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No backing away now from 'forward'
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign pushed out one word last week to define his quest for a second term — "forward." So how much does a single word matter? Quite a bit, marketing and branding experts say, even if they disagree on the...Tags: Leo Burnett, Republican Party, Elections, Marketing, Politics
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Wellness House presents Hot Topics in Breast Cancer: 2012
Staff reporterHOT TOPICS IN BREAST CANCER: 2012 June 29-June 30, 2012 Friday, June 29th 5:30pm-8:00pm Wellness House welcomes Geralyn Lucas, cancer survivor and author of "Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy" to kick off this year's event on June 29th. Diagnosed...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago, Mastectomy, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Women doctors make less than men: study
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Female doctor-researchers make an average of $12,000 per year less than their male counterparts, even after their work hours and area of specialty are taken into account, according to a study out Tuesday. The wage gap...Tags: American Medical Association, Science and Technology, Medical Research, University of Michigan, Health
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Chicago activist likes new Obama immigration policy, but fears it won't last
Tania Unzueta became so frustrated by the lack of movement in Congress over the DREAM Act that she recently adopted a confrontational approach to her own illegal status. Unzueta and others in a Chicago group called the Immigrant Youth Justice League have...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Illegal Immigrants, Gays and Lesbians, Politics
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Obama's immigration policy change spurs excitement, apprehension
For hundreds of thousands of students and young adults across the country who have been living under the threat of deportation, a door opened a bit last week. Now they have to decide whether to walk through. In the Chicago area, young people expressed...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Immigration, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
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Graduates celebrate Obama's immigration policy
WGN NewsInside the Harris Theater at Millenium Park today 107 graduates of Uno Garcia Charter High School took their first steps into adulthood. Many of these graduates learned on Friday that their future is on firmer ground with President Obama’s...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Politics, Immigration, Graduation, Barack Obama
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Suspicious package causes temporary evacuation of UIC building
A University of Illinois Medical Center building was evacuated tonight for about 90 minutes after a worker saw a package he thought was suspicious near a newspaper box, authorities said. The College of Medicine West Tower, also known as the 909 Building...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
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Muslims bypass Mormons as fastest-growing religion in Illinois
Tribune reporterMuslims have become the third-largest religious group in the state after Roman Catholics and independent evangelicals. Not to mention, the fastest-growing one. That's according to a census of American religious congregations unveiled Tuesday in Chicago....Tags: Customs and Tradition, Roman Catholicism, Downers Grove, Christianity, Demographics
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Pollution can put minds in a fog
Those unpleasant air pollutants that can cause breathing problems and heart and blood vessel troubles could pose an additional health risk, according to a recent study on the cognitive effects of air pollution. Researchers recently found that older women...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Environmental Pollution, Internal Medicine, Health and Medical Professionals
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In Cook County, campus sex-assault suspects rarely prosecuted
Chicago State University police Chief Ronnie Watson was convinced he had a rape case on his hands in the early morning hours of Feb. 20, 2010.
An 18-year-old freshman reported being attacked by a fellow student after going to his dorm room to listen to...Tags: Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Laws, Rape, Cook County
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City set to hear testimony on soda taxes
Tribune reporterHealth advocates and soda supporters will go head to head Tuesday in a City Council committee hearing on a sugary beverage tax. The hearing was spurred by a resolution presented by Ald George Cardenas ((12th) earlier this year that asked the City Council...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medical Research
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Sports expand for people with disabilities
The bike was specially designed to help 13-year-old Josh Silvern overcome disabilities that affect his balance. But his mom hopes cycling — and other adaptive sports — will help bring another kind of balance to his life too. Silvern...
Tags: Sports, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Michael Jordan, Basketball, Special Olympics
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