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  • Outrage in Chicago Follows Largest Mass School Closing in US History

    The axe has come down in Chicago in the largest mass school closing in US history, an act opponents have called an attempt to further privatize the school system and "neoliberal savagery masquerading as school ...

  • BREAKING Jury Sides With Donald Trump In Condo Dispute With Woman

    (CBS) – A federal jury on Thursday sided with developer Donald Trump — not the 87-year-old woman who says she was cheated financially after buying two condominiums at his Trump Tower ...

  • Employee At Dunbar High Suspended After Pushing Student Down Stairs

    CHICAGO (CBS) – An employee at a public high school in the Bronzeville neighborhood has been taken off the job after being recorded on cell phone video pushing a girl down a set of stairs. In cell phone video online, the employee is seen pushing a girl down a flight of steps at Dunbar Career Academy High School, then later knocking her down again after she got ...

  • The hot spots where Chicagoans like to vacation

    Orlando was the highest-ranked city for Chicago vactioners by both Orbitz and Travelocity. Orbitz rank: 2; Travelocity rank: 1 It soon will be summertime, and Chicagoans are finally beginning to think about that big vacation they soldiered through a long cold winter to be able to enjoy. But where? Where do Chicagoans most enjoy going when it's time to go leisure and get away from the hustle ...

  • DraftFCB and Kmart quickly debut a great sequel to Ship My Pants

    "Big Gas Savings" is the sequel to the super successful "Ship My Pants" from DraftFCB/Chicago and client Kmart. Suddenly genius is busting out all over at DraftFCB/Chicago. The agency several weeks ago debuted a new Kmart commercial "Ship My Pants" that had people instantly laughing hysterically. And just a few weeks later, that spot has apparently become the 11th most ...


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Movie Review

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs [Blu-Ray]

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs [Blu-Ray]

Much like Robert Zemeckiss The Polar Express (2004) and Spike Jonzes Where the Wild Things Are (2009), Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs takes a relatively simple childrens book and expands it into a massive action-adventure juggernaut, alth ... ...

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  • Cramer-Krasselt and Kraft Foods score big at the Effies

    Cramer Krasselt expanded on the Corona beach-themed advertising to create the "Find Your Beach" campaign. Creative advertising is nice. Effective advertising is even better. And Cramer-Krasselt/ Chicago and client Chicago-based Crown Imports won gold Wednesday night at the 45th annual Effie Awards ceremony in New York. Also taking home gold at the awards ceremony was Northfield, ...

  • President Clinton to bring his Global Initiative to Chicago

    President Clinton is bringing his Global Initiative to Chicago. With unemployment still above 9 percent in Chicago, what more perfect place could there for President Bill Clinton to bring his third annual meeting of the Clinton Global initiative? With various bold face names in politics, show business and corporate America attendance, more than 1,000 people are scheduled to gather in the Wind ...

  • New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago

    A federal judge in Miami has rejected a local doctor’s bid to collect $600,000 in legal defense fees from the U.S. attorney’s office after prosecutors failed to win a conviction amid their alleged misconduct at the physician’s ...

  • Harper College team scores big at NASA rocket competition

    Team Leader Scott Mueller, left, and Chris Wessel work on the rocket prior to the launch. Mueller, of Elk Grove Village, is a robotics expert and Wessel has plans to be a mechanical ...

  • World Series ball still resonates for Reinsdorf

    The White Sox World Series championship in 2005 marked the club's first title in 88 years. (AP) CHICAGO -- Jerry Reinsdorf has said one of the biggest highlights of his 33-year career as owner of the White Sox came when Paul Konerko handed him the baseball from the final out of the 2005 World Series-clinching Game 4. It was one of the true moments of surprise for the 77-year-old Reinsdorf, ...

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