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The Ugliest Holiday (from The Layne Brain)

Like the blooming of jonquils, the reappearance of robins, and looming NFL player disputes, the emergence of pastel fashions, kaleidoscopic eggs, and a giant white rabbit who delivers candy to already sugar dependent kids can only mean one thing – Easter is on its way. I confess – Easter is my least favorite holiday. In... Read more »
By mjlayne,
April 23, 2011 at 11:28 am
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Japan Braces as New Threat Looms (from TheLayneBrain)

Scant weeks since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility was slammed by a mammoth tsunami resulting in a deadly release of radiation, Japan now nervously awaits an even more ominous peril which could threaten the very existence of the beleaguered island nation. In what Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano regards as “a likely realization of Japan’s... Read more »
By mjlayne,
April 5, 2011 at 1:54 pm
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ATM Fees Pile Up Chicago Consumers' Debt Loads- Know How

Maximum Americans use a major portion of their earning to pay off their credit card interest every month. In addition to this, if you are a consumer in Chicago you have to pay a premium to use cash as well. Wondering how is this possible? Read on to know the answer explicitly. If you are... Read more »
By marcbrown,
April 4, 2011 at 11:44 pm
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Libyan Madman Detained in US (from TheLayneBrain)

New York - In a shocking revelation, the New York Times reports that beleaguered Libyan strongman, Moammar Gadhafi, is not only living comfortably in the US, but served as 55th governor of New York from 2008 to 2010.  In addition to charges of obstruction of justice, illegally acquiring World Series tickets, and his alleged involvement in... Read more »
By mjlayne,
March 25, 2011 at 11:56 am
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The Layne Brain - Daylight Savings (and Other Lies)

It is time once again to participate in that semiannual fraud in which we, the well educated, reasonably intelligent citizens of the United States, run through our homes changing 214 of our 215 clocks, struggling to recall how to reset our digital watches, all to delude ourselves into believing by merely advancing the hands of time by... Read more »
By mjlayne,
March 9, 2011 at 9:12 am
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Today's top ChicagoBreakingNews stories

One of my favorite sites on the whole interwebs is ChicagoBreakingNews. After talking with Dan Haar, the chief of the tremendous breaking news /rewrite staffers that make that baby hum, he thought it might be fun to condense the days breaking news into a nice, neat little recap so you knew what the best stories... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
February 19, 2010 at 3:13 pm
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Obama's 2011 budget a setback for White House open government initiatives

UPDATE 11:14 am – Thanks for folks on the NICAR listserv, some data is here. They have that new book smell. Today was set to be a glorious day for CAR and data geeks around the country as President Obama unveils his $3.8 trillion 2011 budget. But the buzzkill has set in. While some folks... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
February 1, 2010 at 10:43 am
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What you read last year: Chicago's most circulated library books of 2009

Chicagoans love to read. We love books, real ones. So much so that we made 2009 a second record-setting year for circulation with 9.2 million items checked out in the first 11 months of the year, according to Chicago Public Library spokeswoman Ruth Lednicer. So what are we reading? You may be surprised to find... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
January 6, 2010 at 1:37 pm
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Gitmo detainees headed to Thomson, answering Flora's prayers

Prisons have been a big business in Illinois since the 80s. In fact, as downstate economies depressed following passage of the Clean Air Act that decimated Illinois’ coal industry, towns turned to…you guessed it, prisons as engines of economic sustainability recovery. It’s a little late, but as the Barbed Wire Choir of Flora asked in... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
December 15, 2009 at 11:15 am
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Obama pardons a turkey

Share Obama pardoned his first turkey in the White House this morning, and no it wasn’t George W. As is part of presidential tradition, President Obama spared one lucky turkey from being feasted upon this Thanksgiving... Read more »
By MalloryHoke,
November 25, 2009 at 1:37 pm
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