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Apr. 02, 2012

Crete leader slams immigrant activists

Apr. 2, 2012
Village President Michael Einhorn says he and other town officials are having a hard time gauging public support for a planned immigrant detention center because Chicago-based protesters have come in and whipped people “into a frenzy.”

Bill Savage on the similarities between sports, theatre and pornography

Mar. 29, 2012
Sports fans and theater fans appear to have little in common. But both celebrate a spring season, argues Northwestern English Professor Bill Savage (yes, brother of Dan), and we're on the brink of it.

Does Gawker have it right? Performance pay in action

Apr. 2, 2012
 What’s the fairest way to pay employees? Seniority? Commission? Productivity? In the world of Web journalism, pageviews are king.  

The Lawrence Peters Outfit perform on 'Eight Forty-Eight'

Apr. 2, 2012
The band opens for Bobby Bare Jr. at the CIMM Fest closing night show, at The Hideout, on Sunday April 15, where they're likely to turn the event into a real honky tonk.