
Chicago Tribune Are you looking forward to any of these movies opening in the coming months?
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Human endurance has long been the movies' supreme subject. Already, with the recent release of the wrenching new feature "Precious," we have traveled to hell and back with a 16-year-old incest survivor. ...

Chicago Tribune If you've been nabbed for speeding by a laser gun (instead of radar), your ticket may be thrown out at court.
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Many motorists nabbed for speeding by a laser gun, instead of radar, are seeing their tickets thrown out at Chicago's traffic court because of a legal issue that the city's law department has been unable ...

Chicago Tribune At 4-4, do the Bears make the playoffs? VOTE here: http://bit.ly/2WmDwv

Chicago Tribune 36% of those polled by Consumer Reports said they plan on regifting this year. Thoughts?

Chicago Tribune According to one of our columnists, the Bears are not who we thought they were. They're worse. How do you think they played today?
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The Bears are not who we thought they were.They are worse.The Arizona Cardinals carved through the Bears defense with virtually no resistance Sunday and emerged with a convincing 41-21 victory in front ...

Chicago Tribune Breaking: House passes landmark health care bill
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. ...

Chicago Tribune What do you think? Do you agree with the boy's expulsion?
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When a Plainfield sixth-grader was recently expelled until next fall for jabbing another student with a pencil, his case thrust another school district into the debate over what is school violence and ...

Chicago Tribune
An increasing number of drivers are being cited for windshield and
window obstructions, which can include anything an officer deems to
"materially obstruct" a driver's vision.
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Ermir Spahiu was pulled over by police for his window-mounted GPS unit. For Tina Ross, it was her handicapped placard. And Mark Hubbard was nailed for an air freshener. All three Illinois drivers were ...

Chicago Tribune Matthew Nolan intended to do what no one has ever done -- escape from the high-rise downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Batman-like plan: Brother of 'Dark Knight' director planned escape from a Chicago jail, officials sa
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The Metropolitan Correctional Center -- which holds gang leaders, mobsters and higher-level drug dealers in downtown Chicago -- has never had an escape, a prison spokeswoman said.

Chicago Tribune
Breaking News:
Report: 7 dead, many hurt, in Fort Hood shootings
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FORT HOOD, TEXAS - Reports say as many as seven people have been killed and a dozen more hurt following a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, near Killeen.The shooters were apparently wearing military uniforms according to MSNBC. ...

Chicago Tribune Do you think "Gossip Girl" should pull the plug on this upcoming episode?
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On-air promos for a sexual threesome on an upcoming episode of "Gossip Girl" have spurred the Parents Television Council to ask affiliates of the CW network to pre-empt the show.Airing the ...

Chicago Tribune Some think the entire story isn't being told. What do you think?
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A photo of a stroller believed to be the one that was caught in a CTA train was shown by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308.

Chicago Tribune Do you have any cheeseburger widsom you'd like to share?
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In six months of chronicling hamburgers in Chicago, I've stuffed nearly 60 different ones down my gullet. My cholesterol stayed low, but psychic damage was done.Today, I can't look at a cheeseburger without reaching for the wide end of an open bucket. ...

Chicago Tribune Obama stimulus aid claims in Illinois don’t add up - What do you think?
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More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers. Problem is, the district employs only 290 teachers.

Chicago Tribune Take a look - a day in the life of President Obama. Reactions?
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"This is our moment," President-Elect Barack Obama told electrified crowds in Chicago's Grant Park, and around the globe, a year ago. Yet his 2,050-word speech took care to point out that stark realities ...



















