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We find out what state legislators were working on today in Springfield.
Stocks tumbled today on Wall Street amidst growing fears over Greece's debt problems. Eddie Arruza and his panel explore the details.
Millions of dollars in federal grants are being aimed at stemming the tide of foreclosures. We show you how some of that money is being spent in Chicago neighborhoods. For more on the story...
Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Tracy Letts joins us to talk shop and to tell us about his play Killer Joe, which is playing at the Royal George Theatre through the first week in June.
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Cuerdas Clasicas performs live in studio. For information about Chicago's summer programs for kids and teens
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From Billy Sunday to Al Capone, Chicago's role in the rise and fall of Prohibition is notorious. A new book takes an even deeper look at how and why America went dry for 13 years. Eddie Arruza talks to Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call.
The working class meets the ballet class in Billy Elliot. Hedy Weiss reviews Elton John's hit musical, and two more colorful productions on the Chicago stage. Billy Elliot Eclectica The Farnsworth Invention
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What's in store for the future of fashion? The School of the Art Institute's Fashion Show is this Friday. We get a preview from the department chairman. SAIC Fashion Show 2010
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Joel and his panel discuss the week's top headlines: President Obama gives a boost to the Giannoulias campaign during a visit to Illinois this week; Mayor Daley balks at the suggestion of sending in the National Guard to help police Chicago's deadly streets; United and Continental Airlines are reportedly close to striking a mega-merger deal; immigration protests are planned in Chicago and across the country this weekend; Walmart is going to meet face to face with organized labor about its proposed Chicago expansion plans; and the Blackhawks advance to the conference semifinals against the V
Protesters descended on Wrigley Field today calling for a baseball boycott. Ash-har Quraishi tells us how the immigration reform debate took to the field.
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State legislators are just a few votes away from legalizing medical marijuana in Illinois. But how would authorities control it, and could medical pot be the first step in making the drug completely legal? Eddie Arruza and his panel take up the debate. Read the bill
Looking back on a life in cartoons. Jules Feiffer joins us to talk about his career -- and some early memories of Chicago. Jean Albano Gallery Artropolis Chicago
Where was the ballpark when the Cubs actually won two World Series? Geoffrey Baer has the surprising answer in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey. Historic Pullman Foundation The Pullman State Historic Site "Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. : A Chronological History"--Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc.
Seventy years ago, more than 20,000 Polish POWs were executed by the Soviet military during World War II. We preview a documentary about the Katyn massacre airing Friday night at 9 pm on WTTW.
Chicago is already the most watched city in the country, thanks to thousands of security cameras. Now Mayor Daley wants cameras linking Chicago and the Mexican border. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a look at the pros and cons of such a plan.
 

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