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Governor backs gay marriage in Illinois

Alissa Groeninger, Rex W. Huppke Chicago Tribune

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 9:41am

CHICAGO -- A day after President Barack Obama endorsed equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn made it clear that he stands with the president on the politically divisive issue of marriage equality.

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Flash mobs being connected to violent crimes

Chicago Tribune, Rex W. Huppke

Last updated Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 9:55am

CHICAGO -- It has been a rough string of days for fans of flash mobs. The largely innocuous, secretly organized events in which fun-loving people gather en masse to dance or say the same thing at once or engage in pillow fights have been unwittingly lumped in with a series of violent crimes in Chicago involving large groups of young attackers.

A Google search of "Chicago flash mob" now brings up an array of stories about these crimes, in which people have been robbed and beaten.

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Comedian's missteps on Japan quake sparks debate

Chicago Tribune, Rex W. Huppke

Last updated Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 5:38pm

CHICAGO -- About a day after a massive earthquake shook Japan and brought on a deadly tsunami, comedian Gilbert Gottfried took to his Twitter account and did what comedians do: He started writing jokes.

Those wisecracks, all riffing off the unfolding disaster in Japan, wound up costing Gottfried his gig as the voice of insurance company Aflac Inc.'s iconic duck, sparking a furious online debate over comedy in the age of social media and whether it's ever "too soon" to seek humor in tragedy.

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Duncan's 'toothsplosion' is the talk of the town in Chicago

Chris Kuc, Rex W. Huppke Chicago Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 4:49pm

CHICAGO -- Chicago hockey fans can now be split into two distinct groups: Those who saw Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith's puck-to-the-mouth toothsplosion and felt nauseous, and those who didn't bat an eye when the veteran player skated back on the ice seven teeth lighter.

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