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January 2012 Program Guide
Staff reporterSUNDAY, JANUARY 1 LEARN HOW TO RIGHT A WRONG "Consumer justice" is a "consummation devoutly to be wished" but not always attained. Jon Yates, official problem solver columnist for the Chicago Tribune has just done a book on how to get your money back...Tags: Religious Texts, Jon Yates, Arts and Culture, Science, History (tv network)
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Extension 720 March Program Guide
Staff reporter- March 1: Our guests (Dick Simpson and Andy Shaw) discuss the state of corruption in Cook County. - March 2: We review current news concerning religion, with guest Manya Brachear of the Chicago Tribune. - March 3: In our Web broadcast on WGN2,...Tags: Chicago, Isaac Stern, Health and Safety at School, Judaism, Illinois
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Transcript of Andy Martin political ad
ANDY MARTIN: I'm Andy Martin, Republican candidate for United States Senator. I approve this message because Illinois Republicans deserve the truth about their candidates. I have over 40 years of experience and integrity fighting corruption and...Tags: Elections, Gays and Lesbians, Lake County (Illinois), Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Fed probe widens to Senate vacancy
Tribune staff reportersA three-year federal corruption investigation of pay-to-play politics in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration has expanded to include his impending selection of a new U.S. senator to succeed President-elect Barack Obama, the Tribune has learned. Federal...Tags: Richard Nixon, Jesse Jackson, Government, Lawyers, Rod Blagojevich
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Governor Urged to Reconsider Proposed Tax Increases
(WGN-AM) - Booze backers are urging Governor Pat Quinn to reject a proposed hike in the liquor tax. The American Beverage Institute says hiking taxes on alcohol would put an additional strain on liquor distillers and sellers, and put 4,500 people out...Tags: State Budgets, Personal Income, Cook County Board of Commissioners, State Income Tax, Pat Quinn
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Christopher Kennedy Considering Run for U.S. Senate
(WGN-AM) - A son of the late Robert F. Kennedy is considering a run for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama, the latest member of his family dynasty to take a stab at politics. The seat Christopher Kennedy is interested in is now...Tags: Massachusetts, Government, Rod Blagojevich, Colleges and Universities, Executive Branch
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Conrad Black Getting Another Chance
(WGN-AM)- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a potentially significant appeal from Conrad Black, the jailed former newspaper executive who contends he was wrongly convicted under a broadly worded anti-fraud law that makes it a crime to deprive...Tags: Finance, Government, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Crime
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Blagojevich Appears in Play Spoofing Him
(WGN-AM) - Ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says the Second City show that lampoons his political rise and fall is "baloney." While introducing the show during a guest appearance Saturday, Blagojevich went on to joke that he hadn't actually...Tags: Television, Government, Entertainment, Rod Blagojevich, Executive Branch
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Cutting Social Services?
I have a question about all of these social services that Governor Quinn says will have to be cut? Who are they? Who runs them? What kind of value do we receive for the money? Are any of them organizations that were set up by politically connected...Tags: Chicago, Englewood, Society, Social Issues, George Ryan
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David Hernandez Arrested in Normal, Ill. After Failed Suicide Attempt
(WGN-AM)- When Chicago sports radio personality Mike North returned to the spotlight in January with a new morning cable TV show, his special guests included Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz and Mayor Richard Daley. North also introduced sports fans to...Tags: Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Suicide, Government, Entertainment
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Milt Program Guide Dec 08
Staff reporterMONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST REFLECTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM- OPEN LINE Tonight after the Northwestern basketball game, Milt will take your phone calls in response to a few articles recently written concerning the terrorist attack in Mumbai and, more...Tags: Finance, Government, Rod Blagojevich, John Kass, Executive Branch
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Milt Program Guide Jan 09
Staff reporterTHURSDAY, JANUARY 1ST OPEN-LINE We’ll continue our discussion tonight of the Blagojevich scandal and take your phone calls. Now that the dust has begun to settle, are you still certain Blagojevich should be impeached and convicted of a crime?...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Lost (tv program), Psychiatry, U.S. Airways, Rod Blagojevich
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