Peculiar Polling Places
I spent the day looking for the oddest polling places in Chicago and here is what I found!
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Bionic Man
Many of us would complain that it’s a burden to ascend three floors, but for Zac Vawter, climbing to the third floor of the Willis Tower today was an accomplishment and making it to the 103rd floor was historic.
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How Bad Will the Mortgage Crisis Get?
The credit markets are seizing up and the uncertainty recently drove up short-term interest rates for municipalities and some rock-solid institutions such as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to 20%. And now even so-called prime borrowers, the ones who were properly vetted, are being sucked into defaults on their mortgages. Yet it’s still a relatively small number of institutions and individuals getting hurt by this not-yet-a-recession. So what’s the worst that could happen?
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Ugly win for Bears
As Julius Peppers entered the locker room, he spoke for nearly everyone in the organization and probably its fan base when he exclaimed, “Winning ugly.”
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NY court finds pole dancing can be taxed
ALBANY, N.Y. – Pole dancers might be athletic and artistic but their performances don’t qualify for tax-exempt status under New York law, a state court ruled on Tuesday.
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Suspected spa gunman pleaded for help
The man suspected of killing three women and wounding four others in a shooting rampage at a Milwaukee-area spa where his estranged wife worked had recently posted pleas for help “to get out of Wisconsin” on his Facebook page.
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A Giant comeback
The San Francisco Giants blanked the St Louis Cardinals 5-0 on Friday to stave off elimination and extend the National League Championship Series (NLCS) to a sixth game back at their home ballpark.
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Cardinals take a 3-1 series lead
Is everyone all geared up to see the NL’s fifth best team and the AL’s seventh best team square off in the World Series?
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Cards win 3-1
I spent last night trying to stay dry as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants following a two-and-half hour rain delay.
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Latinos may choose next US President
A recent Pew Hispanic Center report on trends in Latino voter participation counts a record 24 million Latinos as eligible to vote in November’s presidential election (11 percent of all potential voters). It also finds that Latinos are particularly important in several battleground states. Their rising numbers and geographic concentration suggest that if and how Latinos vote on November 6 could determine the race.
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