1912 – 2014 AUBURN — Marguerite Coombs, 101, mother of Karin Turner, passed away Monday, June 30. Marguerite was born July 8, 1912, in Chicago, Ill., moving to Hayward, Wis., as a child. She and her husband, Donald, moved to Poland in the late 1970s to be with her daughter and son-in-law to help build […]
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David Sirota: Bills coming due in Chicago, and elsewhere
In America, there is regular ol’ corruption, and then there is Chicago Corruption, with a capital “C.” America’s third largest city is so notoriously corrupt, all you have to do is say “Chicago politics” and many people instantly start making jokes about payoffs and reciting lines from “The Untouchables.” Yet, while the Windy City’s brand […]
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Train derails, climbs escalator at Chicago airport
Investigators had not drawn any conclusions into the cause of the derailment at the end of the Blue Line at O’Hare International Airport, but were looking into whether faulty brakes, signals or human error were factors, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Tim DePaepe said Monday. The Chicago Transit Authority train operator, who was still hospitalized, […]
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Pilots grounded after landing at wrong airport
DALLAS (AP) — The pilots of a Southwest Airlines flight that mistakenly landed at the wrong Missouri airport were grounded Monday, less than a day after they touched down at a small airfield that gave them only half as much room as normal to stop the jet. Southwest Flight 4013 was traveling Sunday evening from […]
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Hip-hop version of ‘Othello’ resonates behind bars
CHICAGO (AP) — Act I, Scene 1: Four actors in well-worn coveralls and baseball caps take the stage at the county jail. They’re here to tell a tale of love, friendship, jealousy and betrayal. It’s the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy. The names and themes haven’t changed over the centuries, but the language has a modern […]
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Broadway shows to take the stage at Cross Insurance Center
Four big Broadway shows will be coming to the Cross Insurance Center in the next several months, with the first performance in October and the final show in May 2014. Shows slated to hit Bangor’s new arena include the audio-visual spectacle Blue Man Group, set for Thursday, Oct. 10; the perennial holiday favorite Mannheim Steamroller […]