They have similar qualifications, albeit the older candidate has more...
Tags: Civil Rights, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Labor Legislation, U.S. Supreme Court, Employment Opportunities
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Loss will be lamented little
If a career falls in Lake Forest and no one around cares to hear it … Brian Urlacher's extraordinary career with the Bears ended with a resounding whimper Wednesday as an afternoon news release confirmed what long has been expected — that...
Tags: Phil Emery, Football, Chandler Jones, Lavonte David, National Football League
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