By Steve Rhodes
Here’s some stuff.
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SportsMonday: Blackhawks Late Bloomers
West Coast starts, multi-overtimes and a plan coming together.
The White Sox Report: Ugliest Week Ever?
Robin Ventura and the Sounds of Silence.
Eldzier Cortor Coming Home
He wanted to be a cartoonist. Chicago changed that.
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BeachBook
* More Excuses On The Patriot Act.
* DeRay And His Vest Try To Stop The Killing.
* The Milwaukee Experiment: How To Stop Mass Incarceration.
* Disastrous First Kiss In Logan Square Leads To Lawsuit.
* Iowa Caucuses: The Pizza Ranch Strategy.
* The Polk Family’s Quest For A Better Life Runs Through DuPage County.
* Contrary To Promises, ER Visits Rise Under Obamacare.
* How Rare It Is For Police Officers To Get Charged In A Death.
* When Police Ratchet Up The Force, Riots Get Worse, Not Better.
* The 119 CIA Detainees: What We Know.
* NYT Editor Admits Paper Was A Patsy For Too Long.
* The Cubs’ Pathetic Draft Town Giveaway.
* Daily News Reporter Goes To Work For Brooklyn DA He Just Covered.
* Guardian Continues To Believe Violations Of Constitutional Rights Are Newsworthy.
* A Brilliant Cartoon Tale Of Two Baltimores.
* The Downsides Of Living At Chicago’s Trump Tower.
* How The Media Can Stop Embarrassing Themselves At The Hands Of The Police.
* FBI Replies To Stingray FOIA With 5,000 Blank Pages.
* Condo Construction Mistakenly Given OK Despite Alderman’s Move To Block It.
* Roller Hockey Kicked Out Of North Avenue Beach.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Looters are basically not letting a serious crisis go to waste.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 4, 2015
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“… in Illinois.” RT @natashakorecki: Kirk Dillard says Mass transit in Illinois runs more efficiently than any other major city. #twill
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 4, 2015
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Chicago Fire Win Star Wars Day: http://t.co/L033mZoGLf
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 4, 2015
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“Get used to the protections of your civil liberties being minimally viable” advises @nytimes ed board http://t.co/W06tZ88qWF #USAfreedom
— Just Security (@just_security) May 4, 2015
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“Cook County is extremely bad 4 income mobility 4 children in poor families. It is among the worst counties in U.S.” http://t.co/YJsPPoSOeF
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 4, 2015
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#Bears Have The GM Of The Future: http://t.co/dcAnaf9sDP
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 4, 2015
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Just in time.
Posted on May 4, 2015