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Virtual badges earned online no replacement for diploma

Playing your favorite online games could potentially enhance your education and job prospects. A new trend in higher education has students and recent grads earning online badges as credentials or achievements that ...
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Parks and Renovation

Grant PArk, one of Chicago’s most famous recreational spaces, is getting a makeover. Beginning in September 2012, the Grant Park garage, which is under ...
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Pride vs. church

Annual parade proposed time, route changes raise concerns in city

Parade-goers will be celebrating two hours earlier at next year’s Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade—potentially disrupting the services at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 708 W. Belmont Ave. ...
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Marketing initiative to raise city revenue

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is allowing businesses to buy advertising space on many of Chicago’s assets in an attempt to shrink the city’s $635.7 million budget deficit. ...
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Stopping hunger

Organizations come together to campaign against food shortages

One in six people residing in Cook County does not know where his or her next meal is coming from. According to data collected by the Greater Chicago Food Depository, 845,910 people ...
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Battling child abuse

Advocacy center tries to raise awareness in wake of high-profile scandals

Organizations across the country are taking action in the aftermath of the Pennsylvania State University sex scandal. One such organization, the Chicago Children’s Advocacy ...

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