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At annual meeting, McDonald's CEO fields questions on nutrition, wages
Tribune reporterMcDonald's executives fielded a number of questions at the company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday, including its role in the global obesity epidemic, marketing to children and wages for entry-level workers at its restaurants. "We don't sell junk...Tags: Corporate Officers, Foods and Beverages, Companies and Corporations, Employees, Healthy Diet
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In 'Roadkill' and 'h.g.,' powerful shows for small audiences
Tribune criticThere's nothing new in Chicago about theater in small spaces — that's a crucial part of the city's aesthetic. If you glance at my recommended shows, you'll see several pieces staged in theaters with fewer than 100 seats, including "Rabbit,"...Tags: Rentals, Celebrities, Bucktown, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago Humanities Festival
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Summer 2013: 10 theater shows for a sunny Chicago
Two components of many a Chicago summer of live entertainment are absent this year — there's no Cirque du Soleil tent at the United Center and no Riverfront Theater at the Tribune Company's Freedom Center. So you'll have to go camping for fun...
Tags: Celebrities, Richard & Robert Sherman, The Lion King (movie), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Cirque du Soleil
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Musicals to 'LeapFest,' 41 more shows for your summer
Just when you thought it was safe to get out of your house and into the long-delayed sunny season, Chicago theaters of all sizes unleash some of their most promising offerings of the year. When you're ready for a break from the beach and the ballpark,...
Tags: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, John Cameron Mitchell, LGBT Pride Month, Broadway Theater, Palace Theater
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Toned down 'Today Show' hits Chicago
Big picture, not much went right for the “Today Show's” planned broadcast from Chicago this week. First, terrible, significant news happened in Oklahoma, meaning stars Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie would never make it to the live location...
Tags: Fishing, RPM Italian, Al Roker, Desirée Rogers, Bill Rancic
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Where else to get Jurassic
Where else to see dinosaurs if you can't make it to "Erth's Dinosaur Petting Zoo": "Dinosaurs Alive!" at Brookfield Zoo: Life-size animatronic reptiles mix with the animal exhibits through Oct. 27. Including dinosaur newcomers (Styracosaurus and...
Tags: Brookfield Zoo, Museums, Museum of Natural History, Arts and Culture, Paleontology
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Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination
TribuneHundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Employees, Barack Obama, Unions, McCormick Place
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Choking is easily averted, but always a tragedy
Fred Y. Sasaki put on a red tie and his gray suit. He was not a man who typically dressed up, but tonight was special. At 80 years old, Sasaki had built a successful career as a dry cleaner. He had just spent the day with his grandson. And now he was...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wrigley Field, Steaks, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods
Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...
Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Chicago Mayor, Chicago Loop, McCormick Place, United Center
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Plan aims to turn Navy Pier into more of a park
Navy Pier, the highly commercial tourist attraction jutting into Lake Michigan, will take on a more parklike feel under the first phase of redevelopment plans formally announced Friday. Due to cost constraints, the initial $176 million remake does not...
Tags: Chicago Hotels, Chicago Restaurants, Manhattan (New York City), Tour Operations Industry, Architecture
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Get Out: A few ways to make Sunday the best day of your week
If Cher could turn back time: For a woman who turns 67 on Monday, Cher seems to be turning back time in the aging department. The Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club is throwing her a birthday brunch and bash a day early. Although Cher will not be attending,...
Tags: Transportation, Travel, Vegetarian Diet, Railway Transportation
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Symptoms, Wrigley Field, Science and Technology, Malpractice, Psychiatry
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