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“El Chapo” Guzman Named Chicago’s Public Enemy Number One
As far as authorities know El Chapo has never even been to Chicago, but he is still considered the most dangerous man in the city. Mexican billionaire Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, considered by...
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Daring Kayaker Rescues Dog Stranded on Lake Michigan Ice (VIDEO)
FOX 35 News Orlando Dave Kehnast said, “I have the gear, I have the equipment, I would have been beating myself up if I had just sat there.” 37-year-old Dave Kehnast, of Chicago, Illinois, has made...
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After Seeing Fine Arts Being Cut From Schools … Will My Child Have the Same...
The short documentary “The Missing Note” shows how fine arts are not just fun but integral for students and their education and what we can do to save them. “The Missing Note”, created by Wes...
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HLN: Andrew Holmes is on a Mission to Stop Violence in Chicago (VIDEO)
Right now Andrew Holmes is focused on getting the person who killed a six month old girl off the streets and into prison. Andrew Holmes, a Chicago native, has made it is personal mission to end the...
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Hero Cop Saves Residents From Burning Building
The officer noticed the smoke and fire while on patrol after midnight and was able to personally save 2 residents before succumbing to smoke inhalation. A police officer in Lyons, Illinois, is being...
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Midwest Opening Up to Gay Marriage
Gay marriage moves to the middle of the country as Minnesota and Illinois make moves to legalize it. On May 9, the Minnesota House will vote on legalizing gay marriage; if the bill passes, the state...
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NEW STUDY: Lack of Sleep Interfering With US Kids Learning
A Boston College study has found that US students are the most sleep-deprived in the world. The study, which was based on data gathered by testing more than 900,000 students from 50 different...
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Giving Mother-in-Law Good Rap
Our culture unfortunately stresses the stress of relations between the married children and their in-laws. While I spent most of my youth searching for enduring love, and wanted a life partner more...
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All-Male Urban School, All College Bound
For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall. When the national rate of graduation for...
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Illinois Passes Bill for Comprehensive Sex-Ed in Public Schools
Linda Holmes: “In fantasy land, we teach our kids abstinence—and they listen.” On Wednesday, the Illinois state Senate passed HB 2675, a bill that requires state public schools offering sex education...
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The Young Gay Man and the Wedding of a Queen
A gay man recalls attending a drag queen’s wedding in his youth and harboring fantasies of his own marriage. It was 1988 and I was a theater costume design major at Southern Illinois University at...
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Same-Sex Couples Seek Ruling on Gay Marriage in Illinois
25 same-sex couples who have sued over the gay marriage ban in Illinois have asked the judge to rule quickly. According to the Associated Press, “Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of...
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I Don’t Babysit
Why are men expected to participate in their own deprecation? ___ I took the picture featured here one afternoon while walking in my neighborhood. It’s from a shirt that had been hanging in a display...
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Illinois Governor Signs Marriage Equality Into Law
Illinois is the 16th state in the US to legalize gay marriage. — This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress By Zack Ford Wednesday afternoon, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed marriage equality...
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When Should You Accept Failure or Admit Success?
A student asks the most difficult question a professor ever had to handle. ___ “I want you to tell me straight up,” the young man asked. “Should I bother trying to get a degree?” This was the most...
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Virginia Gov. McDonnell’s Fall from Grace. Just Desserts?
The man who would be king? (Or at least potential running mate to the man who almost became king) is going to prison and out of public life for good. Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his...
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Trashcan Dinner in the Spring
I had experienced many culinary delights in my life, but none like what my father-in-law cooked for me. — Growing up in Louisiana, outdoor boils are as ubiquitous as salt in the air; all of them...
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Turning Points
Once Upon A Time… Remembering historical events and considering their significance for families today Passed by Congress in the spring of 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the two new territories...
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Personal Geography
Personal Geography *** Interested in submitting poetry to The Good Men Project? Check out our guidelines. Photo by andy wagstaffe/Flickr The post Personal Geography appeared first on The Good Men...
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It’s Crazy How Much Bush 43 and Obama Undid — and Reversed — This Clinton...
— False starts didn’t only mark the start of college football season. They and a whole lot of expenditures — and wars on terrorism — over the least two decades have tore up the United States economy....
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