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February 16, 2012

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Courtroom Cameras Photographer Chuck Berman visits a Wisconsin courtroom for a preview of the recent Illinois decision to allow cameras in courtrooms. Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team Education editor Susan Keaton introduces the nomination process for the 2012 Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team. Nominate before March 24! What's so tasty about TV's Top Chef Food writer Kevin Pang on what hooks him on television's reality show Top Chef. Reporting on the 2012 Chicago Auto Show An ode from "Rides" editor Mary Jane Grandinetti to the fun of "frivolous necessities," "interactive art" -- in short: Cars. Chicago Forward: Is Our City Safe? Trib Nation Manager James Janega liveblogs our February public affairs forum on addressing crime and Chicago's perception for it. Slow down and read this Reporter Bob Secter describes covering on the arrival of red light cameras -- and newly proposed speeding cameras in the city and the suburbs. Naperville mourns a slain teacher TribLocal's Pat Rollens on Naperville's reaction to the fatal stabbing of an elementary school teacher in a bar fight. Covering police abuse charges in North Chicago Reporter Dan Hinkel describes reporting on alleged police abuse in North Chicago.

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