Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Aldermen’s mega-pensions / Panel rips Murdoch / Sean Penn, do-gooder

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Generous rules govern aldermen's pensions
Ex-aldermen to get millions from pension deal

A Tribune/WGN-TV investigation shows that retired aldermen will reap millions from a lucrative pension deal that Mayor Richard M. Daley helped push through two decades ago.

Protesters hope to pump up volume this May Day Occupy protesters plan noon rally downtown

Occupy Chicago is organizing a May Day demonstration scheduled to begin with a noon rally at Union Park on the Near West Side followed by a march to Federal Plaza in the Loop.
UK lawmakers: Rupert Murdoch unfit to run company Lawmakers: Murdoch not fit to run company

Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company and should take responsibility for phone hacking at News Corp, a British parliamentary committee said today.
'Once,' 'Newsies' and Jessie Mueller score at 2012 Tony Award nominations 'Once,' 'Newsies' score at 2012 Tonys

"Once" had an especially good morning, snagging 11 nominations across a broad swath of categories.
911 calls: Release the transcripts, but not the tapes Zorn: Release 911 transcripts, not tapes

Should we be able to hear Julia Hudson's anguish -- or anyone's when they call for help in their most desperate moments?
NATO summit's economic impact questioned NATO summit's impact may be overestimated

The rosy projections include what the government and corporations are spending to put it on.
2 Chicago police officers claim they also are victims in bogus-ticket probe Cops in bogus-ticket probe: We're victims, too

Mark Geinosky was the victim of a mysterious and frustrating vendetta.
Pompei: Bears' NFL North rivals load up in draft Pompei: Bears' NFL North rivals load up in draft

Perhaps it's coincidence, but it seems each of the Bears' NFC North rivals did one of two things in the draft.
Residents torn over Preckwinkle's push to end Cook County's unincorporated areas Residents torn over ending unincorporated Cook areas

They worry about efforts to annex the county's 62 square miles of unincorporated land where an estimated 98,000 people live.

Sean Penn can sleep in a tent in Haiti, but he can't make people like him Glanton: Do-gooder celebrities can't make us like them

No matter what good deeds Sean Penn does, some people are just never going to like him.

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