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Emanuel to accept online applications for Ald. Sandi Jackson successor
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday night that he will accept online applications from people who want to succeed former 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson and ask a committee to winnow the field of contenders. The web site will be up Friday and the panel will...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Politics, Local Government, Elections, Cook County Government
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De Niro's tears in 'Silver Linings' are advertisement enough, OK?
Probably just like you, we at the Gold Standard enjoy the occasional Facebook foray to quietly unfriend anyone who sent us Farmville requests check up on the daily doings of friends and loved ones. Today, nestled among the cute kid pics and breaking...
Tags: Raging Bull (movie), Katie Couric, Martin Scorsese, David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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Locals sought to take part in autism medication trial
Staff Writer, Copy EditorSun Valley Research Center in Imperial will take part in a global clinical trial to test the efficacy of a drug that aims to improve the social and communication skills of autistic children. The research center is in the process of recruiting children...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration, Learning Disability
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Rev. Jackson says son is under 'tight medical supervision'
Tribune reporterFormer Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is under "tight medical supervision," as his struggle with bipolar disorder has been compounded by recent legal troubles, his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, said today in a statement. "He is struggling with the highs and...Tags: Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Jesse Jackson, Behavioral Conditions
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Hutchinson drops out of race to replace Jackson
The already volatile special election campaign to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress saw its biggest upheaval Sunday when state Sen. Toi Hutchinson dropped out and endorsed former state Rep. Robin Kelly in a move to unite against former U.S. Rep....
Tags: Assault, Values, Politics, Illinois General Assembly, Anthony Beale
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Charges against Jackson belie his pledge to service
Jesse Jackson Jr.'s final act as a public official was to send a Thanksgiving eve resignation letter to the speaker of the House in which he declared that "for 17 years I have given 100 percent of my time, energy and life to public service." But...
Tags: Values, Local Government, Politics, Lawyers, Sex Crimes
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Daily calendar: Feb. 18, 2013
Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 a.m., 1 and 8:30 p.m.; Big Book Meeting at 7 p.m. (closed), Yellow House, 519 S. Arch St. 605-225-1292. Gamblers Anonymous: 5:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 502 S. Lincoln St. Alcoholics Anonymous Sixth Sense:...Tags: Human Interest, American Red Cross, PTA, Religion and Belief, Anglicanism
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Jesse Jackson Jr. charged with misusing $750,000 in campaign funds
Federal prosecutors in Washington on Friday charged both Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, alleging the former congressman misused $750,000 in campaign funds while she understated their income on tax returns for six years. Attorneys for Sandi...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Lawyers, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Rod Blagojevich
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Father Al, founder of Flight 93 chapel, dies
Daily American Staff WriterBishop Alphonse Mascherino, founder of the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel, died Friday at Somerset In Touch Hospice House. He was 69. Mascherino said his final Mass at the chapel on Jan. 20. His final service marked his resignation as director of the...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Roman Catholicism, Human Interest, Religion and Belief, United Air Lines
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Sandi Jackson's successor sworn in as alderman
Clout StreetFormer Illinois Department of Transportation official Natashia Holmes is the new 7th Ward alderman after the City Council today approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s appointment of her to the South Side post. Holmes, 37, takes the seat vacated by former...Tags: Roberto Maldonado, Sandi Jackson, Local Government, Illinois Department of Transportation, Cook County Government
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City Council approves $4.1 million settlement of Chicago police misconduct case
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today voted to pay more than $5.4 million to settle three legal cases, including two involving alleged police misconduct. In the most high-profile case, $4.1 million will be paid to the family of Flint Farmer, an unarmed man who...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, FBI, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Council, Chicago Fire Department
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D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns
Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Awards and Prizes, Politics, Dianne Feinstein, Ben Affleck
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