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SEQUEL SCORES There's more to "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" than cheap revenge, movie blood lust thanks to Jennifer Lawrence. Michael Phillips review in AE very tiiinp HjhEs9 (EMcajj Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Thursday, November 21, 2013 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com 1 f4 Signed and sealed Quinn makes Illinois the 16th state to legalize gay marriage iHHHBK --wKk ii iiiMWMWMlffi PlHH. Bk' wBwjBBwBSBSBSBSBSBH'' HK ilVftl By Monique Garcia Tribune reporter Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday put his signature on a historic measure making Illinois the 16th state to allow same-sex marriage, capping a 40-year push for gay rights that picked up major momentum during the past decade. Playing master of ceremonies during an hourlong event, the re-election-seeking Democratic governor slowly signed the bill with 100 pens that quickly became souvenirs.

He did so at a desk shipped from Springfield that the administration said President Abraham Lincoln used to write his first inaugural address in 1861 a speech on the cusp of the Civil War that called on Americans to heed "the better angels of our nature." But it was another Lincoln speech that Quinn referenced as he spoke to about 2,300 supporters gathered at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "In the very beginning of the Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois said that our nation was conceived in liberty. And he said it's dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, and that's really what we're celebrating today," he said. "It's a triumph of democracy." Signs were banned for security reasons, but attendees shared celebratory lasses and waved miniature rainbow flags featuring the outline of Illinois. Among the first in the door were Jan Arnold and Mary Anderson, of Oak Park, who brought their 8-year-old son to witness the bill-signing.

The couple have been together for 15 years but said they got tired of waiting on Illinois to pass gay marriage and were legally married in Iowa in 2011. Their union now will be Please turn to Page 7 ABEL URI BETRIBUNE PHOTO Zachary Fardon, Chicago's new U.S. attorney, says street violence is just one target his office will take on. Fardon: Status quo must change But he says he can't 'arrest our way out' of gang problem By Jason Meisner Tribune reporter New U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon said Wednesday that the senseless slaughter of children caught in Chicago's gang crossfire keeps him up at night and that the level of mayhem is an "unacceptable status quo" that has to change.

In his first interview since assuming the powerful law enforcement post last month, Fardon, though, sought to tamp down mounting expectations over his role in tackling the city's seemingly intractable problem of gangs and guns a crisis that he said has myriad root causes to blame. "We're not going to arrest our way out of the gang problem that we have in the city of Chicago," Fardon said in a wide-ranging, hourlong interview with reporters assigned full time to the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. With a current staff of about 130 full-time criminal prosecutors, the U.S. attorney's office pours about a third of its resources into gang and drug prosecutions, Fardon said.

But there are other priorities as well from public corruption to terrorism to financial Please turn to Page 9 CHRIS SWEDATRIBUNE PHOTO Rainbow flags with outlines of Illinois wave as Gov. Pat Quinn signs the gay marriage bill Wednesday. 3 female Marines 1st of a kind, last in line ft Women in boardrooms: Progress remains slow City won't get parity for 71 years, business group says CHUCK BERM ANTRIBUNE Infantry training gratis still face ban on women in combat By David S. Cloud Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON The first three women to complete Marine infantry training will graduate Thursday, national symbols of the growing push to integrate women into front-line combat units and of the barriers that remain. The three Marine recruits Pfc.

Julia Carroll, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro and Pfc. Katie Gorz completed the 59-day course at Camp Geiger, N.C., that includes a grueling 12.4-mile hike while carrying 85 pounds of gear. But unlike their male counterparts who graduate Thursday, the women will not be assigned to infantry units. They will be placed in staff and support jobs while the Pentagon continues to study how many of the thousands of combat-related jobs reserved for men should be opened to both sexes.

Please turn to Page 18 en in Chicago business, and general counsel at printing company R.R. Donnelley Sons Co. "You can't make progress to parity with that fact These jobs these board jobs turn over very slowly." The rate of progress for women at the top of corporate Chicago has been so slow the network opted not to release to the media Please turn to Page TI 2084. Or 71 years from now. That glacial pace of change is the key finding of The Chicago Network's 2013 census report, which annually measures women's progress within the area's 50 largest publicly traded companies.

"Eighty percent of all new board seats are being filled by men," said Suzanne Bettman, chair of The Chicago Network, a group of influential wom Melissa Harris Chicago Confidential At the current rate, women will achieve equal representation in the boardrooms and executive ranks of Chicago's largest companies in BLOOMBERG PHOTO llene Gordon, of Ingredion, top, and Irene Rosenfeld, of Mondelez, are among women leading a top firm. Tribune Co. to cut 700 jobs in restructuring 2 Chicago legends honored Oprah Winfrey and Ernie Banks, the first African-American to suit up for the Cubs, were among 16 people awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday. The medal is the country's highest civilian honor. The Talk, Page 3 Wolves player embraces his tie to 'Slap Shof Chicago Sports Business Tom Skilling's forecast High 50 Low 40 $1.50 city and suburbs, $1.99 elsewhere 166th year No.

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