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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 WEEKLY JOB CHANGES TOP HEADLINES Tuesday, August 4, 2009 · Chicago Business Today: Hubbub at historic Blackstone · Can hobbled Huron Consulting survive this scandal? · First American takes $50M TARP infusion · United's on-time rate, traffic levels dip · Caterpillar CEO reaffirms outlook, recovery · Deals fill south suburban industrial building · Prescriptions boost Walgreen's same-store July sales · Playboy's loss widens on weak TV, print biz · ADM shares fall after earnings miss expectations · Hewitt rises as company boosts full-year outlook · In brief: Tribune | Inland Western CEO | Factory sale/leaseback · One-quarter of Chicagoans can't see this story  CRAIN'S BLOGS · Chicago misses best-cities cut, eBay's global reach and what makes a workplace great: Enterprise City · Will Wie fit in on U.S. team? Inside the Leather · Duchossois keeps yacht docked; a surprising evening stroll: Taking Names · Catching up with Peavy, Bartman: Biz of Sports   Final Markets Dow Jones 9,320.19 +33.63 +0.36% NASDAQ 2,011.31 +2.70 +0.13% Crain's Index 76.47 +0.570 +0.751% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT New Job-Hunting Tool from Crain's Want to do a speed search of jobs offered by Chicago-area companies? Check out the new, electronic Job Seeker Edition of Crain's Book of List—with direct links to job listings for each company. Plus a direct link to Crain's stories about each employer. It's just $49. To sample and buy, go to www.ChicagoBusiness.com/jobseeker. OTHER HEADLINES · Morningstar's Mansueto shows interest in BusinessWeek BusinessWeek.com · Higher costs spur rise in U.S. consumer spending New York Times · N. Korean leader reportedly pardons U.S. journalists CNN.com · Treasurys drop as housing data improves MarketWatch Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Chicago Business Today - Aug. 4 Labor tensions flare at Michigan Avenue's Blackstone Hotel. Owner Sage Hospitality says it is making progress in talks with Unite Here, the union that claims management illegally tried to kick out. Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

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Matt McKenna, spokesman for former President Bill Clinton, announced at 7:27 p.m. ET: "President Clinton has safely left North Korea with Laura Ling and Euna Lee. They are en route to Los Angeles where Laura and Euna will be reunited with their families."

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. Gretchen Carlson's "crack research" is a clunker On Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson claimed that through her "own crack research" on the cash for clunkers program, which included spending "a tremendous amount of time on this yesterday finding out information," she determined that in "Minnesota, so far only two of these deals have actually been approved by the government." However, several media outlets have reported that, according to a survey by the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association, out of 7,500 consumers who participated in the program, approximately 2 percent of transactions have been approved. Read More Out of touch: Conservative media argue insured don't need health care reform Conservative media figures have echoed House Minority Leader John Boehner's statement that "93% of the American people have access to high-quality, affordable health insurance" by arguing that because most Americans purportedly have access to health insurance, health care reform constitutes, in Fox News host Steve Doocy's words, "blowing up the system for 5 percent" who don't. These media figures have ignored that tens of millions of Americans are underinsured and that the reform bills contain several provisions intended to benefit those currently insured. Read More Contradicting Fox's own reporting, Garrett claims stimulus "has yet to stimulate" economy On Special Report, Major Garrett asserted that Robert Gibbs "said that [a forthcoming] jobless report will also probably tabulate another several hundred thousand jobs lost, meaning the stimulus law has yet to stimulate the U.S. economy." But Fox News itself recently reported that "Obama's stimulus package ... provided some support to second-quarter economic activity," and in the remarks Garrett cited, Gibbs said that "the recovery plan, we think, is having an impact cushioning the economic downturn." Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Senate conducts historic debate on Sotomayor - Yahoo! News

Senate conducts historic debate on Sotomayor - Yahoo! News: "The Senate held a history-making debate Tuesday on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, with Republican opponents asserting she would bring bias to the bench and Democratic supporters saying she was a mainstream moderate."

Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US - Yahoo! News

Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US - Yahoo! News: "Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed U.S. journalists out of North Korea early Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally."

Silent gunman's Pa. health club shooting kills 5 - Yahoo! News

Silent gunman's Pa. health club shooting kills 5 - Yahoo! News: "An armed man strolled to the back of an exercise class at a health club in suburban Pittsburgh on Tuesday night and then pulled out two guns and started spraying bullets, leaving five people dead, including himself, and injuring at least 10 others, police and a hospital said."

ABC7 eNews

>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Tuesday, August 4, 2009 5th Lincoln Park attack reported in 5 days | VIDEO A new attack in Lincoln Park appears to be similar to other recent crimes in that same neighborhood. Chinatown shooting injures 3 Three people were in serious condition after being shot on a Chinatown street. Man killed in carjack attempt wanted to enlist A 21-year-old killed in a carjacking attempt planned to enlist in the Navy. Local plant spearheads Ford Taurus re-launch | VIDEO Ford saw a big jump in sales thanks to the cash for clunkers program. And now, he company hopes Chicago can help keep that momentum going. Babies on board for belugas at Shedd Two beluga whales at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium are pregnant. MORE STORIES Strange Deputies in 2 counties seek 120 missing goats Lottery officials investigating stolen ticket claim Gorilla who kept dead baby gives birth again SUV hits church in eastern Texas Suspected thief caught napping in car wash Consumer Local plant spearheads Ford Taurus re-launch | VIDEO Hospital Survey from Consumer Reports | VIDEO Best buy strollers Airlines use Twitter to advertise deals Nissan introduces all-electric car Healthbeat Potential glaucoma treatment tested Can TV time affect kids' blood pressure? Hospital Survey from Consumer Reports | VIDEO ACLU prepares for parental notice on abortion Another study links booze to cancer MOST POPULAR 6 shot outside a funeral service in Chicago Man accused of hacking CTA radio Police search for suspects in Lakeview beating 4 accused in lovers' quadrangle plot 5th Lincoln Park attack reported in 5 days All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 87°F 61°F Variable cloudiness with a shower or thunderstorm around Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM The Superstars 8:30 PM Scrubs 9:00 PM Primetime: Family Secrets 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Happy Birthday, Mr. President President Barack Obama turns 48 years old Tuesday. Presidents' ages at inauguration Hospital Survey from Consumer Reports For the first time, Consumer Reports is providing ratings of more than 3,400 U.S. hospitals. How Chicago hospitals rated SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North Sign up for news alerts

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says in an e-mailed statement about President Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea: "While this solely private mission to secure the release of two Americans is on the ground, we will have no comment. We do not want to jeopardize the success of former President Clinton's mission."

White House uses Web against Drudge attack - Yahoo! News

White House uses Web against Drudge attack - Yahoo! News: "The White House is turning to the Internet to hit back at a Web posting that claims to show President Barack Obama explaining how his health care reform plans eventually would eliminate private insurance."

100-million-payday-poses-problem-for-pay-czar.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

100-million-payday-poses-problem-for-pay-czar.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance: "There is little doubt that Mr. Hall is owed the money under his contract. The problem is that his contract is with Citigroup, which was saved with roughly $45 billion in taxpayer aid."

Petition drive for US Senate begins

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Crain's Daily News Alert prepared for Top Executives

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 WEEKLY JOB CHANGES TOP HEADLINES Monday, August 3, 2009 · Chicago Business Today: CEO Wasson's strategy to boost Walgreen sales · McD's focus back on beef with Angus launch · Sam's Wines closing South Loop shop · Midwest Banc to cut exec pay, eliminate 100 positions · General Growth's consolidation talk could be negotiating ploy · Loop office market falls on all cylinders · Chair of U of I's trustees resigns · SEC seeks $22M from ex-Kmart CEO · City to sell developer 5 acres for $1 · Huron plunges after scandal rocks consultancy · U of C hospital union members nix contract offer · Alaron creditors seek involuntary Chapter 7   CRAIN'S BLOGS · Northern Trust's new division focuses on recruiting athletes: Biz of Sports · Mike Madigan's power impacting daughter's future: Hinz · Antidote for office-romance risks: Enterprise City · Piven, Davlantes keep job options open: Taking Names · Birdies and bogeys: Inside the Leather  Final Markets Dow Jones 9,286.56 +114.95 +1.25% NASDAQ 2,008.61 +30.11 +1.52% Crain's Index 75.90 +0.640 +0.850% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT New Job-Hunting Tool from Crain's Want to do a speed search of jobs offered by Chicago-area companies? Check out the new, electronic Job Seeker Edition of Crain's Book of List—with direct links to job listings for each company. Plus a direct link to Crain's stories about each employer. It's just $49. To sample and buy, go to www.ChicagoBusiness.com/jobseeker. OTHER HEADLINES · 'Cash for clunkers' spinning its wheels in the Senate MarketWatch · More than 6,000 GM hourly workers leave automaker Automotive News · The story behind Chevy Volt's $40,000 sticker price Advertising Age Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Inside the Leather — Birdies and bogeys Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie are the big winners, and Lorena Ochoa and the Buick Open come up short in Ed's roundup of happenings in golf.Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Check, Please! visits Kendall College · EIA: An entrepreneur is born · New Crain's golf iPhone app SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies » Account Settings LISTEN LIVE: Traffic, weather and news from our news partner WBBM-AM.

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. AP falsehood: Obama health plan "would add around $1 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years" The Associated Press reported that "even the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says" health reform bills "with the elements Obama wants would add around $1 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years." In fact, the CBO has found that the only complete bill to be given a cost estimate "would result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-2019 period." Read More Malkin cites Katz in attack on unemployment benefits -- but Katz supports them in current crisis On ABC's This Week, conservative columnist Michelle Malkin claimed that "it was Larry Katz, who was a chief labor economist under the Clinton Labor Department, who came out with a study ... that if you keep extending these temporary unemployment benefits, you're just going to extend joblessness even more." But Katz has reportedly said that should not be a concern during the current financial crisis because of the scarcity of jobs. Read More Ignoring D.C. rally, Matthews claims "there's no public demonstration of support" for health reform Asserting that "[w]hen somebody wants something, they fill the streets of Washington," Hardball host Chris Matthews falsely claimed that "[t]here's no public demonstration of support for health care" since President Obama was elected. In fact, thousands of supporters of health care reform reportedly rallied in Washington, D.C., on June 25. Read More Malkin, Cunningham push false claim that Michelle Obama's "salary triple[d]" for working "same job" after husband elected to Senate On his radio show, Bill Cunningham asked conservative columnist Michelle Malkin whether Michelle Obama's University of Chicago Medical Center "salary triple[d]" for working "the same job" "when her husband became a U.S. senator." Malkin replied by citing a chart from her book which falsely claimed that the first lady's salary was $317,000 from 2005 to 2008. In fact, Obama's salary did not increase for working "the same job" -- in 2005, she received nearly $317,000 because of her promotion to vice president, which came with an increase in responsibility, as well as a one-time bonus and pension payout. Read More ABC's Cuomo falsely suggests Obama is culpable for billions misspent under Bush On ABC's Good Morning America, Chris Cuomo falsely suggested "a new report" found that $72 billion has been misspent this year under the Obama administration. In fact, according to the Heritage Foundation study that Cuomo cited, "The federal government made at least $72 billion in improper payments in 2008," and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) similarly found that "[a]gencies reported improper payment estimates of $72 billion for fiscal year 2008" -- when President Bush was still in office. Read More The New Yorker raises a toast to birther nut Michael Savage If you've been under the impression that right-wing radio host Michael Savage, who claims Barack Obama was born in Kenya, was schooled at a radical Islamic madrassa, and is now "raping America," was a hate merchant who operated on the edges of common decency, and represented a primetime player in the unfolding far-right campaign to delegitimize and dehumanize the president, The New Yorker wants you put those assumptions aside. Read More Drudge, Fox Nation mischaracterize Obama remarks as supporting end to private health insurance On August 3, the Drudge Report and the Fox Nation linked to a YouTube video with the headlines, "Uncovered Video: Obama Explains How His Health Care Plan Will 'Eliminate' Private Insurance" and "2007 Video! Did Obama Say He Wants to Kill Private Insurance?," respectively. However, the video clip cropped Obama's comments and mischaracterized them: Obama was not discussing the elimination of private insurance, but rather how health insurance could transition from a system of primarily "employer coverage" to a "much more portable system." Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Former President Bill Clinton headed into North Korea on Tuesday to try to win the release of two women journalists who have been detained since March 17, a Clinton source told POLITICO.

Judge names Katherine Jackson permanent guardian - Yahoo! News

Judge names Katherine Jackson permanent guardian - Yahoo! News: "A judge says Michael Jackson's mother should raise the King of Pop's children.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff appointed Katherine Jackson as the permanent guardian of the singer's three children during a court hearing in Los Angeles on Monday."

ABC7 eNews

>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Monday, August 3, 2009 Fuel leak evacuates homes | VIDEO Several streets near Harlem and Oakton in Niles, Ill., are closed while crews work to clean up after an overturned fuel tanker. Police warn about sneak-attack robberies | VIDEO Chicago police are warning citizens about a group of robbers that attacks victims and steals wallets and cell phones after dark in the city's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Welcome home, more troops! | VIDEO Governor Pat Quinn joined hundreds of family members and friends at Soldier Field in welcoming troops home from Afghanistan. Man injured in Kankakee Co. plane crash The pilot of an ultra light plane was hurt in a crash Sunday night in Kankakee County. July sets 85-year Ill. record as coolest Last month was Illinois' coldest July since 1924. MORE STORIES Strange SUV hits church in eastern Texas Suspected thief caught napping in car wash Taxi service allows patrons to decide fares Jobless woman sues college for $70K in tuition Migrant slipped into UK aboard border agents' bus Consumer Free update for security flaw in iPhones Amazon sued over Kindle deletion of Orwell books Honda recalls vehicles due to airbag defect Frigidaire recalls clothes washers due to fire hazard Microsoft, Yahoo agree on long-sought search deal Healthbeat Sick and Uninsured Study finds 150 percent rise in student injuries New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon Many children suffer Tamiflu side effects Morning sickness may indicate smarter offspring MOST POPULAR 6 shot outside a funeral service in Chicago Man drowns trying to save his children Man killed, woman hurt in carjacking attempt Fuel leak evacuates homes Ind. infant dies after car hits stroller All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 87°F 66°F A couple of showers and a thunderstorm; overcast this morning, becoming breezy this afternoon with times of clouds and sun Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Sugarland: Live on the Inside 8:00 PM Dating in the Dark 9:01 PM Dating in the Dark 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Winnetka woman gets fallen soldier's heart "I have a heart of a 22-year-old Army Ranger who was a bonafide hero," she told ABC7 Chicago in an exclusive interview. Pastries from the pantry: Quick baking recipes It's 7p.m. and your child informs you have a bake sale or class party tomorrow morning. The last thing you want to do is head to the market. Easy 1-2-3 Meringue CHOCOLATE CLUSTERS PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS I'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North Sign up for news alerts