http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Naperville Unit District 203 teachers will receive pay bumps averaging 3.4 percent a year for each of the next three years, under a new contract inked Wednesday. However, officials say the deal will only cost the district an average of... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14669249-dist-203-inks-3year-deal-with-teachers political-news Thu, 23 May 2013 13:30:17 -0700 Manager Dale Sveum had one word Thursday morning for the statistical oddity of the Cubs' start. "Mind-boggling," he said. Sveum was scratching his head over what he called some "strange" stats, including a minus-7 run differential after a 4-2 loss... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14671167-cubs-cant-dig-out-of-early-hole sports-news Thu, 23 May 2013 19:43:01 -0700 Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporter The Roman Catholic religious order that runs Brother Rice High School in Chicago and St. Laurence High School in Burbank didn't want Brother Edward Chrysostom Courtney in Chicago any longer. So in the early 1970s, the... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14672252-christian-brothers-settle-suit-with-400-sex-abuse-victims political-news Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:41 -0700 John Kass Though he's vowed to cut back on those drone attacks of his, President Barack Obama needs to launch the mother of drone attacks: Against Xbox One...Americans are fools for shiny technology, and the Xbox One from Microsoft is... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14672251-mr-president-save-us-from-xbox-one technology-news Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:37 -0700 Sharon Austin, a longtime Metra official and one of the last holdovers from the Phil Pagano era, will remain but with new duties, Metra confirmed Thursday. Austin most recently has been Metra's $158,100-a-year senior corporate director of police and emergency... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14672249-metra-reassigns-official-who-oversaw-agencys-nato-security-police-force political-news Thu, 23 May 2013 23:54:33 -0700 Illinois officials agreed Thursday to temporarily halt the movement of residents out of an institution for the developmentally disabled in the southern Illinois city of Centralia...Northern District Court Judge Ruben Castillo , the state agreed to stop the transfer of... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14671927-illinois-temporarily-halts-transfers-of-disabled technology-news Thu, 23 May 2013 22:44:53 -0700 The United Neighborhood Organization needs to adopt robust conflict-of-interest policies in the wake of a scandal that's jeopardized tens of millions of dollars of state funding for UNO's network of charter schools in Chicago, a retired federal judge hired by... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14670691-exjudge-charterschool-operator-uno-needs-robust-policy-against-conflicts political-news Thu, 23 May 2013 17:58:03 -0700 An inflatable slide collapsed Thursday afternoon during field day activities at Algonquin Lakes Elementary School, possibly injuring up to 11 students, according to school officials. Up to 11 students were transported to area hospitals according to Community Unit District 300... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14669072-students-injured-at-algonquin-school sports-news Thu, 23 May 2013 12:56:48 -0700 McDonald's executives fielded a number of questions at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday, particularly those about its role in the global obesity epidemic. "We don't sell junk food," McDonald's CEO Don Thompson said to a girl raising concerns about healthy... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14668631-nutrition-tops-list-of-investor-questions-at-mcdonalds-annual-meeting business-news Thu, 23 May 2013 11:43:43 -0700 Obviously, all year we seemed to just go in one game at a time and kind of maintain a sense of consistency almost, and nothing seemed to disrupt that. This seems to be the first time we're running into some... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14668220-toews-hawks-happy-confident-group sports-news Thu, 23 May 2013 10:33:04 -0700 It's a new dynamic at least for this specific iteration of the Red Wings, who have a series lead for the first time this postseason. They never led the first-round series against the Ducks until they won Game 7, and... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14668221-wings-know-hawks-sense-of-desperation sports-news Thu, 23 May 2013 10:33:07 -0700 Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Karen Lewis has threatened to defeat Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2015 at the polls for a second-term for the closing of forty-nine schools. The vote yesterday by the Chicago Board of Education means that students... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14668544-nine-yearold-asean-johnson-brings-the-crowd-to-feet-at-ctu-school-closing-rally political-news Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:10 -0700 But family members sitting in the back row in the courtroom became teary-eyed during the hearing. Daleo accepted the pleas and scheduled the next hearing for June 18. Baker and Scott are accused of beating Bryeon Hunter with a belt... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14668507-mom-boyfriend-plead-not-guilty-in-maywood-childs-death technology-news Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:58 -0700 The Chicago Teachers Union filed separate lawsuits last week on behalf of parents and their special needs students. Both seek preliminary injunctions blocking CPS from carrying out the closures. One suit argues CPS is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14668506-hearing-set-in-lawsuits-over-chicago-school-closings technology-news Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:55 -0700 Fundamentalist Christianity is very intolerant. Indeed, some of them are intolerant of girls or women playing competative sports. I was not aware of this until very recently, but I can't say I am the least bit surprised. A Christian fundamentalist... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14667532-christian-rightwing-opposing-girls-playing-sports-but-wants-gays-in-prison spirituality-religion-news Thu, 23 May 2013 09:15:00 -0700