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John Kugler, a former Hyde Park teacher, says pressure to raise grades is "part of the culture," at Hyde Park Academy, which is on probation. (Brian Jackson/Sun-Times)
2,000 grades boosted at CPS' Hyde Park Academy Sun-Times Special Report: Last school year at struggling Hyde Park Academy High, more than 2,000 grades were boosted at least one notch, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows. This school year, blanket A’s were ordered issued to all students of five new Hyde Park teachers.

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Milton Bradley goes after Lou, fans—again Former Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley who repeatedly has insisted that he wants to get on with his career and move forward, revisited his controversial stay in Chicago for the second time in less than a week. This time Bradley told ESPN, "I felt like a prisoner in my own home."

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Dispatches from Haiti Local doctor helps with relief efforts Chicago Sun-Times Dr. Mona Khanna, an Oakbrook Terrace physician, is in Haiti working on relief efforts in the wake of the earthquake there. Khanna is working with a team from AMURT, an international volunteer disaster-relief group, and she is writing occasional dispatches for the Sun-Times. Children line up during orphanage visit Photos: Local doctor in Haiti



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'America's Next Top Model' gets 'Society' escort Paige Wiser: Having watched at least every female-oriented reality show of this century and the last, I can tell you this: In America, the most privileged heiress is just as insecure, self-absorbed, ill-mannered, vapid, loathsome and desperate as any "Flavor of Love" reject. Truly. These reality shows have something to teach us, and it's this: our common denominator is far lower than we feared. I had high hopes for tonight's "High Society," starring the fabulous Tinsley Mortimer, a Bergdorf Blonde even I had heard of.




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Exec gladly going green David Roeder: When produce dealer Peter Testa decided to spend millions of dollars extra so his new distribution center would be an example for energy conservation, he didn't have to convince investors and a corporate board. The president of Testa Produce Inc. runs a company that's been in Chicago since 1912. He believes businesses are too focused on short-term returns to worry about responsibility to the environment. "We have to step it up a little more," he said. So when he decided to build his distribution center, he chose a "green" design.

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