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| The mess in Proviso Township Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT School board isn't ready to manage its own money The Proviso Township High School District 209 board has asked the state to disband a panel that has overseen the district's shaky finances since 2009. This is a very bad idea. 
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| Page: Return of the vampire squid Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Like a sequel to a bad horror movie, the "great vampire squid" is back, this time in the form of JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
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| NATO's hard sell at the summit Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT In 1949, shortly after the Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear weapon, the United States and 11 Western European nations formed NATO. The organization's original goals were the deterrence of Soviet aggression against the war-ravaged nations of Western Europe and containing Soviet influence within the boundaries of its already existing Eastern bloc. 
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| Scenes from a salvage job Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Illinois is broke, but some well-pensioned, well-insured judges and lawmakers can't be bothered. Hey, what would reforms do for them? Gov. Pat Quinn is opposed by powerful forces include some judges who should know better and some legislators who won't even acknowledge a problem. 
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| If NATO didn't exist, we'd create it Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT NATO has been one of history's most powerful and successful alliances, preserving and extending liberal values for more than 60 years. It must continue to do so. 
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| Zorn: No thanks for the memories, Mayor Daley Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT No thanks for the memories A year after leaving office, the former mayor continues to be a looming baleful presence in the news, more a subject for fury than nostalgia. 
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| JPMorgan loss is bad, but not a risk to the economy Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Morgan loss is bad, but not a risk to the economy JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, deserve the heat they're getting for underestimating the magnitude of their derivatives trades gone wrong, but one important fact keeps getting overlooked. 
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| Huppke: A very serious introduction to the NATO summit Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Here's how to handle the coming 'weekend invasion' and not be menaced by hippies Here's how to handle the coming 'weekend invasion' and not be menaced by hippies. 
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| Two crucial weeks to rescue Illinois Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Two weeks crucial to this state and its people Two more weeks. That's how long your legislators are scheduled to be in Springfield for the remainder of their thus far do-little spring session. 
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| Evan Bayh: Profiles in partisanship Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Staunch partisans seem to think that if they are uncompromising for long enough, that they'll eventually get enough power to do what they want. Meanwhile, America is stuck dealing with problems that need to be solved now. 
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| Byrne: The 'essence' of marriage Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT While the inevitability of same-sex marriage now is a given — the only question remaining is when — I'm still trying to locate the why. 
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| Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest Mon, 14 May 2012 23:34:00 GMT Get your entries in by noon on Thursday. 
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| Brotman: Performance offers a window to mental illness Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT 'Good Enough' tells real-life stories in hopes of raising awareness and lessening stigma of mental illness 'Good Enough' tells real-life stories in hopes of raising awareness and lessening stigma of mental illness. 
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| 'Clean' coal minus the coal Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT The case for Tenaska still hasn't been made The case for a $3.5 billion Tenaska plant in downstate Taylorville still hasn't been made. 
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| Krauthammer: Echoes of '67: Israel unites Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT For Israelis today, it is May '67. The dread is not quite as acute: The mood is not despair, just foreboding. 
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| McCarron: Chicago, you're not afraid of a little summit are you? Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT If this were New York City, this two-day NATO summit would be just another day at the office. But here in Third City we're acting like a bunch of nervous Nellies. 
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| Marriage and equality: It's time Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT It's time Editorial: Same sex marriage is not an attack but an affirmation. 
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| Editorial: Return to sender Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT The Senate misses delivery on postal reform A quick quiz: 
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| Editorial: The mayors of Chicago Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT While one re-enacts 'The Hurt Locker,' the other enacts his galling pension scheme May 16, 2011. In a crisp inaugural address that lasts 24 minutes, Rahm Emanuel sets four goals for his mayoralty — and for the people of Chicago: 
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| Raising my mother Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT I received a Mother's Daycard, filled with childlike prose, colorful illustrations and glittery hearts. The cover's message, in a purple playful font: For you, Mom. 
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| Chapman: Obama's 'cynicism' on gay marriage Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT How will history judge him? President Barack Obama's critics have a point in criticizing his handling of the gay marriage issue as evasive, politically devious and lacking in principle. I hate to say it, but it's bad enough to qualify as Lincolnesque. 
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| Page: Obama's gay marriage gamble Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT As a political issue, same-sex marriage is like playing 3-D chess: Opponents of the idea need to move quickly because the game board is tilting slowly but steadily in favor of the other side. 
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| Honor our mothers by saving our state Sat, 12 May 2012 07:29:33 GMT Every day, Illinois mothers sacrifice some of their present for their children's future. I know my mother did. She worked two jobs — a full-time school secretary and a full-time mother. She always made sure my brothers and I finished our homework. Her efforts to give me a good education and a better life are why I'm governor today. 
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| Zorn: Precious moments on the campaign trail Sat, 12 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Revelations of bullying by Mitt Romney in high school lead to self-reflection I both dread and welcome my "Mitt Moment," by which I mean my confrontation with the cruelties I inflicted on others during adolescence. 
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| Editorial: Tutor trouble Sat, 12 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT Thousands of students in Chicago Public Schools could use tutoring help in math and reading. They've signed up for it. They aren't getting it. 
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.