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Founded in 1847, the Tribune published its first edition on June 10, as a Know Nothing paper. It consisted mostly of columns that were xenophobic, with constant foreigner and Roman Catholic bashing. The xenophobia was toned down, but the paper began promoting temperance. Eight years later when "Long" John Wentworth entered his second term as mayor of Chicago, he sold The Chicago Democrat to Joseph Medill and five partners. Before and during the American Civil War, Joseph Medill pushed an abolitionist agenda and strongly support ...

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Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune - History, Chicago Tribune - Editorial policy, Chicago Tribune - The Tribune Company, Chicago Tribune - Columnists, Chicago Tribune - Current, Chicago Tribune - Past, Chicago Tribune - External link

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Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC, OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy, Juno, and Oscar award-winning pop singer and songwriter. Dion became an adolescent star in Francophone Canada after her manager and future husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home in order to finance her career. She also gained recognition in parts of Europe and Asia by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, and established a foothold in the Anglophone music market with the release of her first English albu ...

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• Céline Dion - Biography
• Céline Dion - Childhood and career beginnings
• Céline Dion - 1990–1992: Career breakthrough
• Céline Dion - 1993–1996: Popularity established
• Céline Dion - 1997–1999: Worldwide success
• Céline Dion - 2000–2002: Career break
• Céline Dion - 2002–2003: Return to Music
• Céline Dion - 2003: 1 Fille & 4 Types
• Céline Dion - 2003–present: A New Day...Live in Las Vegas
• Céline Dion - Image
• Céline Dion - Other activities
• Céline Dion - Selected discography
• Céline Dion - Anglophone albums
• Céline Dion - Francophone albums
• Céline Dion - Notes

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1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. 1930 - Events. January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). February 18 - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto February 18 - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane. 1930 - March. ...

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• 1930 - Events
• 1930 - March
• 1930 - April-May
• 1930 - June-August
• 1930 - September-December
• 1930 - Unknown dates
• 1930 - Births
• 1930 - January-February
• 1930 - March
• 1930 - April
• 1930 - May-August
• 1930 - September-December
• 1930 - Date unknown
• 1930 - Deaths
• 1930 - Nobel Prizes

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The following are a list of descriptions for characters on the HBO television series, Six Feet Under which aired from 2001–2005 for five seasons. Characters of Six Feet Under - Major characters. Characters of Six Feet Under - Nate Fisher. Nathaniel Samuel "Nate" Fisher, Jr. (1965–2005), played by Peter Krause, is the oldest of the three Fisher siblings, and arguably the main character of the series; the series begins when he returns to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve only to le ...

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• Characters of Six Feet Under - Major characters
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Nate Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - David Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Ruth Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Claire Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Brenda Chenowith
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Keith Charles
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Federico Diaz
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Supporting Characters
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Nathaniel Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Gabriel Dimas
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Vanessa Diaz
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Hiram Gunderson
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Margaret Chenowith
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Bernard Chenowith
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Billy Chenowith
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Nikolai
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Parker McKenna
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Lisa Kimmel Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Sarah O'Connor
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Maya Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Carol Ward
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Russell Corwin
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Bettina
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Olivier Castro-Staal
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Arthur Martin
• Characters of Six Feet Under - George Sibley
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Anita Miller
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Edie
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Maggie Sibley
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Anthony and Durrell Charles-Fisher
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Ted Fairwell
• Characters of Six Feet Under - Willa Chenowith

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In general, zoning is the division of an area into sub-areas, called zones. This article primarily concerns zoning in its urban planning iteration. Zoning - Land use. Zoning is a system of land use regulation which designates the permitted uses of land based on mapped zones, which separate one part of the community from another. Zoning regulations fall under the police power rights governments may exercise over real property. Theoretically, its primary purpose is to segregate uses that are thought to ...

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• Zoning - Land use
• Zoning - Origins and History of Zoning
• Zoning - Constitutional Challenges
• Zoning - Some limitations and criticisms of zoning
• Zoning - Circumventions
• Zoning - Social criticisms
• Zoning - Exclusionary zoning and housing affordability
• Zoning - Other uses of the concept of zoning
• Zoning - Pricing
• Zoning - Environmental controls
• Zoning - Permaculture / agricultural design
• Zoning - Informational

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William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr. (born March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.A.) is an American vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter best known for his work in the now-disbanded alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. The Pumpkins were one of alternative rock's biggest acts, known for their complex layered sound, Corgan's scathing guitar and distinctive vocal style, and making use of elaborate and evocative fantasy imagery. The Smashing Pumpkins produced five major albums, including the widely-acclaimed and commerc ...

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• Billy Corgan - Childhood
• Billy Corgan - Early years
• Billy Corgan - Popular success
• Billy Corgan - Denouement of the Pumpkins
• Billy Corgan - Post-Pumpkins
• Billy Corgan - Solo Discography
• Billy Corgan - Album
• Billy Corgan - Single

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The Baltimore Sun is the major newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, with a daily press run of about 430,000 copies, and a Sunday run of 540,000 copies. It was founded on May 17, 1837, by printer Arunah Shepherdson Abell. The Abell family owned the paper through 1910, when the Black family had a controlling interest. The paper was sold in 1986 to the Times Mirror Company, the same week the Baltimore News-American announced it would fold. Though now there is only a morning issue, for many years there were two distinct edition ...

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• The Baltimore Sun - External link

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The 2003 Invasion of Iraq began on March 20, consisting primarily of United States and United Kingdom forces; 98% of the forces came from these two countries, although numerous other nations also participated. The 2003 Iraq invasion marked the beginning of what is commonly referred to as the Iraq War. Iraq's elite Republican Guard units were defeated April 2, and Baghdad fell on April 9th, 2003. On May 1, 2003, U.S. president George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations, terminating the Ba'ath Party's rule and removing I ...

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• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Political and diplomatic aspects
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Military aspects
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Prelude
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Rationale
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Weapons of mass destruction
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Sanctions
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Human Rights
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Libyan disarmament
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Purported links between the government of Iraq and terrorist organizations
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Legitimacy and legality
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Invasion legitimacy
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Countries supporting and opposing the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Legality of the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Opposition view of the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Opening attack
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Special Operations
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Fall of Baghdad April 2003
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Other areas
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Summary of the invasion
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Security looting and war damage
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - End of major combat operations May 2003
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Deaths
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Related propaganda and phrases
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Media coverage
• 2003 Invasion of Iraq - Veterans Organizations

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Aurora is a city located in Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall counties in Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 142,990; in 2003, a special census found the city's population to be 157,267, making it the second-largest city in Illinois, behind Chicago and just ahead of Rockford. At the end of 2005 the population is now 166,614. About 110,000 of the city's residents reside in Kane County, while about 42,000 live in DuPage County. Only a f ...

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• Aurora Illinois - Landmarks
• Aurora Illinois - Geography
• Aurora Illinois - Demographics
• Aurora Illinois - Schools
• Aurora Illinois - East Aurora School District 131:
• Aurora Illinois - West Aurora School District 129:

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Yuppie, short for "Young Urban Professional," describes a demographic of people comprising baby boomers as well as people in their late twenties and early thirties. Yuppies tend to hold jobs in the professional sector, with incomes that place them in the upper-middle economic class. The term "Yuppie" emerged in the early 1980s as an ironic echo of the earlier "hippies" and "yippies" who had rejected the materialistically oriented values of the business community. Although the original yuppies were "young," the term ...

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• Yuppie - The yuppie stereotype
• Yuppie - Related terms

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Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (born August 4, 1961) is a U.S. Senator from Illinois. He is the first African-American man from the Democratic Party ever to be elected to the United States Senate. He received international media coverage for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, delivered while he was still an Illinois state senator. Obama won the open Senate seat while on leave from the University of Chicago Law School. He is the only African-American currently serving in the U.S. Senate, the fifth in U.S. ...

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• Barack Obama - Early life
• Barack Obama - College and career
• Barack Obama - Politics
• Barack Obama - Illinois General Assembly
• Barack Obama - United States Senate campaign
• Barack Obama - Keynote address
• Barack Obama - Senate career
• Barack Obama - Bibliography
• Barack Obama - Trivia
• Barack Obama - Media

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(a.k.a. Remnants 1898-1901) Wrigley Field (1916-present) a.k.a. Cub’s Park 1916-1920 West Side Park (II) 1893-1915 South Side Park 1891-1893 West Side Park (I) 1885-1891 Lakefront Park (II) 1883-1884 Lakefront Park (I) 1878-1882 23rd Street Grounds 1876-1877 ♦ - Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson's #42 is retired by Major League Baseball The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team ...

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• Chicago Cubs - Franchise History
• Chicago Cubs - White Stockings
• Chicago Cubs - Tinker to Evers to Chance
• Chicago Cubs - Every three years
• Chicago Cubs - Day games at Wrigley
• Chicago Cubs - Championship Dry Spell
• Chicago Cubs - Current Events
• Chicago Cubs - Quick facts
• Chicago Cubs - Songs
• Chicago Cubs - Baseball Hall of Famers
• Chicago Cubs - Current roster
• Chicago Cubs - Minor league affiliations

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The murder of children is considered a particularly abhorrent crime in most societies; they are perceived within their communities and the state at large as being vulnerable, and therefore especially susceptible to abduction and murder. The protection of children from abuse and possible death often involves disturbing the child's family structure, as tenuous as this may be. Child murder - Killing by family members vs. killing by strangers. Most murderers of children are relatives, acquaintance ...

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• Child murder - Killing by family members vs. killing by strangers
• Child murder - Killing of children by other children
• Child murder - Genocide and child soldiers
• Child murder - Muti killings
• Child murder - Traditional stories connected with child murder

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Wrigley Field is a sports stadium in Chicago, Illinois which was built in 1914 for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales and which became the home of the Chicago Cubs in 1916. It was also the home of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League from 1921-1970. The ballpark was originally named Weeghman Park for the Whales' club owner, Charles Weeghman, who obtained a 99-year lease on the property from the city. The field became the home of the Chicago Cubs following the 1915 season when the Fe ...

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• Wrigley Field - Ivy Covered Walls
• Wrigley Field - Let there be lights!
• Wrigley Field - Wind's Blowin' Out Wind's Blowin' In
• Wrigley Field - Da Bears
• Wrigley Field - Up on the Roof
• Wrigley Field - Shades of 1937
• Wrigley Field - Silver Screen
• Wrigley Field - Pilgrimage
• Wrigley Field - Historic moments

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Clarence Page (June 2, 1947–) is a journalist, syndicated columnist and member of the editorial board for the Chicago Tribune. He is an occasional panelist on The McLaughlin Group, a regular contributor of essays to NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, host of several documentaries on the Public Broadcasting System, and an occasional commentator on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday. Page was born in Dayton, Ohio. A 1965 graduate of Middletown High School in Ohio, he began his journalism ca ...

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• Clarence Page - Awards
• Clarence Page - Bibliography
• Clarence Page - External link

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A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a "column". Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. Some Internet columns are called blogs or Weblogs. What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it meets each of the following criteria: It is a regular feature in a publication It is personality-driven by the author It explic ...

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• Columnist - Types of columns
• Columnist - Columnists of note

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The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. Although its circulation (particularly home-delivery) and advertising revenue are smaller than the rival Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times makes more money on the newsstand. The Sun-Times is an urban tabloid, designed with hard-to-ignore front pages in an easily-carried format ideal for commuters on the 'L', Chicago's rapid transit. The paper has traditionally been liberal in its editorial outlook, althoug ...

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• Chicago Sun-Times - External link

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The Chicago Democrat was the first newspaper in Chicago, Illinois. It was published from 1833 to 1861. Chicago Democrat - History. Publisher John Calhoun was a Jacksonian Democrat, lured west at the end of 1833 from Watertown, New York to start the Democrat inspired by traveler's stories about Chicago after a series of newspaper business failures in his home state of New York. Printing paid better than newspaper publishing, but the paper was valuable to the new community both to boost ...

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• Chicago Democrat - History
• Chicago Democrat - External link

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Chicago is a musical, first performed in 1975, based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Its book was by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The play Chicago was Watkins' retelling of two very public trials for murder that occurred in Chicago in 1924, those of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner. Watkins had been a reporter for the Chica ...

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• Chicago musical - The Numbers and the Vaudeville acts they were modelled on

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The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and published between 1876 and 1978. The paper was founded by Melville E. Stone in 1875 and began publishing early the next year. It strove for mass readership in contrast with its primary competitor, the Chicago Tribune, which was more influential among the city's elites; for many years, the Daily News boasted a 1¢ newsstand price. The Chicago Daily News pioneered certain areas of reporting, opening one of th ...

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• Chicago Daily News - Pulitzer Prizes

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