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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Friday, December 18, 2009 Fire breaks out at Michigan Ave. store | VIDEO A small fire broke out in a mall on Chicago's Magnificent Mile Friday morning. Traffic was shut down, and the incident could have an impact on holiday shopping. Convicted serial killer awaits sentencing | VIDEO After spending the night sequestered, a Chicago jury could decide Friday whether a man convicted of murdering 11 women should be sentenced to death. Surviving Mumbai gunman: I met terror suspect | VIDEO The only Pakistani terrorist captured alive during last year's Mumbai massacre now says he met with Chicago terror suspect David Coleman Headley after being arrested. RTA board approves 2010 budget The Regional Transit Authority board has approved its 2010 budget, which means some fare hikes for Metra riders and service cuts and layoffs for the Chicago Transit Authority. Statue of Chicago sportscaster legend repaired A granite statue memorializing Chicago sportscaster Jack Brickhouse is back on display after a full renovation. MORE STORIES Strange News Ohio man drops $72 on a taco Green Bay hockey players dispatch stray bat Eatery offers discount for sandwich tattoos Dinosaur, Loch Ness monster on courthouse display City requires firefighters at candle services Consumer British Airways wins court order barring strike Privacy watchdog files complaint against Facebook Airlines waiving fees during holiday season Stimulus used to expand Internet network Free online shipping ending Healthbeat Healthbeat Report: CPR | VIDEO New CDC estimate: 1 in 110 children have autism Swine flu vaccine for all: Restrictions lifted MOST POPULAR 1 dead, 2 injured in Chicago crash Fire breaks out at Michigan Ave. store Woman captures alleged theft on video School officials pull drug story at student paper Hero honored for saving motorcyclist's life All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 39°F 29°F A litle snow at times, rain mixed in early in the day Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Supernanny 8:00 PM 20/20 9:00 PM 20/20 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Healthbeat Report: CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation can more than double the chances of survival for someone who has a heart attack. 'Curry: A Global History' "Curry" is a word that is too often misunderstood. Most people think it's spicy, or that it's a powder from India. Hungry Hound SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Sign up for news alerts

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Viewing on a PDA? Click here.   To view this email in a web browser click here. CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SEARCH TOP HEADLINES Thursday, December 17, 2009 · Video: Business travel outlook · First Community Bank of Joliet parent accepts $22M in TARP aid · Illinois jobless rate dips to 10.9% in November · YMCA names former Tribune exec as new CEO · UAL forecasts Q4 revenue slide · Illinois Supreme Court delays ruling on med-mal caps · Discover's profit hurt by rise in bad loans · Sears board OKs $500 million more for stock buybacks · General Growth considers stock offering · Quinn gets Jesse White's endorsement for guv. · In brief: Law firm move | Burlington Coat | Inland Diversified · 10 things to do this weekend  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Revamping the venture capital model; Prepping for a recovery? Not so fast: Enterprise City · PGA Tour chief in damage control mode; BMW extends Western Golf pact; ode to White Sox favorite Dick Allen: Biz of Sports · Diana Montague bows out of Lyric's 'Figaro': Taking Names · The latest job changes and appointments: People on the Move  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,308.26 -132.86 -1.27% NASDAQ 2,180.05 -26.86 -1.22% Crain's Index 85.11 -1.300 -1.504% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Celebrate This Holiday Season with Christmas Seals® Support the American Lung Association's Christmas Seals® and continue the fight against lung cancer, childhood asthma, secondhand smoke, air pollution and influenza. Visit ChristmasSeals.org OTHER HEADLINES · Senate panel backs Bernanke for a second term at Fed New York Times · Blackberry e-mail problem resolved: RIM CNBC · Oprah invites Tiger to talk NBC 5 · What's in your water? Browse contaminant levels throughout the nation New York Times Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Dec. 17 A survey shows more than half of corporate travel managers expect to increase trips next year. Find out what the travel trends and expectations are for '10.Read More · Entrepreneurs in Action - Lesson Learned · Check, Please! visits Vie · Enterprise City — a small-business blog SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.

White House hits back at Howard Dean attack on healthcare reform bill / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

White House hits back at Howard Dean attack on healthcare reform bill / The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com

White House hits back at Howard Dean attack on healthcare reform bill

GOP's global warming rumble: Sarah Palin v. Arnold Schwarzenegger - Yahoo! News

GOP's global warming rumble: Sarah Palin v. Arnold Schwarzenegger - Yahoo! News

GOP's global warming rumble: Sarah Palin v. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Top Mexican Drug Boss Killed in Navy Shootout - WSJ.com

Top Mexican Drug Boss Killed in Navy Shootout - WSJ.com

Mexican Navy special forces have killed one of the country's top drug kingpins in a shootout in the central city of Cuernavaca, notching an important victory in President Felipe Calderón's three-year-old clampdown on narcotics trafficking.

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Thursday, December 17, 2009 Murder charges filed in bicyclist's death | VIDEO A 21-year-old man was allegedly involved in a gang altercation when he struck and killed a bicyclist Tuesday in the Logan Square neighborhood. Rep. Davis endorses Brown for Cook Co. | VIDEO Congressman Danny Davis got out of the Cook County Board presidential race last month. Now, Dorothy Brown's candidacy has gotten his backing. Bank robbery suspect arrested A suspect is in custody after allegedly robbing a TCF Bank at a grocery store in Buffalo Grove. Secret agent man? Terror suspect and the CIA In a swirl of cover-up accusations and conspiracy theories, the Central Intelligence Agency Thursday strongly disputed reports that Chicago terror suspect David Coleman Headley worked as a CIA secret agent at any time. Merrillville doctor arrested in Italy An Indiana doctor wanted on fraud charges was found living in a tent in northern Italy. MORE STORIES Strange News Eatery offers discount for sandwich tattoos Green Bay hockey players dispatch stray bat Dinosaur, Loch Ness monster on courthouse display City requires firefighters at candle services Blagojevich talks Elvis at film forum | VIDEO Consumer Callers of all incomes ditching landlines for cell Domino's Pizza changes recipe Product Recalls: Timberland children's boots Comcast launches new online service Product Recalls: Split pea soup Healthbeat Vitamin C supplements linked to cataracts Smaller fingers give women a more sensitive touch? CDC study: US life expectancy at all-time high MOST POPULAR Gov't plans to re-indict Blagojevich by February Police: NFL player dies day after dispute Missing Gary boy found dead Murder charges filed in bicyclist's death Chicago man found dead in police lockup All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 39°F 23°F Plenty of clouds this morning, then clouds and sunshine this afternoon Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Grey's Anatomy 8:00 PM Grey's Anatomy 9:00 PM Private Practice 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope I-Team Report: Lasting Ties An Ill. lawman goes on TV with the I-Team to blow the whistle on ethical misconduct by his own state agency. Holiday Favorites: Tracy Butler Each year at the holidays, our anchors for ABC7 News at 11 a.m. like to share some of the gifts they love to give and receive. Today it's Tracy Butler's turn. Holiday Favorites: Linda Yu Holiday Favorites: Sylvia Perez SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Sign up for news alerts

Chris Henry, dead at 26, could have been a role model - Shutdown Corner - NFL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Chris Henry, dead at 26, could have been a role model - Shutdown Corner - NFL Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Chris Henry, dead at 26, could have been a role model

Davis endorses Brown for Cook Co. - 12/17/09 - Chicago News - abc7chicago.com

Davis endorses Brown for Cook Co. - 12/17/09 - Chicago News - abc7chicago.com

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis threw his support behind Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown on Thursday in the race for Cook County board president, a post he once considered for himself.

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

China’s climate negotiators have told Western counterparts they can’t agree to an “operational agreement” on climate change that President Obama had hoped to achieve before arriving in Copenhagen -- and will push instead for a short, noncommittal collective statement at the end of the talks, according to American delegation sources.

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Viewing on a PDA? Click here.   To view this email in a web browser click here. CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SEARCH TOP HEADLINES Wednesday, December 16, 2009 · Video: Local investor teams with Schrager for Ambassador East · UAL, city still at odds on funding O'Hare expansion · Bayless bust a bust: USDA visits eateries to look for illegal meat · Playboy shares drop after Iconix reportedly breaks off talks · Baker & McKenzie signs lease to move · Lincoln Park Hospital site handed over to new owners · Strategic Hotels to sell Paris property · Crown Imports owners sue one another over marketing · State Farm drops plan to leave Florida · CME clears $119M in credit default swaps in debut · Loan problems dog lifestyle center · Soldier Field bond downgrade by Fitch sparks ire of sports authority chief  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Appolicious lands $2M in VC cash; most small businesses still resist Web; the upside of entrepreneurship: Enterprise City · Big Ten should stay at 11 schools: Biz of Sports · Obamas cut receiving lines from some holiday receptions: Taking Names   Final Markets Dow Jones 10,441.12 -10.88 -0.10% NASDAQ 2,206.91 +5.86 +0.27% Crain's Index 86.41 +0.460 +0.535% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Celebrate This Holiday Season with Christmas Seals® Support the American Lung Association's Christmas Seals® and continue the fight against lung cancer, childhood asthma, secondhand smoke, air pollution and influenza. Visit ChristmasSeals.org OTHER HEADLINES · Fed says economy improving, though slowly New York Times · Consumer prices in metropolitan Chicago edge upward Chicago Sun-Times · Gov't agency sits on posh site near Mag Mile, pays no taxes CBS2 · Playboy on iPhone has to have fun with its clothes on MinOnline Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today — Dec. 16 Hotelier Ian Schrager finds a local investor to help him buy the landmark Ambassador East Hotel and its famed Pump RoomRead More · Entrepreneurs in Action - Lesson Learned · Check, Please! visits Vie · Enterprise City — a small-business blog SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Board rethinks magnet school admissions | VIDEO The Chicago school board convened Wednesday in a meeting that could change the way students get into the district's magnet schools. Missing Gary boy found dead | VIDEO The body of a Gary, Ind., boy reported missing Monday afternoon has been found. Police said there is no reason to believe the public is at risk. Bicyclist struck, killed in hit-and-run Chicago police are looking for the driver who struck and killed a bicyclist and then fled the scene. Blago to go to court, then debate about Elvis Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich likes to refer to Elvis Presley during public appearances and even crooned one of his idol's songs at a block party in August. Toys R Us semi robbed on South Side Police are seeking the Grinches who stole from a Toys R Us semi truck Tuesday morning on the Far South Side. MORE STORIES Strange News Blago to go to court, then debate about Elvis Book 99 years overdue returned to library Money robbed from bank mailed back Bill seeks to lower volume of TV ads The North Face files lawsuit against parody Consumer Callers of all incomes ditching landlines for cell Millions of shades, blinds recalled | VIDEO Survey: Some shoppers to skip post-holiday sales Airports try to improve customer service Bill seeks to lower volume of TV ads Healthbeat Breakthrough protects new moms from infection Overweight teens may develop sleep problems Kids' swine flu shots recalled, not strong enough MOST POPULAR CPD discharges cop in bartender beating Missing Gary boy found dead Bicyclist struck, killed in hit-and-run Family: Missing boy may have gun Teen charged in attacks on joggers All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 25°F 16°F Partly to mostly sunny and cold Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Disney Prep & Landing 7:30 PM The Middle 8:00 PM Modern Family 8:30 PM Cougar Town 9:01 PM Eastwick 10:00 PM ABC 7 News Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope The case of the vanishing visa files One week after the ABC7 Iteam uncovered questions about how two accused Chicago terrorists obtained foreign visas, the suspects' records have vanished from Chicago's Indian consulate. I-Team: Terrorism Chicago terror suspect denied bond Headley pleads not guilty to new charges Chicagoan charged in Mumbai terror attacks Champagne isn't all that sparkles Bubbly doesn't have to cost a lot this holiday season- especially if you don't limit your libations to champagne. Hungry Hound Holiday Tips SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Sign up for news alerts

White Americans' majority to end by mid-century - Yahoo! News

White Americans' majority to end by mid-century - Yahoo! News

The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.

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Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Conservatives grab for Tea Party cash

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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Richard Durbin go to the White House today to discuss using an Illinois prison to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay

Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Fox & Friends crops economic adviser's comments to claim "mixed messages" on recession On Fox & Friends, guest host Peter Johnson Jr. said there is an "amazing disconnect" between White House economic advisers Christina Romer and Larry Summers over whether or not the recession is over, after he aired clips of Summers saying that "everybody agrees that the recession is over" and Romer saying that, in her mind, "of course" the recession is not over. However, Fox & Friends omitted the part of Romer's comments in which she said we've "reached" the end of the recession according to "the official definition," "at least in terms of GDP" -- a statement that is consistent with Summers' remarks. Read More Fox & Friends off the rails on claim that stimulus money went to "save" Napa wine train Trumpeting a report by Sen. John McCain and Sen. Tom Coburn on "wasted" stimulus funds, Fox & Friends hosts Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Peter Johnson Jr. repeatedly claimed that $54 million in stimulus money went to "save" a wine-tour train in Napa Valley, when in fact, the funds are for an Army Corps of Engineers project "designed to minimize flooding of downtown Napa," which requires the relocation of the Wine Train. Read More In return to Jennings beat, FoxNews.com's Lott rehashes book smear In an article headlined "Obama's Safe Schools Czar Tied to Lewd Readings for 7th Graders," FoxNews.com's Maxim Lott reported that Department of Education official Kevin Jennings "is under fresh attack after it was revealed that the pro-gay group he formerly headed recommends books his critics say are pornographic." But Lott did not note until the 13th paragraph of his article that the list of books recommended by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) for grades 7-12 included the disclaimer that they "contain mature themes" and the recommendation that "adults selecting books for youth review content for suitability"; moreover, at least two of the "critics" cited by Lott have a history of anti-gay bigotry. Read More Quick Fact: Rove baselessly claims stimulus package "impeded" the economic recovery On The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News contributor Karl Rove baselessly claimed that "the stimulus bill was not stimulative" and that he thought Obama's policies "impeded the recovery." But the Congressional Budget Office estimated that stimulus spending through September had saved or created as many as 1.6 million jobs and added as much as 3.2 percent to U.S.gross domestic product. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Hannity lets Bachmann advance dubious claim that Christina Romer projected "5.5 million jobs lost" under health care bill http://mediamatters.org/items/200912140047 On his Fox News show, Sean Hannity allowed Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to baselessly claim that health care reform would "mean 5.5 million jobs lost and that's according to his own economist, Christina Romer." Hannity and Bachmann cited no evidence to support the claim, which Politifact has called false and "problematic"; the claim is further undermined by Romer's prediction that health care reform "would allow lower unemployment in the short and medium run." Bachmann: "President Obama's bill will mean 5.5 million jobs lost, and that's according to his own economist, Christina Romer" From the December 14 edition of Fox News' Hannity: BACHMANN: We need bipartisan reform, and we Republicans are there ready, willing, and able. We want bipartisan reform. Let's scrap what we have and let's move forward, because President Obama's bill will mean 5.5 million jobs lost, and that's according to his own economist, Christina Romer. HANNITY: Congresswoman, you have the distinction of being the second-most hated Republican woman in the country. And I -- BACHMANN: Or second-most loved. HANNITY: Or the second-most loved. That's fair enough. Does it bother you, all the heat and the criticism you've been taking? No evidence that Romer ever claimed health care reform would "mean 5.5 million jobs lost" Politifact: Claim is "problematic and contrary to how Obama's economic adviser said the model should work." According to PolitiFact.com: Obama's economic adviser -- Christina Romer, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers -- has never said that a tax in the health care bill would cost up to 5.5 million jobs. Republicans have used her 2007 research to develop a calculation for job losses for any type of tax increase. If you have a number for tax revenues generated, then this model will give you a number of jobs lost. But there are factors that make this type of analysis troublesome when it comes to the health care bill. Romer's 2007 research, for example, said that tax increases that fund spending for social programs tend to balance out, and economic growth stays on an even keel. Another problem is that the Republicans take tax increases that happen over 10 years and treat them as if they happen in one year, which inflates the numbers of jobs that might be lost. Finally, this particular Republican analysis includes more taxes than just the surtax of page 336; it also includes the employer mandates of page 313. We find this analysis to be problematic and contrary to how Obama's economic adviser said the model should work. [PolitiFact.com, 11/4/09] Romer: "Health care reform is an economic necessity." In a June 2, 2009, op-ed, Romer wrote: Health care reform is more than a social imperative -- it is an economic necessity. A new study by the President's Council of Economic Advisers demonstrates that the current American health care system is on an unsustainable path. Without health care reform, American workers and families will continue to experience eroding health care benefits and stagnating wages caused by the pressure of escalating health insurance premiums. And without reform, rising spending on Medicare and Medicaid will lead to massive and unsustainable Federal budget deficits. [Romer op-ed, Yahoo! News, 6/2/09] Romer: Health care reform will "allow lower unemployment." Romer also wrote in her op-ed, "Controlling health care cost growth would allow lower unemployment in the short and medium run, without putting pressure on inflation. Employment could be 500,000 higher for a number of years." [Romer op-ed, Yahoo! News, 6/2/09] Contact: Sean Hannity hannity@foxnews.com http://twitter.com/hannityshow Contact: Fox News Channel FOX News Channel 1-888-369-4762 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 http://twitter.com/foxnews Contact: Hannity http://twitter.com/hannityshow You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.