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• Essay: Andy McKenna, Pay Up or Give Up

  Andy McKenna, candidate for Illinois governor, hopes I'll give myself to him for free. I'm not that kind of boy, though, and I charge for what the Andy McKennas of the world want from me. So today, I told McKenna to pay up or give up.
  
  As politicians of [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  by Tom Mannis

• Shiller's 911 Calls, a Baseball Bat, and Silence

  (Photo: CNB file image of N. Broadway and W. Wilson, taken August 2009; click to enlarge)
  
  An odd incident occurred at Alderman Helen Shiller's office, 4533 N. Broadway in Uptown, happened at 11:18 a.m. Police removed a homeless man from the ward office without incident,' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:25pm EST
  by Tom Mannis

• Chicago Model City Exhibition Extended Through November 2010

  Chicago Model City Exhibition Extended Through November 2010
  Chicago Architecture Foundation Enhances Detailed Model of Chicago
  Chicago Architecture Foundation Media Release
  Photos courtesy Chicago Architecture Foundation (click to enlarge)
  
  Chicago – November 5, 2009 – The Chicago Model City exhibition has drawn a vibrant band [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:04pm EST
  by Tom Mannis

• VIDEO: Cops Called to Ald. Shiller's Office, Staff Mum

  UPDATED: Also see: Shiller's 922 Calls, a Baseball Bat and Silence
  
  First, Ald. Shiller's staff tried to deny that the police were called. Then, the alderman's chief of staff tried to shut me down at a CAPS meeting. Shiller is a public, elected official whose public service office' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:05am EST
  by Tom Mannis

• Video: People Tear Down Khameini Billboard in Iran

  

  Part of the November 4 protests in Iran.

  
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:42am EST
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• Huge Protests Rage Today in Iran (Nov. 4)

  123Today, the Persian people are fighting for their rights - and their lives - in Iran, coincidentally on the 30th anniversary of the siege of the US Embassy in Tehran (thanks in large part to Pres. Jimmy Carter). The people of Iran are not giving up - are you paying [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:02am EST
  by Tom Mannis