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Thousands are poised to move into new luxury residences, many of them high-rises, scheduled to open in the tony Gold Coast neighborhood over the next two years. It's a second Gilded Age of sorts, more than a century after its first wave of luxury home construction. Read more about the Gold Coast, Chicago IL
Thousands are poised to move into new luxury residences, many of them high-rises, scheduled to open in the tony Gold Coast neighborhood over the next two years. It's a second Gilded Age of sorts, more than a century after its first wave of luxury home construction. Read more about the Gold Coast, Chicago IL
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No messing around when it comes to Obama motorcade
Chicago drivers have been adjusting to a new reality since the Nov. 4 election: Wherever President-elect Barack Obama goes, traffic disruptions follow.
Traffic tie-ups also precede his high-security escort from his home in Kenwood to federal offices in...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Law Enforcement, Government, Chicago Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Foundation to award $8 million to art projects across South Florida
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of Miami will endow 31 lucky art projects from across South Florida with a total of $8 million in grant money tonight at a special ceremony. The projects include a residency program for aspiring artists, a...Tags: New World Symphony, Music Industry, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Arts, Miami Art Museum
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Cell phone fun The Gold Coast Public Library (50 Railroad Ave., Glen Head) offers the lecture Make the Most of Your Cell from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Topics include using the address book, taking pictures, text messaging and more. Each participant must...Tags: Video Games, Microsoft Corp., Cell Phones, Game Playing
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The Planner
Today Unemployment Compensation Tax Seminar, 10 a.m., in Spanish, Hollywood Beach Culture & Community Center, 1301 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood. Presented by the Florida Department of Revenue. Free. Call 954-967-1821. Mousercise, 2 p.m., Delray Beach...Tags: Dania Beach, Bodies of Water, Clubs and Associations, Broward County, Florida
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Besting-selling hardcover fiction and nonfiction books
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Christmas Sweater Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Jason Wright. A boy learns from his disappointment with his mother's gift. 2. Just After Sunset Stephen King. Short stories blending fantasy and psychological realism....Tags: Toni Morrison, Wally Lamb, Maya Angelou, Artie Lange, Nelson DeMille
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Chicagoan to direct social events at WH
The Swampby John McCormick Chicago businesswoman Desiree Rogers will be named to the position of White House social secretary, a source in President-elect Barack Obama's transition office said Sunday evening. Rogers, 49, is a close friend of the Obama family and.....Tags: National Government, Academic Progress, Jim Edgar, Mother's Day, Valerie Jarrett
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Bestsellers lists: Fiction and non-fiction
++++++++++++++++++++ || HARDCOVER FICTION Last week || || || || 1. || Cross Country by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99): Police detective Alex Cross goes after a murderous thug connected to criminals in Africa. || — || || || || || ||...Tags: Toni Morrison, Wally Lamb, Artie Lange, Death and Dying, Nelson DeMille
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Much ado about the first lady's do
Tribune correspondentHours before she made her Election Night appearance at Grant Park, Michelle Obama was sitting under a hair dryer at her favorite beauty salon. Fresh from casting her ballot with her husband, she arrived for her stylist's appointment — a weekly...Tags: Betty Ford, Minority Groups, Personal Service, National or Ethnic Minorities, Government
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William V. "Billy" Hork, art gallery owner, dies at age 62
Tribune reporterWilliam V. "Billy" Hork got his start in the art world selling framed pieces out of the trunk of his car. Outgoing and a natural salesman, he opened a gallery on Oak Street in 1972 that specialized in posters and went on to run a chain of stores that...Tags: Injuries, Government, Lincolnwood, Northfield, Public Employees
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Fast Eddie better hope Poor Billy doesn't sing
Fast Eddie Vrdolyak has a nickname. Poor Billy Singer has none. "I'll never stab a guy in the back," Vrdolyak once told me. "Maybe in the front. But not in the back." He's been in the news lately because he pleaded guilty in a federal sting in a...Tags: Transportation, William Singer, Trials, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Richard J. Daley
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For president-elect, a brief taste of normalcy at home
Tribune reporterThere is some irony that it took winning the presidency for Barack Obama to settle into a schedule that borders on humdrum. For now, he wakes up in his own bed, works out in the same fitness center each morning, goes into the office, comes home and has...Tags: Hawaii, Trips and Vacations, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Metal and Mineral, Government
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Obamas taking Rogers to D.C.
Tribune reporterChicago businesswoman Desiree Rogers will be named to the position of White House social secretary, a source in President-elect Barack Obama's transition office said Sunday. Rogers, 49, is a close friend of the Obama family and worked on the...Tags: National Government, Jim Edgar, Valerie Jarrett, 2009 U.S. Presidential Transition, Government
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