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Big Cities Not Forgotten, Obama Aide Tells Former Boss, Daley Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration may funnel more federal aid directly to cities and bypass states, Valerie Jarrett , a senior adviser to the president, said during a Chicago...
Tags: NBC Chicago, Mayor Daley
Years in the making, the documentary "Floored" finally debuts on Oct. 25 at the Austin Film Festival in Texas, ushering in a finale for the open-outcry trading that once personified business in Chicago. Filmmaker James Allen Smith set out three years...
Tags: daley, chicago, venetian night, Richard Daley, Mayor Daley, Richard M. Daley, NBC Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Outdoor Film Festival, Chicago Skyway
A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house. The King's hair was one of up to 200 items of Elvis memorabilia collected by the late Gary Pepper,...
Tags: Elvis Presley, NBC Chicago, Priscilla Presley, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, auctioneers house, chicago auctioneers, U.S. Army, hair sells, memorabilia collection, presley fan
Crediting the unusually strong relationship between the city's world-renowned orchestra and its audience and Chicago's business leadership, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association announced Wednesday that it has been weathering the economic downturn...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, Riccardo Muti, CSO, NBC Chicago, juvenile offenders, Chicago Tribune
If Carey Pinkowski has learned anything during his two decades as the executive race director of the Chicago Marathon, it's that there are elements out of his control...Two years ago, with heavy humidity and temperatures soaring into the high 80s, the...
Tags: Chicago Marathon, NBC Chicago, street naming
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich could hear those famous words from a man who shares his passion for hair when he appears as a contestant on next season's "Celebrity Apprentice."...The NBC show is the latest venture for Blagojevich, who has been on a media...
In 1850, the elderly master of a South Carolina estate took pen in hand and painstakingly divided up his possessions. Among the spinning wheels, scythes, tablecloths and cattle that he bequeathed to his far-flung heirs was a 6-year-old slave girl valued...
Tags: First Lady Michelle Obama, white man, The New York Times, Melvinia Shields, unknown white, Mrs. Obama, family tree, NBC Chicago, South Carolina, Georgia
As Chicago 2016 winds down its operations, questions continue to bubble up about how bid leaders miscalculated their chances of hosting the Olympic Games . Many of the questions have come from Washington, where White House aides over the weekend said...
Tags: NBC Chicago, Regional Loyalties Killed Chicago, Business Reporter Chicago, Patrick Ryan, Rio de Janeiro, IOC, Tokyo, olympic bid, Copenhagen, summer games
The newest addition to the "Meet the Parents" movies, Jessica Alba, arrived in Chicago on Sunday to film the third installment, "Little Fockers." According to Reuters , Alba is playing "an attractive pharmaceutical rep whose looks wreak havoc on male...
Longtime Chicago advertising creative Kevin Lynch is the brain behind ChicagoansForRio.com, the Chicago Olympic bid naysayer Web site that has been the subject of numerous media reports in recent days...Today Lynch posted on the blog a Q & A with himself...
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