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Fake Twitter account mocks Michigan budget director
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan budget director John Nixon doesn't have a Twitter account, but like Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, he's attracted a tweeter pretending to be him. The FakeJohnNixon Twitter account started up last week and already has...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Chicago Mayor, Twitter, Inc., Michigan
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YouTube, universities launch new media program
NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube is partnering with universities to launch a new media program series for aspiring digital filmmakers. The video-sharing website announced Thursday it would launch the YouTube Creator Institute with the University of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Computer Networking and Internet, Google Inc., Education, Mass Media
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Decision to spare 4 schools delights some parents
For weeks that became months, parents at Garvey Elementary School protested its possible closing at community meetings, signed petitions and hoped against hope that they wouldn't have to send their children to an unfamiliar building in their Far South...
Tags: Schools, Education, Elementary Schools, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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Chicago classical music ensemble Dal Niente gets fierce
A couple of years ago Ensemble Dal Niente trumpeted its mission as presenting "the fiercest music of recent decades." The Chicago-based group of super-musicians still focuses on championing, commissioning and performing some of the most uncompromising...
Tags: Kanye West, Colleges and Universities, Michigan Avenue, Education, Near North Side
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Shift from Schwinn to SRAM mirrors change in bicycle business
John Nedeau rides his bike to work when he can. He has a good bike. He's a good rider. He works for a company called SRAM. Its global headquarters on Chicago's North Side is a long way from his home in suburban Lake Bluff, but Nedeau averages about 30...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Hobbies, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Richard Snow to sign books Wednesday at McLean & Eakin
Richard Snow will be signing copies of his new book, "I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford," from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at McLean & Eakin, Booksellers in Petoskey. Snow weaves together a narrative of Ford's rise to fame -- as well as...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Coney Island, Ken Burns, New York City
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A magnetic actress tackles a taboo subject in 'Unspeakable Act'
"In the spring of 2011, at the age of 18, my brother Matthew got his first real girlfriend," says the 17-year-old protagonist of "The Unspeakable Act" in voiceover as we see her riding her bike down leafy, idyllic streets in Brooklyn. "I had somehow...
Tags: Barbershop (movie), Dollhouse (tv program), Raising Hope (tv program), NBC (tv network), Movies
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Columbia students power this year's Manifest urban arts festival
For RedEyeStarting at noon Friday, Columbia College will shut down a section of Wabash Street in the South Loop for its annual Manifest urban arts festival, the school’s biggest event of the year that will showcase the work of more than 2,000 graduating...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Lollapalooza, Education, Students, Festive Events
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More food truck stands proposed
RedEyeNine more designated food truck stands could be coming to Lincoln Park, Lakeview, South Loop, West Loop and downtown. Mayor Emanuel on Wednesday proposed the creation of nine new stands near a couple college campuses, parks and in those neighborhoods....Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Malcolm X
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Emanuel to propose nine additional food-truck parking spaces
Tribune criticChicago will increase its number of dedicated food-truck parking spaces to 30 from the current total of 21, under a proposal to be presented to the City Council by Mayor Rahm Emanuel today. Working in collaboration with the Chicago Department of...Tags: South Loop, Chicago Loop, Chicago Mayor, Wrigleyville, Chicago Board of Trade
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What are the best movies based on books?
Less than a year after “The Great Gatsby” was published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald was paid $16,666 for the film rights. “Come and see it all!” beckons the trailer for the silent film. “And enjoy the entertainment thrill of...
Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Movies, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Anna Karenina (movie), University of Chicago
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Curtain rises for GoShakes
South Bend TribuneEven before its founders gave GoShakes Theatre its name, they referred to it by that moniker in abbreviating Goshen Shakespeare Theatre on their calendars. But, Lindsay Nance says, the name points toward part of the new theater company’s mission,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Arts and Culture
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