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'Jer-ry! Jer-ry!' He's just so easy
Tribune staff reporterGoing to an episode of "The Jerry Springer Show" is like being a wet sock thrown in the dryer. You come out dizzy, frazzled and warm all over. No matter what you think of Springer--whether the guests are acting or truly perverts, whatever you think the...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, NBC (tv network), Entertainment, Jerry Springer, Television
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WANTED
Tribune staff reporterOh. My. Oprah. We got into her show. Jealousssss? Indeed, hubris is a virtue when it comes to getting tickets for "The Oprah Winfrey Show." It's known as one of the hardest gets in Chicago, on par with buying White Sox postseason tickets at face value....Tags: U.S. Cellular Field, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Oprah Winfrey, Chicago White Sox, Entertainment
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Fried chicken worth clucking over
Tribune staff reporterOriginally published June 22, 2006 Let us make an official endorsement for the great summer picnic food of 2006: fried chicken. Which led us on this search: Find a perfectly crispy, breaks-the-silence crunchy, juicy and beyond-flavorful piece of fried...Tags: Biscuits, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dining and Drinking, Brown's Chicken & Pasta, Inc., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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2004: Last known Eastland survivor dies at 99
Tribune staff reporterLibby Hruby did not want people to forget the morning she looked through the porthole of a ship and saw the faces of horror, the looks of people who, in mere minutes, would perish. Mrs. Hruby was 10 years old when Chicago's worst disaster occurred, the...Tags: Obituaries, Documentary (genre), Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents, Accidental Death
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School hid letter, suit says
South Berwyn Elementary School District 100 officials concealed a 1999 letter in which three 10-year-old girls said they were molested by band teacher Robert Sperlik Jr., then misled parents about the seriousness of the allegations, according to a federal...Tags: Employees, Sex Crimes, Career and Workplace, Abusive Behavior, Justice System
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No-nonsense jurist known as fair, patient
Tribune staff reporterIn the aftermath of the slayings Monday of the husband and mother of U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow, deputy U.S. marshals are providing protection to the judge who is scheduled to sentence white supremacist Matthew Hale in April, according to law-...Tags: Crimes, Judges, Justice System, Trials, Lawyers
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A discordant message on music
Chicago Tribune Staff WritersAs the nation's major recording companies pull out their big guns to fight illegal music trafficking, the industry shouldn't expect parents and universities to join in their game of cops and downloaders. "Most parents who would walk into their child's...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, Music Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, DePaul University
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Devout child aspired to the collar very early
The man considered by many to be the second-most powerful figure in the Roman Catholic Church for more than two decades was usually able to walk the streets of Rome unrecognized, occasionally approached by tourists who figured the round-faced fellow in...Tags: Wars and Interventions, The Pope, Birth Control, Christianity, Germany
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Friends, strangers write words from the heart
Tribune staff reporterOn the west end of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, three books of condolences for federal Judge Joan Lefkow sat open Thursday atop a table covered with white cloth and a vase of purple, green and white flowers. Throughout the entries, certain words seem...Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Crimes, Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Loop high-rise fire injures 25
A fierce and stubborn blaze on the 29th floor of the LaSalle National Bank building sent dozens of panicked employees rushing through thick gray smoke and into stairwells Monday night, their fear compounded by memories of the fatal Cook County...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Employees, Career and Workplace, Soccer, LaSalle National Corporation
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Rejoicing, reservations greet new pontiff's election
Tribune staff reportersAfter days spent guessing who would lead them through the dawn of the 21st Century, the world's Roman Catholics today welcomed the successor to John Paul II with a mix of elation and reservation. From the neighborhood parishes of Chicago and its...Tags: University of Notre Dame, Career and Workplace, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, John Paul II
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Fire strikes downtown skyscraper
A fire was burning Monday night on an upper floor of a high-rise office building in the heart of the financial district in downtown Chicago, bringing a third of the city's fire equipment into the Loop to battle the flames.
Twenty-five people were taken...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Soccer, Health and Safety at Work, Disasters and Accidents
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