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Jesse Jackson Jr. didn't read his own book: 'It's About the Money!'
There's no way America can fully understand the odd expenditures of guilty former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. — like those $7,058 stuffed elk heads — without reading a special book. It's called "It's About the Money!" by the Rev. Jesse L....
Tags: Punishment, U.S. Senate, FBI, Trials, Politics
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Jacksons' guilt a tale of excess
Tribune reporters— It was the kind of runaway spending usually reserved for someone with newfound riches — a holistic retreat, a cruise, pricey restaurant tabs, flat-screen televisions and even a pair of stuffed elk heads —and former Congressman Jesse...Tags: U.S. Senate, FBI, Politics, Prosecution, Jesse Jackson
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Jacksons' case a tale of runaway spending
Tribune reportersIt was the kind of runaway spending usually reserved for someone with newfound riches — a holistic retreat, a cruise, pricey restaurant tabs, flat-screen televisions and even a pair of stuffed elk heads —and former Congressman Jesse Jackson...Tags: U.S. Senate, FBI, Politics, Prosecution, Jesse Jackson
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Boosters want to turn Pullman into national park
A group of Chicago residents and preservationists are working to win federal approval to turn the entire Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side into a national park. If approved by Congress or proclaimed a national monument by the president,...
Tags: Politics, Tourism and Leisure, Melissa Harris, Business, Dick Durbin
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Kelly defends against ethics allegations in Jackson Jr. race
Clout StreetDemocratic congressional candidate Robin Kelly defended herself from a state inspector general’s report and an internal audit that alleged she violated timekeeping rules during her failed campaign for state treasurer in 2010. Speaking after a...Tags: Dan Rutherford, South Side, Politics, Values, Primaries
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For Jackson, the rules do apply
WASHINGTON -- Jesse Jackson Jr. arrived in court wearing a leather bracelet, not the gold-plated Rolex watch he bought with $43,350 in federal campaign cash. The former congressman's head was bare, unadorned by the Michael Jackson fedora, purchased with...
Tags: Mayo Clinic, Trials, Starbucks Corp., Justice System, Politics
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Old-school Beavers by the numbers in federal court
There's nothing like watching a defense lawyer in federal court playing three-card monte with his mouth. Sam Adam Jr. didn't set up a table and put three bent cards in front of the federal jury. And he didn't play that other, similar game, the one with...
Tags: The Pointer Sisters (music group), Billy Dee Williams, Lawyers, Politics, Justice System
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Obama helps unveil Rosa Parks statue at Capitol building
President Obama took time out of his schedule Wednesday to help unveil a new statue of civil rights activist Rosa Parks at the Capitol building in Washington. Parks, who died in 2005, is the first black woman to be honored with a life-size likeness in the...
Tags: Civil Rights, U.S. Congress, Justice and Rights, Arts and Culture, U.S. House of Representatives
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Elk heads made this month's Moutza easy
Is it possible that a husband and wife could win the coveted February Moutza of the Month award, for buying stupid stuffed elk heads with other people's money? Perhaps. Because in America, it is said, even dead elk dreams may come true. Or what...
Tags: Dov Hikind, U.S. Senate, Academy Awards, Parties and Movements, Robin the Boy Wonder (fictional character)
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Illinois Republicans: Get ready for Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire bull in the quaint Illinois Republican china shop, sat down with me Wednesday morning at a diner on LaSalle Street to talk about politics. Are you running for governor? "I am thinking about it," said Rauner, 57, a...
Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Parties and Movements, Illinois Governor, Politics, Bobby Jindal
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Sources: Jesse Jackson Jr. writing memoir to 'clear up his legacy'
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty last week to misusing $750,000-plus in campaign money, is writing a memoir, two sources familiar with the project told the Tribune. Jackson, 47, will be sentenced June...Tags: U.S. Senate, Trials, Lawyers, Justice System, Politics
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Winter storm dumps snow from Oklahoma to Great Lakes
Associated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For the second time in a week, a major winter storm paralyzed parts of the nation’s midsection Tuesday, dumping a fresh layer of heavy, wet snow atop cities still choked with piles from the previous system and making travel...Tags: Science and Technology, Global Warming, Washington, DC, Business, Droughts
Feb 21, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 20, 2013
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Feb 21, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Feb 21, 2013
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Feb 21, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 15, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 1, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 27, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
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