More Chicago schools to go year-round - 4/22/09 - Chicago News - abc7chicago.com

More Chicago schools to go year-round - 4/22/09 - Chicago News - abc7chicago.com: "More Chicago public school students will be attending year-around schools next year. Officials say they will more than double the number of schools that operate all year long."

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CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA WEEKLY JOB CHANGES TOP HEADLINES Wednesday, April 22, 2009 · Trib sheds 53 newsroom jobs as parent seeks court OK to pay $13M in bonuses · $200K helps keep StreetWise on streets · CEO of YMCA Metro Chicago resigns · McDonald's profit tops estimates · Boeing reports drop in profit, cuts 2009 forecast · Wind power convention shifts to Chicago · Green activists tilt windmills on Mich Ave bridge · River North nightclub files for bankruptcy protection · North Side developers face $11 million in foreclosure suits · First Midwest misses earnings expectations · GE replaces CB Richard Ellis on suburban portfolio · NorthShore names new Skokie Hospital president  · Madigan out to kill RTA? Hinz blog · Hot list finds what's old is new again in Chicago: Taking Names blog · Jingle rattles Cubs fans; ticket brokers enjoying Bulls, Hawks success: Biz of Sports blog  Final Markets Dow Jones 7,886.57 -82.99 -1.04% NASDAQ 1,646.12 +2.27 +0.14% Crain's Index 63.38 -0.420 -0.658% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Support the Chicago River's continued recovery & get benefits such as FREE admission to the McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum by joining our museum's Corporate Club. Learn the benefits to your company, community & the environment at bridgehousemuseum.org. OTHER HEADLINES · Maggie Daley to undergo surgery today Chicago Sun-Times · Freddie Mac executive found dead New York Times · Bulls' Rose is NBA's rookie of the year Daily Herald Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today - April 22 Playboy stripped of its NYSE listing? McDonald's benefits from recession Boeing suffers from it. Filene's Basement scooped up by liquidator. A new restaurant to open in Bennigan's old downtown space. And Exelon wants to go green on the South Side.Read More · Crain's full coverage of General Growth · Chicago's largest privately held companies · Entrepreneurs in Action: TopGolf · Road to Recovery: What's ahead for Chicago SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies Executives » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.

Parental Engagement and Juvenile Justice Town Hall Forum

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here   Parental Engagement and Juvenile Justice Town Hall Forum  _____________________________________________________________________   African-American juveniles make up 85% of its juvenile justice system population in Cook County - and this is one of the reasons why black students are dropping out of school.    Find out what you and your children can do about this.   This discussion will focus on the racial disparities in the Juvenile Justice System - and ways to keep students out of the system.     Featured speakers include: David Wells  Executive Director, Juvenile Intervention Support Center  Annazette Collins, Illinois State Representative (10th District) Chairman of Juvenile Justice Reform Committee Kathleen Bankhead Chief, Juvenile Justice Bureau, Cook County State's Attorney  Edith Crigler Associate Director, Chicago Area Project _____________________________________________________________________  Thursday, April 30, 2009 Chicago Urban League 4510 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60653 6:00 p.m.  - 8:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.     Please RSVP to Candace Willis (773) 451-3610 cwillis@thechicagourbanleague.org _____________________________________________________________________  Tell a Friend Chicago Urban League | 4510 Michigan Avenue | Chicago | IL | 60653

Stroger Watch

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has once again demonstrated that he is unfit to manage a multi-billion dollar budget. His latest involvement in the the Donna Dunnings/Tony Cole scandal is another example of his severe lack of judgment. Below is the news release issued by the Cook County Republican Party calling for the resignation of Todd Stroger. Unfit to Govern Cook County GOP News Release - 4/22/09 CHICAGO— The Cook County Republican Party calls on Todd Stroger to resign as Cook County Board President immediately. Stroger and his administration refuse to directly answer taxpayer questions about hiring practices in county government and now we know of at least two employees engaged in activity representing a serious breach of ethical standards. Stroger hired his cousin, Donna Dunnings and a man he met at a restaurant, Tony Cole, without vetting them or conducting proper background checks. This kind of irresponsible management of county staff is not an isolated incident - it is a hiring culture Stroger has created that rewards county jobs to unqualified people without asking substantive questions...read more... Stroger Aide, CFO Dunnings Resigns Chicago Sun-Times - 4/17/2009 Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has ousted his cousin from her $175,701-a-year job as the county's chief financial officer amid questions about her dealings with a recently fired county patronage worker. Donna Dunnings resigned after Stroger asked for her resignation "in the wake of Dunnings' disclosure of issues related to a personnel matter that could conflict with her abilities to fulfill her responsibilities" as CFO, Stroger's office said in a press release this morning...read more... County Commissioners call for State and Federal probe Southwest News Herald - 4/21/09 Fearing that the county's funds may have been abused, Cook County Commissioner Lawrence Suffredin (D-13th District) called on the U.S. Attorney to investigate the circumstances surrounding the firing of Cook County Chief Financial Officer Donna Dunnings....read more... Todd Stroger leaves unanswered questions Chicago Tribune - 4/21/09 Cook County Board President Todd Stroger today continued his media rounds to answer questions about why he dumped his cousin, one of his administration's top officials, amid an imbroglio over their contacts with a felon Stroger hired, promoted and later fired. But during a session with newpaper reporters at his fifth floor office, he broke little new ground and left many questions unanswered, as he has done in a string of broadcast interviews he's granted since he informed the Tribune of the resignation early Friday morning...read more... Time for Todd Stroger to answer key question Chicago Sun-Times - 4/21/09 Cook County Board President Todd Stroger must understand one key fact: Getting rid of his chief financial officer, his first cousin Donna Dunnings, won't make the scandal involving her and her former employee, Tony Cole, go away. Stroger blames his political foes for his problems, but he has been less than forthright on the scandal....read more... Commissioner Tony Peraica on Fox News ReformCookCounty.com - 4/20/09

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. Media continue to ignore Cheney role in authorizing torture tactics Media outlets continue to cite Dick Cheney's criticism of President Obama for releasing previously classified Justice Department memos authorizing the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques while ignoring Cheney's self-acknowledged role in authorizing the use of those techniques. Read More Hannity decries use of "the 'B' word," unless Ted Nugent is using it about Clinton Sean Hannity decried Perez Hilton's use of "the 'B' word" in reference to Carrie Prejean, saying, "I can't think of anything more vicious, more mean, more insulting, more degrading." But Hannity did not object when Ted Nugent referred to Hillary Clinton as a "worthless bitch." Read More Politico omits Blair's reported statement that costs of techniques "far outweighed" the benefits The Politico reported that Dennis Blair stated that harsh interrogation techniques yielded "high-value information" but did not note Blair's reported statement that the costs of those techniques "far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us." Read More Scarborough falsely compared harsh interrogations to military training programs Joe Scarborough asserted that interrogation techniques, such as "sleep deprivation and working on phobias" used against detainees, are no different from those used in U.S. military training programs. However, officials familiar with both dispute the comparison. Read More Media ignore falsehood in Miss California's same-sex marriage response Numerous media figures have suggested that Carrie Prejean lost the Miss USA pageant because of the "honesty" of her response to a question about same-sex marriage. But the suggestion that Prejean was merely giving her opinion ignores a factual falsehood in Prejean's response. Read More Fox News runs with dubious claim that KSM's interrogation thwarted L.A. plot Fox News hosts and contributors have advanced the assertion that the use of harsh interrogation techniques on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed "stopped an attack on the Library Tower in Los Angeles." But the Bush administration said that the attack was thwarted in February 2002 -- more than a year before Mohammed was captured. Read More Media cite DOJ memo to claim link -- refuted by Bush timeline -- between KSM waterboarding, thwarted L.A. plot Media figures have pointed to a 2005 Justice Department memo to claim that the use of waterboarding on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed caused him to reveal information intelligence officials used to foil a plot to attack the Library Tower in Los Angeles. But according to the Bush administration, the plot was broken up more than a year before Mohammed's capture. Read More MSNBC's Buchanan falsely attributed dubious OLC memo claim to Hayden-Mukasey op-ed Pat Buchanan attributed the claim that the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on detainees allowed intelligence officials to foil the Library Tower plot to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Michael Hayden and Michael Mukasey. In fact, Mukasey and Hayden made no such claim in their op-ed. Read More NBC's Mitchell falsely suggests Blair letter expressed approval for interrogation methods Andrea Mitchell claimed that director of national intelligence Dennis Blair's statements appear to differ from President Obama's rejection of enhanced interrogation policies, when, in fact, Blair made clear in an April 16 letter that he opposed them. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Gangs deeply rooted on U.S. side of Mexico border

Gangs deeply rooted on U.S. side of Mexico border: "Homeowner Cosme Liscano is fed up with the gangs in his neighborhood in this Texas town near the Mexican border."

As Bush adviser, Rice delivered OK to waterboard

As Bush adviser, Rice delivered OK to waterboard: "As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA's request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, the earliest known decision by a Bush administration official to OK use of the simulated drowning technique."

Wednesday Report: CB replaced | Michigan Avenue eatery | North Side foreclosure suits

GE replaces CB Richard Ellis on suburban portfolio (Crain's) — In an apparent bid to battle rising vacancies while cutting costs, GE Real Estate is changing the management of its sprawling suburban Chicago office portfolio, replacing CB Richard Ellis Inc. with three rival firms. The switch comes about a month after executives with the unit ... Read More New eatery signs at former Bennigan's on North Michigan Avenue (Crain's) — The owners of a popular Wicker Park pub plan to open a new watering hole in the former Bennigan's on North Michigan Avenue. The 210-seat restaurant at 225 N. Michigan Ave. will be called Sweetwater Tavern & Grille, says Chris Bisaillon, an officer with Bottleneck Management LLC, ... Read More • North Side developers face $11 million in foreclosure suits • Hawaii rancher buys suburban industrial building • River North nightclub files for bankruptcy protection • Banner day at soon-to-be-renamed Sears Tower Download Crain's Directory of Chicago Real Estate Dealmakers Submit an event for our weekly calendar. Send us news of your job change. Get news from ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com delivered free to your desktop

Prosecutors say pirate was brazen ringleader

Prosecutors say pirate was brazen ringleader: "Prosecutors say Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was not shy about making his presence known on the Maersk Alabama, brazenly tearing through the ship in a way that belied his young age and skinny, 5-foot-2 frame."

This man knew exactly what he was doing.

Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official

Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official: "David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide."

High court hears reverse discrimination arguments

High court hears reverse discrimination arguments: "The Supreme Court is weighing whether a Connecticut city's decision to scrap a promotion exam for firefighters because too few minorities passed violates the civil rights of top-scoring white applicants"

Report links CIA to military harsh interrogations

Report links CIA to military harsh interrogations: "The brutal treatment of terror detainees and prisoners by members of the military followed directly from the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques, according to a Senate report that is likely to add fuel to the debate over the United States' use of torture."

Blagojevich told to stay home | Crain's Chicago Business

Blagojevich told to stay home Crain's Chicago Business: "A federal judge dashed indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's reality TV dreams Tuesday, refusing to give the ousted Democrat permission to travel to Costa Rica to tape a show in the jungle."

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CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA WEEKLY JOB CHANGES TOP HEADLINES Tuesday, April 21, 2009 · Blago seeks court OK on funds, travel · Guv's new pick for hospital panel steps down · Baker shrinks pay for some lawyers · Cat posts first quarterly loss since 1992 · Northern Trust profit off mark · United trims capacity, reports Q1 loss · Restaurateur buys eatery's River North location · Discover under pressure from charge-offs, government · Court keeps Barrington firm's assets in deep freeze · Equity LifeStyle stock rises after first-quarter results · CF investors feeling takeover pressure: Agrium · In brief: Lego store | Dominick's | Sam Zell | Jays site  · More $85M questions for Giannoulias; TIF reform at City Hall; Blago sheared: Hinz blog · Another Obama friend DC-bound; Italian water tariff; Starlight challenge: Taking Names blog · Comcast, NFL Network in FCC fight; industry leaders join golf Hall of Fame: Biz of Sports blog  Final Markets Dow Jones 7,969.56 +127.83 +1.63% NASDAQ 1,643.85 +35.64 +2.22% Crain's Index 63.80 +1.630 +2.622% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Support the Chicago River's continued recovery & get benefits such as FREE admission to the McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum by joining our museum's Corporate Club. Learn the benefits to your company, community & the environment at bridgehousemuseum.org. OTHER HEADLINES · Veteran federal judge James B. Moran dies Southtown Star · Lollapalooza announces lineup NBC5.com · Hilton hotels subpoenaed over spying CNN Money · Everything I know about marketing I learned from Susan Boyle Advertising Age Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today - April 21 Crash landing for Midway Airport deal. UAL posts sixth straight quarterly loss. More cuts at the Sun-Times. Plus: Chicago hotels may see a turnaround before other major cities. And Trotter's doesn't make the list of the world's 50 best restaurants.Read More · Chicago's largest privately held companies · Crain's full coverage of General Growth · Entrepreneurs in Action: TopGolf · Road to Recovery: What's ahead for Chicago SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies Executives » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.

Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet

Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet: "In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed in Tuesday on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right size. The other is in the right place. European researchers said they not only found the smallest exoplanet ever, called Gliese 581 e, but realized that a neighboring planet discovered earlier, Gliese 581 d, was in the prime habitable zone for potential life."

Obama invites Mideast leaders for separate talks

Obama invites Mideast leaders for separate talks: "President Barack Obama will invite the Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders to the White House in the coming weeks for separate talks on moving forward with the Middle East peace process, the White House said Tuesday."

Report Details Pentagon Role in Torture Tactics

Report Details Pentagon Role in Torture Tactics: "Opponents of last week's release of memos detailing CIA interrogation techniques argue that they will provide enemies of the United States with a training manual to prepare their operatives for capture. The irony is that the U.S. military appears to have done the exact opposite, taking a training program that had been designed to prepare American soldiers to withstand torture by communist regimes seeking to extract false confessions, and twisting it into a highly controversial interrogation manual."

eHarmony Finally Comes Out of the Closet | NBC Los Angeles

eHarmony Finally Comes Out of the Closet NBC Los Angeles: "No, gays and lesbians can't join eHarmony.com, but thanks to a New Jersey court ruling, the online dating giant was forced to create a separate-but-equal website."

This is outrageous. This country is going to hell in a hand basket.

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. NBC report on NY Times' five Pulitzers ignores military analysts report Brian Williams reported that "The New York Times led the way with five [Pulitzer Prizes], including awards for breaking news and international reporting" but did not note that the Times' David Barstow won for his reporting on the connection between numerous media military analysts and the Pentagon and defense industries. Read More Contradicting Bush Justice Dept., Angle equated waterboarding of terrorists, trainees Fox's Jim Angle stated that President Obama considers waterboarding "too harsh to use on terrorists," and contrasted this with its use in training some U.S. military members. However, a Bush Justice Department memo noted that individuals undergoing waterboarding for military training are "obviously in a very different situation from detainees undergoing interrogation." Read More Scarborough slowly walked back criticism of Obama's interaction with Chavez Since criticizing President Obama's smile and handshake with Hugo Chavez, Joe Scarborough has gradually walked back that criticism, ultimately saying, "I'm glad [Obama] smiled." Read More Fox's Angle did not disclose that "analyst" Holmstead is an energy lobbyist Jim Angle aired Jeffrey Holmstead's criticisms of possible Clean Air Act regulations of greenhouse gases without mentioning that Holmstead works as a lobbyist on behalf of energy companies. Read More Politico doesn't challenge comparison of Obama health care plan to UK and Canada Politico uncritically quoted Richard Scott's falsehoods about President Obama's health care plan, including his comparison between the public health insurance option supported by Obama and the health care systems in Canada and Great Britain. Read More Media quote Cheney on torture memos without noting his role in matter Media outlets have quoted Dick Cheney's criticism of President Obama for releasing previously classified Justice Department memos that had authorized the CIA's use of harsh interrogation techniques without noting Cheney's self-acknowleged role in authorizing the use of those interrogation techniques. Read More Lost in Hannity's "liberal translation": the full context of Axelrod's "unhealthy" comment Sean Hannity aired a clip of David Axelrod's Face the Nation appearance and claimed that Axelrod had "some interesting commentary about the tea parties." But Hannity did not provide the question to which Axelrod was responding, which was about both tea parties and secession. Read More Fox Nation advances dubious report that "Obama actually delayed pirate rescue" Following the rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, The Fox Nation touted a dubious WorldNetDaily report -- nearly all of which echoes an anti-Obama chain email -- claiming that Obama "actually delayed [the] pirate rescue." Read More Wash. Times editorial misleadingly crops Summers' remarks on increasing cost-effectiveness to finance health coverage A Washington Times editorial misleadingly cropped Lawrence Summers' comments on funding universal health care to falsely suggest that Summers is advocating for cutting health care expenditures "by almost 30 percent" using "cost-effectiveness" regulations. Read More Conservative media's take on torture: A laughing matter Numerous conservative media figures have downplayed, mocked, and jeered the notion that the use on detainees of harsh interrogation techniques authorized by the recently released Justice Department memos constitutes torture. Read More CNBC hosts fail to challenge Pence's debunked cap-and-trade claim CNBC's Power Lunch hosts failed to challenge Mike Pence's debunked Republican claim that a cap-and-trade program would cause "the utility rates of every American household go up by more than $3,100 per year." Read More Kristol falsely suggested DNI Blair supports torture techniques On Special Report, Bill Kristol falsely suggested that Dennis Blair supports the harsh interrogation techniques outlined in Bush administration memos, while President Obama has "repudiated the use of them." In fact, Blair has made clear that he opposes their use. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.