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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: Chicago Restaurants, News Media, Recipes, Chicago Tribune, Newspapers
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Chicago Jesuits hid sex crimes
Tribune reporterInternal church records released Tuesday show that Chicago Jesuits consciously concealed the crimes of convicted sex offender Donald McGuire for more than 40 years as the prominent Roman Catholic priest continued to sexually abuse dozens of children...Tags: Punishment, Religion and Belief, Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Tornadoes in Chicago: A matter of when, not if
RedEyeThere’s a notion that it can’t happen here. Tornadoes are creatures of the plains. They lurk in cornfields--not cities. Not Chicago. Those jaw-dropping pictures snapped in the wake of the deadly tornado that tore through the Oklahoma...Tags: Environmental Issues, Tornadoes, Willis Tower, Natural Disasters, Conservation
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DePaul plan smells fishy
I am impressed with the grandiose plans for McCormick Place. Two new hotels plus a nice basketball arena for DePaul. I have no problem with the Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plans, however, what makes him think that anyone will attend Blue Demon...Tags: McCormick Place, Sports, College Sports, DePaul Blue Demons , Rahm Emanuel
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College student shot to death in Maywood
Special to the TribuneRyan Jones said he and his best friend, Dashamone McCarty, decided during a phone call Wednesday evening to sign up together for summer classes at a community college. Minutes after they hung up, McCarty, 19, was shot in the head while sitting in the...Tags: Sports, College Basketball, Basketball
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WWS student named Presidential Scholar
Wheaton resident Adam Erickson might be one of the only students anywhere to call a six-hour test "a fun time." But then, he scored a perfect 36 on the ACT, has Advanced Placement classes in everything but gym, is sixth in his class of 500 and plans...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Students, Education, Yale University
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Prison data, court files show link between school truancy and crime
Of 182 boys and young men recently locked up in Illinois' three medium-security youth prisons, at least 135 used to miss so much school that they were labeled chronic truants. Nearly 60 percent couldn't even read at the third-grade level when they were...
Tags: St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Apple iPhone, Prisons, Gang Activity, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Rutgers lifts suspension of men's lacrosse coach Brecht
Rutgers reinstated men’s lacrosse coach Brian Brecht on Tuesday, almost a month after having suspended him with pay over allegations of verbal abuse. While the university investigation found that the former Loyola University assistant did use...
Tags: Sports, Lacrosse, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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How clout keeps court cases secret
On the eighth floor of the Daley Center, behind a locked metal door, is a narrow room known as the vault. Within its walls reside files that Cook County Circuit Court judges have ordered hidden from the public, something they have done hundreds of...
Tags: Chicago White Sox, Chicago Restaurants, Cook County Government, Arbitration, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
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Marge Brumis, 1925-2013
A volunteer at Brookfield Zoo for nearly three decades, Marge Brumis often went the extra mile in her role as one of about 300 docents that engage visitors in conservation education by interpreting animal exhibits. "She was a remarkable woman and...
Tags: Allentown, Brookfield Zoo, Northeastern University
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Obama nominates 3 for Illinois federal judgeships
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today announced three nominees for federal judgeships in Illinois: Sara Lee Ellis and Andrea R. Wood for the Chicago-based Northern District and Colin Stirling Bruce for the Springfield-based Central District....Tags: Springfield, Colleges and Universities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Barack Obama
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