 Just before his speech Wednesday to the American Society of News Editors, word emerged that the Republican presidential front-runner would not allow photographers to get closer than 150 feet while he spoke.  | Editorial: Governor, Mayor, 'Engage Illinois' Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared together Wednesday night at a Tribune forum deep inside Chicago's Field Museum. Looming over them onstage was a thousand-pound gorilla. No, not an escapee from a natural history exhibit upstairs. This beast, invisible yet the most powerful force in the room, is the pension crisis now menacing the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and a shockingly long list of local governments statewide. |  | Zorn: Rethink ultralong school day for all idea Chicago Public Schools officials insist that their ambitious — some might even say audacious — plan to lengthen the classroom day systemwide next year is not a "one-size-fits-all" mandate. | | When dissent is just a click away In the wake of the media blackout imposed last week by Angela Corey, the newly appointed special prosecutor investigating February's fatal shooting of black Florida teen Trayvon Martin, the media have had no choice but to cover the story surrounding the story. This would include the widespread public demonstrations, the evolution of the "hoodie" as a symbolic rallying point, and the emergence of protest T-shirts adorned with phrases like "I Am Trayvon" and "Justice for Trayvon," both of which Martin's mother is trying to have trademarked. | |  | |
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