By Ann Lengyel

My aim with each of these images, taken at the North Side Housing and Supportive Services Shelter in August, is to introduce my audience and Chicago to members of our community who are experiencing homelessness. I feel it is important to stress the individuality of each of these men who have unique experiences and stories to share. Each photograph represents the community that exists among these men, who, in turn, exist as a marginalized group in our society.
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Posted on December 11, 2013

By AP

Here comes Santa Claus. And another. And another. More than 100 Kris Kringles attended Santa school in Michigan learning tricks of the trade including makeup application, wardrobe, and reindeer care during the three-day seminar.

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Posted on December 10, 2013

By Helene Smith

Delivering the goods.
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Posted on December 6, 2013

Plus: Arby’s Still Exists – And Apparently Advertises

1. Burger Clown.
“Burger King in November released its latest menu item: Big King, made of two beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame-seed bun,” Ad Age reports.
“That came months after it unveiled its summer menu, which included a BBQ Rib sandwich – a boneless rib pattie just like the McRib.
“It’s not unusual for BK to emulate McDonald’s menu – the Big King, in fact, was once a limited-time offer in the ’90s, without the middle bun it now has. But BK’s recent products appear to be more strikingly similar to McDonald’s items than ever.”
What really persuaded analysts that a dirty game of corporate copycat was going on, though, was when Burger King introduced its new mascot.

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Posted on December 3, 2013