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Congress, the tea party and the IRS: Sentence first, then the trial
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired the head of the Internal Revenue Service, the first sacrificial lamb brought down after the alleged "targeting" of conservative political groups by the IRS. Mr. Obama declared, "Americans are right to be angry...
Tags: Taxation, Elections, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Karl Rove
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Legendary cartoonist announces retirement
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Dick Locher, 83, has put the stopper in the ink bottle for the last time after more than 40 years of capturing modern life through political cartooning. He recently announced his retirement. Dick's career as...
Tags: Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Cartoons, Chicago Tribune
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In Florida, a question of timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been...
Tags: Government, Death Penalty, Punishment, George Ryan, The Miami Herald
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Touchstone gives young playwrights a stage
Touchstone Theatre Ensemble member Emma Chong has been a part of the company's Young Playwrights Festival for more than four years. Chong says she still gets excited when she sees the faces of those elementary and middle school children come alive as they...Tags: Students, Festive Events, Theater, Elementary Schools, Louis B. Mayer
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Side-by-Side concert celebrates Gould
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer, conductor and pianist Morton Gould, arguably one of the most gifted musicians since Mendelssohn. He published his first work at age 6, titled, appropriately enough, "Just Six,"...Tags: Festive Events, Students, Theater, New York City, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Jim Thorpe ruling portends disturbing questions about Ira Hayes
There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...
Tags: Human Interest, Punishment, Gambling, Fines, Whitehall
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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Sophie Kerr Prize, Manhattan (New York City), The Washington Post, Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Take me to the Riverside
If you ever want to witness the convivial qualities of beer, look no further than the Riverside Market Cafe. It's tucked away in the enchanted but rough-around-the edges Fort Lauderdale neighborhood known as Riverside Park. You drive over a bridge and...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Sandwiches, Salads, North Fork, Restaurants
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Camerata Chicago a small orchestra with big dreams
Camerata Chicago is the best local chamber orchestra you've probably never heard of. But pay heed: The group is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, is about to release a new recording and is preparing for its first European tour next month....
Tags: England, DeKalb, Music Industry, Culture, Chicago Cultural Center
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COLUMN: What was the IRS thinking?
Well, this is a fine mess. After years of moaning about various "conspiracies" against them, conservative activists finally have a real (i.e., not manufactured by Fox or inflated by Rush Limbaugh) piece of evidence to take before the court of public...Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Taxation, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Entertainment Events, Tea Party Movement
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In uproar over U.S. seizure of AP records, focus turns to Holder
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was likely to face a storm of questions on Tuesday over the Justice Department's controversial decision to seize telephone records of the Associated...Tags: Espionage Act of 1917, White House, Government, U.S. Department of Justice, The Associated Press
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Pulitzer winner Ron Chernow receives award from biographers organizations
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow was honored by his peers this weekend and in turn shared a few tips about his craft. Chernow, 64, received the BIO award from the Biographers International Organization, a nonprofit...Tags: George Washington, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Manhattan (New York City)
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