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Mary Agnes Lang, 1935-2013
After raising five children on her own, Mary Agnes Lang understood the challenges of parenting without a partner, especially the difficulty of taking on college costs. When one of her sons died at 32, she and her family established a foundation to...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes, Jon Yates, Liver Disease, Financial Aid
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CTA, University of Chicago reach bus deal
RedEyeThe CTA board is poised to approve an agreement Wednesday with the University of Chicago that would allow the CTA to continue to operate four campus bus routes for five years. The buses that would continue to run are the Nos. 170-U. of Chicago/Midway,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Agriculture, Chicago Transit Authority, Education, Metra
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Winnetka Club scholarships awarded
When New Trier High School senior Francesca Gambacorta is not studying chemistry, she can usually be found in another kind of class where she trades textbooks for kicks and punches. Gambacorta, 17, of Wilmette, has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. She was...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Cook County sheriff pushes to trace all guns used in crimes
The recent discovery of more than 100 guns haphazardly piled in the Robbins police evidence room highlights concerns about shoddy gun investigations and record-keeping in suburban Cook County, officials say. Cook County sheriff's officials, who had been...
Tags: Interior Policy, FBI, Firearms, Ford Heights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Newport Harbor
Rachel Anne Barney GPA: 4.4384 School Activities/Clubs: IB drama production of "Dear Brutus," Field Studies Club, IB History HL, IB English HL, IB Theatre HL, IB French SL, IB Environmental Science SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB diploma candidate, AP US...Tags: Sailing, Columbia University, Money and Monetary Policy, Technology, Lacrosse
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel expected to name Desiree Rogers as board chairman at Choose Chicago
Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers is expected to be appointed board chairman of Choose Chicago, lending her national profile to the agency that sells the city as a tourism and convention destination, according to a source familiar with...
Tags: White House, Book, McCormick Place, Elections, Desirée Rogers
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Free Neil
Change of SubjectLori Rackl reports: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg's new memoir "You Were Never in Chicago" can be yours for free -- at least the e-book version. The University of Chicago Press is making Steinberg's seventh book available, gratis, in... -
READER SUBMITTED: Simsbury High School To Perform Classic Tragicomedy "Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead"
SimsburyFor their annual spring play production, Simsbury High School (SHS) theater students will perform the tragicomedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" on May 10-12. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard, is a classic re-telling of the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Hartford, Students, Simsbury, Teachers
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Teen's injuries lead to warnings about potato guns
Aaron Williams was 15 when his friend invited him over to try out a new Christmas present — a potato gun constructed by hand from plastic pipe with hair spray as its propellent. Aaron said it was thrilling to watch as other teenagers balanced...
Tags: Ophthalmology, Kankakee, Firearms, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School
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Chicago center brings meditative mindset to combating youth violence
Most of the CeaseFire interrupters sat up in their chairs and closed their eyes, following the quiet direction of the small man in yellow and orange robes at the head of the conference table. "Allow your mind to feel the way you feel," Sakyong Mipham...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Youth Organizations, Religious Conflicts, West Loop, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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div.article div.byline p.date {display:none;} Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity&...Tags: Culture, Roosevelt University, Entertainment Events, Theater, Teachers
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Review: 'First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley'
Readers who don't know much about Chicago's longest-serving mayor will learn a lot from Keith Koeneman's new book, "First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley." But readers already familiar with the Daley years may be disappointed if they expect new...
Tags: Tribune Company, Richard M. Daley, Bill Clinton, Jon Burge, Richard F. Mell
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Apr 27, 2013
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