Ebert was eulogized Monday at a funeral mass, with his family, colleagues, and fellow Chicagoans speaking of a man who shared himself with the world and fought as "a soldier for social justice."
The brothers Emanuel recently sat down for an interview with NBC's Brian Williams that aired on Friday's episode of Rock Center. But one of the brothers -- probably the most famous one -- didn't like it when Williams asked them some tough questions.
Last week, the House oversight committee posted 166 pages of State Department communications from Libya. The documents were not classified, but they did contain the names of several Libyans who have been working various capacities with American officials in Libya.
The Chicago Teachers Union voted to call off its strike, which has kept kids out of class for seven days, The Wall Street Journal's Caroline Porter reports.
The expected vote on the contract deal reached by negotiators from the Chicago Teachers Union and the city never came on Sunday, ushering in a second week without school for the city's youth.
Chicago kids' week-long break from school appears to be coming to an end. The Associated Press reports that president of the Chicago School Board David Vitale says that the teacher's union have fleshed out a "framework" to resolve the teacher's strike by Monday.
Fending off a malicious smear that went viral yesterday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has denied any affection he allegedly has or had for the loathed rock group Nickelback.
Martin O'Malley is probably going to face some criticism from other Democrats for saying the country isn't better off than it was four years ago; and Rahm Emmanuel wasn't impressed with Mitt Romney's convention speech.
Ed Gillespie went on State of the Union to explain that Romney "retired retroactively" from Bain in 2002, while a former Bain parter appeared on MSNBC to explain that it was a management board who ran the company while he was gone. Elsewhere: Republicans complain about Obama's ads while Democrats tell them to stop whining.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Following reports of Memorial Day weekend murders and violence during regular weekends in the Windy City, it really comes as no surprise to read in The New York Times that Chicago is having a terrible 2012, as far as its murder rate goes.
Mayor Rahm Emmanuel is proving himself to be a pretty handy politician as mayor of Chicago as you can see in this awesome photo, tweeted out by ABC News' Dan Lopez.
One way the New York Police Department is trying to deflect blame for this whole Muslim spying story: Tattling on their colleagues in New Jersey.
The recent revelation of the identity of the @CormacCMcCarthy has us thinking the ethics of Twitter impersonation.
No one's ever considered Michelle Obama a docile first lady, but the catalog of aggressive confrontations and benign squabbles in Jodi Kantor's new book The Obamas are among the revelations that are making the most noise.
Perhaps Herman Cain has noticed reporters have started using terms like "snowballing" and "modified limited hangout," a Richard Nixon reference, to refer to allegations of sexual harassment against him, because he's shifted from hoping the story will go away to blaming it on his rivals.
Female White House staffers felt marginalized and that Obama wouldn't do much about it
Also: Matthew Fox has legal troubles on the horizon
Chicago's mayor walked after an interview asked where his kids go to school
On Obama and Israel, the IMF's faults, and the economic costs of obesity
Says he rejects other Midwestern states "exploiting" fiscal crisis to curb union power
Joe Biden eyed two other reporters before hiring the Washington Post's Shailagh Murray
And a top Republican pollster turns down a job on Trump's campaign
In New York magazine, he says he didn't want his Administration job in the first place
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