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Uncle upset about tuition gifts - July 17, 2011 - Dear Amy: My uncle is one of my grandmother's four children and the only one of her children who never had kids.
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Fred Mitchell's Around Town
Herrmann says Cutler has all the tools - July 17, 2011 - Many prolific high school quarterbacks from Indiana have gone on to exceptional college careers. But few have parlayed that success into prominent NFL careers.
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Barbara Brotman
Rahm Emanuel makes welcome waves - July 4, 2011 - Members of a certain small community have cause to behold the new mayor with particular satisfaction. One of our own has ascended to the leadership of Chicago. Rahm Emanuel is a member of our tribe.
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Steve Chapman
The dangers of 'Caylee's Law' - July 17, 2011 - It was once suggested, as a general rule of staying alive, never to fly on an airline named after a state or the owner. As a general rule of sound government, it's also a good idea never to enact a law named after a person. Personalizing criminal...
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Teddy Greenstein
18 holes with … Howard Moore - July 9, 2011 - Before stepping onto the first tee, Illinois-Chicago basketball coach Howard Moore pulled out a bag of golf balls. Yes, a bag. Not a sleeve.
David Haugh's In the Wake of the News
Playing in Europe a foolish risk for NBA stars - July 9, 2011 - Nobody questions former Illinois player Deron Williams' right to sign a one-year deal for up to $5 million to play professional basketball for the Turkish club Besiktas.
Melissa Harris' Chicago Confidential
Knowing when to hold them - July 17, 2011 - As Neil Bluhm walked through the sophisticated high-roller lounge of his newest casino Thursday, I asked him, "Do you ever gamble?"
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Philip Hersh
Timing not right for U.S. in 2020 - July 1, 2011 - While a U.S. bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics still seems very unlikely, USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun didn't rule it out this week.
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Jon Hilkevitch's Getting Around
Smartphone thefts boost CTA robbery rate, Chicago police say - July 11, 2011 - The robbery rate is running higher this year on the Chicago Transit Authority system, new data show, and police link the crime increase to "Apple picking" by young thugs stealing smartphones from passengers.
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Rex Huppke's 'I Just Work Here'
Stall tactics: Tips on office bathrooms - July 11, 2011 - Every office has a bathroom, every non-robot worker has to use the bathroom and sharing a bathroom with co-workers seems to be an almost universally unpleasant experience.
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Chris Jones
Just another acrobatic summer for Cirque Shanghai - July 15, 2011 - THEATER REVIEW: Cirque Shanghai Extreme ★★½ If you've never seen the show before, you'll find that Cirque Shanghai offers an enjoyable 90 minutes.
Gregory Karp
Does an agent fly for you? - July 15, 2011 - Hiring a professional to do something you could do yourself can be a good idea or a bad one. It comes down to the value you receive.
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John Kass
Kass: Turn your back on the Casey Anthony feeding frenzy - July 17, 2011 - So what do you do if you meet America's most famous celebrity mom, Casey Anthony?
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Julia Keller
Do out-of-date travel books have any use for more modern journeys? - July 15, 2011 - It's time for the travel two-step: First, deciding where in the world you'd like to go for your summer vacation. Second, finding the perfect travel guide to accompany you. I've been known to stand in a bookstore aisle for long agonizing stretches,...
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Rick Kogan's Sidewalks
Marc Smith celebrates 25 years of poetry slams - July 15, 2011 - In the beginning was the word, and the word was with Marc Smith, and the word was "slam."
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Greg Kot
Pitchfork Festival: Early attendance sparse - July 16, 2011 - The Pitchfork Music Festival in its five years in Union Park has usually sold out well in advance. But tickets were still available Friday as the first of 45 bands scheduled to play this weekend took the stage.
Gail MarksJarvis
Investors rely on large, stable companies as recovery pace lagged, lasting trends hard to identify - July 17, 2011 - Investors shied away from taking chances in the second quarter and stuck with the tried and true — companies like Kraft Foods Inc. and McDonald's Corp.
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Nina Metz
Kitschy educational films got their start in Chicago - July 15, 2011 - In an educational film from 1969 called "Case Study LSD," a pretty blonde is seen partaking in the hallucinogenic drug as groovy psychedelic effects distort the picture. "I was pretty jacked up on marijuana and so I decided to try it," she says...
Clarence Page
When politics head toward crisis mode - July 17, 2011 - Former first lady Betty Ford's funeral Thursday reminded many of us what a great person she was. She also left some timely reminders of how great we could be too.
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Michael Phillips
Marilyn Monroe statue carries a spectacle across the decades - July 15, 2011 - Just when you thought the objectification of 20th century America's preferred icon of brazen, infantilized female sexuality couldn't go much further…along comes the 26-foot sculpture by Seward Johnson known as “Forever Marilyn,&...
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Mary Ellen Podmolik
Rulings keep homeowners' lawsuits on track - July 15, 2011 - Federal judges in Chicago and Boston have issued rulings in the past three weeks that keep alive two long-running lawsuits brought by homeowners, including two suburban Chicago residents, who have suffered as a result of the housing crisis.
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Dan Pompei
Key meeting regarding lockout Tuesday - June 20, 2011 - On Tuesday in Chicago, two representatives from each NFL team are scheduled to attend what should be the most significant league meeting since the lockout began.
Howard Reich
Joel Paterson gives new meaning to Modern Sounds - July 15, 2011 - Guitarist Joel Paterson makes no apologies for playing music conceived long before he was born.
Phil Rogers
Hamilton relies on faith to cope with fan tragedy - July 16, 2011 - There's no way for any of us to know how Josh Hamilton feels these days, but if you ask him he will do his best to let you know. That says a lot in itself.
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Phil Rosenthal
Mr. Murdoch, you're going to have to squirm for a while - July 17, 2011 - When seeking to extinguish a wildfire, it is not uncommon to employ what's known as a backburn. Small, controlled fires are set in the path of the main blaze to exhaust whatever is fueling it. It's risky.
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Ameet Sachdev's Chicago Law
Kirkland & Ellis expanding real estate practice - July 15, 2011 - Kirkland & Ellis is bullish on real estate — not actual property, but rather deals and dealmakers.
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Mary Schmich
TV gets better; how to watch is the challenge - July 17, 2011 - TV is better than ever these days, and yet it's never been so difficult to figure out how to watch it.
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Dawn Turner Trice
Family talks about Boystown safety and how area has changed - July 11, 2011 - Renee Jackson was 7 in 1975 when two men who were trying to open the first gay bar on North Halsted Street knocked on the door of her family's Lakeview apartment.
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Phil Vettel
French, without the accent - July 14, 2011 - It's impossible for me to view Paris Club, the hip French bistro that opened in River North five months ago, without feeling a sense of loss.
John von Rhein
Lisztomania: Bicentenary calls for celebration but also shucking of prejudices - July 12, 2011 - Will the real Franz Liszt please stand up?
Ellen Warren
Is the heat melting your fashion sense? - July 16, 2011 - We've all been there. We're walking around, minding own business and then — ewwww.
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Jen Weigel
Leadership tips from great leaders - July 12, 2011 - What do Nelson Mandela, Teddy Roosevelt and Golda Meir have in common? They all possessed the essential traits of great leadership.
Jon Yates' "What's Your Problem?"
Problem Solver: Customer says yay! after canceling Yahoo account - July 17, 2011 - If you received an odd-looking email from Lisa Glancy in the past six months, do yourself a favor and just delete it.
Eric Zorn
Google Plus adding value to life or guilt? - July 17, 2011 - Oh, crud.
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Matt Bowen
Waiting for name to be called on draft day nerve-wracking - April 24, 2011 - The dynamic of the NFL draft goes much deeper than first-round picks walking across the stage in three-piece suits (bought by their agents) to shake the commissioner's hand.
Dennis Byrne
Don't let the space program die forever - July 12, 2011 - If Americans had regarded frontier exploration in the early 1800s with the same indifference that they view the manned space program, there would have been no Louisiana Purchase and westward expansion.
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Meghan Daum
Jaycee Dugard and the feel-good imperative - July 15, 2011 - To watch Diane Sawyer's interview Sunday night with Jaycee Dugard was to wonder at times if that was Dugard herself on screen or an actress hired to play the role of the quintessential survivor. Dugard was so serene and lacking in rancor that it...
Don Dziedzina
Don't let summer heat discourage fishing - July 8, 2011 - Summer's heat shouldn't stop you from fishing — if you go when the sun is low.
Leah Eskin
Natural selection - July 17, 2011 - The young naturalist is the self-sufficient sort. He gets up early and packs his knapsack with pocketknife, Band-Aid and plum.
Ilyce Glink
Selling a home: The new realities - July 12, 2011 - I've been hearing lately from homeowners who are preparing to list their homes for sale. They know the market isn't great, but they've been waiting for a year or two to move on with their lives (this is known in the industry as "pent-up demand")...
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Jonah Goldberg
Men behaving badly - June 3, 2011 - Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York is a very busy man. He sits on several important committees. He's newly married to a high-powered wife. He's planning a run for mayor of New York, which they call "the city that never sleeps" for a reason. In fact,...
Benny Kass
Avoid tax bite in saving brother's house - July 15, 2011 - Q: My brother bought his home about 15 years ago. He holds title only in his name, as a single man. He lost his job a couple of years ago. He is older and is having a difficult time getting rehired. Long story short: He is now in arrears (18...
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Joyce Lain Kennedy
Navigating the federal job jungle - July 17, 2011 - Q. I am a college graduate and thought I knew how to write a resume, but I have to admit the challenge of putting together a federal resume is getting the best of me. It's so much work! And now I understand there's been a big change in the whole...
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Charles Krauthammer
Who takes us to war? - June 27, 2011 - WASHINGTON — Is the Libya war legal? Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, it is not. President Barack Obama has exceeded the 90-day period to receive retroactive authorization from Congress.
Dan McNeil
Bowman needs to make some moves - June 30, 2011 - Hockey on Fourth of July weekend? You bet. I love Rocky Wirtz.
Robert Pagliarini
5 elements to live your best life - July 12, 2011 - What would it mean to live your best life? Would you have enough money to travel and experience the world? Would you have financial security? Would you have plenty of friends and loved ones? Would you have a greater purpose? Good health and energy?...
Kathleen Parker
The just-vote-no crowd - July 12, 2011 - WASHINGTON — A debt crisis is a terrible thing to waste in a presidential election season, and Democrats and Republicans alike are responding on cue.
Mark Pearlstein
Labor costs raise concern as market values decline - July 17, 2011 - Q: As a condominium board treasurer for many years, I have watched our labor expense grow over the last decade. The boards I served on really were not concerned about this expense when property values were steadily increasing, but now that the...
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Leonard Pitts
Bin Laden's efforts to rebrand al-Qaida - July 5, 2011 - One thinks of that scene from "The Wizard of Oz" where Toto pulls back the curtain and the "great and powerful Oz" is revealed to be only an old man manipulating a smoke and fire machine. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" bellows...
Janet Portman
Move-out rights apply when foreclosure strikes - July 15, 2011 - Q: I rented a condo last summer, planning to stay for a year. No formal lease was signed. The landlord told me in the winter that he was having trouble making his mortgage payments, and sure enough, the place was sold in April and I was given...
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Dean Richards
'Harry Potter's' Rupert Grint ready for new challenges - July 15, 2011 - NEW YORK CITY — I first met the stars of the Harry Potter movie series a decade ago.
Daneen Skube
Stop office grapevine - July 12, 2011 - Q. I work in a job I really like, but one of my colleagues constantly badmouths the other employees. I'm certain he talks about me negatively when I'm not around. I've been putting up with his gossip because he's a close friend of the owner, but...
David Sobolewski
'We had bigger goals' - March 21, 2011 - Obviously, the Benet team and community had an extremely rough time with the unexpected end to the season.
Joe Trost's Corner Kicks
Girls soccer | Joe Trost's Corner Kicks: Madison County teams sweep the state tournament - June 9, 2011 - Darren Geisler, an avid soccer fan from downstate Illinois, sent an email last week thanking me for picking Granite City to advance to the semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament last weekend.
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Mary Umberger
What you should know about selling on your own - July 15, 2011 - If you think the greatest question of all eternity is "what is the meaning of life?" then you haven't been in the real estate market lately.
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Bob Weber
Purchase car in U.S. - July 9, 2011 - Q: I promised my wife a big trip to Europe as a gift when I retire. We haven't had a vacation in 10 years and her car will need replacement pretty soon. So I've been thinking it would make sense to combine the trip with a car purchase. (Yes, I'm...
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George Will
Who will bat against 'Alibi' Obama? - July 8, 2011 - "If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a...
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