Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

CPS makes history, closing scores of schools in less time than it takes to boil an egg

History was made in Chicago Wednesday in about 90 seconds, but most of the folks who witnessed firsthand the death of a record 50 Chicago Public Schools firsthand didn’t even realize it.Rather than list the names of the doomed elementary schools, the ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Jesse Owens, Karen Lewis, Chicago, Chicago Public Schools

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Kenwood Corporation

Keep going, Chicago bd of ed members

Knocking off four of the 54 schools on CPS' closing list is a sign of progress.But it's only a start.It's now up to the Chicago Board of Education's six members -- who vote Wednesday on the remaining 50 closures -- to keep whittling down that list.Late ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Chicago, Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Kenwood Corporation

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Harvard University

‘I’m really disappointed’

In the Chicago Sun-Times recent series, The Final Bell, the newspaper chronicled three Chicago residents who faced losing their neighborhood schools and were concerned about the longer trek children would have to make to their new schools.On Wednesday, ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Harvard University, Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Chicago

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Carbonara is reworked into a warm-weather salad

Pasta carbonara — richly cheesy, creamy and studded with crisped pancetta — is easily one of the most comforting of pasta dishes. The only trouble is, with the onset of warmer weather we tend to crave salads more than steaming bowls of pasta. So for this ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Asparagus

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Man gets 50 years in prison for killing man he pimped to his pregnant wife

Timothy Smith tearfully apologized Thursday for pimping his pregnant wife and for gunning down an unarmed man who came to their McHenry County home seeking sex.It did him little good.Judge Sharon Prather minutes later sentenced Smith to 50 years in prison ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Timothy Smith, Pregnancy, Kimberly Smith, prison

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Lockport Township High School

Ex-Lockport High IT director pleads guilty in sex case

A former IT administrator at a southwest suburban high school pleaded guilty Wednesday to having sex with a student.Timothy J. Hagan, 41, of Darien, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse after being accused of having sex with ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Sex, Lockport Township High School, Sexual Abuse, Sentencing, Probation

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Donald Trump

Jury deliberates whether Donald Trump ‘conned’ 87-year-old woman

Is Donald Trump a “reprehensible” conman who ripped off an Evanston grandmother and “stole her faith in other people?”Or is the real estate magnate being unfairly sued by a “sophisticated investor” who bought two hotel condos in the Trump Tower “with ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Donald Trump, Jackie Goldberg, Amy St Eve, Trump Tower

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Former Mayor Daley’s staff saw Chicago parking-meter problems brewing, records show

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staff was aware of major problems with the city’s parking-meter privatization deal in 2010 — a year and a half before the costly issues publicly surfaced, according to hundreds of pages of documents released Wednesday by ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Fraud

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Ukrainian journalists disrupt government session

In this image made from video Ukrainian journalists covering a government session stand with their backs turned on Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, not in the picture, to display identical posters attached to their shirts, in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, May ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Kiev, Mykola Azarov, Ukraine, protest

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Sunny news for staff, parents at schools taken off closing list

Despite dreary skies and occasional downpours Wednesday morning, the mood was bright and sunny at two schools spared from the CPS closing list.“Beautiful news!” said Anthony Woods, who has worked as part of the support staff at Marcus Garvey Elementary ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Marcus Garvey, Donald Williams, Anthony Woods, Leif Ericson

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Kadner: ‘Rocky Law’ awaits Quinn’s signature

For the first time in Illinois history, schools would be required to make sure that student athletes are covered by catastrophic health insurance under a bill that passed the House on Tuesday.The measure, which would cover all high school athletes, previously ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Pat Quinn, John Byrne, Napoleon Harris, Robbins (Illinois, United States)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 reports

Chief Keef arrested in Georgia hotel after staff smells marijuana

Chicago rapper Chief Keef makes no secret of his fondness for marijuana.The staff at the swanky Le Meridien Atlanta Perimeter hotel doesn’t share that fondness.Chief Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart, was arrested for disorderly conduct, after security ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Chicago, prison, Le Meridien Hotels

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Kirk said in a statement, "I support Penny Pritzker for Commerce Secretary and will introduce her alongside Senator Durbin at Thursday's confirmation hearing. I believe that, based on her extensive experience in business, she will put jobs and economic growth first. I met with Ms. Pritzker and found her to be someone who is willing to take on special interests, and I am confident her successful private-sector record and close ties to the business community will be beneficial to all of Illinois."

Sen. Mark Kirk: Backs Penny Pritzker for Commerce [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 22 2013]

Quinn ducked that question Monday in a meeting with the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, saying, "I would much rather see both houses [of the Legislature] debate the issue."

Quinn discusses Springfield's concealed carry bills [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 21 2013]

...on Monday, Cathy Youngblood, a Hyatt housekeeper who has led a national campaign to elect a hotel worker to Hyatt's Board of Directors said, "The Commerce Secretary's first concern should be to create good, family sustaining jobs for all Americans. Under Pritzker's direction, Hyatt has led the hotel industry in a race to the bottom by aggressively subcontracting out career hotel jobs to minimum wage temps. This is not the model that will lead our country to a bright economic future." I focused on UNITE HERE Local 1 because the union had been waging a battle with Hyatt for years

Hyatt Hotels workers union opposing Penny Pritzker nomination [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 20 2013]

...executive and a truly proud Chicagoan, and her unique talents and experience are a perfect fit for this important role," said Mayor Emanuel. "I am confident that she will help Choose Chicago reach the next level as it continues to find creative ways to lure tourists and convention business. I am excited at the prospect of working alongside Desiree again and I celebrate both her appointment and her success." hey

Rahm taps Desiree Rogers to chair Chicago tourism marketing group [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 20 2013]

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