Chuck Goudie
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Obama 'likes to smoke a couple cigarettes' before flyingMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The reason there is no such thing as an "ex-Marine" is because they are the best of the best, toughest of the tough, etc. of the etc. Despite that, I became concerned ab...
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An open letter to Mayor Richard M. DaleyMay 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Dear Mr. Mayor, If you are reading this letter, it is probably because a copy was given to you by one of your aides or perhaps one of the many suburban business executiv...
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Protectors of Pagano's Metra: The Way to Really Hide?May 16, 2010 11:00 pm - "Metra. The Way to Really Hide." That jingle would be appear to have been apropos for some top employees at Chicago's commuter rail agency in the wake of the latest publ...
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Terror try exposes Backslapping and Personal Admiration SocietyMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - The "Mission Accomplished" banner should have taught public officials a few lessons. When President George W. Bush stood on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln with that...
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In Chicago, good grades: $50; a nice gun: invaluableMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - In Chicago, guns are apparently more valuable than grades. That is evident from the price list that will be in effect on Saturday, when Mayor Richard M. Daley deploys po...
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Putting the ill in Illinois and some other thingsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A few things you won't read anywhere else: • The Democratic Illinois U.S. Senate candidate helped manage a failed family bank that loaned money to mobsters. The Republic...
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A 30 and out retirement plan? HardlyApr 18, 2010 11:00 pm - This symbol: - 30 - is something you will never see at the beginning of a new story. For generations of reporters, it signified the end of a story they had written. Most...
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A summer sizzler: The case of the mob's missing diamondApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - As Chicago's summer tourist season approaches, and the imported palm trees begin to take root along Oak Street Beach, Michigan Avenue will once again be crammed with bew...
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Politics at the podium just part of the plan or really party crashing?Apr 04, 2010 11:00 pm - As an enlightened young man of 2010, Alexi Giannoulias admits that he is a great fan of the ladies' book club favorite "Three Cups of Tea." Mr. Giannoulias, single for n...
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What the feds really found in mob boss' Oak Brook houseMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Maybe it was the striped T-neck that flattered his he-man chest. Or it could have been the unshaven jowls, a look that would one day define actor Patrick Dempsey of TV's...