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chicagotribune.com - 1/7/2009
Chicago schools' espresso machines a waste of money, inspector reports -
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One Chicago Public Schools manager must have really been jonesing for a cup of coffee when officials say she spent nearly $70,000 of the district's money to buy 30 cappuccino/espresso machines for a high school program. But five months after the machines were purchased, 22 remained unopened, one ...

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Brewing Controversy? ChiTrib Leaves Out Duncan Mention in Espressos-for-Schools Story
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... A bureaucrat serving under Obama Education Secretary-designate Arne Duncan spent $70,000 on espresso machines for Chicago's school system, according to a January 7 report in the Chicago Tribune. Of course, Duncan's name was not mentioned and his ties to the incoming presidential administration were left out of the 13-paragraph story: ...

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The New Editor — The Chicago Public School system spent about $70,000 on expresso machines ... in a system where less than 55% of its students graduate from high school. The Chicago Tribune's Carlos Sadovi reports: One Chicago Public Schools manager must have really been jonesing for a cup of coffee when officials say she spent nearly $70,000 of the district's money to buy 30 cappuccino/espresso machines for a high school program. But five months after the machines were purchased, 22 remained unopened, one disappeared and three were being used at two ...

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