Chuck Goudie
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Chicago ties to newly released John Lennon FBI fileDec 05, 2011 3:43 pm - “Monday Night Football” was in its heyday 31 years ago this week and on ABC, where it began. The Miami Dolphins were playing the New England Patriots in the old Orange B...
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Hard lessons for study-abroad studentsNov 29, 2011 5:20 am - The United States plants nearly 300,000 diplomatic land mines around the world each year and the number is increasing. Officially they are known as SACS: Study abroad co...
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Horseplay history repeats itself in Penn State caseNov 20, 2011 5:34 pm - It was just horseplay. That's what he said. But it wasn't sexual. That was his defense to the allegations that he sexually abused children. It was horseplay, nothing mo...
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Before crying “freedom of speech” you should know what it meansOct 19, 2011 4:10 pm - The Constitution is getting quite a workout on Wall Street, across the Loop and Sunday morning in Grant Park, where 175 Occupy Chicago demonstrators were arrested. And ...
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If there's a War on Gangs, police and public are losingOct 10, 2011 10:13 am - The police like to call it a war. The War on Street Gangs. Gives it a tidy, official title that sends a succinct message to the public: we've put the problem in a pac...
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Would 'Hanoi Jane' be an enemy combatant today?Oct 03, 2011 10:17 am - Jane Fonda was a traitor to America in 1972 and still is if you talk to many Vietnam War veterans. Judging by the airstrike against American terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki, F...
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Cellphones in school and other things “unnecessary”Sep 26, 2011 8:49 am - At a family wedding over the weekend, one of my very successful, all-grown-up daughters was having a conversation with some middle-aged couples about the old days. She w...
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Questions about Valerie Percy murder outlive her fatherSep 18, 2011 9:31 pm - If you believe in heaven, then Chuck Percy, the former Illinois senator who died over the weekend, finally can answer the questions he never could in life: who murdered ...
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Time to let go of Sept. 11 observancesSep 11, 2011 6:50 pm - NEW YORK CITY — Sept. 11 isn’t just a date that will live in infamy. It has become an entire industry. From airport upgrades and jetliner retrofitting to public surveill...
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Perfect spiral of words from Barrington native CousinsSep 06, 2011 9:24 am - Its really too bad Kirk Cousins got away from Illinois. This year’s wunderkind of the Big 10 grew up in Barrington before moving to Michigan for high school. Now Cousins...