Author: Barbara Iverson

• After numerous inspections and citations, state officials closed the troubled Somerset Place on Monday, March 12 — but that didn’t end the ongoing saga for nearly 200 mentally ill residents who were…

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• Serendipity is unexpected relevance « BuzzMachine

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• Can a chatroulette for news produce what we want from news? Jeff Jarvis weighs in with some good points. Serendipity isn’t just getting the opposite of what we are used to.

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• Re: Mutterings on non-profit news: SteveOuting.com You know, the kind of story like the one in ProPublica.org that just won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting…”Deadly Choices at Memorial” by Sherry Fink, who is medical doctor, and whose background enhanced the reporting.

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• Supreme Court Hearing Asian Carp Case Today

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• Race and the Chicago Tea Party

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• Click here to view the embedded video. Lionel Garcia, a 6th District state representative candidate and political director of the National Hispanic Political Assembly, talked with ChicagoTalks…

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• The Shedd Aquarium addressed the threat of a destructive Asian carp infestation last week by hosting a panel discussion with experts from the Midwest region. They discussed the invasive species…

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• Chicago Tourism Stays Strong in Weak Economy

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