The [Monday] Papers

"A Chicago police sergeant who shot an apparently unarmed man last month - his second fatal shooting in three years - might have been fired years ago, but that disciplinary case fell through the cracks for reasons the Police Department cannot explain, the Tribune has learned.

"Chief police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Superintendent Eddie Johnson has ordered that an audit be done to try to figure out why the internal investigation of Sgt. John Poulos was never completed.

"Multiple sources told the Tribune that the allegation against Poulos was serious enough for the Police Department to consider moving to fire him well before the two fatal shootings, but it was a mystery why he was never disciplined at all.

"In an e-mailed statement last week, Guglielmi said the department's Bureau of Internal Affairs opened an investigation in 2004 into Poulos' ownership 'of an establishment that sold alcohol.' Officers are barred from holding an ownership interest in such businesses.

"Records indicate that Poulos' family has owned Gamekeepers, a popular sports bar in the Old Town neighborhood."

Click through to the Trib for more on the two shootings, which previously appeared on the Beachwood (via the Sun-Times) here.

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The (Purported) History of Gamekeepers.

Opa! Whoa!
Funny business about the closing of the Parthenon alleged.

Early Admission
"Chicago, like many cities, has been trying to expand preschool to improve life outcomes for disadvantaged children," Becky Vevea reports for WBEZ.

"But a report out Monday from the University of Chicago and the University of South Carolina suggests starting almost at birth would provide a much higher payoff.

"University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate James Heckman has spent years studying the benefits of birth-to-five programs. But his latest paper, written with researchers at the University of Southern California, found significantly stronger lifetime benefits than other similar studies."

Chicagoetry: When The Levee Breaks
Don't pray. Run.

Why Newsrooms, I Mean College Faculty, Are So White
"[F]aculty will bend rules, knock down walls, and build bridges to hire those they really want (often white colleagues), but when it comes to hiring faculty of color, they have to 'play by the rules' and get angry when any exceptions are made. Let me tell you a secret - exceptions are made for white people constantly in the academy; exceptions are the rule in academe."

The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: The Handcuffs, Black Cat Heart Attack, Captain Wails & the Harpoons, Genotype, Stanley Clarke Band, Road's End, The Great Ache, Red Fang, Fifth Harmony, Britney Spears, Joan Shelley, Nino Arobelidze, Sabrina Carpenter, Puddle of Mudd, Tristan Bushman, Night Terror, and Matchess & Tal Sounds.

BeachBook
A sampling.

Richest 62 People As Wealthy As Half The World.

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Yes, You Can Post A Negative Online Review.

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Sperm Bank Allegedly Misled Women About Donor's Criminal Record, Mental Health.

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Chicago Law Firm First Named In Data Security Class Action.

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Judge: Obama's Immigration Prisons Not Legitimate Childcare Facilities.

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Google Not Just A Platform; Shapes Our Worldview.

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Petraeus Helped Block Autopsy Of Afghan Man Who Died In U.S. Custody.

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U.S. and U.K. Spy Agencies Targeted In-Flight Cell Phone Use.

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The Media, Drugs and Race.

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TweetWood
A sampling.

I didn't realize how many procedural issues cld be up in the air in (unlikely) scenario of House electing President. https://t.co/fBl74LK4A1 pic.twitter.com/o2ZqV5T1XM

— Taniel (@Taniel) December 12, 2016

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I have to say, a constitutional crisis is the perfect time to have 8 justices on the supreme court

— VoldemortForMayor (@Voldemort4Mayor) December 12, 2016

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Is he referencing Rahm there at the end of this passage? https://t.co/8PL5P5CJXm

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 12, 2016

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Even if you signed a gag clause, you can post a negative online review https://t.co/9R0YawC2LH via @nbcnews

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 12, 2016

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A man, whose FB page recently posted a meme calling for Muslims to be exterminated, Rep. Allen West, is at Trump Tower for the 2nd time.

— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) December 12, 2016

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As Thibs returns to #Chicago this week: The T-Wolves defense: bad...or historically bad? https://t.co/wDtYsE7xe8 Losing team. #Bulls

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 12, 2016

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And, for those of us in #Chicago, the Schiller Park factory. #Twinkies https://t.co/KJCP2Y19g5

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 11, 2016

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