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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. DePaul arena part of broader plan to boost Chicago tourism

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded.
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded. The...

    Tags: Government, Robert Fioretti, Rosemont (Cook, Illinois), Rahm Emanuel, McCormick Place

    2. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. 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."
    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: Yale University, Science, Teaching and Learning, Medical Research, Students

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland

    Reuters
    By Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...

    Tags: Productivity, The Washington Post, Credit and Debt, Money and Monetary Policy, Book

    4. May 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. At least 7 wounded in shootings across Chicago

    A man was shot and critically wounded inside a building in the Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, among seven people shot across Chicago into the evening, police said.
    Tribune reporters
    A man was shot and critically wounded inside a building in the Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, among seven people shot across Chicago into the evening, police said. The man, 34, was shot in the 9900 block of South Walden Parkway about 12:30 p....

    Tags: Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Jackson Park

    5. May 16, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  5. Does kindergarten focus too much on 123s and basic skills?

    Sentinel School Zone
    A recent study suggests that kindergarten teachers spend too much time teaching students skills they already know. Specifically, teachers reported spending as much as 13 days a month on counting and basic shapes, even though 95 percent of children can...

    Tags: Vanderbilt University , Schools, Education, Preschools, Colleges and Universities

    6. May 9, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Harris: Patrick Fitzgerald offers lesson on complexities of terrorism law

    Complex. Even messy.
    Complex. Even messy. That's the reality of prosecuting terrorism cases, former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told his University of Chicago law school students at the outset of a recent class he taught with law firm colleague Michael Scudder. The...

    Tags: Clarence Darrow, Lifestyle and Leisure, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism

    7. May 7, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  7. U. of C. Scavenger Hunt tests students' brain power

    Students gathered at the University of Chicago’s Ida Noyes Hall on Wednesday just before the stroke of midnight will be fizzy with excitement as they await the release of this year’s list for what the Guinness Book of World Records has deemed the world’s largest scavenger hunt.
    For RedEye
    Students gathered at the University of Chicago’s Ida Noyes Hall on Wednesday just before the stroke of midnight will be fizzy with excitement as they await the release of this year’s list for what the Guinness Book of World Records has...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Students, Education

    8. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Everyone on Earth is related to everyone else, DNA shows

    The history of Europe is written in its people's DNA.
    The history of Europe is written in its people's DNA. The Huns and the Slavs made incursions into Eastern Europe about 1,500 years ago. Migrants moved from Ireland to England in recent centuries. Populations in Italy and Spain have been comparatively...

    Tags: Genetics, Medical Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry

    9. May 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. 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 your life!”
    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: Google Inc., Photography Supplies and Services, Paul Thomas Anderson, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Theft

    10. May 8, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  10. READER SUBMITTED: Two Appointments At Hartford Foundation

    Hartford
    The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has announced two appointments to staff. Scott Gaul of Hamden has been named director of the Community Indicators Project, a new initiative of the Hartford Foundation to support the collection, analysis and...

    Tags: West Hartford, World Bank Group, Charity, Washington, DC, Mercy Corps

    11. May 8, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  11. $9 Million Pulp-Fiction Illustration Collection Donated To NBMAA

    The Hartford Courant
    The days of pulp fiction are long past, but the bold artwork that graced the covers of work by struggling writers such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Ray Bradbuy has found a home at the New Britain Museum of American Art. The museum has been...

    Tags: Fine Artists, Painting, Conde Nast Publications, TheaterWorks, Museums

    12. May 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Grown-up? Who, me?

    Kristin van Ogtrop and I are so much alike.
    Kristin van Ogtrop and I are so much alike. I mean, apart from the whole editor-in-chief of Real Simple magazine thing. And the published author thing. And the myriad speaking engagements thing. Apart from those things, we are basically kindred...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics

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