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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Staying put: The Lisa Madigan file

Argh! Sneed was tipped a week ago not to be surprised if Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who was favored in both gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, decided to keep her job.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

No witnesses? Police blotter . . .

Just another night in Ford Heights?

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Off and running Tipsville ...

Watch for Republican state Sen. Kirk Dillard to make his run for governor official Wednesday as he begins a two-day tour of Illinois to get the word out.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Not a coup: a message from Honduras

Paleontologist Sue Hendrickson, who discovered the Field Museum's famous T-Rex "Sue," lives in Honduras -- and has dispatched urgent messages to her friends about trouble there.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Daley's new direction: Odd Todd out!

It's already begun: Sneed hears Mayor Daley has not only pulled the plug on supporting embattled Cook County Board President Todd Stroger for re-election, but he has hatched plans to back Ald. Toni Preckwinkle for the Cook County Board presidency.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Memories

Sneed's column on radio reflections and the retirement of old-time radio host Chuck Schaden netted many responses from readers yearning for the golden age of radio. Among them:

Friday, June 26, 2009

Got him covered $$$$$$ . . .

Good luck/bad fortune: Sneed is told the wife of a Cicero cop charged with stealing $70,000 from the Police Benevolent Association fund won a $2 million Illinois lottery prize last March.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Undeliverable Cyborama drama!

A dotcom comedy! Sneed hears Cook County government chose to send an alert by e-mail to inform employees their Internet system had gone down Tuesday morning.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Radio days

I don't stream, I don't Twitter, I don't do Facebook. But at 1 p.m. most Saturdays, I do the radio.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Sister wades in The Blago beat . . .

Psssst! The sister of swamp-sodden Patti Blagojevich is heading to the rescue ... via Facebook!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sneed: State's Attorney Anita Alvarez heads back to court

Sneed hears Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, who has been itching to get back into the courtroom, will do just that.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Blagojevich to try $10K drag race?
The Blago beat . . .

Thursday, June 11, 2009

New ambassador? Tipsville ...

Sneed hears rumbles Fay Levin, a huge President Obama supporter/fund-raiser, is being eyed as the next U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands by the Obama administration.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Patti's ride The Blago beat . . .

Whose beater is it?

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