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Interfaith Airport Chapels
WGN NewsAirports may be the last places you'd expect to find peace and quiet, but they do exist. In fact, the airport chapel at O'Hare is celebrating 50 years! Religious holidays are a busy time for airport chapels. And as WGN's Micah Materre reports, these...Tags: Transportation Industry, Employees, American Airlines, Inc., U.S. Airways, Travel
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It's Christmastime in Chicago
I have seen a couple of little girls walk from a roller coaster at Navy Pier's Winter Wonderfest dizzy with delight; had a man on Michigan Avenue call me a "------ Scrooge" when I refused to give him "$42 dollars so I can have train fare to visit my...Tags: Eric Zorn, Bradley, Christmas, Bronzeville, Old Town School of Folk Music
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Tighty whities to turn 75; Jockey gets a leg up on the celebration [UPDATED]**
All The RageJockey International Inc. has documented that the first pair of its men's brief-style underpants was sold at Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago on Jan. 19, 1935. And, although it is undocumented, it's more than likely that the first wedgie...... -
Obama Names Chicagoan Ambasador to Britain
(WGN-AM)- President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated retired Chicago investment banker Louis Susman to be ambassador to Britain, one of the plum appointments available to the president. Susman was a top fundraiser for Obama's presidential campaign and...Tags: United Kingdom, Willis Tower, Education, Washington (U.S. state), Citigroup Incorporated
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Sister act
Tribune staff reporterThere will be a day, Sister Nancy Murray knows, when she will have to return to her order, when being a globe-trotting superstar nun who performs a one-woman show dozens of times a year will no longer be practical, and her congregation, based in...Tags: Easter, California, Clubs and Associations, Barry University, Australia (movie)
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An old pro's game plan for buyers
Chicago Tribune reporterRalph Smykal has never seen the nation's housing market as bad off as it is right now, and that's saying a lot for an octogenarian whose family-owned company has weathered recession, the Depression and two World Wars. Despite his take on the market, he...Tags: Happiness (state of mind), Chicago Tribune, Companies and Corporations, Family
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From the archives: The journey of Judge Joan Lefkow
A few days ago, Joan Lefkow was walking down a Chicago street flanked by federal marshals when a panhandler walked up to her and said, "God bless you, Judge Lefkow." It has been nine months since U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow's name and...
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Hyde Park: Grand buildings, grander sense of community
Tribune reporterThese days, it seems the South Side neighborhood of Hyde Park has been put on the map as the stomping grounds of President-elect Barack Obama. There are walking tours that show off his favorite restaurants and coffee shops, magazine and newspaper...Tags: Architecture, Muhammad Ali, Business, Museums, Hyde Park
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Uptown enjoying an upswing
Special to the Chicago TribuneThere was a time, in its Roaring '20s heyday, when Uptown lived up to its name in more than one way. Yes, it stood higher than the Loop on the Chicago city map, but it also represented a glamorous step up from much of the rest of the Windy City. In his...Tags: Uptown, Sales, Glenn Miller, Business, Rentals
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Field's no more
The Marshall Field's name, as identified with Chicago as its lakefront and its skyline, is being erased in favor of a Manhattan moniker--Macy's. This move kills off a 153-year-old brand that survived the Chicago Fire but now succumbs to bottom-line...Tags: Los Angeles, New York, Manhattan (New York City), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Richard M. Daley
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It's business, so emotions don't count
Tribune chief business correspondentFederated Department Stores chief Terry J. Lundgren has spent his years in retailing, and he had a product he wanted to sell: A new brand name for an old, familiar product, the quaintly titled Marshall Field's. He knew the change might be rough on...Tags: New York, Christmas, David Greising, Continental Bank, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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