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Venezuela's 'president in charge' Maduro picks a running mate
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela’s new interim president, Nicolas Maduro, gave a clear sign Friday night that he will use political capital left by the late President Hugo Chavez to win election in his own right. In his acceptance speech to the...
Tags: Hugo Chavez, Politics, Government, Elections, Heads of State
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Funeral begins for Venezuela's Chavez
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.CARACAS, Venezuela -- The funeral ceremony for late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got underway Friday at a military base in the capital before 32 heads of state and with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra directed by Los Angeles conductor Gustavo...Tags: Caracas (Venezuela), Hugo Chavez, Culture, Politics, Government
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When 'Negro' was in vogue
The Census Bureau announced last week that it is dropping the use of the term "Negro" to describe black Americans in its population surveys. I suspect few will mourn the word's passing. Today Americans of African descent, especially younger ones, almost...
Tags: Racism, College Baseball, Slavery, World War I (1914-1918), NAACP
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In 2nd District Republican squeaker, ex-convict looks to be winner
Republican voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as the candidate to run for the seat recently ceded by former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. While official results in the...
Tags: Trials, Democratic Party, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Debbie Halvorson
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Sources: Jesse Jackson Jr. writing memoir to 'clear up his legacy'
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty last week to misusing $750,000-plus in campaign money, is writing a memoir, two sources familiar with the project told the Tribune. Jackson, 47, will be sentenced June...Tags: U.S. Senate, Trials, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Sandi Jackson, Executive Branch
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25 Years Ago: April 4, 2013
April 4, 1988 Patrick Reynolds, soon to be 3 years old, and 7-month-old cousin David Jeramy Goolman, both whom suffer from cystic fibrosis, will be on hand for the annual Clark County Cystic Fibrosis Walkathon held at the George Rogers Clark High...
Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, Martin Luther King Jr.
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On stage and in memory, oppression of the past still haunts Zimbabwe [Commentary]
Earlier this year, I saw a powerful play set in Zimbabwe in the 1890s (when it was called Rhodesia) that brought back some disturbing memories of my visit there about 15 years ago. "The Convert," the first in a trilogy being written by Zimbabwean award-...Tags: Robert Mugabe, Armed Forces, Politics, Government, Religion and Belief
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'Whose schools? Our schools!'
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds I attended the Chicago Teachers Union rally and march yesterday — as an objective spectator — along with the new editorial board intern David Uberti. Those of you who have read the Tribune's editorials on CPS closings...... -
50 years of Chicago's WVON: A Chicago voice that echoes nationwide
In the volatile world of radio, almost nothing lasts half a century. But a great Chicago radio station — WVON-AM 1690 — has managed the feat: The institution marks its 50th anniversary Monday and celebrates with a concert featuring Toni...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Politics, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Elections, Roland Burris
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Jesse Jackson Jr.'s guilty plea: Readers react
When former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiring with his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, to keep some $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use, the story quickly became Wednesday's most-read story on chicagotribune.com, and the subject...
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Trials, Court Preliminary, Chris Tucker, Chicago Tribune
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Low turnout in race to replace ex-Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Tribune reportersChicago election officials report turnout is low in the primary election to find a successor to disgraced former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. As of 1:45 p.m., turnout was about 11 percent among sampled city precincts, according to the...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Democratic Party, Chicago Elections, Debbie Halvorson, Politics
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Funeral held for woman whose sister attended Obama speech on gun violence
The South Side woman killed in North Chicago hours after her sister attended President Obama's speech on gun violence was remembered at a funeral service today. Janay McFarlane was shot and killed in the 1300 block of Jackson Avenue on Feb. 15. 21 year-...
Tags: Shootings, Barack Obama
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