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The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is currently the eighth largest newspaper in the United States by circulation (and the second largest under Tribune's ownership behind Los Angeles Times). Traditionally published as a broadsheet, on January 13, 2009, the Tribune announced it would continue publishing as a broadsheet for home delivery, but would publish in tabloid format for newsstand, news box and commuter station sales.
On April 2, 2007, the Tribune Company announced a buy-out plan led by Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell worth $8.2 billion, associated with a stock buyback at $34 per share, and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. The deal closed on December 20, 2007, with Zell as...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Jackson: Asking fundraiser to buy plane ticket for woman did not violate ethics rules - — Congressman defends actions amid probe linked to Blagojevich scandal — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Monday that he did not violate House ethics rules when he had a longtime friend and fundraiser buy … |
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Sen. Mark Kirk undergoes surgery after suffering stroke - — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk underwent surgery today at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke, his office said. — “On Saturday, Senator Kirk checked himself into Lake Forest Hospital, where doctors discovered … |
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34 days ago |
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Speaking of free marketeers ... - Congress members need to abide by the power of free markets and laws on insider trading — Everyone knows Congress has its share of wheeler-dealers, but stock traders? Yes, maybe more than we thought. Media reports have raised questions … |
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Kirk to endorse Romney - — Mark Kirk will formally endorse former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's bid for the GOP presidential nomination on Monday, sources close to the political operation of the first-term Illinois Republican senator said Sunday. — Kirk, the state's highest-ranking … |
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U.S. Mint halts production of $1 coins - no one wants them - — The U.S. government, its vaults stuffed with 1.4 billion one-dollar coins bearing the likenesses of dead presidents, has had enough of them. It is going to curtail production. — “Nobody wants them,” Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday. |
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55 days ago |
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Blagojevich gets 14 years - — Rod Blagojevich, Illinois' 40th governor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison today for the attempted sale of a U.S. Senate seat, illegal shakedowns for campaign cash and lying to federal agents. — U.S. District Judge James Zagel handed down the sentence … |
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69 days ago |
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The chutes and ladders of The Chicago Way - — While Obama climbs high, his onetime pal Rezko is slip-slidin' away — The federal sentencing hearing for convicted influence peddler Antoin “Tony” Rezko — once a friend and personal real estate fairy to President Barack Obama— had just begun in Chicago. |
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Top Blagojevich adviser Tony Rezko gets 10½ years - — Convicted extortionist faces sentencing, argues for time served — Antoin “Tony” Rezko, center, arrives at the Dirksen Federal Building for the reading of the verdict in his corruption trial. (Tribune photo by Chris Walker / June 4, 2008) |
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Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up - — Districts say job numbers attributed to them inaccurate; totals ignore Chicago — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, shown with Mayor Richard Daley last month, is the federal overseer of school stimulus spending. |
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'V' aims at Obamamania - — Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. |
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