Method Man’s community service.
Tag: Vol. 36 No. 47
Issue of Aug. 16 – 22, 2007
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The feds pony up for city recycling
The U.S. EPA is contributing $60,000 to help Chicago improve recycling.
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Picasso’s sculpture turns 40
Remembering Royko on the Picasso, which turned 40 this week.
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Q: What Queen got her start in Joliet?
Foodie Fight is Trivial Pursuit for food nerds.
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The Organic School Project is no more
Greg Christian pulls the plug his organic school lunch program for CPS.
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Tension growing on the west side
West-side leaders disagree on how much tension there is between police and angry residents.
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Don’t call this number
Want to be an investigative producer for WBBM TV? Your first test: figure out how to call the station.
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SF transcending itself
If you don’t realize that time was stopped in 70 A.D., check out Adam Gopnik’s latest review.
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A Sucker’s System
In effect, the city is proposing to divert roughly $67 million in property taxes from the chronically broke schools, parks, and county on the shoulders of an $8 million project. Only in Chicago would this kind of deal stand a chance.
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Speaking of great guides to the city . . .
‘Chicago Confidential,’ Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer’s seamy guide to 50s Chicago.