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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Monday, June 28, 2010 Ruling puts Chicago gun ban in jeopardy | VIDEO In another dramatic victory for firearm owners, the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional Chicago's 28-year-old strict ban on handgun ownership, a potentially far-reaching case over the ability of state and local governments to enforce limits on weapons. Blago Tapes: Winfrey a 'kingmaker' On Monday morning, jurors heard secretly recorded conversations in which former governor Rod Blagojevich ponders naming Oprah Winfrey to the U.S. Senate. Woman charged in DUI crash to take stand The Aurora woman charged in a drunk driving crash that killed five teens is expected on the stand in her own defense Monday. 2 killed in Wilmette crash Two women were killed in a crash just before 3 a.m. in the 700-block of Sheridan Road in Wilmette. Heroin abuse on the rise in Chicago Heroin abuse in the Chicago area could be the worst in the country according to a study being released Monday by Roosevelt University. Kiddieland demolition to begin Demolition was scheduled to begin Monday morning at the former site of Kiddieland. MORE STORIES Strange News Crowds get Taste of one-ton cheesecake | VIDEO Couple weds at Wis. grocery store American wins 11-hour tennis match Driven to distraction: 15 cats in car is too risky Parent brawl erupts at kindergarten graduation Consumer Kellogg recalls 4 cereals for odd odor, flavor iPhone 4 owners report reception problems Over 2M cribs recalled, mostly drop-sides Ill. company's BBQ chicken products recalled Consumer Reports reviews energy-efficient dehumidifiers Healthbeat Diabetes drug's risks may outweigh its benefits 1 in 10 heart-related deaths linked to diabetes Healthbeat: Turning Killers into Cures | VIDEO Snacks seem to help teens control weight FDA suggests ways to dispose of old medicine MOST POPULAR Judge denies delay request in Peterson case Ruling puts Chicago gun ban in jeopardy Ill. inmate died in agony while pleading for help Two men shot in Uptown Chicagoans celebrate with Pride Parade All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 83°F 59°F Pleasant and not as hot with sunshine and patchy clouds Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM The Bachelorette 6 9:02 PM True Beauty 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope Kagan pledges deference to Congress Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan pledged Monday to be properly deferential to Congress if confirmed as a justice and to strive to "consider every case impartially, modestly, with commitment to principle and in accordance with law." WATCH LIVE: Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing Chicagoans celebrate with Pride Parade A colorful celebration took place Sunday in the Lakeview neighborhood as hundreds of thousands of revelers celebrated after Chicago's 41st Annual Pride Parade. WATCH ABC7's Pride Parade Coverage Stanley Cup headed to Gay Pride parade 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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CHICAGOBUSINESS — POWERED BY CRAIN'S — Daily Business Briefing CRAIN'S LISTS SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MULTIMEDIA COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SEARCH TOP HEADLINES Monday, June 28, 2010 · Video: Demystifying Magnetar · From Monday's print edition: Northwestern's Kellogg School seeks jolt from new dean · U.S. Supreme Court's ruling casts doubt on Chicago's handgun ban · Old Second Bancorp discloses regulator order, plans to raise capital · Downtown office vacancy highest since 2005 · Junior lender gets control of Allerton for now · Boeing shares take wild ride before market opens · Abbott Labs gets FDA approval for gonorrhea, chlamydia tests · More Gas City sites hit with foreclosure suits · Kraft sells Polish Cadbury business to Lotte Group · Boeing dodges strike in St. Louis · Blagojevich trial: Ex-guv mulled putting Oprah in Senate  CRAIN'S BLOGS · 3-D for sports makes your HD television obsolete; opening footage of Sox TV series: Business of Sports · 'Glorious day' for pro-gun forces; Claypool charges campaign aides harassed; question for Giannoulias on Blago subpoena: Greg Hinz · Earth Friendly Products founder on pros of going green; Barry Moltz on business superheroes; should you race the tax man when selling your biz? Enterprise City · Rita Canning sees spirits ignite after charity thrift store burns to ground: Taking Names  Final Markets Dow Jones 10,138.52 -5.29 -0.05% NASDAQ 2,220.65 -2.83 -0.13% Crain's Index 88.51 -0.460 -0.517% » View Other Top Headlines ADVERTISEMENT Crain's Blogs. Now You're Talking. Sure to pique your interest every business day, Crain's expert bloggers expound on government, small business, after-hours with Chicago's elite, golf and the business of sports. Click here to read what Greg Hinz, Shia Kapos, Ed Sherman and other Crain's reporters are saying today. And talk back, they'd love to hear from you. OTHER HEADLINES · CPS class sizes to return to normal levels: Huberman Chicago Sun-Times · Justices uphold Sarbanes-Oxley Act New York Times · Is Amazon dooming Kindle? MarketWatch Crain's Chicago Business | 360 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 ADVERTISEMENT TODAY'S FEATURES Check, Please! on Graham Elliot Media Director Susan Ortner finds the food pairings at Graham Elliot incredible. She says the meals are prepared with a lot of love and heart — plus a light touch. Read More · Enterprise City — a small-business blog · Chicago Business Today — June 28 · A data-driven look at Mayor Daley's legacy SIGN UP FOR CUSTOM ALERTS Industries Companies   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. Right-wing media distort testimony to claim Obama knew about Blagojevich "quid pro quo" Right-wing media are misrepresenting testimony from former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's aide John Harris to claim President Obama knew that Blagojevich wanted a Cabinet post in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett to the Senate. In fact, Harris provided no evidence that Obama was aware of a proposed "quid pro quo"; the allegation is reportedly based on Blagojevich's unsupported claim that he was "confident" his wishes had been relayed to Obama. Moreover, there's no evidence that anyone at the White House did anything improper in relation to the Blagojevich scandal Read More Fox's "straight news" falsely reports federal agencies are boycotting Arizona Fox News' America's Newsroom falsely reported that "two federal agencies are joining the push to boycott Arizona" by cancelling "conventions" there. In fact, the Department of Education says it will be holding a conference in Arizona next week, and the Border Patrol said they did not cancel any conferences in Arizona. Read More Fox absurdly claims ICE official doesn't "believe in immigration enforcement" Fox News falsely claimed that new ICE official Harold Hurtt is "a sanctuary city supporter" who doesn't "believe in immigration enforcement," since he has expressed concerns about local police "in the field" enforcing immigration law, concerns that are widely held among law enforcement leaders. In fact, Houston under Chief Hurtt was not a "sanctuary city," according Fox's own definition, and he has reportedly said that in his role at ICE, "he will support local law enforcement agencies' decision to participate in any ICE program of their choosing, even if it involves questioning suspects on the street about their status." Read More Fox News revives falsehood that Kagan "ke[pt] military recruiters off Harvard Law's campus" Previewing Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing next week, Fox News repeated the conservative myth that she "ke[pt] military recruiters off Harvard Law's campus." In fact Harvard law students had access to military recruiters throughout Kagan's tenure as dean -- either through Harvard's Office of Career Services or through the Harvard Law School Veterans Association. Read More Wash. Times compiles its distortions and falsehoods into one massive attack on Kagan In a June 25 editorial, The Washington Times compiled the numerous distortions and falsehoods that have run on its opinion pages into one editorial headlined "The Case Against Kagan." Read More Do right-wing media still trust Jon Kyl "implicitly"? Many conservative media figures vouched for Sen. Jon Kyl's "integrity" after Kyl accused President Obama of having said he refuses to "secure the border" in order to force the GOP to support comprehensive immigration reform. Will these media figures report that Kyl now says his comments were "taken a bit out of context" and referred to "the president's base" and not the administration? Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.

Friday's Daily Brief of the Huffington Post

2010-06-25       The Daily Brief     Les Leopold: Why the Wall Street-BP Double Standard? AP Les Leopold: The captains of high finance are demanding that we reduce public debt, which we ran up to bail them out and deal with the mass unemployment they caused. That takes a lot of nerve. First they crash the system and run away with a fat pocket of cash. Then they demand that we clean up our financial act or they won't loan out any money. Next time an oil-blackened snowy egret gets you furious at BP, remember to save some righteous indignation for the financial polluters who are picking our pockets. Click here to read more. Sen. Dick Lugar: Keeping America Connected: End the Static at the Broadcasting Board Our ability to respond to fast-moving changes in the global technological and demographic environment is hampered by chronic functional problems with the organization in charge, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Cenk Uygur: Lincoln Amendment or Bust If the Lincoln derivatives amendment passes at least we and the economy have a fighting chance. Without it, the financial reform bill is a joke meant to placate us until the next collapse. Mayhill Fowler: Seduction and Betrayal: McChrystal and the Misapprehension of Journalism Journalism is an act of seduction. Many times I've done the seducing, in writing big stories and small; I've also been the seduced, slammed with the gut-wrenching morning-after upon reading stories written about me. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: The Spiritual Significance of Pride Sin -- defined as turning our backs on who God has created us to be -- can also take the opposite form of inordinate self-hate or shame, something that many LGBT people experience from a very early age. Dr. Pamela Peeke: Swat Team to Aisle Three Please Some public health advocates have singled out sugar as the primary cause of obesity and pointed an accusatory finger at sugar-sweetened beverages as the chief culprit for everyone being so fat. But is this singular focus misguided?     HuffPost News Financial Reform Bill Passes: Banks Keep Derivatives Units, Volcker Rules Softened; House-Senate Conference Passes Financial Reform Bill After Marathon Session Arizona Immigration Law Sending Shock Waves Across Political Spectrum, 2010 Midterm Elections Vatican Moves To Block Questioning Of Pope In Abuse Lawsuit Gulf Oil Spill: Army Of Robot Subs Working To Contain Leak Kylie & Kendall Jenner, Kardashian Sisters, Pose At 'Eclipse' Premiere (PHOTO)   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy

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>>> Having trouble viewing this newsletter? View as a webpage. Top Stories Friday, June 25, 2010 Michael Jackson's mom visits Gary, Ind. Fans surrounded Michael Jackson's childhood home early Friday. A memorial is scheduled for later in the afternoon. Funeral held for Chicago area soldier The funeral for Army Private First Class Gunnar Hotchkin was set for Friday morning in Hinsdale. Developer sentenced in re-zoning scheme Real estate developer Calvin Boender was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday morning. Report: Pastor to testify in Peterson trial A Will County judge decided to allow testimony from Stacy Peterson's pastor at the upcoming trial of Drew Peterson, according to published reports. Crosstown Classic picks up at Sox park Sunny skies should greet baseball fans for the opener of the second Crosstown Classic between the Cubs and the Sox Friday afternoon on the South Side Giant eyeball installed at Pritzker Park Keep your eye out for a new outdoor art installation. MORE STORIES Strange News Couple weds at Wis. grocery store American wins 11-hour tennis match Driven to distraction: 15 cats in car is too risky Parent brawl erupts at kindergarten graduation Man drifts a mile into Gulf off Fla. on pool float Consumer Over 2M cribs recalled, mostly drop-sides Consumer Reports reviews energy-efficient dehumidifiers Apple works to keep up with crush of iPhone demand Parents react to McDonald's lawsuit threat | VIDEO Survey finds best places to shop Healthbeat Healthbeat: Turning Killers into Cures | VIDEO CDC study: Americans eating too much salt Experts: CT scans pose risks, need more regulation Reusable shopping bags could harbor germs, bacteria Parenting style impacts child's drinking habits later in life MOST POPULAR Judge denies delay request in Peterson case Blago tapes: Nothing but 'appreciation? F- them' Tornado confirmed in Matteson Gunman arrested in Crestwood standoff Man charged in crash that killed girl All Most Popular Advertisement TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 88°F 69°F Mostly sunny Hour-by-Hour | 7 Day Forecast | Radar & Satellite TONIGHT ON ABC 7:00 PM Wife Swap 8:00 PM 20/20 10:00 PM ABC 7 News 10:35 PM Nightline Lottery Results Your Daily Horoscope 12 new booths add great flavor to Taste ABC7's Hungry Hound says this year's Taste of Chicago additions are helping add even more great flavors to Grant Park. History of the Taste of Chicago App available for Taste of Chicago More street closures in place for Taste Taste of Chicago Preview List of participating restaurants Michael Franti kicks off summer series Lunchtime will be rocking around the Hancock Plaza as the "Walgreens Summer Concert Series" kicks off. Walgreens Summer Concert Series 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

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Politics, Political News - POLITICO.com

Lawmakers reached a final deal on a Wall Street reform bill early Friday morning after Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) agreed to a compromise with House Democrats on her derivatives regulation bill – clearing the way for the broadest rewrite of the nation’s financial regulations since the Great Depression. The legislation would create a powerful new consumer financial protection bureau, limit the fees debit-card companies can charge merchants, give the government the power to break up failing financial firms and force transparency of the massive derivatives market.

Thursday's Daily Brief of the Huffington Post

2010-06-24       The Daily Brief     William Bradley: McChrystal: Right Man, Wrong Mission AP William Bradley: When President Obama picked Stanley McChrystal to be his general in Afghanistan, I thought he picked the right man for the right mission. He had exactly the right skill set and experiences for that fundamentally counter-terrorist mission. Instead, Obama had something much more conventional, not to mention massive, in mind. Nation-building, like we tried in Vietnam, cast in the guise of counter-insurgency. McChrystal embraced it. Who knows what he really thought? Click here to read more. Dylan Ratigan: Who Pays? Nearly a quarter of all Americans are currently underwater in their mortgage, and if you are one of them, chances are you didn't do anything wrong. You didn't cause this mess. They did. Suzanne E. Spaulding: No More Secrets: Then What? If the C.I.A.'s Don Burke is right, we only have 13 more years to figure out how to compete in a world in which we can no longer count on secret information to give us the edge in government and in business. What are we doing to get ready? Robert Creamer: Evidence Arizona Immigration Law May Be Fatal Mistake for GOP If a surge of anti-Republican Hispanic voters destroys the careers of enough politicians who thought that pandering to anti-immigrant fear was good politics, the whole political narrative about immigration reform will change. Stinson Carter: The Day We Learned to Love Soccer Yesterday was a rough day in the life of America, but it was also a day that began with people across the country waking up early to watch their soccer team play a do-or-die match against Algeria in the World Cup. Geoffrey Dunn: Will Palin Be Hit with Another Abuse of Power Finding in Alaska? Sarah Palin's erstwhile attorney Thomas Van Flein issued another of his bizarre missives on Palin's Facebook page yesterday in what appeared to be a strange portent of a forthcoming legal ruling ready to crash down on Palin.     HuffPost News Final Derivatives Showdown Thursday: Read The House Offer Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling John Isner Beats Nicolas Mahut In Longest Tennis Match Ever General McChrystal Relieved Of Command: Obama Takes General Off Top Afghan Post Erin Andrews Leaving ESPN? Star Reporter 'Not Talking' About Contract Expiring On July 1   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy

5-big-blemishes-for-the-apple-iphone-4: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

5-big-blemishes-for-the-apple-iphone-4: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

The Apple iPhone 4 is set to go on sale Thursday. Judging by the record demand during the pre-sale period, the newest iPhone will make a huge sales splash, especially with old iPhone owners trading up.

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 News' Crowley falsely suggests McChrystal criticized Afghanistan war strategy Fox News' Monica Crowley falsely suggested that Gen. Stanley McChrystal criticized "the Afghan war strategy and the leadership coming out of this administration" in a recent profile in Rolling Stone. In fact, McChrystal offered no criticism of President Obama's war strategy, a strategy endorsed by McChrystal himself. Read More Fox still making blatantly false claim that U.S. has "not accepted" international help in Gulf Fox News' Gretchen Carlson falsely claimed that "international help has been offered, but not accepted" for the Gulf oil spill response, citing the Jones Act, which she speculated that President Obama has not waived because of union pressure. In fact, the National Incident Commander has repeatedly stated that foreign vessels are operating in the Gulf, that they have not yet "seen any need to waive the Jones Act," and that they are prepared to process case-by-case waivers if needed. Read More Carlson twists McChrystal's interview to falsely suggest Obama doesn't support war in Afghanistan Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson urged President Obama to "support this war," and suggested that Gen. Stanley McChrystal claimed in his Rolling Stone interview that he wasn't getting support from the administration. In fact, McChrystal offered no such criticism in the article and has repeatedly expressed support for Obama's war strategy. Read More Right-wing media launches absurd attack on Chu for praising BP grant in 2007 Right-wing media are absurdly attacking Energy Secretary Steven Chu's past praise of BP for awarding UC Berkley an alternative energy grant which Chu said would help "save the world." But the grant had bipartisan support, and scientists and university professors praised the grant's importance for alternative energy research aimed at weaning the world off of oil. Read More Witch Hunt: Hannity smears Obama nominee as "display[ing] empathy for a convicted serial killer" Sean Hannity distorted Obama appeals court nominee Robert Chatigny's record to smear him as someone who "displays empathy for a convicted serial killer", Michael Ross, and suggested that Chatigny acted improperly in his role as a judge in Ross's case. However, an appeals court panel -- which included former Bush Attorney General Michael Mukasey -- found that Chatigny's actions were "reasonable" and "not motivated by any bias," a fact not reported by Hannity. Read More Out-of-mainstream Bork attempts to paint Kagan as outside the mainstream Robert Bork -- Reagan's failed 1987 Supreme Court nominee -- announced his opposition to current nominee Elena Kagan using the discredited argument that Kagan's praise of Israeli Justice Aharon Barak puts her outside of the mainstream.  In fact, it is Bork himself who is outside the mainstream. Read More Limbaugh falsely claimed McChrystal "didn't get the rules of engagement" or troops he wanted Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that Gen. Stanley McChrystal "didn't get the rules of engagement" or "boots on the ground" he wanted in Afghanistan. In fact, McChrystal has stated that the rules of engagement are based in part on his "experience," and agreed that President Obama provided the "right number" of additional troops. Read More Hannity deceptively edited Obama to falsely accuse him of "attacking General Petraeus" Sean Hannity deceptively edited comments President Obama made during a 2007 Senate hearing to falsely accuse Obama of "attacking General [David] Petraeus." In fact, in comments cropped out of the video, Obama made clear his criticism was directed at President Bush and was "not a criticism" of Petraeus. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.