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  • Chicago Teachers Union Overwhelmingly Re-Elects Karen Lewis’s CORE Caucus

    Inspired by Vermont’s successful drive for universal healthcare, the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer is working with activists from Maine, California and Oregon to expand healthcare access. Micah Uetricht Internal union elections are unlikely to capture much attention, especially at a time when media coverage of labor borders on nonexistent. But the results of a recent election in the ...

  • Report Rogers to Choose Chicago

    Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has been tapped to head up "Choose Chicago," a government-sponsored Chicago marketing initiative, according to Windy City news reports. "I am confident that she will help Choose Chicago reach the next level as it continues to find creative ways to lure tourists and convention business," Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, another ...

  • Chicago Fed Index Fell in April

    The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) dropped from minus 0.23 in March to minus 0.53 in April, according to figures released today. None of the four categories that make up the index increased in April, while three of them decreased. The index remains significantly above recession levels, ...

  • North Suburban YMCA partners with drug and alcohol awareness group

    Marcia Doniger, co-founder of the Northbrook Citizens for Drug and Alcohol Awareness, was recognized for her community service at a Northbrook Board of Trustees meeting on May ...

  • Lake Bluff village president steps down after 8 years

    From the day she arrived in Lake Bluff, Christine Letchinger said it felt like home, and she has found herself part of a caring and engaged community. "People in Lake Bluff are very, very proud of their town," said Letchinger, who recently stepped down after eight years as Village Board president. "The number of volunteers in relationship to the population is absolutely amazing. ...


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Django Unchained

Django Unchained

In Sergio Corbuccis Django, the 1966 spaghetti Western from which Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained draws its protagonists name, the titular gunslinger (played by the indomitable Franco Nero, who makes an amusing, wink-wink cameo in Tarantinos film) is first seen ... ...

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  • Park Ridge discusses incentives for flood protection

    In this 2011 photo, Phil Krawiek, left, and Chris Stukel try to get rid of the excess water in the basement of Stukel's mother, Olivia, on the 7800 block of West Thorndale Avenue in Park ...

  • Near West police blotter May 20

    •A suspicious person was reported following a group of girls and making them uncomfortable May 17 near the La Grange Public Library, 10 W. Cossitt Ave. Police searched the area, but no suspects were ...

  • Library program promotes science creativity

    Amy Yoon, 3, plays with puppets at the Northbrook Public Library on May 15. In the library's revamped game-day program, she will learn to experiment with scientific projects using constructive toys that the library is ...

  • Donation revives Cheney Mansion waterfall

    A donation by a former neighbor of the Elizabeth F. Cheney Mansion in Oak Park has helped the park district reopen a 2-foot-high woodland waterfall that had been closed for more than 30 years. A $54,000 donation last year to the Parks Foundation of Oak Park from Dr. Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel - who lived directly across the street from the mansion at 220 N. Euclid Ave. with her late husband Jim - ...

  • New Westmont mayor tackles challenges

    Ron Gunter didn't have much time to savor the moment after being sworn in as mayor of Westmont earlier this month because of such pressing issues as a proposed redevelopment district in the downtown and flooding relief. Gunter, 58, was joined on the village board by three new trustees - former mayor James Addington, former Westmont Park District commissioner Bruce Barker and local business ...

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