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Obama seeks to rally Democrats to election-year fight
Courant.com Nation World
Jan 27CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to push back hard against Republicans who try to obstruct his election-year proposals on taxes and jobs, as he sought to rally congressional Democrats and move past a period of stra... »
Key Democrat puts Romney tax issue in payroll fight
Chicagotribune.com Nationworld
Jan 27CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) - Private equity managers should pay more in taxes to help fund a tax break for 160 million U.S. workers, a top Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday, taking a swipe at laws that helped Republican presidential hopeful Mitt ... »
Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease
NWherald.com News
Jan 06CAMBRIDGE, England – British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease. »
Dining on cracked crystal for 2011 yet predicting fearlessly for 2012
Chicago Tribune Opinion
Dec 31Twelve months ago, as is my custom, I asked readers to offer their best guesses as to what 2011 would bring, then offered my own predictions. How'd we do? On six of the 18 questions, readers and I were correct... »
UK's Prince Philip To Leave Hospital
HuffingtonPost.com
Dec 27LONDON — Britain's Prince Philip left the hospital Tuesday, after undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery.Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's 90-year-old husband, spent four nights in the hospital recovering from a successful coronary stent procedu... »
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Dining on cracked crystal for 2011 yet predicting fearlessly for 2012
Chicago Tribune Opinion
Dec 31Twelve months ago, as is my custom, I asked readers to offer their best guesses as to what 2011 would bring, then offered my own predictions. How'd we do? On six of the 18 questions, readers and I were correct... »
Daley does Harvard; not the avenue
Chicago Argus
Nov 10Perhaps it is too easy of a joke to make, so much so that we all ought to groan at its corniness.Harvard won't get any Daley vs. Rahm ...Yet I can’t help but think that a generation of politically-aware Chicagoans thought that the only “Harvard” that R... »
Robert J. Richards, Sarton Medalist
The Chicago Blog
Nov 09Kudos to Robert J. Richards, the Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago, for a recent accolade: the Sarton Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the History of Science Society (... »
The Autumn Years Of Bill "Spaceman" Lee [Bill Lee]
Deadspin
Nov 07#billlee Paul Flannery drove many miles from Cambridge to Burlington to find out what one of the more colorful characters in baseball history is up to in his old age. It seems Bill "Spaceman" Lee hasn't slowed down a bit. Lee throws over 200 pitches in... »
Chicago Parking Tips
The Local Tourist
Oct 26Everybody knows that parking in Chicago can be a nightmare. Parking is something that nobody likes, but we have to do it if we drive. There's a reason you've found yourself on this page reading about parking tips. You drive, need to park, and of cou... »