Meghan Power

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Morning drive podcast and news roundup: Tax hikes for school

Aug. 10, 2011
Chicago's top headlines, piped straight to your earbuds.A judge has ruled former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued for alledged police brutality, which happened under former Police Commander John Burges.

Morning Drive Podcast: Hello, school; Goodbye, Nixon

Aug. 8, 2011
Chicago's top headlines, piped straight to your earbuds.Little history for you today: On this day in 1974, President Nixon resigned.Students on the Track E started school today.

Morning drive podcast and news roundup: Guns, school budgets and Lebowski!

Aug. 5, 2011
Chicago's top headlines, piped straight to your earbuds.It's the 11th anniversary of the Big Lebowski. Aug. 5, 1990, the Dude was in line at Ralph's listening to President Bush say the violence against Kuwait will not stand.

Thursday Thingy: The Happy Film

Aug. 4, 2011
 I wanted to share this with you all.

Morning drive podcast and news roundup: Guns, cookies and railroads

Aug. 4, 2011
Chicago's top headlines, piped straight to your earbuds.In the fourth installment of “Under the Gun,” Rob Wildeboar hits the streets with some Toronto cops.

FAA furloughs hit Chicago, DuPage County

Aug. 3, 2011
After battling over the debt ceiling, Congress went on vacation, and left some work unsettled.

Morning Drive Podcast: Making stuff awesome

Aug. 3, 2011
Chicago's top headlines, piped straight to your earbuds.A group of 10 people pool together $1,000, $100 each, and hand it over to a charity. These monthly $1,000 donations are the single objective of the awesomely named Awesome Foundation.

Morning Drive Podcast and news roundup: Media on gun violence; Quinn on tollway hike

Aug. 2, 2011
Chicago's top headlines, piped straight to your earbuds.Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn remains mum on tollway hikes. "We're going to let the whole process take forward,” he said yesterday when pressed by reporters. If the plan is passed by the Tollway Board, scheduled for Aug.

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