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Sweets for Sight- Bubbly and Truffles this Thursday... for Charity!

Event attendees will receive champagne, chocolate truffles, and other libations… all in the name of helping others! Profits benefit the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired's "Seeing Is Believing" program. This program provides no-cost exams and low vision devices for students…

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Comcast becoming an X-word: XFinity

By Kristin Samuelson, Tribune reporter Comcast, the nation's largest cable service, is rebranding itself as XFinity, in an effort the company suggests is ...See all stories on this topic (via Google Alerts and AlertRank)

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EMBA Evolution

EMBA Trends and Issues

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Extra Extra

Image Credit: sherrykeating. Mayor Daley's son Patrick has been called back to active duty in the Army. [Clout Street/Tribune] A woman who abandoned her 3-year-old nephew at a south side firehouse Monday night said she was in the military and had to catch a flight later that night to…

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Tuesday Late Afternoon Diversion: Beaker

Little known fact: Tankboy can do an excellent Beaker impression.

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New State Protocols To Reform DNA Processing

DNA rendering by ynse Thanks to new legislation, a backlog of untested rape kits in Illinois could finally be sent to crime labs and tested. According to the Chicago Tribune, various police departments statewide have been sitting on more than 4,000 untested kits. Different departments have…

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SWF ISO Valentine's Playmate

Stella thinks a good man is hard to find. SWF ISO a man into the great outdoors. You like the feel of grass, snow, mud and pavement under your feet and aren't afraid to make the world your restroom, when nature calls. You don't own a car, because let's face it, that's just silly. You enjoy the…

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Snow Far...

     Sure, schools are closed, flights are canceled, and traffic is snarled, but damn the snow can look good sometimes, especially when caught from the point of view of Chicago's wonderful photographers. Here are some examples from this most recent snowfall. If you capture…

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Do This: Free Valentine's Chocolate and Sparkling Wine at Pastoral Lake View

We're putting the finishing touches to a BIG HONKIN' Valentine's weekend dinner roundup, but wanted to share this for our more frugal readers. You know who you are. Pastoral Artisan Bread, Cheese and Wine's Lake View location (2945 N. Broadway) is having a free chocolate and sparkling wine…

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Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: Violent Super Bowl Ads

Football can be a violent game. We know this. But Super Bowl ads? One magical internet user compiled all the acts of violence from Sunday's commercials into one easy-to-swallow 30 second clip. [via]

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Today In Hard-Hitting News: City Hall Urinals

Because there's nothing else going on in the city right now, Fox Chicago got right down to the stink at City Hall.

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Rockin' Our Turntable: Yeasayer

When we heard Yeasayer launch into "Madder Rose" at last summer's Pitchfork Music Festival we combed through their b-sides thinking we had somehow been wrong about the band since we were in the critical minority when it came to Yeasayer's last album. When we discovered "Madder Rose" wasn't an…

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DOWNLOAD Then See: YAWN

Image via YAWN's site We stopped by Post in Pilsen Saturday night to see Tiny Concepts, a solo minimalist experimental act who just happens to be a delicate little French girl from Brittany. But we were delightfully surprised to find that local outfit, YAWN, was headlining this discreet…

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