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    May 25, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
  1. Stocks' big turnaround may leave bears wary

    Money & Company
    Wall Street’s stunning reversal Tuesday ought to leave stock market bears with serious doubts about how much lower they can push share prices in the short term. That’s the view of veteran trader Jon Najarian at optionmonster.com in Chicago. He......
  2. May 6, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  3. This/close. Can you bear it?

    It's impossible to go nose-to-nose with a 730-pound polar bear and not feel at least a hint of panic.
    It's impossible to go nose-to-nose with a 730-pound polar bear and not feel at least a hint of panic. Not for your safety, of course. Hudson, the polar in question, is sequestered behind shatterproof glass and, to be honest, doesn't seem interested in...

    Tags: Endangered Species, Energy Saving, Bear (animal), Dining and Drinking, Natural Resources

  4. Jul 21, 2010 | Chicago Tribune
  5. Brookfield Zoo adopts pelicans trapped in oil spill

    Chicago Breaking News
    (LtoR) Kate Sladek, Michael O' Neill and Denise Young hold down one of the five American white pelicans, as it receives anesthesia for a medical examination and blood work at Brookfield Zoo's animal hospital today.(Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune) MORE...
  6. Jun 1, 2009 |Story| WGN-AM
  7. No Tax Hike, But Spending Bill Laden With Pork

    (WGN-AM)- Gov. Pat Quinn may not have passed an income tax to plug a massive hole in the state budget, but the rookie governor joined Democratic and Republican lawmakers in putting together a heaping platter of pork-barrel projects. Quinn can stake a...

    Tags: Arts, Politics, Lotteries, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice

  8. Aug 10, 2009 |Story| WGN-AM
  9. Brookfield Zoo Welcomes A New Addition

    (WGN-AM)- Brookfield Zoo welcomed Joyce, a 26-year-old African elephant, who spent her first day in the newly renovated outdoor elephant yard Monday morning. Standing about 8 feet tall, weighing in at 6,800 pounds, Joyce is a little bit taller than...

    Tags: Six Flags Inc., Chicago Tribune, WGN, Amusement and Theme Parks, Vallejo

  10. Apr 18, 2010 | Chicago Tribune
  11. Brookfield Zoo opening 7.5-acre 'Great Bear Wilderness'

    Chicago Breaking News
    The Brookfield Zoo plans to open a new exhibit month next month where bears, polar bears, wolves, eagles and bison will live.The 7.5-acre exhibit is called "Great Bear Wilderness" exhibit. It opens May 8 and will be one of the zoo's largest. The habitat...
  12. Jul 8, 2005 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  13. Keeper has bear scare at Brookfield Zoo

    Tribune staff reporter
    In another close call at a local zoo, a polar bear wandered through an unlocked door and came within 10 feet of a Brookfield Zoo employee last month, officials said Thursday. The bear passed by without harming the zookeeper, who was cleaning up toys...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Emergency Planning, Health and Safety at Work, Bear (animal), Animals

  14. Oct 8, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  15. Injured tiger cub dies at Brookfield Zoo

    Although Brookfield Zoo officials said the injuries of a 4-month-old tiger cub that lost its right foreleg and part of its tail were not life-threatening, the male Amur tiger died Sunday.
    Tribune staff reporter
    Although Brookfield Zoo officials said the injuries of a 4-month-old tiger cub that lost its right foreleg and part of its tail were not life-threatening, the male Amur tiger died Sunday. The cub died while coming out of anesthesia for ongoing...

    Tags: Tiger (animal), Arizona, Interior Policy, Natural Resources, Animals

  16. Aug 27, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  17. A father's staggering loss

    For Anand Tiwari, time stopped on Aug. 11.
    Tribune staff reporter
    For Anand Tiwari, time stopped on Aug. 11. That Saturday afternoon, police would later tell him, his wife murdered their two young children and killed herself by igniting a fire that engulfed the three in flames inside the family's Naperville home. At...

    Tags: Hinduism, Basketball, Crimes, Children, Multiple Sclerosis

  18. Dec 19, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  19. Bushman comes to Chicago

    Tribune staff reporter
    In 1930, most African animals were still exotic creatures from a little-known land. When an orphaned infant gorilla named Bushman arrived at Lincoln Park Zoo on this date, he quickly became an international attraction. He appeared in newsreels. The...

    Tags: New Year's Day, Field Museum of Natural History, Central Park, Animals, New York

  20. Feb 24, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. What a little bird told us

    Once upon a time, there were parrots living in America. Not the escaped kind we know today that steal away from airports and apartments to find improbable refuge in Brooklyn or Chicago, but wild parrots that evolved here in their own slow, mysterious way....

    Tags: Science and Technology, Florida, New York City, Influenza Pandemic (1918), Bird Flu

  22. Jun 20, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  23. Reuse

    I am an artist with Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights, creating jewelry and sculpture from found objects which have been recycled from trash, garage sales, thrift shops and more. Creating "treasures from trash" is another way to reuse and recycle. Our gallery building is also recycled, it  was originally a Elks Club, built in 1927.
    I am an artist with Union Street Gallery in Chicago Heights, creating jewelry and sculpture from found objects which have been recycled from trash, garage sales, thrift shops and more. Creating "treasures from trash" is another way to reuse and recycle....

    Tags: Arable Farming, Arts, Breads, Groceries, Gifts

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