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By Lynn Sweet | Get In Touch: @lynnsweet | lsweet@suntimes.com By Lynn Sweet
Sweet, Washington - December 6, 2013 7:26 am President Obama guidance and press schedule, Dec. 6, 2013. Christmas Tree lighting
By Dale Bowman | Get In Touch: @BowmanOutside | outdoordb@sbcglobal.net By Dale Bowman
Sports, Stray Casts - December 6, 2013 4:49 am Fish of the Week: Compassion of the lakefront perch
Yellow perch on the Chicago lakefront–“limit after limit”–were the Thanksgiving week story, drawing as many as 200 fishermen to cram into the new spot at the slip north of 87th Street. Ray Hinton sent this photo of John Austin at 87th with a couple quality keepers. Austin just buried his mother last week. “We made sure
By Joe Fernandez | Get In Touch: @JoeyThinCrust | jfernandez@suntimes.com By Joe Fernandez
Inside the Bulls, Sports, Sports Pros(e) - December 5, 2013 10:57 pm VIDEO: Derrick Rose talks about his knee injury, career
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By Cindy Pearlman | Get In Touch: @cindypearlman | CindyLPearlman@yahoo.com By Cindy Pearlman
Arts & Entertainment, None, The Daily Sizzle - December 5, 2013 8:34 pm Ready for Her Close Up: Connie Britton Shares Her At-Home Beauty Secrets
LOS ANGELES – There is a saying in Nashville: The higher the hair, the closer to God. Long before she started playing Rayna Jaymes on the hit ABC series, Connie Britton was feeling sort of religious. “I literally just found a picture of myself from high school with a perm,” Britton whoops. “I have just
By Lynn Sweet | Get In Touch: @lynnsweet | lsweet@suntimes.com By Lynn Sweet
Sweet, Washington - December 5, 2013 7:28 pm Lynn Sweet on FOX News: Obamacare checkup
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By Mike Thomas | Get In Touch: @MikeTScribe | mthomas@suntimes.com By Mike Thomas
Arts & Entertainment, The Daily Sizzle - December 5, 2013 5:53 pm UP Comedy Club hosts comedy-music charity bash in early 2014
Here’s a list of folks who’ll appear onstage January 6, 2014 for a 90-minute sketch-and-improv performance at UP Comedy Club’s first-ever “Our Living Room Show” benefit, which supports Onward Neighborhood House and Letters to Santa: Aidy Bryant (“Saturday Night Live”), Kevin Dorff (formerly a writer on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”), TJ Jagodowski (“TJ &
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News - December 5, 2013 5:50 pm Feb. 13, 1990 Editorial: South Africa’s big step on a path to justice
Note: This editorial was originally published February 13, 1990, two days after Nelson Mandela was released from prison. With the release of Nelson Mandela, South Africa took one long step on the road from violence and tyranny toward justice and peace. It was a step deserving of all the jubilation that attended it. Still ahead,
By Hedy Weiss | Get In Touch: @ | hweiss@suntimes.com By Hedy Weiss
Arts & Entertainment, The Daily Sizzle - December 5, 2013 5:16 pm The Party is About to Begin for Joffrey Ballet’s Annual “The Nutcracker”
The Joffrey Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” is one of the most enduring annual rituals of the holiday season. And now, after a Thanksgiving week run of the classic at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center, the company is back home, warming up for its Chicago engagement, running Dec. 6-28 at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress.
By Lynn Sweet | Get In Touch: @lynnsweet | lsweet@suntimes.com By Lynn Sweet
Sweet, Washington - December 5, 2013 5:11 pm Obama taps Laura Ricketts, Cubs exec, fundraiser, to Kennedy Center Board
WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama on Thursday tapped Laura Ricketts, a Chicago Cubs co-owner and a major fundraiser for his White House campaigns, for a spot on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board. From the White House: Laura M. Ricketts, Appointee for General Trustee, Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center
By Emily McFarlan Miller | Get In Touch: @emmillerwrites | emiller@suntimes.com By Emily McFarlan Miller
Transportation - December 5, 2013 4:57 pm COMMUTER ALERT: Train service getting back to normal at Union Station
Sun-Times Media Wire Rail service at Union Station is slowly returning to normal after a switching problem hampered service on three Metra lines during the evening rush. The switching problem prevented rush-hour trains stored in the Metra rail yard from entering Union Station to pick up passengers, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said. The issue crippled
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