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GerryKern

  1. Tribune poll: City residents don't want speed cameras chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-… 8:39 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  2. Illinois' public pension mess disclosed by Chicago Tribune-WGN TV "Pension Games" investigation. Here are the stories. bit.ly/K4XuSc 8:33 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  3. When it comes to pensions, state officials looked out for No. 1. "Pension Games" investigation by Chicago Tribune. chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/… 8:31 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  4. 44% of Cook County homes with a mortgage are underwater trib.in/KEvvWY 7:30 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  5. RT @sciam: Why sleep is necessary: Brain may "disassemble" Itself in sleep as restorative process from waking hours. bit.ly/J9oLAR 7:10 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  6. RT @Poynter: Times-Picayune publisher confirms that newspaper will be published 3 days a week. journ.us/Kk9k9I cc @carr2n 7:05 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  7. City Hall fights parking tickets: Tab now up to $50 million chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-… 7:00 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
  8. Keep patronage out of choosing Fitzgerald successor:Tribune editorial chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/e… 6:59 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
  9. Who will be the next "Federal Hammer" replacing U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald? John Kass offers his view. trib.in/Lr5nxr 2:36 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  10. Beautiful NASA video of Incandescent sun 1.usa.gov/LpGzcI 2:22 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  11. Crooked pols must be breathing a sign of relief after Fitzgerald announcement, says Rick Pearson. trib.in/MHUBIR 2:07 PM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  12. $18.5 million settlement in Transformers 3 accident chicagotribune.com/news/local/bre… 1:30 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  13. BP agrees to spend $400 million to reduce pollution at Whiting refinery chicagotribune.com/news/local/bre… 1:30 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  14. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald stepping down June 30 chicagotribune.com/news/local/bre… 9:35 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  15. John Kass: Turkey's leader discusses a promise not yet fulfilled chicagotribune.com/news/local/nat… 11:45 AM May 22nd via Tweet Button
  16. Congratulations once again to Mary Schmich, who picked up her Pulitzer Prize for commentary at Columbia in NY Monday. twitter.com/GerryKern/stat… 8:55 AM May 22nd via Photos on iOS
  17. #NATO summit ends without giving Chicago a black eye trib.in/JCCBiw 8:19 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  18. @ljthornton Yes, apologies. Technical problems probably of my own making. We'll try it again later and make sure it works. 2:51 PM May 20th via TweetDeck in reply to ljthornton
  19. Trib's Tweet Central. Video clip of our social media desk with @amyguth and @jamesjanega. #NATO yfrog.us/ebw93z 2:20 PM May 20th via Tweetbot for iOS