Many of the numbers related to NBC and its Olympics coverage are staggering: The network will employ 2,900 people, including 106 commentators, to broadcast 3,600 hours of the Summer Games in Beijing across seven channels and NBCOlympics.com. But continue read..
A new 'World' of togethernessChicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoBy Brad Wilcox | Chicago Tribune Newspapers Cynthia Murdock caught the "World of Warcraft" bug from her husband, and at first it was just a matter of …
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After reading this article---I had to print it. Are they really that afraid that when it comes to their Gun Ban, they have No Leg To Stand On!!! Is it that they understand that their Gun Ban is an infringement on the "Right Of The People", and their only choice is to do away with the proof. The Mayor of Chicago and any one wishing to infringe on the Right's of the People can rest assured--"The Peo
Four teams remain in Euro 2008, including the two favorites (Germany and Spain) and two Cinderella stories (Turkey and Russia). If Germany and Spain advance to Sunday’s championship game, it would be the final many predicted. If Turkey and Russia continue read..
Details on visiting Myrtle BeachChicago Tribune, United States - 33 minutes agoThis is also a good place to check out vacation rentals. Agencies such as Dunes Realty (888-889-0312; www.dunes.com) can put you in an oceanfront condo …
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Google puts CTA maps on mobile phonesChicago Tribune, United States -20 hours agoGoogle Maps now includes a link to get public transit route information on Web-enabled mobile phones. So if you’re trying to figure out how to get from the …COOL WEB 2.0 APPS FOR EVERYONECNET NewsGoogle Mobile Maps adds mass transitDallas Morning NewsGoogle Maps For Mobile [...]
YES, I KNOW 'CRAZY LIBERAL' IS REDUNDANTEven the Chicago Tribune knows that this church is out of their mindsSince the church attendees were cheering this raving lunatic Pfleger on, they are as guilty as he is. His words were so vile, the Chicago Tribune cannot ignore it. This editorial is probably damage control as much as it is a rebuke of Pfleger, but it's good to see nonetheless.That church i
Eric Benderoff: "The essential lesson of the iPhone has yet to be learned ... based on usability, they (the LG Vu and XV6900) are so far behind what Apple achieved that it seems unfair to even make a comparison."
After several stories in the MSM and blogs yesterday erroneously said Pershings Bill Ackman flew to Sears Holdings (SHLD) annual meeting to confront Chairman Edward Lampert "because you will not take our calls", the Tribune issued a correction.
"A story in Tuesday's business section mischaracterized the reason activist investor William Ackman attended the annual meeting of Sears Holdings Corp. Ackman said he flew to Hoffman Estates from New York to hear Sears Chairman Edward Lampert speak. He...
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A Not-So-Easy RideFormer Bandido Now Focuses On His Book, Businesses, Family LifeMay 7, 2008He was known as "Connecticut Ed" in the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, where he served for years as an organizer and international ambassador. Outlaw biker is one of many hats worn by North Branford native Edward Winterhalder. Others have included musician and songwriter, motorcycle and heavy equipment mechanic, husband and father, business owner and author.Winterhalder's new book, "The Assimilation" (ECW Press, $24.95), is due out in June. Co-authored by Wil De Clercq and subtitled "Rock Machine Become Bandidos — Bikers United Against the Hells Angels," the book details Winterhalder's efforts to take Canadian bikers into the Bandidos' fold amid a bloody war in Quebec.That effort ultimately failed, and
Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are reported to be two of the "headliners" at Lollapalooza 2008, according to a wishy-washy report published by The Chicago Tribune last night.The Tribune article seems to play in to the non-stop rumor game - not a good thing for a journalism organization.The headline of the article itself implies Radiohead will headline Lollapalooza, the opening paragraph of the story states they are "expected" to perform at Lolla and the following paragraph states Radiohead has been "confirmed" and in the same paragraph the Tribune's catch word of the day - "expected" - appears again.That's not just lousy journalism, but the hype comes suspiciously close to the implication that the Tribune is trying to pump some life into a local festival that some readers of this blog have
None, nada, zip, zero, zilch. The Tribune calls her out on her lies about brokering peace in Northern Ireland and opening borders in Kosovo. Despite her claims, she played no role in either event.read more | digg story
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Ultraspeedy trades can rack up big losses, fastChicago Tribune - 14 hours agoBy Greg Burns and Joshua Boak | Tribune Reporters March 2, 2008 MF Global's $141.5 million hit last week in an unauthorized wheat deal on the Chicago Board of Trade confirmed what many [...]
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The Chicago Tribune has an in depth profile of Ron Paul in today's paper. Hit the link for more..." No more Department of Education. No more Federal Reserve Bank. No more Medicare or Medicaid. No more membership in the United Nations or NATO. No more federal drug laws. And, no more U.S. troops in Iraq -- or anywhere else on foreign soil. The Internal Revenue Service would be history in the first week that Ron Paul sits behind the desk in the Oval Office. And the dismantling of the above-mentioned entities and relationships -- plus a long list of others -- soon would commence."read more | digg story
Better late than never. While some have been tracking "The Dark Knight" progression exhaustively since June 8, 2007, the Chicago Tribune on Sunday finally got around to recognizing the major Chicago entertainment news.Screenshot of ChicagoTribune.com captured on July 29, 2007 at 6:26 p.m.Unfortunately, Chicago Tribune entertainment columnist Terry Armour and Becky Schlikerman spent nearly 1,300 words informing those who have been following the filming about what they mostly already knew.For those who haven't, the coverage could be considered an excellent wrap-up.While the distinction between the official title of "The Dark Knight" and the working title of "Rory's First Kiss" would have been better served in a single sentence, the article devoted nearly half its space to fleshing out this minor and entirely typical point.The article did mention that the film's budget is "reported to be well in excess of $100 million" and included interviews with the city's usual
In these days of global warming theatrics and perhaps downplaying of environment issues from the other side it becomes more and more apparent each day that someone needs to stand up and speak honestly about these issues. On the other hand what we do on this planet has to have some kind of impact one would think, but to what degree is the question. It is for this reason that environmental standards are set and those that do not heed those standards and laws are rightfully punished; when caught anyway. The main stream media says that it reports in an unbiased and even handed way, yet day in and day out one sees via the voice of the author and the words used often connote a very different impression. We’ve grown so used to it that we barely notice anymore unless we happen to know much of the detail already, which of course is possible with all the sources of information available at our fingertips with the help of the internet. I often find myself thinking the OpEd page
I missed connections with Tribune reporter Clifford Ward yesterday, so I didn't get to contribute to today's article in the big paper. But I was pleased to learn he had been a Kentucky School News and Commentary reader...to some degree.The Tribune story is mostly a recap, but also contained some new information.As KSN&C readers know, after weeks of questions about Barbara Erwin's résumé, the revelation of a secret 2005 contract vote, what appears to be evidence of an attempt to defraud the Illinois Teachers Retirement system, and a police investigation of her missing personnel file, Erwin resigned the Kentucky post last week.As St Charles school board member Chris Hansen told the Tribune, "There are some bad feelings in the community, because some people think [Erwin] took advantage of the system."The board voted in secret on April 11, 2005, to extend Erwin's contract and award her 85 sick days for each school year from 2006-08. This June, the board of education publicly apologiz
In today's Chicago Tribune, Julia Kenner writes:You don't have to love books. It's OK just to like them. It's OK to be a casual reader, a sometime scholar, an occasional consumer of print. It's acceptable to read a book every once in a while, for the simple reason that you happen upon one that intrigues you -- without quitting your job, selling your furniture and going back to graduate school in comparative literature.Um, okay. Later:Yet the arts often come swaddled in snobbery. There are critics, unfortunately, who encourage this snooty exclusivity: If you've not attended the symphony for a while, if your nightstand isn't stacked with literary classics, if you've let your Art Institute membership lapse, you're made to feel as if you really ought to just shuffle along to the ball game, beer in hand, and leave the highbrow stuff to the masters.Such class-based bunk makes me bristle. The arts can be part of your life even if they aren't all of your life. Even a little bit of ar
Chicago Tribune - Candidates lengthen their reach on InternetExcerpt:"Increasingly, campaign organizers are realizing that they don't have to lift a finger to make it happen -- and that maybe it helps if they don't."http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama_mon_21may21,1,1505368.story?track=rssAlex
Chicago Tribune: Obama still answers for old ties to Rezko - Early - career legal work puts senator on the defensiveExcerpt:"U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said Monday he never received complaints about poor living conditions from residents of deteriorated properties owned by one of his early and prominent political supporters, Antoin "Tony" Rezko.Obama, a Democratic presidential contender, also said "nobody's been more disappointed than me" in learning of the controversial history of Rezko, who pleaded not guilty after being indicted last fall on federal influence-peddling and fraud charges."One of the perils of public life is that you end up being responsible for, or you're held responsible for, associations that you didn't necessarily know were a problem," Obama told the Tribune after making a major address to outline his foreign policy goals."http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0704230648apr24,1,736948.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hedAlex
Chicago Tribune: Mythical trip started with an error - The trip to Libya that Obama didn't take illustrates how the Net can make a small mistake worseExcerpt:"There's a story pinging around the Internet about how Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) paid a visit to Libya in 1984 and met with Louis Farrakhan, the Chicago-based Nation of Islam leader whose anti-Semitic remarks have long inflamed relations between blacks and Jews.But it wasn't Obama who took the 1984 trip. It was his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.The error made its way to the Internet a couple of weeks ago, when a conservative Christian leader -- who was actually trying to defend Obama's position on Israel -- apparently confused the two men when speaking to a reporter for a religious news Web site."http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0704090407apr10,1,7557285.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hedAlex
Chicago Tribune: Protest marches going way of Internet - Students have left picket line for onlineExcerpt:""E-activism and blogging online are so much more popular these days as venues for youth expressing their opinions and expressing discontent," said Phaedra Pezzullo, an assistant professor of rhetoric and public culture at Indiana University in Bloomington. "Many will sign a petition online and say they were active.""http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0703250256mar25,1,6121061.story?coll=chi-technology-hed&ctrack=1&cset=trueAlex
Chicago Tribune: Obama the fabricator?Excerpt:"In honor of Sen. Barack Obama’s scheduled appearance tonight on The David Letterman Show, the Republican National Committee’s opposition researchers have provided a top-ten list of what it says are Obama’s “fabrications.”"http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/04/obama_the_fabri.htmlAlex
Chicago Tribune: Barack Obama's widening webExcerpt:"According to Plouffe, 38,799 people have created profiles and started networking with other supporters on the site.Some other statistics that Plouffe offered:3,306 grassroots volunteer groups have been founded on the Obama site.6,706 people have created their own blogs, which the campaign encourages supporters to use to chronicle why they are supporting Obama and their personal campaign experiences.4,416 personal fundraising pages have been established on the web site.http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/barack_obamas_w.htmlAlex
Twista To Write For Chicago TribuneWindy City rap phenom, Twista, is giving his fans a unique opportunity to ask him questions and share their opinions as he becomes a columnist for Red Eye, an edition of the Chicago Tribune. The Chicago native will be featured in the print newspaper once a week and will be sharing his thoughts on various topics, asking fans questions, and giving fans an opportunity to ask him questions. The rapper, well known for his trademark rapid-fire delivery, will be picking up the pen once again, except this time he will be creating a dialogue with his fans instead of writing rhymes. Readers will be able to find the emcee's thoughts, answers, and questions weekly in the print copy of Red Eye or can find the column online at http://redeyechicago.com/twista . Questions and comments can be sent through the site as well. A handful of questions will be selected and answered, with answers published both in print and online.Twista's seventh album, Adrenaline Rush 200
The Chicago Tribune has launched a gardening blog on their website authored by Beth Botts. I've known it was coming for a little while because she e-mailed me and fellow garden blogger Carolyn Choi (who guest blogged an entry on this blog) and asked us a few questions about garden blogging. In the Home & Garden section of today's Chicago Tribune Beth wrote a sidebar on Carolyn and listed other garden bloggers. One of those listed at the end of the sidebar was me. I'd like to congratulate Carolyn on the mention and welcome Beth to the garden-blogosphere and thank her for printing my blog's url.It's great to have another garden blog being authored from Chicago. Considering how many public and private gardens are maintained in Chicago it's a little puzzling why there are so few of us to be found on the internet. When I started my blog back in the summer of '05 I began a to search for other blogs related solely to gardening in Chicago and didn't find many. But I'm hoping that
