All Stories from January 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Book notes: Jennifer Hudson to appear at Skokie's B&NJan 12, 2012 5:00 am - Ÿ “The Journal of Best Practices” author David Finch discusses and signs copies of his book at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Barnes and Noble — Old Orchard, 55 Old Or...
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Bad behavior abounds in well-cast 'Carnage'Jan 12, 2012 5:00 am - In Hollywood terms, "Carnage" is relatively tame violence-wise. A pet hamster may be in peril, a bunch of tulips get mauled and a cellphone gets abused, but that's prett...
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'Joyful Noise' deserves no stars. None.Jan 12, 2012 5:00 am - If all you care about in a movie is a bunch of good songs and you're not remotely bothered by suggestions of white supremacy, appallingly mixed moral messages, tasteless...
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'Contraband' traffics in IQ-challenged characters, clichésJan 12, 2012 5:00 am - "Contraband" is one those mediocre, cliché-packed action thrillers that spends 90 minutes slogging through a complex setup just so we can see how the hero - confronted b...
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Streep commands the screen (and Britain) in Thatcher bio dramaJan 12, 2012 5:00 am - In "The Iron Lady," the play's not so much the thing as the player, for Meryl Streep's uncanny channeling of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is the raiso...
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Snow job: We’re on top of it, whatever comesJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Imagine a meeting of editors sitting around a table, most with electronic information devices at hand, as well as at least three newspapers. Here’s how people talk about...
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Quinn’s initiative to reform pensionsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - While we’re not naive, we are encouraged by Gov. Pat Quinn’s initiative to build a bipartisan solution to the state’s public pension problems. In announcing the creation...
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Front page is freed from inferior BearsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Hallelujah! The final Bears front page. Now you will have to put news on the front page on Mondays (or maybe the Bulls). I just cannot understand the Herald’s love affai...
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Detention camps trample our rightsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I’m writing to address a subject that too many people in this country don’t know about. The issue is the presence of over 800 empty detention camps built across America ...
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Help me make sense of tollway planJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - You gotta love Lafleur. The Illinois Toll Authority’s director, Kristi Lafleur, was asked about the authority’s 2012 agenda by the Daily Herald’s Marni Pyke. Lafleur had...