Representative of the mainstream media, the front page of today's Chicago Sun-Times features a photo of an angry-looking President Barack Obama above the all-caps headline, OBAMA'S OUTRAGE. The headline, in turn,...
"A $100,000 grant that then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a one-time campaign volunteer is under investigation by the Illinois attorney general. The Chicago...
Prognosis Dire, political columnist Robert Novak RetiresThe Chicago Tribune is reporting that Robert Novak has stated that his condition is dire and he is permanently retiring from jounalism. " ...
R. Kelly continues to take pop star-size liberties with the law. He failed to show up for a court hearing on his child pornography charges. And what's his excuse this time? Hmm. A little snow seems to have held...
The Chicago Sun Times is moving left.It's gotta be a business decision, not a moral or political one. I say this with due deference to publisher John Cruickshank, who in a past lifetime was a fellow journalist at...
Last night Roger Ebert made his first public appearance in ten months at the Overlooked Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois, a festival he himself started eight years ago. The popular film critic is still...
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"Bang you're dead""CHICAGO, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. postal inspectors are offering a $100,000 reward for the arrest of the person who sent mail bombs to investment firms in Chicago and Kansas City, Mo.
Pipe bombs were mailed to American Century Investments in Kansas City on...
the NowPublic / AP deal continues to make waves. Here's a quote from a news executive that references it:"Because citizen shooters vastly outnumber professional journalists - and they're increasingly aware of how...
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"CHICAGO - A man has been charged with trying to extort $1.5 million from Oprah Winfrey by threatening to release recorded telephone conversations he claimed would hurt her reputation, according to the FBI and published reports. Keifer Bonvillain, 36, targeted a person...