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Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Libyan Civil War (2011), Armed Forces, Muammar Gaddafi, United Kingdom, Barack Obama
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Putin returns, and so does a Cold War mentality
Now that Vladimir Putin is Russia's president once again, the result of still another fraudulent election, we should expect ever more hostile relations with Moscow. Mr. Putin, a vain and vulgar man, was born and bred to despise the United States. And...
Tags: Summits, The New York Times, National Government, Camp David, Barack Obama
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Leaders of the Group of 20 nations gather in Mexico
World NowLOS CABOS, Mexico –- With the pro-bailout New Democracy party’s victory in Greece, leaders of the world’s biggest economies averted the worst of possible scenarios heading into their annual summit Monday. The heads of the Group of 20... -
Gestures of censure on Syria show world's outrage, paralysis
World NowThe White House has expressed its "absolute disgust" over the latest massacre in Syria. Nine Western nations have expelled Syrian diplomats from their territories to underscore their revulsion. Senior United Nations officials have warned both sides in the... -
Divisions persist in U.N. over how to halt Syria violence
World NowUnited Nations diplomats scrambled Wednesday to salvage some vestige of a peace plan that has failed to halt the fighting in Syria or protect civilians from the kind of savagery that took more than 100 lives last week in Houla, most of them women and... -
Ian Schrager transforms a legend, Chicago journalists are honored
![The oversized invitation for the opening of Ian Schrager's newest hotel, Public Chicago, stated "no jacket required and dress knockout." And even though the party was intended to be a celebration of the hotel, formerly the Ambassador East, it also celebrated the transformation of the world famous Pump Room. The invite-only crowd, greeted by a smiling Ian Schrager, mingled in the living room (lobby) and the library sampling canapes and cocktails while photographers snapped away at the scenesters and screen stars Billy Zane ("Titanic") and Zoe Saldana ("Avatar" and "Star Trek").](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65520217-19152621-187105.jpg "The oversized invitation for the opening of Ian Schrager's newest hotel, Public Chicago, stated "no jacket required and dress knockout.\" And even though the party was intended to be a celebration of the hotel, formerly the Ambassador East, it also celebrated the transformation of the world famous Pump Room. The invite-only crowd, greeted by a smiling Ian Schrager, mingled in the living room (lobby) and the library sampling canapes and cocktails while photographers snapped away at the scenesters and screen stars Billy Zane (\"Titanic\") and Zoe Saldana (\"Avatar\" and \"Star Trek\").")
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe oversized invitation for the opening of Ian Schrager's newest hotel, Public Chicago, stated "no jacket required and dress knockout." And even though the party was intended to be a celebration of the hotel, formerly the Ambassador East, it also...Tags: Human Interest, Sarah Brown, Illinois Governor, Jordan, Garry McCarthy
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Towson's Will Adams beating worst enemy yet
Will Adams, freshman basketball player at Towson University, could be mad at the world about all the misfortune life dumped at his Philadelphia doorstep.
There was the woman, his birth mother, who abandoned him to a series of foster homes at 3. There was...Tags: College Sports, Colonial Athletic Association, Basketball, Cancer, Hodgkins Disease
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Avocado, roasted corn and tomato salad
This salad is a great way to enjoy the heat of the summer without heating up the kitchen. Fire up the grill and prepare your vegetables, and then cut everything to bite-size portions to lay nicely across the salad. Romaine is certainly not the only...Tags: Education, Shallots, Cilantro, Cheese, Weather
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City Life: 'Irvine 11' went too far but so did prosecutor
At the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, there are signs scattered throughout the venue reading, "Patrons disrupting the performance for others will be subject to removal from the theater." Many other venues throughout the region offer similar warnings. Get...Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Islam, Nature, Christianity, Reformed
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Schiff seeks to invest in Egypt, Tunisia firms
President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Armenia, John Heffern, is scheduled to come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for questioning on Wednesday. Heffern is a career diplomat who now is the United States’ deputy chief of...Tags: Human Interest, Glendale (Queens, New York), Homes, Justice System, Rebellions
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CEOs need to brace for G-8, NATO
![The G-8 and NATO summits being held in May in Chicago are expected to draw thousands of protesters, and <strong>Christie Hefner</strong><strong> </strong>had heard that some local CEOs were being told by their senior staff to "get out of town" that week to avoid them.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-12/66628030-07184721.jpg "The G-8 and NATO summits being held in May in Chicago are expected to draw thousands of protesters, and <strong>Christie Hefner</strong><strong> </strong>had heard that some local CEOs were being told by their senior staff to "get out of town\" that week to avoid them.")
The G-8 and NATO summits being held in May in Chicago are expected to draw thousands of protesters, and Christie Hefner had heard that some local CEOs were being told by their senior staff to "get out of town" that week to avoid them.
The warnings were...Tags: Companies and Corporations, U.S. Secret Service, International Organizations, NATO, France
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Charles T. Manatt dies at 75; Democratic Party leader and diplomat
Charles T. Manatt, who founded one of the biggest and most influential law firms in Los Angeles and then became a political power as chairman of the state and national Democratic parties, died Friday night. He was 75.
Manatt died at Kindred Hospital in...Tags: Human Interest, Bill Clinton, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Barack Obama
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