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  5. #CPS to hire education advisor at $21,500 a month chicagocurrent.com/news/34126-Chi… 7:07 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
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  7. News links: Topinka ties cigarette tax increase to casino expansion chicagocurrent.com/news/34097-New… 7:36 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  8. NATO protesters: Chicago police 'disappeared' arrestees for 24 hours chicagocurrent.com/news/34096-NAT… 7:28 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  9. Rahm Emanuel: No more cursing? chicagocurrent.com/news/34095-Rah… 7:15 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  10. Ricketts, Emanuel, Obama and Chicago's newest news organization chicagocurrent.com/news/34094-Ric… #chicago #media 3:17 PM May 17th via Tweet Button
  11. NATO gridlock causing wedding changes chicagocurrent.com/news/34093-NAT… 3:00 PM May 17th via Tweet Button
  12. Chicago's charter school gamble chicagocurrent.com/news/34089-Chi… #chicagopolitics #cps #education 7:25 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
  13. #CookCounty Medical Examiner cuts back on autopsies due to doctor shortage chicagocurrent.com/news/34086-Coo… 10:59 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
  14. #CookCounty settles Burge torture suit for $600k chicagocurrent.com/news/34078-Cou… 7:40 AM May 15th via Tweet Button
  15. Tom Tunney's haul from rooftop club owners: $171,356 chicagocurrent.com/news/34076-Tom… via 7:25 AM May 14th via Tweet Button
  16. Results of CTU straw poll are a mixed bag chicagocurrent.com/news/34075-Res… #CPS #chicago 2:16 PM May 11th via Tweet Button
  17. At the #Chicago Sun-Times, the future is the past chicagocurrent.com/news/34074-At-… 10:19 AM May 11th via Tweet Button
  18. Quinn to sign bill requiring government retirees to pay insurance premiums chicagocurrent.com/news/34071-Qui… 7:46 AM May 11th via Tweet Button
  19. IL Senate votes to trim roster of regional school superintendents chicagocurrent.com/news/34070-IL-… 7:35 AM May 11th via Tweet Button
  20. The Trib goes hyper, hyper, hyperlocal chicagocurrent.com/news/34069-The… 7:20 AM May 11th via Tweet Button