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Governor Rod Blagojevich, already under suspicion for looking and dressing like a Serbian warlord, publicly dared people to wiretap him, insisting all they'd hear him discussing was what the Cubs should do in the off-season. Baseball things like taking government money in return for firing Chicago Tribune writers who hate him. When what the Cubs really need is a starting pitcher...
...founded a publishing house for artists who aren't able to publish their works in more traditional venues. Why? Ruth Tam, CHICAGO...
Barack Obama's choice for education secretary, Chicago school chief Arne (Ar-NEE) Duncan, is getting a warm welcome from most factions of the education community. He's been, in many ways, an unconventional leader willing to find creative solutions to some of public education's oldest dilemmas, including school attendance and dropout rates. The 44-year-old will have a lot on his plate, if confirmed, including what to do with President Bush's much maligned No Child Left Behind policy and how to make college more affordable. (See Obama's other Cabinet picks...
...Grew up in Hyde Park and went to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Duncan's mother ran a tutoring program and his father was a professor at the University of Chicago...
...fill the vacancy, and Blagojevich, clearly in a bargaining mood, has indicated that he might be willing to sign such a bill. "Blagojevich Democrats like Pat Quinn did nothing to stand up to Governor Blagojevich and his ethical lapses," Joe Birkett, the DuPage County state's attorney, told the Chicago Tribune...