Mark Guarino
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Lightfoot promises 'reform is here' as she becomes Chicago's 56th mayorMay 22, 2019 6:38 am - Lori Lightfoot, who ran for Chicago's top job as a first-time reform candidate with few ties to the city's entrenched political structure, was sworn in as its 56th mayor...
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Aurora shooter was convicted of beating girlfriend with baseball bat, stabbing herFeb 18, 2019 7:00 pm - A disgruntled employee who fatally shot five people and wounded five officers at an Illinois warehouse Friday severely beat a woman years ago in a domestic violence inci...
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Jugs with mugs have their own museum in EvanstonOct 23, 2018 6:11 am - EVANSTON - When Stephen Mullins was in summer camp and sent his mother six ceramic drinking jugs he bought for $1 apiece, he didn't anticipate that that single gesture h...
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Wheaton gun show bans AR-15 sales, landing it at center of gun-control debateMar 05, 2018 12:33 pm - The last place one might expect to hear pushback against the National Rifle Association would be at a gun show here in Wheaton, which reliably votes Republican every ele...
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Blues finally get its due at new Chicago museum opening in 2017Nov 03, 2015 5:10 am - CHICAGO - Buddy Guy, the legendary Chicago guitarist, sums up the need for a national blues museum with something that his mother once told him. "She said, 'Son, if you ...
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Music to spring forNov 03, 2021 6:21 pm - Don't look up: Spring is here, no matter what the dark skies tell us. To celebrate, here is a rundown of the essential new releases in stores this month. R.E.M., "Ac...
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Vampire Weekend plays against the hypeNov 03, 2021 4:23 pm - Vampire Weekend lives up to its billing--at least this time In the era of Internet celebrity, when everyone is famous therefore making fame irrelevant, bands that make i...
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Radiohead to headline this summer's LollapaloozaNov 03, 2021 4:23 pm - Radiohead will headline this summer's Lollapalooza festival Aug. 1-3 in Grant Park in Chicago. Organizers announced 120 bands will play the festival, now in its fourth y...
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Nada Surf soldiers forwardNov 03, 2021 3:54 pm - After 12 years of making albums, Matthew Caws had one goal in mind when starting his newest: "Not to blow it." Not likely. "Lucky" (Barsuk), the latest from celebrated B...
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Former Kinks Ray Davies brings rough, exciting show to ChicagoNov 03, 2021 3:29 pm - Magazine spreads in trendy magazines and corporate rock shows in sports arenas will tell you punk is now just fashion and pose, the facile combination of a generation t...
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