The Lighter Side


Retirement

Tuesday, September 20, 2005


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Ex-Clinton adviser fined $50K for taking documents
Sandy Berger, former National Security Advisor to President Clinton

Friday, September 09, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times

WASHINGTON -- Sandy Berger, President Clinton's national security adviser who was once entrusted with the nation's most sensitive secrets, was fined $50,000 Thursday for taking classified documents from the National Archives.
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Meeks may campaign against Daley
State Senator Rev. James Meeks (I-Calumet City)

Friday, September 09, 2005 - By MARK J. KONKOL - Staff Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times

With all the pomp of a stumping candidate, state Sen. James Meeks on Thursday set in motion a plan to amass a political army 2,000 strong to oust Mayor Daley if changes aren't made to the way police investigate citizen complaints.
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Daley supporters planning downtown rally
Thursday, September 01, 2005 - By FRAN SPIELMAN - City Hall Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Rev.
Monday, August 29, 2005 - By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER - Chicago Sun-Times


Is former Sen.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - By FRAN SPIELMAN - City Hall Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


BURLINGTON, Vt.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - By CHRISTOPHER GRAFF - Associated Press


GREENVILLE, S.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005


U.
Friday, August 05, 2005 - By FRAN SPIELMAN - City Hall Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


BOSTON -- Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, responding to criticism from the vice president, said he doesn't ''care if Dick Cheney likes my mother or not.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - Chicago Sun-Times


Sparklers could be banned in Chicago, after a City Council committee heard wrenching testimony Monday about a burned child and the temperature lit sparklers can reach: 1,800 degrees, more than enough
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - By MAUREEN O'DONNELL - Staff Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


Bringing circus elephants to Chicago would be difficult, if not impossible, under an ordinance being developed by a North Side alderman.
Friday, June 17, 2005 - By ANDREW HERRMANN - Staff Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


WASHINGTON -- The Public Broadcasting Service is hiring an ombudsman and revising editorial practices in the face of criticism that its programming has given short shrift to conservative views.
Thursday, June 16, 2005 - By SIOBHAN MCDONOUGH - Chicago Sun-Times


TIBURON, Calif.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


SANTA MARIA, Calif.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - By LINDA DEUTSCH - Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday called for the United States to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison to demonstrate its commitment to human rights.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


MARCO ISLAND, Fla.
Monday, June 06, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


Amnesty International, which set off a storm by calling the U.
Monday, June 06, 2005 - By Staff & Wire Reports - Chicago Sun-Times


WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Tuesday dismissed a human rights report as "absurd" for its harsh criticism of U.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - By TERENCE HUNT - Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


The Rev.
Friday, May 27, 2005 - By LYNN SWEET - Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief - Chicago Sun-Times


Lawrence Davis, a former state Democratic Party chairman from Raleigh, has switched his registration to the Republican Party.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - By ROB CHRISTENSEN - The News & Observer


When Governor George Ryan was turning over the keys to the Governor's office to Gov-elect Rod Blagojevich, he handed him three envelopes.
Thursday, May 19, 2005


ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


Normally, the phone call would have taken me totally off guard, me not being accustomed to chatting with foreign dignitaries.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - By MARK BROWN - SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST - Chicago Sun-Times


BEND, Ore.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


WASHINGTON - Straight-talking Sen.
Friday, May 06, 2005 - By Noelle Straub - Boston Herald


So, here we were, out state's bright shining moment in the sun.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - By Rich Miller - Capitol Fax


After 16 years in office, the scandals keep piling up for Mayor Daley.
Monday, April 18, 2005 - By JIM RITTER - Staff Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


WATAUGA, Texas -- A 911 dispatcher was reprimanded for responding to a mother's plea for help with an unruly child by saying: ''OK.
Thursday, April 14, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


BOSTON -- Many voters in last year's presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters' group S
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


Celebrated defense attorney Alan Dershowitz appeared in federal court Tuesday to argue that former Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese was wrongly convicted of corruption.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - By Patrick Rucker - Chicago Tribune


WASHINGTON — A new government Web site gives parents advice on how to convince their children that "abstinence (search) is the healthiest choice.
Friday, April 01, 2005 - By Associated Press - Fox News Channel


KALAMAZOO, Mich.
Friday, April 01, 2005 - Associated Press


RICHMOND, Ind.
Thursday, March 31, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


NEW YORK -- Mary Mapes, the television producer who was fired for her role in CBS' discredited report on President Bush's military service, is writing her memoirs.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Tribune


HBO is set to air a behind the scenes look at the launching of liberal radio network AIR AMERICA.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - By Matt Drudge - The Drudge Report


If the Democrats want to win in Tennessee, the first thing they have to do is campaign here, Howard Dean told a packed house at Vanderbilt University last night.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - By IAN DEMSKY - The Tennessean


TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader said Monday he would put on military fatigues and fight to the death if his country were attacked - unlike U.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - Associated Press


Sen.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - The National Ledger


When Howard Dean was elected to head the Democratic National Committee some Republicans were ecstatic.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - The National Ledger


COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Wash
Friday, March 18, 2005


Gov.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - By John Chase and Gary Washburn - Chicago Tribune


Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday said Gov.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - By MAURA KELLY LANNAN - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Chicago Sun-Times


NEW YORK - U.
Monday, March 14, 2005 - Reuters


Warren Beatty, an actor who has dabbled in politics across four decades, has some words of advice for fellow film star and now Gov.
Monday, March 14, 2005 - San Francisco Gate


The Bush administration has begun selectively seizing prescription drugs imported under a program created by Gov.
Thursday, March 10, 2005 - By John Chase and Christi Parsons - Chicago Tribune


LITTLE ROCK -- Nearly two years after he embarked on a diet and fitness regimen that left him 110 pounds lighter and diabetes free, Arkansas Gov.
Monday, March 07, 2005 - By CARYN ROUSSEAU - Associated Press


LONDON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday told Canadian diplomats of her disappointment over Ottawa's decision to opt out of a U.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - By ANNE GEARAN - Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


There were plenty of screams Friday afternoon at Liberty Hall, but none of them came from Howard Dean.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - By Joel Mathis - Lawrence Journal-World


Mayor Daley lashed out at the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday for a headline that suggested he had given a failing grade to Gov.
Thursday, February 24, 2005 - By FRAN SPIELMAN - City Hall Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


WASHINGTON -- The Republican National Committee began the month with a 6-to-1 financial advantage over its Democratic counterpart, with $16.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - By SHARON THEIMER - News Day


I'm 25 years old,'' Marilyn Monroe says in "Some Like It Hot.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - By RON RAPOPORT - SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST - Chicago Sun-Times


RALEIGH, N.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


WASHINGTON -- When Americans rate their greatest president, they do not agree on who tops the list but seem to rank a half-dozen chief executives ahead of the nation's first.
Monday, February 21, 2005 - By WILL LESTER - Chicago Sun-Times


MAUSTON, Wis.
Monday, February 21, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


WASHINGTON -- Fancy state dinners aren't all the new White House chef will need to do -- the Bushes are looking for someone who knows barbecue and other good old American fare.
Monday, February 21, 2005 - By Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


Mamas don't want their babies to grow up to be president.
Monday, February 21, 2005 - By ANDREW HERRMANN - Staff Reporter - Chicago Sun-Times


We previously reported the conservative group, Citizens United, planned to erect two pro-Bush billboards in Hollywood "thanking" Hollywood for Bush's reelection.
Friday, February 18, 2005 - Human Events


Sen.
Friday, February 18, 2005 - By Matt Drudge - Drudge Report


Impersonators of former Vermont Gov.
Thursday, February 10, 2005 - By Matt Drudge - Drudge Report


Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has a share of hometown detractors -- at the far left of the political spectrum.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - By Matt Drudge - Drudge Report


The readers demand to be heard.
Monday, February 07, 2005 - By MARK BROWN - SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST - Chicago Sun-Times


Christopher Key knows exactly what he would be giving up if he left Bellingham, Washington.
Monday, February 07, 2005 - By Rick Lyman - New York Times


It's a wonder the maker of American Girl dolls hasn't accused Hispanic politicians of doll abuse.
Thursday, February 03, 2005 - By MARY MITCHELL - SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST - Chicago Sun-Times


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A Web site posted a photograph of what it claimed was a kidnapped U.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - By ROBERT H. REID - Associated Press - Chicago Sun-Times


Let's pick up where I left off: It is highly unlikely that I will be voting Republican for president in 2008, no matter what happens in Iraq.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - By MARK BROWN - SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST - Chicago Sun-Times


Maybe you're like me and have opposed the Iraq war since before the shooting started -- not to the point of joining any peace protests, but at least letting people know where you stood.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - By MARK BROWN - SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST - Chicago Sun-Times


Howard Dean, the favorite to be the next head of the Democratic National Committee, made his case in midtown yesterday, promising to make his party operate more like the GOP - at least when it comes t
Monday, January 31, 2005 - By MAGGIE HABERMAN - DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU - New York Daily News


DAVOS, Switzerland - Billionaire investor George Soros, the biggest financial contributor to the failed effort to defeat President Bush in November's election, said Democratic challenger John Kerry wa
Monday, January 31, 2005 - By Bloomberg News - Chicago Sun-Times


Bill Savage teaches a literature course at Northwestern University called "The Chicago Way.
Monday, January 31, 2005 - By TOM McNAMEE - SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST - Chicago Sun-Times


Senator John Kerry: the only candidate with the courage to take every side of every issue.
Friday, October 15, 2004


This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division.
Monday, October 04, 2004




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