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  • 1 taken to hospital following SW Side ammonia leak

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:38 am
    One person was taken to the hospital following an ammonia spill at an industrial complex on Chicago's Southwest Side.Shortly before 11 a.m., the person was working on a cooling system at a business in the 4500 block of West Ann Lurie Place when somehow an ammonia leak took place, causing the person to get sprayed by the toxic substance, said Chicago Police Officer Robert Perez, a police spokesman. "The person is conscious, talking and appears to be in good condition," Perez said. The person was taken to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, but Perez did not know if the patient actually suffered…

  • 3 Red Line stations out of service until 6 p.m.

    21 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    Southbound CTA Red Line trains will be unable to stop at three of its stations, Granville, Thorndale and Bryn Mawr, until 6 p.m. today, the Chicago Transit Authority said in a news release.Maintenance work, which began about 10 p.m. Friday, was being done on the southbound tracks alongside those three stations, which Red Line trains stop at in succession. Northbound train service would not be affected, however, by the track work. Southbound Red Line riders who want to exit at those three stations should do so at the Berwyn station and travel on a northbound train to the appropriate…

  • Missing South Side girl found safe

    21 Nov 2009 | 7:31 am
    A 12-year-old girl who went missing Thursday afternoon while on her way home from school on Chicago's South Side has been found safe this morning. Jasmine Brown was walking home from school with her mother about 5:15 p.m. Thursday in the 7900 block of South Wabash Avenue when she walked away from her mother, said Chicago Police Officer Amina Greer, a police spokeswoman.  The girl's mother lost sight of her, Greer said, adding that the mother said the girl was walking west on 79th when she vanished. --Deanese Williams-Harris  

  • Chicago man struck, killed by train in Evanston

    21 Nov 2009 | 7:19 am
    A Chicago man was struck and killed early this morning by a Chicago Transit Authority train in Evanston.Eric Utech, 42, of the 1300 block of West Fargo Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood, died on the scene, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office. Utech was struck on the Purple Line tracks located near the 1200 block of Isabella Street, which is located between the Central Street station and the Linden Street station in Wilmette, officials said. A CTA spokeswoman said the incident, which happened about 1 a.m., involved a northbound Purple…

  • Illinois officials use $1.4M for homeowner counseling

    21 Nov 2009 | 6:50 am
    Struggling homeowners in Illinois will soon get some guidance. Officials with the Illinois Housing Development Authority say they've approved allocating $1.4 million in federal grant money to pay for free counseling for homeowners. The grant comes through the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program. It will pay for 5,000 mortgage delinquency and foreclosure prevention counseling sessions. The head of the housing authority says financial counseling is the most effective step struggling homeowners can take. More information is available at www.findaforeclosurecounselor.org. --…
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    Chicago Tribune: Local News

  • Schools mapping out map changes

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Technology quickly updates geography Nine maps hang neatly in Anthony Kudia's classroom at Springman Middle School in Glenview, offering a peek at what the world looked like decades ago.

  • Islamic center foes try new attack

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    After citing concerns over parking and late-night services, residents near Naperville are offering DuPage County officials a new reason to reject a proposed Islamic center in their neighborhood: a financial connection to a foundation suspected of aiding Iran's nuclear weapons program.

  • Registered sex offender groped mentally impaired woman in nursing home, government report states

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Contrary to a nursing home's assurance that a registered sex offender presented no recent problems, a newly obtained government report and interviews show that the man allegedly groped a mentally impaired woman at the facility last month.

  • Chicago zoning inspector in kickback case back at work

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    A politically connected zoning investigator has returned to work at City Hall barely a week after he admitted to accepting bribes of cash and gifts to repeatedly overlook zoning violations.

  • Moving from storage unit to motel

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Struggling family gets a hand from friends, strangers Life is infinitely more comfortable for the family that lived in a Streamwood storage facility, thanks to the generosity of friends, family and a wide swath of Chicago Tribune readers who stretched from around the block to around the world.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Opinion

  • Schmich: Morphed from Skid Row to O

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The secret to a long life is knowing when it's time to go.

  • Burris and the truth

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    If others had kept their word, his lies wouldn't matter.

  • Flu shot roulette

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    If you lived in Kendall County and wanted the H1N1 vaccine last week, you were in luck. Kendall had received 18,000 doses and you could get vaccinated in a matter of minutes in a nurse's office. The county hadn't exhausted its supply of vaccine: At that time it was holding more than 8,000 doses that no one had requested yet.

  • Yawn! Obama bows, Americans shrug

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:24 pm
    Clarence Page: According to a new Fox News Poll, most Americans do not have a problem with President Obama bowing to the Emperor of Japan.

  • Kass: Turkey brining worth its salt

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Every year, about the time little children rush home from school to tell their parents that the Pilgrims were repressive Eurocentric fundamentalists with guns, I receive piteous pleas from readers asking me to help them with their Thanksgiving turkey.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Most Viewed

  • Chicago's red-light cameras don't always deter accidents

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    State, city statistics conflict over effectiveness of technology Cars and trucks slammed into each other 28 times at Western Avenue and 63rd Street in 2006, the year before the Daley administration installed red-light cameras there in the name of safety. In 2008, the year after cameras went in, accidents at the Southwest Side intersection soared to 42, according to state data.

  • Family living in storage unit moves into motel

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Struggling family gets a hand from friends, strangers Life is infinitely more comfortable for the family that lived in a Streamwood storage facility, thanks to the generosity of friends, family and a wide swath of Chicago Tribune readers who stretched from around the block to around the world.

  • Who will be the next Oprah?

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Ellen DeGeneres? Dr. Phil? Dr. Oz? Oprah Winfrey's decision to end her Chicago-based syndicated show raises many interesting questions -- among them, who may be in line to assume the daytime TV throne, should it indeed become available.

  • Saab story: Chicago-area dealerships being cut to 3 from 9 as GM sells brand, new group reorganizes

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Most area showrooms cut loose as GM finalizes sale of quirky brand to group led by Swedish automaker When General Motors completes the sale of Saab, expected this month, it could mark a new beginning for the struggling Swedish automaker. But for six of nine Chicago-area dealers, some with decades invested in the quirky brand, it is likely the end of the road.

  • Chicago Cubs make it official: John Grabow is coming back

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Left-handed reliever signs 2-year deal for $7.5 million The Cubs kicked off the free agent season Friday with a move that had been telegraphed since September, re-signing John Grabow to a two-year, $7.5 million deal.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: The Skyline

  • Northerly Island, northeast corner of Grant Park have big changes in store; both getting fresh designs--maybe for the better

    Tempo
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:22 am
    From today's print editionThey are two of the most contested pieces of ground on Chicago's lakefront -- the first, where the Chicago Children's Museum wants to build its controversial kiddie bunker; the second, where Mayor Richard M. Daley executed his infamous "midnight raid" and shut down Meigs Field. Big changes are in store for both. And -- hold your breath -- they might even turn out for the better. The Chicago Park District on Wednesday hired the highly regarded New York City landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh to redesign 25 acres in Grant Park's…

  • CAF names Patron of the Year winners, including Trump and Chicago Riverwalk

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:01 pm
    Here's the news release: (November 19, 2009-Chicago) The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s recognized six patrons for the annual Patron of the Year awards held today at the University Club of Chicago.  The six top winners are: Trump International Hotel & Tower, 300 North LaSalle (new headquarters of Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Chicago Cultural Center: Preston Bradley Hall  Dome restoration, Chicago Main Branch Riverwalk,  Charles H. Shaw Technology and Learning Center, and  Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, Loyola University, Chicago. Four honorable…

  • Landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh selected to re-design northeast corner of Grant Park, including Children's Museum site

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:51 am
    The Chicago Park District announced Wednesday that it has selected the highly-regarded New York City landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh to re-design the northeast corner of Grant Park, a 25-acre area that includes the controversial planned site of a new Chicago Children's Museum. Van Valkenburgh, 58, is best known for such projects as Teardrop Park in lower Manhattan (left) and has also designed for the Boston Children's Museum. On his design team for the Chicago project are Chicago architects Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton, the architects of the Chicago Children's Museum. In…

  • Bush Presidential Center design unveiled

    Tempo
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:40 pm
    Former First Lady Laura Bush on Wednesday unveiled the design for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, an unadorned brick and limestone structure that will be built on the campus of Southern Methodist University north of downtown Dallas.  The building, designed by New York City architect Robert A.M. Stern, will have three main parts--an archive, a museum and a policy institute. The 225,000-square-foot structure will be built on a 23-acre site on the university's main campus. "Laura and I are thrilled with the plans," Bush said in a prepared…

  • More Gropius buildings at Reese are demolished; preservationists plan a protest

    Tempo
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:23 am
    The senseless bulldozing of the former Michael Reese Hospital campus continues. In addition to the demolition of the Friend Convalescent Home, which I told you about in October, demolition crews have now taken down the hospital's laundry building, preservationists say, and are in the process of ripping apart the hospital's Serum Center along 31st Street. That building was one of eight on the Reese campus designed with involvement of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus and one of the most influential architects of the 20th Century. There are five…
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    Chicago Tribune: The Swamp

  • Obama's approval: 49 pct, new Gallup low

    21 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    President Barack Obama's public approval stood at 69 percent in the days after his inauguration in January, shown above, and reached a new low of 49 percent this week in the Gallup Poll's daily tracking surveys. by Mark Silva Public approval of the job that President Barack Obama is performing has fallen below 50 percent for the first time in the Gallup Poll's daily tracking of opinion. The 49-percent approval for Obama's performance, measured this week over a three-day average of surveys between Tuesday and Thursday, marks a 20-point decline from the 69-percentage point approval that Obama…

  • GOP: Growing gov't with health care

    21 Nov 2009 | 4:46 am
    by Mark Silva As the Senate nears a vote on advancing to debate over health-care, Republicans are holding ground against a bill which they insist will only grow the government and raise taxes. They don't accept the $848-billion price tag that the Congressional Budget Office has placed on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's bill, and they don't buy the idea that it can cut the defict over 10 years by more than $120 billion. "We are already experiencing record deficits and debt, and yet, this bill creates a massive expansion of government, growing the size of the federal government by over $2.4…

  • Obama's 'new era of U.S. engagement'

    21 Nov 2009 | 4:45 am
    by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, returned from a weeklong tour of Asia where he is promoting "a new era of American engagement," says the continent holds promise for Americn exports that can spur new jobs at home. "Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world - commerce that supports millions of jobs back home,'' the president says in a weekly address today that was taped in Seoul, South Korea. "It's also a place where the risk of a nuclear arms race threatens our security, and where extremists plan attacks on America's soil,''…

  • Barack Obama: Home for the holidays

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    by Mark Silva President Barack Obama is home. Home, where the hard work is. With stops in 20 nations behind him, said to be the most ambitious international itinerary of any first-year president, Obama faces the closing innings of a domestic policy year in which he insisted upon a sweeping health-care reform - by year's end, the president insisted. Talk on Capitol Hill already has turned to a new deadline for passage of the legislation: The president's first State of the Union address in January, a fitting stage upon which to hail the health-care initiatives which he made the singular most…

  • Obama, Palin: FOX News draws, both

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    by Mark Silva Sarah Palin was box office on FOX News this week - handing Sean Hannity one of his highest-rated shows. Someone else drew a crowd at FOX this week, too: President Barack Obama. While Hannity's audience of more than 4 million viewers with the author of Going Rogue aboard at the start of her national book tour well exceeded the 2 million-plus turnout that the FOX evening news got with a long-sought Obama interview, both shows were ratings leaders for the No. 1 cable news network: Hannity's ratings were his second-highest for the year, according to the Nielsen Media Research count,…
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    Chicago Tribune: Steve Chapman

  • Roland Burris is a lying snake

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:52 am
    The Senate Select Committee on Ethics has completed its investigation of Sen. Roland Burris, and his office is trumpeting its finding that he committed no "actionable violations of the law." What his press release didn't mention is that the committee also found he had provided "incorrect, inconsistent, misleading or incomplete information" about his appointment to the Senate. Which is senatorese for, "Pants on fire!" Where did His Ego fall short of complete truthfulness? He first denied having any contact with Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his…

  • Gitmo prisoners? Bring 'em on

    Newsdesk
    16 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    When Democrats express doubts about some aspect of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan or the war on terrorism, their more vehement critics often accuse them of spinelessness, failure of will or even cowardly appeasement. When measures need to be taken to safeguard American security, conservatives have long argued, we should not be afraid to take them. But the proposed transfer of Guantanamo detainees to a prison in northwest Illinois raises the question: Who's afraid now? U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican from the northern suburbs who hopes to ascend to the Senate next year,…

  • Islam and Fort Hood

    Newsdesk
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:46 pm
    Conservatives have been quick to trumpet the fact that the alleged killer at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is a Muslim--the implication being that Muslims are inherently untrustworthy, hostile to America, at odds with civilized norms of behavior or something. But if that were the case, incidents like this would be common, not rare. It would be absurd and dangerous to anathematize all American Muslims on the basis of one alleged murderer. After all, there are between 3,500 and 15,000 Muslims serving in the American military, including many who have served in…

  • Phony stimulus numbers

    Newsdesk
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    When it comes to tabulating the jobs supposedly created by the $787 billion stimulus, the Obama administration is exhibiting all the competence of the guys in "Dumb and Dumber." The Tribune reports today that the administration put out numbers provided by the state Board of Education indicating that at some schools, the money had saved more jobs than the schools actually have. The administration claims the program has helped save or create more than 14,000 school jobs. Kankakee District 111, for example, supposedly had 665 jobs saved--even though that district has just 420 total…

  • The Iraq war's other cost

    Newsdesk
    2 Nov 2009 | 1:46 pm
    Since invading Iraq in 2003 in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist, the United States has run up a huge butcher's bill. More than 4,300 American soldiers and marines have died, and more than 31,000 have been wounded, many of them horribly. And we will have to ante up more lives before we are done. Those are the most lamentable costs, but they are not the only ones. Iraq has also been the biggest foreign aid recipient in our history. Stuart Bowen, the government's special inspector for Iraq reconstruction, told National Public Radio the other day that we have…
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Garrison Keillor

  • A tribute to naked ... art

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    I was in Chicago with time on my hands and the sweet woman murmured to me -- you know how this goes -- "Would you like to see the Art Institute?" and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, "Sure. Fine." "You wouldn't rather do something else?" she said. "No," I replied. That's the correct answer when a woman asks you about art. Yes, absolutely, ma cherie .

  • No fount of wisdom for GOP

    10 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Health care is much too complicated for Congress There are some things we will never understand. Death, for one. I overheard a woman in the drugstore say, "He went in to the hospital yesterday and he was eating his supper and then he fell asleep and then he died. I don't get it." She didn't seem grief-stricken, just uncomprehending. (Why did it have to happen now?) The paranoia that has seized the Republican Party is beyond my understanding. So is the physics of cord entanglement: how two power cords set separately in a briefcase become so complexly intertwined in only a few hours. And why do…

  • Life is just a variety pack

    3 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Paris for $754. Life is unfair; we all know this. Big prizes go to mediocrities while you struggle on, unappreciated. The righteous suffer while the wicked prosper. Bernie Madoff danced around the Securities and Exchange Commission to the tune of billions and the Immigration people deport a good Vietnamese woman for a minor error.

  • When the tough should really get going

    27 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he's gotten and more. The Obama administration faces hard decisions there, and the man made a good case against deeper American involvement. He says that our presence among the Pashtun people, the rural, religious people, is only aggravating a civil war between them and the urban, secular (and, it seems, fraudulent) government of Kabul, and the role of the Taliban and al-Qaida is not central -- the real issues are…

  • Coffee with a geriatric grumbler

    20 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm
    A gorgeous fall here on the upper Mississippi, but among the old grumblers I drink cheap coffee with, the mood these days is dark, due to low interest rates and the advance of the glaciers, which is why I, sunny optimist that I am, seek out the company of the young and ebullient and drink $4 coffee, but sometimes you get stuck next to some old guy in a plaid shirt who gives you an earful about Wall Street bonuses and how the game is rigged in favor of the custom-tailored suits, and you must be polite and listen.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Clarence Page's Page

  • Yawn! Obama bows, Americans shrug

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:38 pm
    For all of my angry conservative readers (I get a few) who claim I don’t quote enough conservative news sources, here’s a bulletin from Fox News:According to a new Fox News Poll, most Americans do not have a problem with President Obama bowing to the Emperor of Japan.Yes, I said “Fox New Poll,” not the Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann or Media Matters for America.Asked if they thought it was appropriate for the American president "to bow to a foreign leader if that is the country's custom," an overwhelming 67 percent said…

  • Scrutinizing the scrutinizers...

    Newsdesk
    15 Nov 2009 | 4:22 pm
    And you think we have too much government bureaucracy? This story from the London Telegraph got me to thinking: How about a congressional oversight committee to oversee the committees that oversee Congress' oversight committees?  It's probably just a matter of time.     + Council sets up scrutiny panel - to scrutinize its scrutiny panelsBy Nick BrittenPublished: 1:19PM GMT 11 Nov 2009With public money at stake, councils are expected to subject all their decisions to a rigorous review process. However, one has been accused of taking the…

  • Fact-checking Sarah Palin's book

    Newsdesk
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:27 pm
    Watch CBS News Videos Online Who knew? When Sarah Palin was campaigning with John McCain, she wanted more running time in the fresh outdoors. But John McCain’s campaign manager Steve Schmidt didn't care about that. He wanted her to just eat more carbs because it was good for “cognitive connections and blah-blah-blah.”  Gee, I wonder why Team McCain might be so concerned with boosting Palin's brain power, not to mention all that "blah-blah-blah." Anyway, all this and more will be seen in the former Alaska governor’s book,  Going Rouge,…

  • Daily Show busts Hannity's fake video

    Newsdesk
    11 Nov 2009 | 7:24 pm
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  • Murdoch backs Beck: Obama's "racist"

    Newsdesk
    11 Nov 2009 | 11:44 am
    Remember how Glenn Beck called President Obama a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred of white peope" and "white culture?" Apparently Beck's uber-boss Rupert Murdoch, owner of NewsCorp which owns Fox News where Beck works, agrees. In an interview last weekend with Australia's Sky News, which Murdoch-- A busy fellow, that-- also owns, the media mogul said Glenn Beck probably shouldn't have called President Obama a racist on the air as he did, but what he said was right. You can fast forward to the exchange at 18:01 in the posted…
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    Chicago Tribune: Dawn Turner Trice

  • Mom honors daughter's memory through book donations

    15 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Former librarian copes with child's death by helping others Before Beverly Copeland retired from the Morton Grove Public Library five years ago, one of her duties was to dress the newly acquired children's books in protective plastic covering. She fawned over new books. She loved the smell of them, along with peering into them for the first time.

  • Whether they know it or not, teen girls have advocate

    8 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Afrika Porter-Ollarvia can't tell you much about the young girls invited by first lady Michelle Obama to the White House last week for apower-mentoring session.

  • What do baggy pants really say?

    1 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    When black teens wear them, the style gets many reactions There are a few theories explaining why in the early 1990s young black men started wearing extremely baggy pants and "sagging" them. One theory is that hip-hop icons co-opted the look from prisoners who were given one-size-fits-all pants but no belts, so they wouldn't hang themselves or use them as weapons.

  • Poets tell story of Chicago school children killed

    25 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Video captures poetry slam performance of tribute During the 2008 Brave New Voices youth poetry slam in Washington, Nate Marshall, then a senior at Whitney Young Magnet High School, and Demetrius Amparan, a senior at Morgan Park High School, are on stage before a live audience.

  • Long dreadlocks don't define him

    18 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm
    27-year-old gets many stares, questions about hair choice Without a doubt, the first thing you notice about 27-year-old Aaron Swanton is his hair -- his waist-length blondish, brownish chaotic dreadlocks that he wears with great pride and purpose.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Eric Zorn - Change of Subject

  • Things to do this weekend

    Eric Zorn
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pm
    1. Listen to Bill Leff Saturday 9 a.m. 1- p.m. on WGN AM 720 2. Watch Michigan pull off the upset of the century (so far) by beating Ohio State (11 a.m. Saturday, WLS Ch. 7) 3. Attend the Old...

  • Dispatch from the `War on Christmas'

    Eric Zorn
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:14 am
    This Gap commercial has the usual suspects worked up into their annual lather: The Los Angeles Times reports: The Mississippi-based American Family Association last week issued a fatwa against Gap Inc. -- the retailing giant whose brands include Gap, Old...

  • GOP now the Party of `Noooooooooo!'

    Eric Zorn
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:01 pm
    Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is, well, yikes, where do I start?...How Rep. Mark Kirk might update Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inaugural address A veritable caravan of terrorist sympathizers trooping across...

  • ACORN and the nuts

    Eric Zorn
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:57 pm
    Public Policy Polling's newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Barack Obama last year, with only 27% granting that he won it legitimately....Public Policy Polling's report on...

  • I'll wager he has DarlingEvil's vote sewn up

    Eric Zorn
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pm
    Even some people in his own community are debating (Northwest Side state representative candidate Joseph) Laiacona's political viability. In the inaugural edition of DungeonPlace.com's FetishCast podcast, after a segment on whether sadomasochists should be considered experts on military torture, hosts...
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    Chicago Tribune: Clout St

  • State gets $500,000 to help connect military veterans with jobs

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    Posted by John Byrne and Monique Garcia at 5:30 p.m. The state will use a $500,000 federal grant to expand a program aimed at linking veterans with jobs when they return home from deployment. The grant is part of the...

  • Quinn signs bill to get more federal money for health care

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    Posted by Monique Garcia at 1:15 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure into law today to capture additional federal money to pay down the state's massive backlog of health care bills. The legislation is one piece of a larger...

  • Ethics panel admonishes Burris over Senate appointment

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:09 am
    From the Breaking News Center: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Roland Burris was rebuked today by the Senate Ethics Committee, which issued him a "public letter of qualified admonition" for his actions in connection with his appointment by disgraced former Gov. Rod...

  • Friday Illinois political docket: Quinn to sign Medicaid legislation

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Posted by Tribune staff at 5 a.m. A look at what's going on Friday in Illinois politics: *Gov. Pat Quinn will pick up endorsements from Latino leaders at a morning news conference. *From there, Quinn plans to sign a measure...

  • Cook County Board passes budget with no tax increases

    Newsdesk
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:32 pm
    Posted by Hal Dardick at 10:32 p.m. The Cook County Board tonight passed a $3 billion budget for next year that holds the line on taxes.The spending plan commissioners signed off on at a special meeting includes a recently-approved cut...
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    Chicago Tribune: Manya Brachear - The Seeker

  • Can Catholics find common ground?

    Newsdesk
    21 Nov 2009 | 6:54 am
    Are American Catholics facing irreconcilable differences? The late Chicago Cardinal Joseph Bernardin didn’t believe that. Shortly before his death in 1996 he founded the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, a forum for the faithful to confront their polarities and celebrate their...

  • What is the role of religious media?

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:13 am
    Of all the statements, directives, guidelines and off-handed remarks offered by American Catholic bishops this week, one in particular struck a chord with me personally and professionally. That was the comment by Chicago Cardinal Francis George suggesting that my colleagues...

  • Should cardinal calm parishioners?

    Newsdesk
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am
    Lest there be confusion about where the Roman Catholic church stands on marriage, reproductive technology and treating chronically ill and dying patients, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released guidelines for their flock about all three issues this week. In...

  • Most doctors give chaplains their blessing

    Newsdesk
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:35 am
    We've debated whether spiritual care such as that provided by Christian Science practitioners should be covered by health insurance as a primary healing measure. Some comments and guest bloggers (patients and physicians alike) welcomed the warmth offered by hospital chaplains,...

  • Hesham Hassaballa: Value of spiritual chaplains extraordinary

    Newsdesk
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:31 am
    Hesham Hassaballa, author of the blog "God, Faith and a Pen" As a doctor, I believe chaplains fulfill an absolute critical role. They are an extremely important part of the treatment team. Not every patient will benefit from the services...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Business

  • Winfrey: 'Feels right' to end show

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    With tears welling in her eyes, Oprah Winfrey on Friday told viewers what they likely already knew -- that she will be ending her top-rated talk show at the end of the 2010-11 TV season, her 25th on national television -- saying simply, it "feels right in my bones."

  • Block 37 changes hands

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Bank of America wins ruling appointing CB Richard Ellis as receiver; Freed vows to appeal In a major setback to its urban ambitions, Joseph Freed and Associates LLC lost control of the long-troubled Block 37 project just as the first stores prepared to open.

  • For dealers, a Saab story

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Most area showrooms cut loose as GM finalizes sale of quirky brand to group led by Swedish automaker When General Motors completes the sale of Saab, expected this month, it could mark a new beginning for the struggling Swedish automaker. But for six of nine Chicago-area dealers, some with decades invested in the quirky brand, it is likely the end of the road.

  • Hershey stirs pot in Kraft's Cadbury bid

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Pennsylvania chocolate-maker may bid $17 billion for Cadbury, prompting bidding war It's increasingly looking like Northfield-based Kraft Foods Inc. may end up in a bidding war with Hershey Co. for British confectionery giant Cadbury PLC.

  • Price a sticking point in talks over NBC

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create a media powerhouse is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price.
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    Chicago Tribune: Foreclosure

  • INTERCOUNTY SALES Records for 11/23/2009

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:09 pm
    4115 W 56TH ST CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 1024 W LELAND AVE UNIT 3W CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 3837 N SAWYER AVE CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 2860 E 76TH ST UNIT 4A CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 3437 W ADAMS ST CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 12047 S INDIANA AVE CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 10 E ONTARIO ST UNIT 1908 CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 4848 W NELSON ST CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 1221 N DEARBORN ST APT 1409S CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 33 W ONTARIO ST UNIT 55D CHICAGO Property Type:…

  • INTERCOUNTY SALES Records for 11/24/2009

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:09 pm
    3100 S KING DR UNIT 1003 CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 7207 S OGLESBY AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 2850 N HAMLIN AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 5745 S CALUMET AVE UNIT 1 CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 3920 W CORTLAND ST UNIT G CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 4843 W AINSLIE ST CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 6420 S BISHOP ST CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 12237 S HARVARD AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 4100 N LOWELL AVE CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 1245 W 87TH ST CHICAGO…

  • JUDICIAL SALES CORP Records for 11/23/2009

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:09 pm
    128 W 115TH ST CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 1501 E 84TH ST CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 2233 S TROY ST CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 2236 N LOCKWOOD AVE CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 356 E 109TH ST CHICAGO Property Type: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 7640 W BELMONT AVE UNIT 3 CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 2 E ERIE ST UNIT 3114 CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 6037 S ARTESIAN AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 6332 S SAINT LAWRENCE AVE CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 8541 S KEELER AVE CHICAGO Property Type:…

  • JUDICIAL SALES CORP Records for 11/24/2009

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:09 pm
    10738 S GLENROY AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 9131 S ASHLAND AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 4935 S VINCENNES AVE UNIT 1N CHICAGO Property Type: CONDOMINIUM 3243 W POTOMAC AVE CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 4710 W FULTON ST CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 6419 S SANGAMON ST CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 7216 S MORGAN ST CHICAGO Property Type: APARTMENT BUILDING 4141 N MEADE AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 3343 N ORIOLE AVE CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE 630 N FRANKLIN ST UNIT 513…

  • SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SALES Records for 11/23/2009

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:09 pm
    10711 S LONGWOOD DR CHICAGO Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE
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    Chicago Tribune: Employment

  • More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment. That's customarily a positive a sign. Employers usually hire temporary workers before they add...

  • Indiana unemployment at 9.8 percent in October

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:13 am
    Indiana's unemployment rate was almost unchanged from September to October, but officials said it's too early to tell whether the stability marks a long-awaited awaited rebound in employment. The October jobless rate of 9.8 percent also was less than...

  • 3 Henry County corrections employees arrested

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pm
    Two New Castle police officers have been charged with official misconduct and ghost employment after evidence indicated they were golfing, gambling and engaging in other personal activities while being paid to work for the Henry County Corrections Center,...

  • Friends & family fund for Chicago aldermen

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    As City Hall struggles to pay for basic services, a stealth budget account worth millions has allowed Chicago aldermen to put family members, campaign operatives and those with political baggage on yet another taxpayer-funded payroll. Operating without...

  • Michigan jobless rate edges down to 15.1 percent

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:51 pm
    Michigan's unemployment rate dipped slightly to 15.1 percent in October as total employment grew in the state for the first time since mid-2007, according to a state report released Wednesday. The jobless rate is down from the 15.3 percent posted in...
 
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Marks Jarvis On Money

  • Irrational deliverance?

    Newsdesk
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:45 am
    OK, so you know what the economy needs.  You've heard the pundits lay it out repeatedly:  We need banks to make more loans, we need to get the housing market moving again, and we need to get people to spend.  Fine.  So we look to the government to apply the right pressures and stimulus to make it all happen. But economist David Rosenberg, of Gluskin Sheff puts the feat into perspective when he asks rhetorically "How does the U.S. government do that?" and then answers the question with these overwhelming facts: - The government is trying to promote…

  • Gold can glisten and still tarnish gold stocks

    Newsdesk
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    If gold keeps climbing, you'd think gold stocks would be golden too. But that's simply not the case, according to Leo Larkin, metals analyst for Standard & Poor's.  Larkin told me that he is optimistic about gold and thinks it is still going higher.  But gold stocks are a different matter.  He's recommended that investors sell stocks such as Randgold Resources (GOLD). Novice investors might be surprised about this.  After all, the company just reported a 29 percent sales gain and higher third quarter earnings than analysts were…

  • Question: How do I fund a Roth IRA when not working?

    Newsdesk
    13 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Dear Ms. MarksJarvis: I found your article about Roth IRA's and investing for beginning savers interesting, but I was hoping you would answer a question I had about funding Roth IRA's.  I am a 22 year old student whose parents had me set up a Roth IRA which I need to fund before the end of the year.  I was told I may not be able to fund the Roth IRA if I do not have any earned income this year.  I have interest and dividend income but no salary or wages.   What are the stipulations for funding it and if I can fund it what is the maximum I can take out of…

  • Obama's unemployment challenge

    Newsdesk
    12 Nov 2009 | 8:14 am
    President Obama says he’s trying to figure out how to get more people back to work and will hold a summit on the unemployment problem next month.   He said he’s concerned because the economy has not been getting the job growth that he expected from economic growth.   He does, indeed, have a mess on his hands -- an unprecedented problem.  Not only is the 10.2 percent unemployment rate among the highest of past recessions, but structural problems suggest many of the jobs people have lost are gone permanently.  They are not expected to return, even as businesses…

  • Small businesses and home buyers still encounter Grinch at banks

    Newsdesk
    10 Nov 2009 | 9:15 am
    The credit crunch continues, with lenders getting tougher on everyone from people wanting to buy homes to small businesses trying to grow. One of the worries about the economy has been that the credit crunch has been particularly mean to potential new employers -- small businesses that need loans to survive and grow.  And a Federal Reserve survey of lenders, called the Senior Loan Officers survey, shows evidence that small businesses are indeed missing out on funding. Some 16.1 percent of banks said they had tightened lending standards for small firms, while not being…
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    Chicago Tribune: Kicking Tires

  • Most Read Car Reviews of the Week: 'New Moon' Edition

    Nothing says vampires and werewolves like a stylish Swedish crossover. That’s exactly what Volvo hopes moviegoers will be thinking when they see the stars of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” driving the 2010 XC60 on the big screen. The mania...

  • Today's News From the Cars.com Family

    A reader asks which new cars other than Buick offer a front bench seat, and Ask.cars.com provides a few options. Then, PickupTrucks.com reports on Toyota’s pending response to the investigation of Tundra frame rust problems. Finally, MotherProof.com takes a trip...

  • 2011 Hyundai Sonata Packing Power, Mileage

    The four-cylinder engine powering Hyundai’s upcoming 2011 Sonata sedan will get an expected 35 mpg highway, the automaker announced. This bests any other midsize sedan on sale today; its closest competitor is the Ford Fusion, which in its S trim...

  • Cars.com Reviews the 2010 Honda CR-V

    As Cars.com reviewer Bill Jackson points out, the compact crossover segment is a crowded field populated by both luxury and non-luxury players alike. If you’re shopping for a small crossover, you are going to have an abundance of options. Which...

  • Chrysler Announces Year-End Incentives

    Kicking off today, Chrysler has announced its “Year-end Wrap-up” incentives on 2010 models for all four of its brands. Customers can choose from a few different options depending on which brand of vehicle they are buying. The deals will be...
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    Chicago Tribune: Deal Estate

  • A Lap Pool in Noble Square

    Dennis Rodkin
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:05 am
    List Price: $1.65 million The Property: Situated west of the Kennedy and centered around Grand Avenue, Noble Square is one of those semi-secret Chicago neighborhoods some people whiz right past without realizing it’s there. Well, there’s a secret within the secret...

  • Widow of the Director John Hughes Buys Lake Forest Mansion

    Dennis Rodkin
    18 Nov 2009 | 5:58 am
    Sale Price: $5.2 million List Price: $5.795 million Nancy L. Hughes, the widow of the director John Hughes, has paid $5.2 million for the Lake Forest mansion owned by the developer Robert Shaw. John Hughes, who died of a heart attack on August 6th, was the director of a number of films...

  • River Forest’s Priciest 2009 Sale

    Dennis Rodkin
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:21 am
    List Price: $2.695 million Sale Price: $2.1 million The Property: This elegant Mediterranean house in River Forest was the town’s first home this year to sell for over $2 million. In 2008, five homes in River Forest sold for over $2 million. In 2007, there were three sales in that price range.

  • Terrace Views of Lake View

    Dennis Rodkin
    12 Nov 2009 | 7:27 am
    List Price: $649,999 The Property: This three-bedroom condo, with large terraces on its north and south sides, occupies the 16th-floor of a 17-story Lake View building that offers unimpeded panoramic views in most directions. As you will see in the video, the south terrace, with views of Wrigley Field and the Chicago skyline, is nicely finished. The much larger north terrace...

  • Scott Turow’s Glencoe House Under Contract

    Dennis Rodkin
    11 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    List Price: $5.9 million Sale Price: Not yet known The novelist Scott Turow’s Glencoe lakefront home, which has been on the market for $5.9 million, is under contract with a buyer, Turow’s real estate agent confirmed for Deal Estate on Wednesday.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Opening Doors

  • Think Before You Link - 5 Ways You Should NOT Use Blogs

    12 Nov 2009 | 8:21 pm
    Remember when your parents lectured you saying your driver’s license was a privilege and not a right? Well, the same holds true when it comes to interacting with blogs. Social media is a great way to get the message out, but there are rules for blog etiquette. If only there was a way to take away a user's keys when they misuse blogs, we could probably clean up a lot of unnecessary clutter. The following are the 5 biggest ways I see agents misusing blogs: 5. Don't use video, podcasting, etc if you don't have quality content. Only use video or audio in the following situations: a) words…

  • HomeFinder VP Mark Tepper Named Industry Visionary

    4 Nov 2009 | 3:26 pm
    Mark Tepper, HomeFinder.com VP of Business Development and Sales, was recently added to Frogpond’s list of Industry Visionaries, joining notable profiles including Harley E. Rouda, Jr. (CEO/Managing Partner of Real Living), Victor Lund (Co-Founding Partner of the WAV Group) and Steve H. Murray, Editor of REAL Trends & Lore Magazine, among others. FrogPond, provider of unique “Communications Solutions” enabling corporations, associations and small businesses nationwide to effectively reach customers, employees and members with ahead of the curve industry information, is headed by…

  • Basics of Search OR How My Site Gets Recognized

    4 Nov 2009 | 3:11 pm
    Ok, I will promise one thing: once you understand the basics of how a search engine orders results, mastering the parts that a search engine cares about is pretty easy. I am going to start with a basic story of how a search engine works, and then in future articles do a deeper dive for each element that a search engine uses to determine your ranking position. The Spider Bot Any search engine (Yahoo!, Google, Bing, etc) uses something called a search engine bot that spiders the web looking at different sites. Translation: Search engine bot = Automated program that never stops running. Spiders…

  • Homes Near Halloween Movies the Top 3

    2 Nov 2009 | 9:28 pm
    Ok, I know that the witching hour is over, and we are now down to slowly working our way through two metric tons of left over candy. Evan though it is a few days late, I thought I would finish up the Homes Near Halloween Movies countdown. So, without further ado... #3 - The Birds This movie not only being one of the best Hitchcock movies, this is one of the best movies of all time. What is more freakier than birds going nuts? Nothing. Birds are always staring at you, taunting you with their ability to fly. You know if they were people they would be the Bodhi of the people world, but who would…

  • Real Estate SEO - Running A Site Is Work

    30 Oct 2009 | 8:09 pm
    Anyone that tells you that running a Web site is easy is lying to you. Well, actually that’s a lie too, since running a bad Web site is very easy and running a good site is what requires some work. My buddy Jim spent the sunny summer months trying to make the coolest real estate Web site ever. At a great cost to his social life, he finally learned the horrible truth that he would never be a master of the Internet--and about 98% of his customers could care less about the things that he was doing online. How involved you get with a site depends on two things: Your interest and your clients.
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    Chicago Tribune: Tower Ticker

  • Oprah Winfrey: Counting down to a finale and still looking up

    Newsdesk
    21 Nov 2009 | 6:01 am
    Back in 1996, when Phil Donahue taped the finale of his groundbreaking daytime TV talk show in New York, the once-dominant program had become such an afterthought that it didn't even air in that market.That was after 26 seasons in national syndication.So it is telling how the heir to Donahue's throne, Oprah Winfrey, framed her announcement Friday that she will leave syndication after 25 seasons.Still No. 1 by a wide margin, she promised viewers that she and her production team "will be brainstorming new ways that we can entertain you, and inform you and uplift you" and then…

  • John Barron named Sun-Times Media's group publisher

    Newsdesk
    21 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    John Barron, who has been publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and suburban Pioneer Press weeklies, has been elevated to group publisher and senior vice president of news and editorial for all of Sun-Times Media.The move was one of several organizational moves by company announced Friday. Fred Lebolt, who has headed the company's suburban suburban news division, becomes Sun-Times Media's senior vice president for news operations. Reporting to Barron, Lebolt will oversee the integration and unification of the company's print and digital operations, a critical part of the business…

  • Oprah says she loves show 'enough to know when it's time to say goodbye'

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm
    With tears welling in her eyes, Oprah Winfrey on Friday told viewers what they undoubtedly already knew -- that she will be ending her top-rated Chicago-based talk show at the end of 2010-11 TV season, her 25th on national television -- saying simply it "feels right in my bones."Left unaddressed was what her on-camera contributions will be to OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, the much-delayed cable startup partnership with Discovery Communications that later Friday slid its launch date from mid-2010 to January '11. Winfrey also offered no clarification as to whether she and/or her…

  • O-revoir: Winfrey to retire Chicago-based syndicated show in '11

    Newsdesk
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:50 pm
    It’s what made her rich, famous and, if not a kingmaker, then perhaps the maker of a U.S. president.Now Oprah Winfrey has decided she’s ready to move on from her top-rated daytime program.Winfrey plans to tell viewers on Friday’s show that she will retire the Chicago-based syndicated gabfest at the end of her current contract, which runs through the 2010-11 season, her 25th on national TV. It’s going to be a long goodbye.Harpo Inc., Winfrey’s company, on Thursday confirmed her move to end the program that spawned a multimedia empire, making her one of this country’s wealthiest and…

  • Why the Internet was invented (part of a series): An interview with Rod Serling before 'Twilight'

    Newsdesk
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:30 pm
    Set for your approval: This fascinating 50-year-old Mike Wallace interview with writer Rod Serling delves into issues that continue to exist today, issues that probably always will exist. When it first aired in September 1959, the medium of television was relatively young and so were Wallace, 41, and Serling, 34. What would become Serling's signature series, "The Twilight Zone," was less than two weeks away from its debut.(While talking about having to fight the powers that be about content in the past, notice how dodgy Serling is when it comes to whether "Twilight…
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    Chicago Tribune: Books & Media

  • Busting a 'grotesque stereotype'

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    When she was 10, Joan Waugh did what millions of eager readers have done over the decades since its 1936 publication: She read Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" again and again, admiring Scarlett O'Hara's resourcefulness and pluck, swooning over a handsome scalawag named Rhett Butler and savoring the novel's descriptions of the South's valiant, doomed struggle against the hated Yankees.

  • Ulysses S. Grant book seeks to restore his legacy

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Author tries to separate facts from falsehoods in studying life, times of once-revered president When it was finally over, when the vote totals had made it official, he strolled home from a friend's house through the streets of the little Illinois town. His first words to his wife weren't "Woo-hoo!" or the 19th century equivalent, but something a bit more somber: "I am afraid I am elected."

  • Family novels: What's your favorite?

    7 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Some might vote for Christmas, but for me, the holiday most closely associated with the idea of family is Thanksgiving. It has a distinctly ecumenical flavor -- or maybe that's just the odd tang I always detect in my mother's cranberry relish -- and there's no pesky gift-giving imperative to detract from the feasting. Plus, there's always televised football, and nothing gets my family revved like an impassioned cry of, "Turn that down !" from the many non-fans among my kinfolk.

  • Philip Graham's dispatches from Lisbon

    7 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    University of Illinois professor travels to Portugal, writes of the journey in "The Moon, Come to Earth" Ask me to peruse your vacation snapshots and I'll probably do so, but reluctantly, and not without an inward wince.

  • And the winner of the Great Chicago Ghost Story is...

    31 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm
    I have one thing to say to the citizens of Chicagoland: You people are sick, sick, sick .
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Dining

  • Paul Kahan's new eatery Big Star feels like a bar with extra-good eats

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    In Chicago's ongoing saga of super chefs opening casual Latin-inspired spots this fall, Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Avec, Publican) debuted his much anticipated Big Star last week.

  • Eat This: Ja's jerk chicken

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The $5 "Holla" special at Ja's Jerk Chicken, under the California Green Line station, warrants a holla , perhaps two. Here, a tray of fall-apart moist, complexly sweet leg and thigh piece rests atop coconut milk-tinged rice and beans. I added charred-ends of rib tips for $3.50. 2806 W. Lake St., 773-533-5375 -- Kevin Pang

  • Events herald arrival of Beaujolais nouveau

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Beaujolais nouveau officially hits restaurant menus and store shelves Thursday as countless wine drinkers around the world celebrate one of the first offerings from the 2009 vintage.

  • Il Poggiolo gets Jerry Kleiner's signature look in Hinsdale

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Despite a demographic that would make most restaurateurs salivate, Hinsdale has not always been kind to its dining options. Since finally permitting liquor licenses in 2001 (Hinsdale was DuPage County's last bastion of temperance), the town has bid farewell to Salbute, Kafe Kokopelli and Embrace, all of them ambitious concepts.

  • Vegetarian falafel rides the wave of popular Middle Eastern fare

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Vegetarian- friendly dish rides the Middle East wave Fast food is a flood of burgers, burritos and toasted sub sandwiches. But the vegetarian in search of convenience -- and flavor beyond roasted vegetables -- can stand firm against the carnivorous onslaught, falafel firmly in hand.
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    Chicago Tribune: Entertainment

  • Your favorite family novels

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Over the river and through the woods and across cyberspace they came, the many e-mails responding to my request for suggestions about great family novels. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought it was an excellent time to reflect upon which books are best at exploring families -- good families, bad families, families that inspire and encourage or those that thwart and nitpick, families that run the gamut from the Marches (made famous in "Little Women") to the Mansons (ditto in "Helter Skelter").

  • 'Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection' due Tues

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    It's a curious irony that at a time when entire music collections can be shrunk down to the size of a couple of sticks of gum, certain music packages keep getting larger.

  • Bill Nighy pretty much lived this role

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    LOS ANGELES -- Bill Nighy's journey to mid-'60s England began in, of all places, mid-'60s England. As a teen, he left home for Paris to write, came back unwritten, then became an actor, later to play a key (imaginary) figure in the very music that transformed him as a youth. But let's start with Bill the Mod.

  • 'Schooner' dock is anything but dry

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Tide of tears carries holiday story to Munster In Northwest Indiana, they claim bragging rights to "A Christmas Story." Author Jean Shepherd was raised in Hammond, just a few miles up the street from the Theatre at the Center in Munster. But I suspect tannenbaums can trump BB guns and, this year, "The Christmas Schooner" will beat out poor, misunderstood Ralphie for the local holiday money.

  • 'Banana Shpeel': Cirque du Soleil slides into world of legitimate theater

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:26 pm
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    Chicago Tribune: Fashion

  • Approach these trendy fashion ideas with extreme caution

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Risky trends ahead It's so easy to be seduced.

  • A taste of a new vintage

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Chicago samples Manhattan-based designer vintage sale Let's just say the well-preserved Louis Vuitton bags, the rows of furs -- featuring an almost $5,000 emerald green Valentino mink -- and the encased collection of Chanel necklaces tipped us off.

  • Kors values: Glamour, restraint ... and a touch of neon for fall

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    A little risk, a little restraint and a splash of whimsy On a recent "Project Runway" episode, judge and designer Michael Kors withered one of the contestants with what bloggers have called the quote of the season.

  • Practical magic Cold comforts

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Gloves, hats, scarves -- she's gotta have them. But infuse them with some practical magic. Accessories, by definition, add completeness, convenience or attractiveness to an outfit. Rather than depend on the merely practical, people who make it through winter with a smile on their face and admiring glances in their wake choose to elevate the utilitarian with a shot of posh or a touch of whimsy.

  • European invasion: Rykiel for H & M, Stella for GapKids

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    On the heels of Jimmy Choo at H&M
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Food

  • Harvesting sweet potatoes

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    One farm's harvest leads to a 'cure' of fine tubers for the table This is a chapter adapted from the book "The Seasons on Henry's Farm: A Year of Food and Life on a Sustainable Farm," by Terra Brockman, published by Agate Surrey, October 2009, and used here by permission. The book takes the reader week by week through all 52 "seasons" of life on a bio-diverse and labor-intensive Illinois farm owned by Brockman's brother.

  • Turkey tricks: What the pros know can help you

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Simple ways to make your holiday saner and more memorable Holidays can be a hassle for everyone, even the pros. The difference is the pros all have worked out little tricks -- what the French call trucs -- to make feasts like Thanksgiving a little saner. These tips are so simple you can easily adopt them in your kitchen.

  • Pineapple bars from the new 'Cake Doctor'

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Anne Byrn is back with a sequel to her popular "The Cake Mix Doctor" cookbook. The new book is called "The Cake Mix Doctor Returns" (Workman, $27.95).

  • Home-baked granola does double the work

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    If multitasking has become a way of life for you, shouldn't your recipes be willing to do double duty?

  • Web wine king urges you to try new wines for Thanksgiving

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Web wine king urges you to try new wines for Thanksgiving Gary Vaynerchuk has at least a million reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. He inked a seven-figure, 10-book deal with HarperStudio; the Wine Library, his New Jersey wine shop, is generating $60 million in business a year; his Wine Library TV blog (winelibrarytv.com) gets 90,000 viewers daily.
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    Chicago Tribune: Health & Fitness

  • Yes, you can train your child's brain

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:44 am

  • Pap smears every 2 years?

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists changes position on annual tests for women in their 20s -- Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

  • Hospital report cards go public

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Advocates hope Web site will improve hospital quality and lower costs For the first time, consumers can pore over abundant data -- much of it previously unpublished -- about Illinois hospitals and surgery centers on a state-sponsored Web site that launches today.

  • Heart pumps have long-term hope

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Simple and reliable device offers hope -- at a high price Mechanical pumps originally designed to supplement the pumping action of a failing heart and keep the patient alive until a transplant could be found have taken a major step toward becoming a permanent treatment -- a development that could expand their use to tens of thousands of U.S. patients.

  • Movie popcorn equals major calories

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    A medium-size popcorn and medium soft drink at movie chains pack the nutritional equivalent of three Quarter Pounders topped with 12 pats of butter.
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    Chicago Tribune: Horoscope

  • November 21, 2009

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:54 pm
    Today's Birthday (11/21/09) You start this year feeling driven to succeed at a new task. After a few days, you settle into the new situation knowing that you have the imagination and the skill to accomplish whatever is thrown at you.

  • November 20, 2009

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:48 pm
    Today's Birthday (11/20/09) Opportunities arise from distant locations ... so distant, in fact, that you may find yourself traveling to take advantage of them. Focus on practical wardrobe items that travel well and transition from day to evening, with the addition of appropriate accessories.

  • November 19, 2009

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:09 pm
    Today's Birthday (11/19/09) You're moving in the direction of solid, practical work. It may take some time to perceive opportunities that are right in front of you. Don't let this worry you. By your next birthday, you'll have earned accolades from friends and associates.

  • November 18, 2009

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:05 pm
    Today's Birthday (11/18/09) Building bridges will be far easier this year than last. Begin with clear understanding. An older person has achieved balance -- take directions from this person cheerfully. Then do your own independent thing.

  • November 17, 2009

    28 Oct 2009 | 1:03 pm
    Today's Birthday (11/17/09) Look back on previous successes. Then move forward with renewed hope and optimism. You're definitely on the right track. Keep up the good work by showing empathy for others.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Living

  • Black Friday sales to bring you in

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Stores expected to go all our with Black Friday promotions It's almost as traditional as turkey and pumpkin pie. On the day after Thanksgiving, shoppers flock to the mall to start their holiday shopping in a spree that would make Dionysus proud.

  • Sneaker world abuzz over Space Jams

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The long-rumored, highly anticipated reissue of a sneaker that last saw store shelves nine years ago could end up as one of the most sought-after pairs of kicks this year. The long-rumored, highly anticipated reissue of a sneaker that last saw store shelves nine years ago could end up as one of the most sought-after pairs of kicks this year.

  • The weird world of holiday windows

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Barneys New York says 'tis the season with Father Guido Sarducci; Neiman Marcus in Dallas has made a Habitrail, complete with crawl tube.

  • Turkey tricks: What the pros know

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Simple ways to make your holiday saner and more memorable Holidays can be a hassle for everyone, even the pros. These tips are so simple you can easily adopt them in your kitchen.

  • Schmich: Chicago has the blues

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The city has a mood problem.
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    Chicago Tribune: Movies

  • Roundup

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    'Visual Acoustics' ★★★ 1/2 Julius Shulman made his name photographing the work of significant modernist architecture, and had he done nothing beyond his gorgeous 1960 nocturnal image titled "Case Study House #22," capturing two women (architects' girlfriends, Shulman notes) chatting in the Pierre Koenig home perched magically on the side of an L.A. hill, his reputation would scarcely have been any less impressive.

  • A splendid place to park yourself on Saturday night

    12 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    "Honestly, sometimes I think it's the parking lot."

  • In 'Ten9Eight,' teens soar, story sinks

    12 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Those of us who can't tell a spreadsheet from a sheet cake can only marvel at the business plans put forth by a fantastic variety of teenagers in this intensely promotional quasi-doc. Many of the kids fought crushing dropout rates and every kind of economic adversity en route to becoming budding entrepreneurs.

  • Historical lens on the Muppets, ageless, forever young

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Alongside the felt-free Alain Resnais retrospective, this month the Gene Siskel Film Center is rerunning a substantial portion of "Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy," which was a significant popular success last year for the State Street cinematheque.

  • A perfect day to look behind the masks

    29 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Sometime in the late 1960s my father, a very handy guy, made a pair of papier-mache Halloween masks for my brother and me. One was a sad-faced clown, only really sad -- more like anguished, in the realm of Lon Chaney's silent-film creations. The other, even more sinister, was a witch doctor with devil horns, and if you wore that while trick-or-treating, you wouldn't get comments like, "Oh, isn't that a scary mask?" Or "Ooooo! I'm scared!" You'd hit the bell, the door would open, and whoever was holding the candy would sort of stagger and gulp and mutter, shaken, "Happy Halloween,…
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    Chicago Tribune: Music

  • The Pixies' perfect noise-pop

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The Pixies, an ahead-of-its-time band two decades ago, got their due on a wildly received 2004 reunion tour. Since then, the quartet hasn't bothered to put out any new music and remains more popular than ever.

  • Chicago concerts: Greg Kot's top picks

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    John Fogerty : The long-ago Creedence Clearwater Revival singer remains a vital force; his guitar playing has never been better, and he continues to release credible solo albums. His latest, "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again" (Verve), is primarily devoted to covers of favorite country and folk tunes written by the likes of John Prine, Rick Nelson and (gulp) John Denver.

  • Ezra Furman: A song for you

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Ezra Furman takes his music personally. He doesn't want to just write songs, he wants to change lives, and in the process have his life changed as well.

  • 50 Cent sounds fired up with return to grittier era

    15 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    50 Cent, 'Before I Self Destruct' ★★ (out of 4) While amassing a $400 million fortune that encompasses everything from vitamin drinks to condoms, 50 Cent (born Curtis Jackson III) has gone from a "shot-nine-times" thug to a hip-hop impresario, trading in his Kevlar vest for an Armani suit. But his sales have been sliding since "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " put him on the celebrity A-list in 2003. He has been trafficking in pop novelties such as "Candy Shop" and "Amusement Park" ever since, a world removed from the hard-edged MC he once was on mix tapes circulated in the hip-hop…

  • "All the Fame of Lofty Deeds" play in Chicago

    12 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Play by music writer Mark Guarino is based on the songs and paintings of Jon Langford The last living cowboy isn't going out quietly. He certainly isn't ready for any retirement home -- the long, slow fade envisioned for him by his son-in-law. Instead, there are still pills and booze to be consumed, gasoline and matches to play with, and guns to fire. And there is still music, lots of music, doused in bile, poignancy, sarcasm and memory.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Theater

  • Cirque du Soleil, now showing in Las Vegas

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    "Mystere" (Treasure Island). ★★★ 1/2 The most family-friendly of the Cirque shows -- created when Las Vegas was still branding itself as a family destination -- this 16-year-old production brilliantly encapsulates the blend of narrative sophistication and childlike innocence that marked Cirque's early work. Unforgettable highlights include a big baby and a huge bouncing ball.

  • 'BANANA SHPEEL' A SLIPPERY SLOPE

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Cirque du Soleil slides into world of legitimate theater -- in spite of its inexperience From "Ka" to "Kooza" and "Alegria" to "Zumanity," the Cirque du Soleil has conquered tents, casinos, theme parks and arenas in almost every corner of the world. It has achieved total dominance of the high-stakes world of Las Vegas entertainment. It has wrestled with the music of the Beatles and the infamous personality of Criss Angel. Come January in Vegas, it will even take on the biggest entertainment icon of them all: Elvis. But even as it has cut its extraordinary swath through global culture over the…

  • 'Schooner' dock is anything but dry

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Tide of tears carries holiday story to Munster In Northwest Indiana, they claim bragging rights to "A Christmas Story." Author Jean Shepherd was raised in Hammond, just a few miles up the street from the Theatre at the Center in Munster. But I suspect tannenbaums can trump BB guns and, this year, "The Christmas Schooner" will beat out poor, misunderstood Ralphie for the local holiday money.

  • Dueling 'It's a Wonderful Life' shows need help from a Clarence

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    On Dec. 6, Chicago Public Radio will broadcast the American Theater Company production of "It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play," an adaptation of the beloved Frank Capra movie performed as if we were all watching a classic live taping from the golden age of radio drama.

  • Laughter, heart and little feuds

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Chris Jones' Top 10 for the season ... They sound just like a big family dinner With dueling radio-style productions of "It's a Wonderful Life," and the Goodman's Theatre's long-lived production of "A Christmas Carol" now fighting with a star-encrusted newcomer slated for the Civic Opera House, you might wonder why they call this the season of good will.
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    Chicago Tribune: Travel

  • Norway will take your breath away

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    When I'm in Norway, I'm always amazed at how clear it is that I am with "my people." Three of my grandparents left hard times in Norway for hard times -- with promise -- in the United States.

  • Kid-food CEO craves her Jamaican retreat

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    When a friend asked Jill Litwin to help her make healthy and tasty meals for her child, Litwin put together a few yummy kid-friendly dishes. These ideas became the starting point for Peas of Mind, an organic frozen food company catering to kids who have outgrown standard jarred baby food. Based in San Francisco, the 35-year-old CEO loves to travel, whether to nearby Sonoma or to the beaches of Jamaica. Litwin talks about some of her favorite hotels and, oh, there's that frozen-custard shop in Greenfield, Wis.

  • Hotel customer drives a hard, marred bargain

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    I recently found a $28 per night rate at the Westin Imagine in Orlando. I was amazed. I booked the room, and several days later I called the hotel to ensure that it was a legitimate rate. They confirmed this, so I booked nonrefundable airfare and have been happily anticipating my getaway weekend ever since.

  • Wisconsin: Offbeat attractions beckon

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    You can find Houdini's story, decadent pies, upscale plumbing fixtures and more.

  • In Florida., life's a beach

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Choose your South Florida beach by its character.
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips - Talking Pictures

  • With each new ‘Twilight’ outing, an education

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:19 pm
    Six things I learned from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” reviewed in Thursday's paper. 1. The film could’ve been called “Abs in the Rain.” 2. Bella Swan, the biggest mixed-blessing role model/passive emo stereotype in modern tear-stained literature, is transformed into a recognizable, dimensional human being thanks to Kristen Stewart. She’s a good actress, even when the story requires little of her beyond the surly mope, or the mopey surl. 3. Robert Pattinson is good, too. One of the distinct advantages of the film version of “New Moon” over its source material, by Stephenie…

  • 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' -- 3 stars

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:24 am
    “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” also known as “Twilight: The Squeakquel,” is actually pretty good — a tick better than the first “Twilight,” which wasn’t bad, either. These are hardly superlatives on the order of “shattering” and “beautiful,” but compared to the film versions of “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels & Demons,” the only two movies ever made with less sex than the first two “Twilight"s, they’re matchless. The first “Twilight,” a lower-budget and scruffier affair directed by Catherine Hardwicke, may have been lame in the visual…

  • 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' -- 3 1/2 stars

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:11 am
    “Anything’s possible in this storm!” says the man with the badge in Werner Herzog’s delirious “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” a true feat of daring and one of the craziest films of the year. It’s a very loose remake of the 1992 “Bad Lieutenant,” in which director Abel Ferrara unleashed Harvey Keitel as a drug-addled spin cycle disguised as a police detective. The character of the drug-abusing cop, at work and play, has been relocated from New York to New Orleans, and in place of Keitel’s flaying fits of anguish, Herzog has found his ideal interpreter, a…

  • 'The Messenger' -- 3 1/2 stars

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:08 am
    Some jobs are dirtier than others, and after seeing director and co-writer Oren Moverman’s beautifully acted new film “The Messenger,” you’ll be better acquainted with some of the most grueling work a human being can be called upon to perform. A decorated U.S. Army soldier, Staff Sgt. Montgomery (Ben Foster) has returned to America from Iraq. He is in rough shape, and adding some challenging adversity to post-traumatic stress disorder, he is assigned to the Casualty Notification program. His mentor and fellow officer, Capt. Stone (Woody Harrelson) is a tricky combination of…

  • 'The Blind Side' -- 2 stars

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:02 am
    “The Blind Side” fumbles a remarkable, true story of an African-American product of the West Memphis projects who ended up at a Christian school and in the care of a wealthy white family, and then went on to professional football glory. The kid is Michael Oher, who now plays offensive tackle for the Baltimore Ravens. He is not the main character, though. The star is Sandra Bullock, whose character, Leigh Anne Tuohy, is conceived as a steel magnolia with a will of iron and the righteous gumption to go right up to some evil African-American punk preying on innocents and zing him with a…
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    Chicago Tribune: The Stew

  • Turkey fryers? Cooking fires? Keep your cool

    leisureblogs
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:24 pm
    Posted by Judy Hevrdejs at 4:15 p.m. Keep your cool in the kitchen this holiday, steering clear of minidramas and focusing on cooking. "Unattended cooking is the main cause of cooking fires, and cooking fires are the leading cause of...

  • Let 'em eat butternut squash?

    leisureblogs
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:43 am
    Posted by Bill Daley at 1:42 p.m.Disturbing report from the Associated Press regarding possible shortage of canned pumpkin for those pumpkin pies. Never knew most of those pumpkins come from Morton, Ill. Why not use butternut squash instead as the...

  • Beaujolais nouveau is here

    leisureblogs
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:44 am
    Posted by Bill Daley at 11:45 a.m.It’s the third Thursday of November and wine lovers around the world know what that means: Beaujolais nouveau has officially arrived. The Nov. 19 release date is cause for much celebration, including right here...

  • Kombucha brewed in Tribune office produces delicious drinking

    leisureblogs
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:26 am
    Posted by Monica Eng at 2 p.m. I recently posted on my new found love for kombucha, the sparkling, fruity fermented tea drink, that goes for $4 a bottle at many local stores. Soon, a local kombucha fan named Neil...

  • Sun Wah and Salam get makeovers with divergent results

    leisureblogs
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:45 am
    Posted by Monica Eng at 11 a.m. In the last month, two of my favorite little joints (Sun Wah Bar B Que in Uptown and Salam in Albany Park) have undergone beauty makeovers and expanded in to much large spaces...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Greg Kot - Turn It Up

  • Concert review: Pixies play 'Doolittle' at the Aragon

    leisureblogs
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:09 pm
    The Pixies, an ahead-of-its-time band two decades ago, got its due on a wildly received 2004 reunion tour. Since then, the quartet hasn’t bothered to put out any new music and remains more popular than ever. On Thursday in the...

  • Top weekend show: John Fogerty at the Auditorium

    leisureblogs
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:03 pm
    John Fogerty: The long-ago Creedence Clearwater Revival singer remains a vital force; his guitar playing has never been better and he continues to record and release credible solo albums. His latest, “The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again” (Verve), is primarily...

  • Album review: Rihanna, 'Rated R'

    leisureblogs
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:03 pm
    Rating: 3.5 stars (out of 4) “To those of you who think you can take it, we say welcome to the Mad House.” The opening monologue, intoned by a sinister sounding voice, sounds a little ridiculous, the introduction to a...

  • Album review: Adam Lambert, 'For Your Entertainment'

    leisureblogs
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:58 am
    Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 4) At last, an “American Idol” finalist with a personality to match the pipes. That was the nearly universal take on Adam Lambert when he finished second last spring to the bland Kris Allen in...

  • Tonight's top show: Pixies at the Aragon

    leisureblogs
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:03 pm
    Pixies: The quartet has been hitting the road on the lucrative reunion circuit for the last couple of years, with no interest at all in recording a new album. The attraction this time is a complete run-through its most popular...
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    Chicago Tribune: Maureen Ryan - The Watcher

  • The family business: Let's talk about 'Supernatural's' 'Abandon All Hope...'

    Tempo
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:56 am
    Let's discuss Thursday's "Supernatural" episode, "Abandon All Hope," below. Well, "Supernatural" sure has created one high-class problem for itself. The question is, when the bar is set so high by episodes like "Abandon All Hope…," it sure makes things more difficult for the "haunted wax museum" outings. I had a couple of quibbles with "Abandon All Hope…" -- mostly of the "why doesn't Lucifer just go ahead and smite Dean already" variety -- but by and large, this episode was terrific. It supplied a lot of…

  • Oprah talks on the air about ending her show

    Tempo
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:19 am
    Diners watch the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the Wishbone restaurant in Chicago's West Loop this morning. (Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune) In a voice thick with emotion, Oprah Winfrey discussed ending her talk show in 2011 on her show today. Here are here remarks, which came at the end of Friday's show. "After much prayer, and months of careful thought, I've decided that next season -- Season 25 -- will be the last season of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,'" Winfrey said Friday. "And over the next couple of days, you may hear a lot of speculation in the…

  • The Break-Up: Oprah to end her Chicago talk show in 2011

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 6:12 pm
    Breakups usually lead to identity crises. Our divorce from Oprah Winfrey should be no different. Let’s face it, both Oprah and Chicago have gotten a lot from each other. Love her or hate her, she helped define the Windy City for almost three decades. Even if she appears on a new show on her OWN network, it won’t be the same. Chicago is part of the DNA of her hugely influential “Oprah Winfrey Show.” When her syndicated talk show goes away in 2011, our special link will be severed. But Winfrey got as much from us — maybe more — as we got from her. Winfrey derived a certain moral…

  • Awesome news: 'Chuck' sets return date, the first Season 3 video clip and an update from co-creator Chris Fedak

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:58 pm
    On the day we got the "Lost" season premiere date, we also find out that "Chuck" is returning in January. The spy dramedy returns 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, Jan. 10, with two episodes. The show begins occupying its regular time slot, Mondays at 8 p.m. ET, on Jan. 11. (My previous stories on "Chuck" are here.) This is great news, given that NBC had been thinking about keeping the show on hold until March. Knowing that "Chuck" returns in January and "Lost" returns Feb. 2 -- well, is it me or is this winter heating up quite a bit? According to co-creator Chris Fedak, production is underway on the 10th…

  • ABC moves the island: 'Lost' sets return date, shifts to Tuesdays. Take the spoiler poll!

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:17 pm
    75 days. That's how long we have to wait until the final season of "Lost" commences. ABC announced Thursday that the sixth and last season of the drama will arrive Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 9 p.m. Eastern. (NBC's "Chuck" also set a return date Thursday; for news on the January debut of Season 3 of that show, look here.) Big news: "Lost" will be airing on a new night! Yes, ABC moved the island. "Lost" has time-traveled from its longtime Wednesday home to Tuesday. It seems appropriate for a show that has played around so much with time that it should vanish from its regular haunt and reappear on a…
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Julie's Health Club

  • Yes, you can train your child's brain

    Tempo
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:17 pm
    Neuroscientist Lise Eliot (left) writes about what’s nearest and dearest to her heart: Her children and their malleable brains. The result is a compelling perspective on parenting, one that challenges conventional notions of sex differences. Yes, little boys reach for...

  • Movie theater popcorn under attack

    Tempo
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:06 am
    Is there a good way to eat popcorn? Last month, Prevention magazine irritated die-hard popcorn fans by naming microwave popcorn to its list of "7 Foods That Should Never Cross Your Lips." Now the Center for Science in the Public...

  • New Facebook group: End the AAFP-Coke partnership

    Tempo
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:13 pm
    In the wake of the announcement that the American Academy of Family Physicians has partnered with Coca-Cola to educate consumers on healthy beverage choices, several prominent health experts signed and sent a letter of opposition to the AAFP. More than...

  • Foot pain? Get free advice here

    Tempo
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:58 am
    A health-care bargain Can Skechers "Shape-ups" shoes really help reduce stress on knee and ankle joints? Should diabetics see a podiatrist? On Wednesday, members of the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association will promptly answer these and other foot-care questions at no...

  • Exposure to chemical may feminize boys' play

    Tempo
    16 Nov 2009 | 6:15 am
    Researchers look at whether phthalates can alter brain development Preschool boys exposed in utero to high levels of certain chemicals called phthalates (prounounced "thal-lates") may be less likely to play with male-typical toys and games, such as trucks and play...
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    Tracy Swartz: Word on the Street

  • Transgender groups to discuss nightclub's ID policy

    Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:28 pm
    When Hunters nightclub, a gay bar in Elk Grove Village, announced in August that patrons would have to show ID matching their gender presentation, it angered some in the transgender community who don't dress as the opposite sex all the time. Several transgender rights organizations called for a boycott of Hunters, saying the policy discriminates against trans folk. But it's a sticky situation. Hunters manager Peter Landorf told the Tribune at the time that some cross-dressing prostitutes were advertising online and mentioning Hunters. It could cost him his liquor license…

  • CTA turnstile mystery solved!

    Tracy Swartz
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Via Twitter, Ryan Kiefer wrote to "Going Public" to ask why turnstile lanes had changed at CTA stops at Midway Airport, the Merchandise Mart, Clark/Lake and Library.The CTA responded: "CTA is reconfiguring turnstiles that had been Chicago Card only to also accept magnetic strip fare cards."

  • Need some holiday help? RedEye to the rescue

    Steph Yiu
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:27 am

  • When will CTA Washington Red Line stop reopen?

    Tracy Swartz
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:00 am
    Via Twitter, a rider asked about the Washington Red Line stop. The CTA's response is below."Will the Washington Red Line stop open when Block 37 and pedway opens on Thanksgiving?"The CTA responded: "No, there is currently no timeline for when the Washington Red Line station will reopen, or when the paid transfer tunnel (one level below the pedway) between the Washington Red and Blue Line stations will reopen."

  • 98 Chicago alleys deemed "environmentally friendly"

    Tracy Swartz
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:02 am
    Going green is right up Chicago's alley.Ninety-eight Chicago alleys have been deemed green alleys because they incorporate specific environmentally friendly materials or design, such as a permeable pavement, recycled materials or light-colored concrete, according to data provided to RedEye by the Chicago Department of Transportation last week.The city started its green alley pilot program in 2006 to improve stormwater drainage, reduce heat, promote recycling and conserve energy in alleys. The program began with five alleys, and about 30 to 45 of the city's thousands of alleys have become…
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    Kyra Kyles: Going Public

  • Get Stuffed This Thanksgiving: Aphrodisiac Side Dishes

    KikiSay
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:03 am
    Aphrodisiac Thanksgiving Dinner Side Dishes.

  • Saturday Do-It-Yourself Cubs Headlines

    cubbiejulie
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am
    Back off, LA   So I may have overslept a tiny bit this morning.   But no matter. As I perused the headlines, I was met only with more re-hashed, re-fried, re-written stories: "The Cubs are the center of many trade rumors." "It's Official! John Grabow is back!" "Milton Bradley is a bad human being who supports Kim Jong-Il and eating kittens."   Blah, blah, blah.   But I did find ONE headline I thought might be worth posting, in light of yesterday's irrational exuberance:...

  • Expansion Draft Update; Top 10 Fire Goals

    Sam Stejskal
    21 Nov 2009 | 8:56 am
    Hey everyone, have a little Saturday morning update for you courtesy of scaryice -- who tipped me off to these stories via email. Here we go... Nyarko Graduating Generation Adidas? According to this post on Climbing the Ladder, Patrick Nyarko could be graduating from the Generation Adidas program. The significance of this is that the Fire would have to protect Nyarko in the expansion draft should he graduate, taking one slot away from another Fire player. According to the post on Climbing the Ladder, no second year Generation Adidas with as many minutes played as Nyarko has failed to graduate…

  • Cubs protect 5 players from Rule 5 draft

    Matt Swain
    21 Nov 2009 | 8:31 am
    The Cubs added C Welington Castillo, CF James Adduci, and RPs John Gaub, Blake Parker, and SP Rafael Dolis to the 40-man roster on Friday.Castillo, Gaub and Parker were pretty much shoo-ins to be protected, but Adduci and Dolis were slightly more interesting moves.Rafael Dolis was mediocre this season in Daytona's rotation and despite his 3.79 ERA he had poor peripherals, including less than ideal strikeout rates and flat out bad walk rates. Toss in that he did this is one of the most pitcher friendly environments in America and the stats aren't too kind to Dolis.The scouting reports…

  • Start James Johnson

    Doug Thonus
    21 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    James Johnson didn't start off the season on fire by any stretch, and he still hasn't played many minutes.  He often looks a little lost as far as what he should be doing on the court on both ends [really building up my case aren't I], but until Tyrus is back, it's time to give Johnson a chance to start....
 
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    Practically Green

  • Chicago alleys go green

    Supriya Doshi
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:42 am
    Who knew that even alleys could be green? I certainly didn't, but thanks to fellow RedEye blogger/reporter Tracy Swartz, I do now!Read all about Chicago's 98 green alleys here on RedEye's blog. As always, thoughts and comments are appreciated!

  • Photo gallery: Celebs get their green on

    Supriya Doshi
    17 Nov 2009 | 2:34 pm
    There are plenty of celebrities on the green bandwagon, and quite frankly, it's awesome. Sometimes they don't make the best role models, but in the case of these celebs, go ahead, follow in their green footsteps! Did I miss your fav eco-minded celeb? Who are they, and what makes them so green? I'll make sure to add them to the photo list!

  • Is takeout worth the trash? How to minimize your foodie footprint

    Supriya Doshi
    13 Nov 2009 | 10:12 am
    Mmm, Chinese takeout ... Ugh, Styrofoam!About once a week, I'm too exhausted, too busy or just too lazy to cook. I'm sure most of you know the feeling. But my options around the Tribune Building are limited, despite working on Michigan Avenue. Among my priorities for takeout: Healthy, relatively cheap, quick ... and easy on the packaging. Not surprisingly, it's not that easy to find places that meet all my criteria. That's probably why I BYO lunch as much as possible ...For example, I love Thai and Chinese food. And I realize that it leaks sometimes. But Stryofoam or paper within plastic…

  • "Office's" Dwight as "Recyclops"? Gimme a break

    Supriya Doshi
    11 Nov 2009 | 5:15 pm
    Dwight on NBC's "The Office"NBC's "Green is Universal" week is back for it's third year starting Sunday. That means lots of random, and a few not-so-random, references to how viewers can help the environment. Now, I'm going preface the rest of this post by saying that I do appreciate that NBC dedicates an entire week to educating people. I'm sure it takes a lot of time and effort to fit the theme into the majority of their shows. That being said ... ... WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE A FREAKING THEME???Why can't Dwight from "The Office" always recycle? Does "The Biggest Loser" always recommend buying…

  • This recycled newspaper dog costs way too much money

    Supriya Doshi
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:55 pm
    This dog from Viva Terra is made with recycled newspaper. But for $100, you can make a real pup pretty happy.As soon as Halloween was over, I saw the Christmas/holidays stuff appear instantly at stores around Chicago. Our consumerist culture doesn't take a breather, does it?Unfortunately, this buy buy buy mentality is just as bad amongst the eco-friendly crowd lately ... It's funny, isn't it, how things go from being a great cause to something that's commercialized? Now, consumers are encouraged to buy products with green labels and flowers instead of doing the actual eco-friendly thing,…
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    Scott Kleinberg: iPhone, Therefore I Blog

  • Random thoughts while on vacation

    Scott Kleinberg
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:12 am
    Hope everyone is doing well - I've been on vacation and am officially back on Monday, so my apologies for the lack of posts. I've been trying to tweet  when I can.I'm putting together a post on the upcoming Apple Tablet or whatever it's called. What's driving me insane is how the so-called "analysts" are convinced that the Tablet is meant to fill the "void" between the iPhone/touch and the entry level MacBook. Newsflash, ladies and gentlemen of the analytical mind - that's not what the Tablet is intended for.The Tablet is going to change the way we do things. Period.Oh, and one thought…

  • Touch Pets Dogs something to bark about

    Scott Kleinberg
    11 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am
    Let me start off by telling you that I am not a virtual game person. I don't do Mafia Wars or Farmville on Facebook and I've never had a tamagotchi.But I'm starting to get a little hooked (read: need more time in my day) on Touch Pets Dogs from ngmoco that recently appeared in the App Store.Basically, you take care of a dogs, but there's so much to do in this app and so many ways to interact that it's just fun.Word of caution right off the bat, though ... (don't worry, it's not bad) ... it's a system where you can download the free app but then you need to make in-app purchases for your dog.

  • Getting to know you - iPhone style

    Scott Kleinberg
    9 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    A few weeks ago, I did a completely non-scientific study to see if I could learn about a person based on their iPhone apps - specifically, the ones on the first screen.Seems I'm not the only one conducting surveys and studying. Retrevo, which says it uses artificial intelligence to analyze and visually summarize more than 50 million real-time data points from across the web, tried to find out what makes iPhone users tick.What it found is certainly interesting. Educate me -- or don'tRetrevo asked, "What makes a person most attractive to you?" The response from iPhone owners is that they…

  • 100,000 apps announced - now we need a shopping list

    Scott Kleinberg
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:25 pm
    The App Store has everything. As we all know, there's an app for that. And with the news from Apple today that developers have created more than 100,000 apps for the App Store, there is something so simple missing from the experience that it boggles the mind.I call it a shopping list. You might call it a wish list. Some may call it a download queue. Whatever you call it, it would make shopping for apps so much easier. Apple and Amazon may compete but Apple could learn a thing or two - I love the way Amazon incorporates wish lists into both the Web site and iPhone app. I love being able to put…

  • Droid: Is it an iPhone killer?

    Scott Kleinberg
    28 Oct 2009 | 3:09 pm
    The short answer is I don't know. I don't think anyone knows just yet, but I'll tell you this much: From the buzz and the comments I've seen online, it's definitely the closest thing that exists unless Steve Jobs already has the next generation iPhone in his pocket.I almost had a chance to try it out this morning, but sadly something came up and I couldn't get to the press briefing. But I'm impressed with what I'm hearing.Click through for the specs and some more thoughts  - you'll find those in parenthesis. High-speed mobile browsing (We all have that. Next).Android 2.0-powered (From…
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    Chicago Tribune: Exploring Race

  • In 'Precious,' skin color more than skin-deep

    Newsdesk
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:46 am
    “I wish I had a light-skinned boyfriend with real nice hair,” is one  of the many powerful lines Claireece “Precious”  Jones delivers in the opening scenes of the movie “Precious,” out in wide release on Friday. Precious is the abused Harlem teenager at the center of the movie based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire. Later on in the movie, there’s another scene in which Precious---who has dark skin and is morbidly obese--- is looking in the mirror and instead of seeing her own reflection, she imagines herself as a young white girl, who is blond,…

  • Obama arrives in a China confronting its racism

    Newsdesk
    15 Nov 2009 | 7:27 am
    President Obama has arrived in China and Lou Jing, for one, hopes the presence of our mixed-race president will help enlighten some of her fellow countrymen. Jing, 20, whose mother is Chinese and father African-American, became famous last summer after her participation in an “American Idol”-like show that inspired a lot debate about her mix-raced heritage and vitriolic racism against her. Jing’s detractors were turned off by her “chocolate-colored skin.”  (Read more here.) 

  • Political correctness, the enemy of common sense?

    Newsdesk
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:47 am
    What appears to have happened at Fort Hood with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who’s accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others last week, may seem to be a lesson in political correctness run amok. Instead, it’s a lesson in common sense run amok. According to news reports, in the spring of 2008, officials from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences began to suspect that Hasan was psychotic. The evidence had been mounting for years. But apparently officials decided against taking action partly---and I stress partly because…

  • Republican who voted for health bill gets dose of racism

    Newsdesk
    10 Nov 2009 | 6:12 am
    U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) once hailed Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (R-La.) as the future of the GOP.  In fact, when Cao (pronounced GOW) won office last year, he was the toast of the Republican Party. But now he stands alone as the only Republican to vote for the healthcare overhaul bill assembled by the House Democrats. Some tweets about his vote have been less than kind. He’s been called a “gook,” told to “go back to Saigon, South Vietnam,” and referred to as the Representative “Mao.”   Cao won nearly 50 percent of the vote against…

  • Is Sammy Sosa whitening his skin?

    Newsdesk
    9 Nov 2009 | 10:36 am
    One can’t help but do a double-take when looking at former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa these days.  That’s because his skin has transformed from a coffee-brown complexion to one more akin to coffee with heavy cream.  Former Cubs employee Rebecca Polihronis, who talks frequently with Sosa, told the Tribune’s Fred Mitchell that people are making far too big of a deal out of Sosa’s new appearance,  "He is going through a rejuvenation process for his skin," Polihronis said. "Women have it all of the time. He was surprised he came out looking so white. I…
 
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  • In the loop: Oct. 26

    Newsdesk
    26 Oct 2009 | 12:53 pm
    The editorial board welcomed a group of students from DePaul University to its meeting Monday. Should women be invited to join President Barack Obama and his inner circle at informal games of pick-up basketball? Members of the board discussed whether the face time men in Washington who get with the president during games give them an unfair advantage over female counterparts. One board member said that it shouldn’t matter, since policy wasn’t being discussed during the games.“I don’t think that’s fair,” said another board member. “I think business does take place on the…

  • In the loop: October 19

    Newsdesk
    20 Oct 2009 | 7:13 am
    The editorial board welcomed 8th grade students from Thomas Middle School in Arlington Heights Monday to sit in on the meeting.  Almost everybody in the room had an opinion about the “balloon boy,” Falcon Heene, and his family. Should the Heene kids be taken away from their parents? Some of the students thought so. One student said the family “had enough chances to screw up the kids.” Another cited an episode of Wife Swap, which featured the Heenes, as an example of bad parenting. One board member disagreed, saying the parents were “goofy” but didn’t put the kids in…

  • In the room: Chicago Transit Authority

    Newsdesk
    14 Oct 2009 | 1:07 pm
    Chicago Transit Authority visited the editorial board Monday to discuss the 2010 budget, which includes proposed fare hikes, layoffs and service cuts.     The CTA is trying to make up for a $300 million funding shortfall due to increased union wages and reduced public funding. Richard Rodriguez, president of the CTA, presented the budget to the board along with Terry Peterson, chairman of the Chicago Transit Board.One of the means to offset the deficit is a fare increase. Peterson said the most financially dependent CTA customers are bus riders, not train riders, so regular…

  • In the room: Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities

    Newsdesk
    5 Oct 2009 | 2:50 pm
    The Monetary Award Program (MAP) is a need-based grant that gives low-income students attending community, private or public colleges and universities in Illinois up to $4,900 per year to cover expenses. The program is funded by the state. And this year, funding has been cut by more than 50 percent.  The state budget originally called for $400 million in MAP funding. But currently, only $190 million of that has been allocated for the grants. Eight representatives from the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities met with the editorial board on Monday, arguing that…

  • In the loop: Oct. 1

    Newsdesk
    2 Oct 2009 | 7:58 am
    In a couple of hours, we’ll know if Chicago will, indeed, be the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Which way will the vote go? “Anyone who says they know what will happen is lying,” said one member. “The internal dynamic of the vote is impossible to predict.” From Olympic sports to contact sports: A study commissioned by the NFL found that former players are diagnosed with a memory-related problems (like dementia or Alzheimer’s) at a rate 19 times that of all men ages 30 to 49.What can be done to better protect the men—and boys—who play football? A few members tossed…
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    Curt Wagner: Show Patrol

  • Get Stuffed This Thanksgiving: Aphrodisiac Side Dishes

    KikiSay
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:03 am
    Aphrodisiac Thanksgiving Dinner Side Dishes.

  • Saturday Do-It-Yourself Cubs Headlines

    cubbiejulie
    21 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am
    Back off, LA   So I may have overslept a tiny bit this morning.   But no matter. As I perused the headlines, I was met only with more re-hashed, re-fried, re-written stories: "The Cubs are the center of many trade rumors." "It's Official! John Grabow is back!" "Milton Bradley is a bad human being who supports Kim Jong-Il and eating kittens."   Blah, blah, blah.   But I did find ONE headline I thought might be worth posting, in light of yesterday's irrational exuberance:...

  • Expansion Draft Update; Top 10 Fire Goals

    Sam Stejskal
    21 Nov 2009 | 8:56 am
    Hey everyone, have a little Saturday morning update for you courtesy of scaryice -- who tipped me off to these stories via email. Here we go... Nyarko Graduating Generation Adidas? According to this post on Climbing the Ladder, Patrick Nyarko could be graduating from the Generation Adidas program. The significance of this is that the Fire would have to protect Nyarko in the expansion draft should he graduate, taking one slot away from another Fire player. According to the post on Climbing the Ladder, no second year Generation Adidas with as many minutes played as Nyarko has failed to graduate…

  • Cubs protect 5 players from Rule 5 draft

    Matt Swain
    21 Nov 2009 | 8:31 am
    The Cubs added C Welington Castillo, CF James Adduci, and RPs John Gaub, Blake Parker, and SP Rafael Dolis to the 40-man roster on Friday.Castillo, Gaub and Parker were pretty much shoo-ins to be protected, but Adduci and Dolis were slightly more interesting moves.Rafael Dolis was mediocre this season in Daytona's rotation and despite his 3.79 ERA he had poor peripherals, including less than ideal strikeout rates and flat out bad walk rates. Toss in that he did this is one of the most pitcher friendly environments in America and the stats aren't too kind to Dolis.The scouting reports…

  • Start James Johnson

    Doug Thonus
    21 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    James Johnson didn't start off the season on fire by any stretch, and he still hasn't played many minutes.  He often looks a little lost as far as what he should be doing on the court on both ends [really building up my case aren't I], but until Tyrus is back, it's time to give Johnson a chance to start....
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  • White Sox close to deal with Omar Vizquel

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Backup shortstop also would serve as mentor to Alexei Ramirez It may have taken nearly half a decade, but the White Sox finally could sign shortstop Omar Vizquel, who will be 43 years old in April.

  • Bears tackles need to reassert themselves

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Orlando Pace and Chris Williams have had their troubles One got knocked out. The other got knocked over. Neither Orlando Pace nor Chris Williams had a night to remember Nov. 12, the last time the Bears took the field.

  • Illinois expects boost from return of Jeffrey Jordan

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    He plays his first game Saturday against Presbyterian CHAMPAIGN -- When Demetri McCamey was on the court Tuesday night against Northern Illinois, everything was fine for Illinois.

  • Cubs make it official: Grabow's coming back

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Left-handed reliever signs 2-year deal for $7.5 million The Cubs kicked off the free agent season Friday with a move that had been telegraphed since September, officially re-signing John Grabow to a two-year, $7.5 million deal.

  • Cap could delay Hawks signing 3 stars

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Chicago Blackhawks have to clear enough money room for next season EDMONTON, Alberta -- Something happened en route to the Blackhawks' announcement of the contract extensions of Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith.
 
 
 
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  • Curtis Granderson might profit from Rudy Jaramillo

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Chicago Cubs hitting coach might be able to help him against left-handers Many in the Cubs' front office think they would be foolish to give up Starlin Castro to get Curtis Granderson , but there are a lot of other ways to do the deal. General manager Jim Hendry appreciates all Granderson brings to the table, even though he has had trouble hitting left-handers in two of the last three seasons. Perhaps Granderson would benefit from working with new Cubs hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. ... The Brewers apparently have decided not to re-sign catcher Jason Kendall (right). GM Doug Melvin says he's…

  • Early projections on where top free agents will land

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Tinley Park's Garrett Jones poised for big year with Pittsburgh Pirates Scott Boras says November is a "greeting card month" for free agents.

  • Chicago White Sox have new 3rd baseman of future

    15 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    With fine hitting, Brent Morel has surpassed Dayan Viciedo at the position Brent Morel has shot past Dayan Viciedo as the White Sox's third baseman of the future. He's a natural hitter, which he showed when he joined the Arizona Fall League at midseason and hit .372 in his first 12 games, including an 8-for-11 showing in three games last week. ... Red Sox owner John Henry says his team will not be affected by the finances of his Boca Raton, Fla., investment company, which recently fired eight of its 28 employees. ... A's GM Billy Beane is encouraged by pitcher Fautino de los Santos' recovery…

  • Chicago Cubs must pursue Curtis Granderson

    11 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    He fits all the club's needs, and Detroit Tigers may be eager to deal On the third day of the general managers' meetings at the O'Hare Hilton, as executives were fleeing for flights home, something truly fascinating finally happened.

  • Small-market GMs searching for way to level playing field

    10 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Consensus may build to redesign amateur draft Baseball executives have learned their lesson.
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    Chicago Tribune: Bob Verdi

  • World can't end in 2012 unless Chicago Cubs win World Series, can it?

    21 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Doomsday scenario may spell end of sports world As many of you might be aware, like it or not, we are all on the clock. According to various experts, the world as we know it is supposed to end in 2012.

  • Chicago Bears' Jim McMahon was the Chad Ochocinco of his day

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    The NFL gets neither in its quest for dullness Chad Ochocinco is funny, clever and harmless, but his random acts of irreverent mischief are especially endearing if for no other reason than the angst they cause within that mecca of seriousness, NFL headquarters.

  • 1969-70 Chicago Blackhawks had magical season

    7 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Tony Esposito set the tone in his rookie season with 15 shutouts As Tony Esposito recalls fondly, it was about this time 40 Novembers ago that something special started to happen, although neither the Blackhawks nor their fans could have imagined what a crazy, wonderful story would unfold.

  • 1969-70 Chicago Blackhawks had magical season

    7 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Tony Esposito set the tone in his rookie season with 15 shutouts As Tony Esposito recalls fondly, it was about this time 40 Novembers ago that something special started to happen, although neither the Blackhawks nor their fans could have imagined what a crazy, wonderful story would unfold.

  • Forgive, and forget, baseball says of Mark McGwire

    31 Oct 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Signal is all is well for his return to game Now that forgiveness is extended to those who do not seek it, anything can happen, even Barry Bonds. He could rejoin the San Francisco Giants in a front office role, as a roving instructor, or perhaps become part of their medical staff.
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    Chicago Tribune: Hardball

  • Hardball is moving to chicagobreakingsports.com

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 4:05 pm
    Hello, Hardball readers. We've moved your blog. Please take a look at chicagobreakingsports.com, the site for breaking sports news important to Chicago, including White Sox and Cubs. Contributions come from the staffs of the Chicago Tribune, WGN-Ch. 9, WGN-AM 720...

  • Game 6, take 2

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 3:09 pm
    By Phil Rogers NEW YORK -- Lineups and starting pitchers are the same for the Yankees and Angels as they resume the weather-interrupted ALCS. It's the Angels' Joe Saunders vs. the Yankees' Andy Pettitte, and lineups stayed the same as...

  • Game 6 to be played Sunday

    chicagosports
    24 Oct 2009 | 4:50 pm
    By Phil Rogers NEW YORK -- Baseball's post-season continues dragging along, with a Saturday rainout at Yankee Stadium that has pushed Game 6 of the Angels-Yankees back to Sunday night. The managers kept the starting pitchers the same -- Joe...

  • ALCS rainout

    chicagosports
    24 Oct 2009 | 3:14 pm
    NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees are going to have to wait at least one more night to gain their spot in the World Series. Game 6 of the ALCS is set to be postponed before it begins. The...

  • ALCS Game 6 postponed; Yankees sticking with Swisher

    chicagosports
    24 Oct 2009 | 1:22 pm
    Phil Rogers NEW YORK -- Baseball's post-season continues dragging along, with a Saturday rainout at Yankee Stadium that has pushed Game 6 of the Angels-Yankees back to Sunday night. The managers kept the starting pitchers the same -- Joe Saunders...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Full Court Press

  • Fullcourt Press is moving to chicagobreakingsports.com

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 8:12 pm
    K.C. Johnson The season opener is Thursday. Just to make sure you're paying attention after a seemingly interminable preseason, this blog -- and all others at the Tribune -- is moving to chicagobreakingsports.com on Monday. Come check out the new...

  • Bulls practice at full strength

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 11:42 am
    K.C. Johnson OK, so Aaron Gray and Jerome James are still injured. But the Bulls knew that. But Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich and Jannero Pargo all practiced the entire way Sunday as the Bulls prepare for Thursday's opener against San...

  • Bulls beat Washington

    chicagosports
    23 Oct 2009 | 7:26 pm
    K.C. Johnson Lindsey Hunter played 38 minutes because Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich and Jannero Pargo all sat with injuries. It didn't matter as the Bulls concluded their preseason schedule Friday night with a 93-70 pasting of Washington at the United...

  • Bulls' PG mystery solved

    chicagosports
    23 Oct 2009 | 6:05 pm
    K.C. Johnson Who needs Derrick Rose when the Bulls have Brad Miller? And, no, that's not meant to be serious. But on a night the Bulls had one healthy point guard as they concluded their preseason schedule against Washington at...

  • Thomas returns as Bulls starter; Rose out

    chicagosports
    23 Oct 2009 | 9:25 am
    K.C. Johnson Tyrus Thomas is back in the Bulls' starting lineup. So is director of player development and former Bull Randy Brown. OK, so the second sentence is a joke. But with Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich and Jannero Pargo all...
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    Chicago Tribune: The Inside Scoop

  • Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association all-state teams announced

    chicagosports
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:46 pm
    The Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association announced their list of all-state players Wednesday. Eighteen players from each playoff class were named to the team. All the honorees will...

  • Kyle Prater nominee for the U.S. Army Player of the Year

    chicagosports
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:35 pm
    The honors keep rolling in for Proviso West's Kyle Prater. The senior wide-out was officially selected to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl a few weeks ago. Now, he is one of the 16 nominees for the...

  • Tweet us your quarterfinal playoff updates

    chicagosports
    13 Nov 2009 | 4:46 pm
    Our live coverage of the football playoffs continues into the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday. Join in the conversation now! If you are at a game Friday or Saturday, tweet your updates with the...

  • Tribune Football Week 12 Top 20

    chicagosports
    8 Nov 2009 | 12:29 am
    Week 2 of the postseason is in the books. We’ve tweaked our rankings for the playoffs. Each week we rank only the teams still alive. Of course we’ll have a final Top 20 at the end of the season,...

  • Tribune Football Week 11 Top 20

    chicagosports
    1 Nov 2009 | 11:15 pm
    Week 1 of the postseason is in the books, and we tweaked our rankings for the postseason. From now until the end of the season we'll rank teams still alive in the postseason. Of course, we’ll have a...
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    Chicago Tribune: Steve Rosenbloom - Rosenblog

  • On Cubs, Bears, Bulls and Ricky Bobby

    chicagosports
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm
    The Cubs will do almost anything to move Milton Bradley. Yay. One rumor has him to going back to Texas with Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood moving to the Mets and the Mets sending the Cubs second baseman Luis Castillo, who...

  • Slaughtering the Flames was great, but . . .

    chicagosports
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:17 pm
    Seeing Cristobal Huet make some big saves early and some incredible saves when the score was close, great. Seeing the Blackhawks score on a 5-on-3 advantage, great. Seeing the Hawks score four power-play goals, great. Seeing Kris Versteeg come back...

  • The Bears might not be the Blitzburgh Steelers, but they should be this Sunday

    chicagosports
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:41 am
    Bears coach Lovie Smith faces an interesting problem against the Eagles offense this week --- a problem that comes down to using his beloved Cover-2 defense or selling out to give the Eagles the kind of blitz-crazy headache they give...

  • The Bulls closed, which opens some eyes

    chicagosports
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:13 am
    The Bulls closed. They closed offensively and they closed defensively. They did it on the road and now at least won’t get skunked on the death-defying circus trip. Yeah, the Sacramento Kings were missing Kevin Martin, their best scorer, and...

  • Eagles are just what Jay McNown needs for a good night

    chicagosports
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am
    You know who stinks as much at night football as Jay Cutler? The Eagles, that’s who. They are an astounding 0-7 on NBC since the network took over the Sunday night package, including a loss to the Bears a year...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Icing - Blackhawks

  • Icing has moved to chicagobreakingsports.com

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 4:49 pm
    Hey there, Icing faithful. We've moved. We're putting on the foil over at chicagobreakingsports.com, the site for breaking sports news important to Chicago, including the Blackhawks. Contributions come from the staffs of the Chicago Tribune, WGN-Ch. 9, WGN-AM 720 and...

  • Toews, Seabrook sit out Blackhawks' practice on Sunday

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 11:26 am
    Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews and defenseman Brent Seabrook sat out practice again Sunday, continuing their recoveries from concussions suffered Wednesday against Vancouver. Neither player has taken the ice since leaving the game in the third period against the Canucks, missing...

  • Huet posts shutout as Hawks win 2-0

    chicagosports
    24 Oct 2009 | 5:31 pm
    By Chris Kuc The Blackhawks snapped their two-game losing skid with a 2-0 victory over the Nashville Predators at the United Center on Saturday night.. Dustin Byfuglien and Andrew Ladd scored 56 seconds apart midway through the second period and...

  • Toews, Seabrook out for Blackhawks vs. Nashville

    chicagosports
    24 Oct 2009 | 9:41 am
    By Chris Kuc The Blackhawks will be without captain Jonathan Toews and defenseman Brent Seabrook when they take on the Nashville Predators on Saturday night at the United Center. Toews was injured after taking a big open-ice check from Vancouver's...

  • Cristobal Huet will start Saturday vs. Nashville

    chicagosports
    23 Oct 2009 | 10:37 am
    By Chris Kuc Cristobal Huet will return to the net for the Blackhawks against Nashville on Saturday. Antti Niemi started the Hawks' 3-2 loss to Vancouver on Wednesday night. "I'm excited," Huet said following Friday's praciftce. "I look forward to...
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    Chicago Tribune: Globetrotting

  • By the numbers, Czisny's short program adds up to excellence

    Newsdesk
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:12 pm
    By Philip Hersh In the for-what-it-is-worth department, a few points of reference about the personal best score reigning U.S. champion Alissa Czisny racked up in Friday's short program at Skate Canada in Kitchener, Ont.: 1.  Skate Canada is the last of the six regular-season Grand Prix events, and Czisny's short program total, 63.52, has been topped by just two other women on the circuit this season:  Yuna Kim of South Korea (76.08 in Paris, 76.28 in Lake Placid) and Joannie Rochette of Canada (70.0 Friday to beat Czisny.) 2.  It bettered Czisny's previous…

  • Belbin looks like an Olympic medalist. But the winner is. . .

    Newsdesk
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:05 pm
    (Judge for yourself whether ice dancer Tanith Belbin gets style points for this.  Photo courtesy Men's Health magazine.) By Philip Hersh A few figure skating observations as the Grand Prix series heads into its last event before the Dec. 4-5 final in Tokyo: *Over dinner Sunday night in Lake Placid, five reporters who will be covering figure skating at the 2010 Olympics agreed to hazard predictions on the Winter Games medals. I decided to come up with an aggregate of our picks by assigning 5 points for a prediction of gold, 3 for silver, 1 for bronze. I know the whole thing is very…

  • New math: South Korean woman Yuna Kim would have won men's short program

    Newsdesk
    15 Nov 2009 | 11:49 am
    By Philip HershIt seemed very impressive that Yuna Kim's score in the short program at Skate America was good enough to have placed second in the men's event.It actually was even more impressive than that.South Korea's Kim actually would have won the men's short program if the math used were apples to apples.Paul Peret, a long-time figure skating journalist in France, pointed that out to me in an email Sunday morning.Here's how it works:*The men's component scores (call them presentation scores if you like) are multiplied by a factor of 1.0, the women's…

  • Feathers flying, gender bending. . .only in figure skating

    Newsdesk
    14 Nov 2009 | 2:56 pm
    (Evan Lysacek as a fine-feathered Firebird.  Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)    By Philip Hersh LAKE PLACID, N.Y.-- Ten things I have learned after three days at Skate America:  1.  Vera Wang designed the costume that reigning world champion Evan Lysacek is wearing while performing his short program to Stravinsky's ``Firebird.''  Lysacek was skeptical about the feathers Wang hung from the gloved wrists when he first saw them but now thinks of them as a good fit with the Stravinsky piece.  ``Stravinsky is sort of a…

  • Stephen Colbert endorsement has fast effect on U.S. speedskating coffers

    Newsdesk
    10 Nov 2009 | 3:39 pm
    By Philip Hersh The deal all but fell into U.S. Speedskating's lap. And it quickly has made the sport's athletes feel more confident they won't be lapped by the competition in this Olympic year for financial reasons. I'm talking about the fund-raising arrangement between the Colbert Report and the speedskating federation, making the Colbert Nation the official sponsor of U.S. Speedskating. It was announced Nov. 2 on the show, barely a week after the U.S. media -- me among them -- reported that the collapse of Dutch bank DSB had left a $300,000 hole in the federation's…
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Huddle Up

  • Huddle Up is moving to chicagobreakingsports.com

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 4:06 pm
    Hello, Huddle Up readers. We've moved your blog. Please take a look at chicagobreakingsports.com, the site for breaking sports news important to Chicago, including the Bears. Contributions come from the staffs of the Chicago Tribune, WGN-Ch. 9, WGN-AM 720 and...

  • Tommie Harris, Adrian Peterson out for Bears

    chicagosports
    25 Oct 2009 | 11:58 am
    By Vaughn McClure No surprise among the Bears inactives for Sunday, with Tommie Harris (knee) and Adrian Peterson (knee) both out with injuries. Marcus Harrison will start at nose tackle for Harris. Hunter Hillenmeyer will start at strong-side linebacker with...

  • Bears rookie pleads not guilty to misdemeanor assault

    chicagosports
    23 Oct 2009 | 1:10 pm
    By Vaughn McClure Bears rookie offensive lineman Lance Louis pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault charges, according to the San Diego Union Tribune. Louis has a court date scheduled for December, according to the report. He is accused of injuring...

  • Tommie Harris 'doubtful' for Bengals game

    chicagosports
    23 Oct 2009 | 9:28 am
    By Vaughn McClure Bears coach Lovie Smith said defensive tackle Tommie Harris is doubtful for Sunday's game against the Bengals. Harris has been bothered by a knee injury and missed his third consecutive practice Friday. His left knee has given...

  • Pisa Tinoisamoa to have season-ending knee surgery

    chicagosports
    21 Oct 2009 | 2:13 pm
    By Vaughn McClure Lovie Smith said linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa will go ahead with season-ending knee surgery. Tinoisamoa played in just two games after signing a one-year contract with the Bears. Tinoisamoa, who ruptured the posterior cruciate ligament in his right...
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    Chicago Tribune: Albany Park

  • Vegetarian falafel rides the wave of popular Middle Eastern fare

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Fast food is a flood of burgers, burritos and toasted sub sandwiches. But the vegetarian in search of convenience -- and flavor beyond roasted vegetables -- can stand firm against the carnivorous onslaught, falafel firmly in hand. Long a favorite in...

  • Korean-Americans learn Spanish to help out at work

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In a city long known for ethnic ghettos and virtual walls between segregated neighborhoods, Sue Choe is something of a trailblazer. The Korean-American is hustling to learn Spanish. "Bienvenido a mi tienda," Choe proudly welcomes visitors into her...

  • Teenager shot in albany park neighborhood

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A teenager was shot in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood. It happened at Lawndale and Lawrence around 7pm last night. The 15 year-old boy was shot in the stomach, and he's now at a hospital in critical condition. Police are looking for suspects. If...

  • Six Wounded In Overnight Shootings

    24 Jul 2009 | 5:06 am
    (WGN-AM)- A half dozen people were shot and wounded in overnight Chicago street violence in addition to the previously reported fatal shooting in Albany Park, police said this morning. These were the incidents: •An 18-year-old man was shot in the...

  • Chicago Fire in Albany Park

    12 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am
    There was a fire in Chicago. No one was hurt....
 
 
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  • Illinois Enterprise Digest for the weekend of Nov. 21-23

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:42 am
    Illinois AP enterprise stories for editions Nov. 21-23 and thereafter. FOR USE BEGINNING MONDAY, NOV. 23: SCHOOL PUNISHMENT-RACE SPRINGFIELD -- In the decade since mass protests over the punishment of six black students in Decatur, the...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Deaths last week

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Vitaly Ginzburg, 93, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics who helped develop the Soviet hydrogen bomb; Nov. 8, in Moscow. Burleigh Hines, 77, television newsman who specialized in human-interest stories for Chicago's WBBM-Ch. 2; Nov. 8, in Los Angeles,...

  • Wonder what a 330 lb. Giant Tuna looks like? Of course you do!

    13 Nov 2009 | 4:56 pm
    This weekend, the midwest's largest Japanese supermarket will be putting on a heck of a show. The Mitsuwa Market in Arlington Heights will be carving up a 330 pound Giant Tuna, caught fresh off the coast of Spain. You can be there in person as one of...

  • White, collared shirts

    13 Nov 2009 | 4:53 pm
    Here's what I don't like about my job: you can't touch it. There's nothing to see, to sit back and admire. We launch these conversations out over the airwaves and then they're gone. Podcasts are nice, but they suffer the same way live shows, do. After a...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Beverly

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Deaths last week

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Vitaly Ginzburg, 93, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics who helped develop the Soviet hydrogen bomb; Nov. 8, in Moscow. Burleigh Hines, 77, television newsman who specialized in human-interest stories for Chicago's WBBM-Ch. 2; Nov. 8, in Los Angeles,...

  • Roland Talmadge Talton Jr., engineer

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Roland Talmadge Talton Jr., former owner of a Baltimore engineering firm, died Nov. 6 of cardiac and respiratory failure at Upper Chesapeake Bay Medical Center. The longtime Bel Air resident was 89. Born and raised in Pocomoke City, the son of a B&O...

  • White, collared shirts

    13 Nov 2009 | 4:53 pm
    Here's what I don't like about my job: you can't touch it. There's nothing to see, to sit back and admire. We launch these conversations out over the airwaves and then they're gone. Podcasts are nice, but they suffer the same way live shows, do. After a...

  • Learning the art of the interview

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Will Tan looked up, leaned in and smiled wide. The 23-year-old nursing student with spiked hair was relaxed as he set his attention on Joan Ferris, 79, and listened to snippets from her life story for about an hour. Around them, other 20-somethings, all...
 
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  • Flu remedy

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Flu remedy Over the years I've heard the following story many times and now I think it bears repeating: During the flu epidemic of 1918, my mother was a young bride and since my father was a soldier in Europe, her in-laws thought she should live with them...

  • Francis E. Napleton, 1925-2009: Expanded on father's auto dealership to build dealer group

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Francis E. Napleton started working at his father's Plymouth-DeSoto car dealership in Blue Island as a teenager in the late 1930s. After serving in World War II, the South Side native continued to work for his dad as he attended classes at DePaul...

  • Chicago man guilty of slashing woman near Blue Island Metra station

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Chicago man has been found guilty of slashing the throat of a woman with a hunting knife as she walked near a Metra train station in Blue Island in 2005. Cook County Judge Luciano Panici convicted Vincent Glover, 38, Wednesday of attempted first-...

  • Oak Lawn: NJROTC at Richards High work to get officer back on his feet

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Event: Richards High School NJROTC fundraiser Goal: To raise $2,000 for a specialized bike for Lance Corp. Ed McDonough, a Marine who was injured in Afghanistan in June 2009 when his Humvee hit a roadside bomb. What they do: The NJROTC for Richards in...

  • 'Emerging care model focuses on prevention, managing chronic conditions

    23 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    CHICAGO Set aside your frustration with your doctor: the long waits for an appointment, the hurried visits, the sense that there's never really time to talk in depth. Now imagine this. The phone rings and it's the doctor's office reminding you that it'...
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  • Sweepstakes Rules

    19 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am
    OFFICIAL RULES This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Tower Distribution Company/WGN America (the "Sponsor"), 2501 West Bradley Place, Chicago IL 60618. 1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE...

  • Official Rules

    9 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am
    SCRUBS BAHAMAS BAHAMAS FLY AWAY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FORTY EIGHT (48) CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF...

  • Contact Information

    27 Oct 2009 | 6:53 am
    New York: 220 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017 Chris Gilpatric SVP, Affiliate Sales 212-210-5937 cgilpatric@tribune.com Chicago: 2501 West Bradley Place Chicago, IL 60618 Kenneth W. Mullane VP, Affiliate Sales, Central & Eastern Regions 773-883-6286...

  • Illinois al-Qaida conspirator to be sentenced this week

    26 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Bradley University graduate and convicted al-Qaida conspirator is expected to be sentenced this week in federal court in Peoria, bringing to a close an eight-year case that shocked an Illinois college town and drew the attention of two presidential...

  • Barbra Streisand furnishes her design taste

    10 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Barbra Streisand, a well-educated student of antiques and vintage decorative arts, has finally declared a major: "Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love," she says. Think of it as a...
 
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  • Vietnam veteran robbed, killed on his way to deposit VFW money

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Army veteran William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping other veterans. On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a bank in Midlothian to deposit money that the south suburb's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a...

  • Veteran robbed, killed on way to deposit money from benefit

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping veterans. On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a Midlothian bank to deposit money the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a benefit. He never made it inside. Burtner,...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Archdiocese investigating sexual abuse claims against retired priest

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has found credible evidence that a priest on Chicago's West Side sexually abused two children, church officials said Thursday. The Rev. Edward Maloney, a retired priest who served at St. Mark Roman Catholic...

  • Korean-Americans learn Spanish to help out at work

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In a city long known for ethnic ghettos and virtual walls between segregated neighborhoods, Sue Choe is something of a trailblazer. The Korean-American is hustling to learn Spanish. "Bienvenido a mi tienda," Choe proudly welcomes visitors into her...
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  • Snowbird Ski Resort Opens for the Season

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:37 pm
    Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort opened to skiers Friday morning at 9 a.m. The resort is running two lifts, Gadzoom and Chickadee. Brighton, Solitude and Wolf Mountain opened earlier this month. Park City Mountain Resort plans to open Saturday morning at...

  • Palin book tour kicks off where she started 'going rogue'

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sarah Palin has been called the rock star of the Republican Party, and on Wednesday her supporters treated her like one. They had begun lining up the night before to see Palin at the first stop on her book-signing tour, shivering in the wind-swept...

  • Sarah Palin book tour: 1,500 fans in Michigan kick off campaign

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sarah Palin has been called the rock star of the Republican Party, and on Wednesday her supporters treated her like one. They began lining up the night before the first stop on Palin's publicity tour for her newly released memoir, "Going Rogue,"...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Palin, at start of book tour, draws enthusiastic crowd

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:17 pm
    Sarah Palin has been called the rock star of the Republican Party, and on Wednesday her supporters treated her like one. They had begun lining up the night before to see Palin at the first stop on her book-signing tour, shivering in the windswept...
 
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  • Thanksgiving dinner to go? Here are some options

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    There's nothing like a home-cooked meal on Thanksgiving, people say. About 47 percent of them, anyway. According to a survey conducted for the National Restaurant Association, some 53 percent of Americans use restaurant-prepared takeout food for all or...

  • Hear Pet Lions roar

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    "She ain't coming home with you," sneers Pet Lions singer Karl Ostby atop a strutting guitar riff on "I Will Track You Down." "She's coming home with me." The power-pop nugget, streaming free on the local quartet's MySpace site (myspace.com/...

  • Chicago police honor injured veteran

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A helicopter delivered Master Sgt. Pedro A. Medina Jr. into an unexpected flurry of mortar shells in eastern Afghanistan. As the chopper took off abruptly to dodge enemy fire, vibrations from its blades toppled a nearby shelter. One of the structure's...

  • A driving tour of Maryland's byways offers beauty, history and more

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The fall colors may have peaked, with more leaves clinging to turf than trees, but it's still not too late for an autumn auto tour. Last month, the Federal Highway Administration designated four Maryland routes as America's Byways, placing them among the...

  • Notes

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --A reception will be held to honor human rights activist Luzma Umpierre for donating her artwork, poetry, photographs and documents to DePaul University. The collection chronicles workplace legal struggles, lesbianism and the migrant experience. 2 p.m....
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  • School for autistic children in Lisle fears possible neighbor's plans for engine testing

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    For autistic kids, finding a classroom may be a challenge. Long linear corridors may trigger the urge to bolt. And the hum of fluorescent lights distracts, keeping them from focusing on the task at hand. So when Giant Steps Illinois, the state's oldest...

  • Local candidates vie for DuPage County board seats

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:34 pm
    Several prominent local politicians have lined up to claim seats on the DuPage County Board to represent southeast DuPage County. In District 3, Woodridge lawyer Greg Abbott, former Downers Grove Mayor Brian Krajewski and Hinsdale Township High School...

  • POLITICAL ASYLUM: Crime and punishment in Illinois

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    An empty prison takes on national importance. Republicans talk about crime and punishment. Senate candidates clash on abortion. One politician gets testy and another apologizes. A look back at the week in Illinois politics: PLANS & PROMISES Gov. Pat...

  • Francis E. Napleton, 1925-2009: Expanded on father's auto dealership to build dealer group

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Francis E. Napleton started working at his father's Plymouth-DeSoto car dealership in Blue Island as a teenager in the late 1930s. After serving in World War II, the South Side native continued to work for his dad as he attended classes at DePaul...

  • 12 hurt in violent weekend

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    At least a dozen people were shot, stabbed, bit or burned in a violent stretch over the weekend in Chicago that started just before 9 p.m. Saturday. At 8:49 p.m. Saturday, an 8-year-old boy playing with a lighter accidentally started a fire in the...
 
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  • Too thankful for despair

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Strip nearly everything from Patricia Jefferson's life. Take away her home, her possessions, her vision. Place her, blind and humbled, at a dining table in a West Side apartment with a fraying wicker basket as a centerpiece. What she'll do is smile and...

  • More residents seek assistance with energy bills

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Home heating costs are expected to be lower this winter, but that's cold comfort to cash-strapped south suburban residents like Reginald Thompson, who has gone without heat at his Calumet City home since his service was shut off in March. The 79-year-old...

  • Vietnam veteran robbed, killed on his way to deposit VFW money

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Army veteran William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping other veterans. On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a bank in Midlothian to deposit money that the south suburb's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a...

  • Man says he was attacked by pair held in McClendon slayings

    14 Nov 2009 | 8:57 am
    An Indiana man believes he was attacked in his home by two teens who later were charged with slaying Ruby McClendon, 76, and Milton McClendon, 78. Speaking Friday to WGN-TV but asking that his identity be withheld, a man named "Dave" said he was robbed...

  • A struggle to get out of Fenger

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    For three weeks, Tywon Jackson has not gone to school. Instead of learning algebra, the U.S. Constitution and the difference between metaphors and similes, he's played The Sims and watched "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and reruns of "Everybody Hates...
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  • World Relief DuPage offers free workshop ahead of probable citizenship fee increase

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am
    Two years ago, Leonidas Correa achieved the immigrant dream. But the Colombia native found the road to U.S. citizenship was paved, not only with democracy and civil freedoms, but fees. Four-hundred dollar fees, to be exact, for him and his wife. "It...

  • Notes

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --"Women's Night Out" will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen, 15750 Marian Drive, Homer Glen. Events include free wellness presentations, refreshments and massages. Medical professionals will offer advice for better...

  • Ellen Warren rules on some fall 'dos' and 'don'ts'

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    It's time for a seasonal survey by the fashion police (me) to point out the "dos" and "don'ts" of dressing for fall. Sometimes the difference between a good look and a fashion failure is so simple, so basic, so common sense. In other words, it's really...

  • Juror says 1 panelist had second thoughts

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    When deliberations began Tuesday, jurors said, their initial vote was eight in favor of the death penalty for Brian Dugan, with the other four either opposed or undecided. Five hours later, the jury told Judge George Bakalis that it had reached a...

  • Four holdouts resolved issues to join majority favoring death for Dugan

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    For nearly five hours Wednesday, a thin line of resolve stood between Dugan and Death Row, jurors told the Tribune. With some dissent in the room, the jury rehashed his defense team's positions, pored over transcripts and argued that he spared the lives...
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  • 3 teens charged in Carpentersville robbery

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Three teens have been charged with robbing a 14-year-old of $65 and an iPod after threatening him with a pellet gun in Carpentersville. Police found the teens nearby shortly after the robbery Tuesday, which happened near a bowling alley in the 100 block...

  • HELPING OUT: North and northwest suburbs

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --Donations of gently used bikes to benefit residents of Arlington Heights and Wheeling Township may be dropped off from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Village Bank & Trust, 311 S. Arlington Heights Road. Call 847-253-1703. --The first Carpentersville...

  • En 'casas de cartón'

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Setenta estudiantes del Elgin Community College (ECC) pernoctaron a la intemperie el viernes pasado con el fin de enviar un mensaje a la comunidad, sobre el problema del desamparo y la pobreza, y al mismo tiempo para esbozar soluciones que apunten a...

  • Eligen a personajes del año

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    El miércoles, dos líderes comunitarios fueron elegidos como la Mujer y el Hombre del Año por parte de LULAC, concilio #5236, que sirve a las comunidades de Elgin, Carpentersville y Dundee. Karla Guzmán, coordinadora de alcance a la comunidad latina del...

  • Plainfield boy expelled from school for jabbing another boy with a pencil

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    When a Plainfield sixth-grader was recently expelled until next fall for jabbing another student with a pencil, his case thrust another school district into the debate over what is school violence and what is a weapon. School administrators recommended...
 
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  • Michael Scott memorial service

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A public memorial service for Chicago school board president Michael Scott is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Road. In lieu of flowers donations are requested for the Better Boys Foundation Michael W. Scott Scholarship...

  • Flu shot roulette

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    If you lived in Kendall County and wanted the H1N1 vaccine last week, you were in luck. Kendall had received 18,000 doses and you could get vaccinated in a matter of minutes in a nurse's office. The county hadn't exhausted its supply of vaccine: At that...

  • Being Dishonest With Herself

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    DEAR AMY: I have been in a long-distance relationship for more than three years now. We're students at different schools, and we see each other about once a month and holidays. Lately I feel resentful that he constantly chooses to please his family and...

  • CONTACT US

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Mike Kellams, associate managing editor/sports 435 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 312-222-3478 sports@tribune.com ...

  • Funeral services set for Chicago school official

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:23 pm
    Funeral services have been set for former Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott. Visitation and a private service will be Saturday at Holy Family Church in Chicago. A public memorial will be Sunday at the Chicago campus of the University of...
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  • Young barber-musician killed in Steger

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Daniel Moreno, a 23-year-old barber and musician from Chicago Heights, didn't try to fight when two armed men stormed into his family's Steger hair salon Tuesday night and demanded money and his cell phone, police and family said. But one of the men...

  • Victory defined

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    On the eve of war, leaders rouse their troops to vanquish the enemy, but not this time. As midnight Friday approaches, the Marian Catholic High School marching band gathers in an Indiana middle school gym and their director prepares to tell them what the...

  • Members of the band are greeted by supporters as they return to the Center Grove Middle School Central in Greenwood, Ind.

    14 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A networking event offering appetizers and refreshments. Entertainment, tours and a door prize for a weekend stay in a two-room suite. 5 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Matteson Area Chamber of Commerce, 500 Holiday Plaza, Matteson. Call 708-957-6950. The annual...

  • Waging wars

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Waging wars Our country's respect for military sacrifice is certain to result in new tombs that will join similar tombs in Arlington National Cemetery. These will house the remains of unknown soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. While the...
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  • Head of police sergeants group arrested

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:50 pm
    A Chicago police sergeant who heads a local sergeants association has been arrested on charges he stole more than $600,000 from the organization. Sgt. John Pallohusky, president of the Chicago Police Sergeants Association -- a labor and fraternal...

  • Sergeant accused of stealing more than $600,000

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The head of the Chicago Police Sergeant's Association was arrested this morning and charged with stealing more than $600,000 from the organization for gambling trips to Las Vegas, stays at Chicago hotels and work on his home. "Any theft by a member of...

  • Oprah to end show in 2011

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    - "The Oprah Winfrey Show," a broadcast that grew from a local Chicago talk show into the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night. Winfrey,...

  • Oprah to end talk show in 2011

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pm
    CHICAGO - The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that began as a local Chicago talk show and grew over two decades into the foundation of a media empire worth billions, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production...

  • Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pm
    Oprah Winfrey's iconic television talk show will end in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, her production company said Thursday. Winfrey plans to announce the final date for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on a live Friday broadcast, according to Chicago-...
 
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  • Clarendon Hills police make arrests related to recent burglaries

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pm
    Police in Clarendon Hills recently made several arrests for property crimes that have occurred over the past three weeks in the village and neighboring municipalities. Three Elmhurst men were arrested after police received a tip from a citizen Nov. 13...

  • Federal failures

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Federal failures Now that the House of Representatives has passed the health care bill, it is up to the U.S. Senate to decide whether this bill becomes the law of the land. My question to our elected officials is what are you thinking. Do we really want...

  • Japanese-made doesn't ensure better mileage

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    QIf someone initiated an investigation into your "unbiased" comments, he/she would discover you've fooled enough people into thinking American cars, in general, are what the American driver should accept. Wrong! Start telling American drivers the truth....

  • Japanese-Made Doesn't Ensure Better Mileage

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Q. If someone initiated an investigation into your "unbiased" comments, he/she would discover you've fooled enough people into thinking American cars, in general, are what the American driver should accept. Wrong! Start telling American drivers the truth....

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Exhibit of art by several students enrolled in Hinsdale Central High School's advanced placement art program. 5 p.m. Saturday. Free. Hinsdale Center for the Arts, 5903 S. County Line Road, Hinsdale. Call 630-887-0203. Addison resident and author Larry...
 
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  • Funeral services set for Chicago school official

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:23 pm
    Funeral services have been set for former Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott. Visitation and a private service will be Saturday at Holy Family Church in Chicago. A public memorial will be Sunday at the Chicago campus of the University of...

  • Swine flu update: Illinois reports 9 new deaths

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am
    Illinois is reporting nine new deaths and 241 new hospitalizations from swine flu. The Illinois Department of Public Health's weekly update brings the total number of deaths in the state from the virus to 56. More than 1,600 people have been...

  • UIC names new head of economics department

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:07 am
    The University of Illinois at Chicago has named a new head of the economics department. Professor David Merriman has also been named a professor of economics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and will continue to work as a professor of...

  • Swine flu Q & A

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:02 am
    How do you treat someone with H1N1 flu? Over-the-counter medications? Chicken soup? How about Popsicles? Below Tribune reporters answer more questions from readers: Q: Is it possible to contract seasonal flu and H1N1 flu simultaneously? A: It is...

  • Scott's funeral, memorial plans announced

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Funeral and memorial services for Chicago School Board President Michael Scott have been announced. The funeral will be held Saturday for family and close friends. There will be a more public celebration of his life at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the University...
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  • Veterans Honored In Many Ways Across St. Louis

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A variety of ceremonies across the area honored our nation's veterans, Wednesday. Towns, schools, and civic centers held a number of traditional celebrations, and Applebees restaurants put their money where their mouth is, hooking up veterans with a...

  • Sex charges follow fight outside car

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    An Oak Lawn man was charged with solicitation of a sexual act after he allegedly agreed to pay another man for sex in his car in front of his home in the 9300 block of Parkside Avenue, police said. Richard M. Barich, 44, was arrested last week after...

  • Homeowners left in a lurch after mortgage refinancing checks bounce

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In early April, Jeff Franson refinanced his mortgage, switching it from Chase to SecurityNational Mortgage Co. On a sunny Saturday in early October, as he was mowing the front lawn of his Mokena home, a process server drove up and handed Franson papers...

  • Police Officers Struck By Runaway Dognapper

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    St. Louis County Police are investigating a possible dognapping that may also result in assault charges. A County officer and one from Crestwood were struck by a suspect's vehicle as she fled from her home in the 1400 block of Trelane in Crestwood...

  • Village installs red light cameras

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The village of Royal Palm Beach is hoping to deter red light runners by installing cameras at two busy intersections, Royal Palm Beach Boulevard at Okeechobee Road, and Crestwood Boulevard at Royal Palm Beach Boulevard. But if it does not stop violators...
 
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  • BEST BETS

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    McHenry County Youth Orchestras' opening concert with guest violinist Rachel Barton Pine, 4 p.m. Sunday, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Tickets $25 adults, $18 members, $15 students/seniors; 815-356-9212 or rauecenter.org....

  • Town house or condo?

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Condo or town house? What's the difference? What should you buy? The differences in these popular types of multifamily housing are substantial and important. Condos and town houses vary in size, cost, ownership and amenities. They appeal to different...

  • Illinois Enterprise Digest for the weekend of Nov. 21-23

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:42 am
    Illinois AP enterprise stories for editions Nov. 21-23 and thereafter. FOR USE BEGINNING MONDAY, NOV. 23: SCHOOL PUNISHMENT-RACE SPRINGFIELD -- In the decade since mass protests over the punishment of six black students in Decatur, the...

  • Homeless man allegedly threw hot coffee on clerk

    17 Nov 2009 | 5:27 pm
    A homeless man is facing as long as five years in prison on charges he threw a hot cup of coffee in the face of a Crystal Lake Starbucks worker, scalding her. The defendant, 28-year-old Jonathan Pease, was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday on...

  • State volleyball notebook: Huber leads Sycamore to third place in 3A

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Stephanie Huber grew up watching older Sycamore players build a winning program at the school. On Saturday, it was Huber's turn in the spotlight as she helped lead the Spartans to their second state trophy in three years with a three-game victory over...
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  • Community events

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Weekend highlights Free Economic Development Workshop. 1-5 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Downing Gross Cultural Arts Center, 2410 Wickham Ave. Residents, agencies and organizations concerned about economic progress in the Southeast community of...

  • Abbott splits 93rd for victory

    4 Nov 2009 | 8:43 pm
    To pull off her Tuesday victory over Del. Phil Hamilton, Robin Abbott picked off Republican voters to split tickets in every precinct in the 93rd District. The Newport News Democrat fared better than the top of her party's ticket in each of the precincts...

  • Local voter turnout light, so are the problems

    3 Nov 2009 | 3:09 pm
    In northern Newport News, poll worker Jimmie McCarronÖthis is a woman had an unusual start to her day. Instead of readying voting machines or stacking registration forms, she and a colleague pulled about 30 campaign signs from the front lawn of Stevens...

  • Outdoors Calendar

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    BEST BET Saturday Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day for licensed hunters 15 years of age or younger. All junior hunters must be accompanied by an unarmed adult at least 21 years of age who holds a valid Maryland hunting license or is legally exempt from...

  • Cop's life is calm again

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Two days before he was to ship home from Afghanistan, Illinois National Guard Sgt. Michael Hoover confronted an unexploded enemy rocket that had been spotted near his military compound. Detonating the device was not an option, because that would have...
 
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  • DeKalb County Commissioner Hurt In Car Crash

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A DeKalb County Commissioner is injured after being involved in a car crash. Aroney fire officials tell WHNT NEWS 19 that District 2 Commissioner Ed Nix was slightly injured in a head-on collision about 4:00p.m. Thursday. The accident happened on...

  • Joseph Rago, 1960-2009: Geneva attorney was a prosecutor and defense lawyer

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Joseph Rago, a Geneva attorney and former assistant state's attorney in Kane and DeKalb counties, was fiercely proud of his Italian-American heritage. Three years ago, when a coalition of Italian-American groups asked him to help prevent the opening of a...

  • Various Counties Holding H1N1 Vaccine Clinics Through Friday

    10 Nov 2009 | 2:41 pm
    Several counties have added new H1N1 vaccination clinics at different times this week. Here's the list of where you can find the vaccine in your area. (Note: This list is several pages long. Please click through all pages to see the complete list of...

  • Fort Payne Man Charged With Rape, Possession Of Child Pornography

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    A Fort Payne man faces serious charges after meeting a teenage girl through a family acquaintance. Joel Wayne Davis, 24, is being held on $90,000 bond. DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris says his office received a report about a 24-year-old-man who was...

  • Missing couple declared dead; family plans memorial

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    HILTON HEAD, S.C. More than a year and half after John and Elizabeth Calvert disappeared, their family plans a public memorial service in Atlanta. The family also established scholarships in each of their names. David White, Elizabeth's brother, said...
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    Chicago Tribune: Des Plaines

  • Thomson knows

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Thomson knows I would like to suggest that the people of Thomson know what is good for them, not politicians. There is a huge prison in Thomson, a barely used boondoggle paid for by the citizens of Illinois. There is no huge airport in Thomson where...

  • John von Rhein's classical concert picks

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The greatly gifted British pianist Paul Lewis will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 under guest conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi, on a program that also holds Bartok's Divertimento for Strings and Schumann's Second...

  • Helping out

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --Des Plaines School District 62 needs volunteer interpreters for parent-teacher conferences Monday and Tuesday at Algonquin and Chippewa Middle schools, and Central, Cumberland, Forest, Plainfield and South Elementary schools. Spanish and Polish...

  • Annoying campaigning

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Annoying campaigning Are we going to be subjected to these repetitive, intellectually insulting political campaign ads until February of next year? If so, I question if any of the participants have the ability to govern. -- Cindy Neal, Des Plaines...

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sponsored by McHenry County sheriff's office and Safe Kids-McHenry County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. Harvard Chevy Buick GMC, 333 S. Division St., (on U.S. Highway 14) Harvard. Visit safekidsmchenrycounty.org, or call 815-338-2144. "Flights of...
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    Chicago Tribune: Dolton

  • So you think you can be a customer service agent?

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In a brightly lit classroom tucked deep inside the sprawling Comcast customer call center in Woodridge, 14 trainees sit attentively as instructor Johnetta Thurman hammers home the cornerstones of the company's beliefs. To handle customer service calls,...

  • Praise and criticism in Fenger brawl case

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis praised witnesses who identified a 14-year-old boy as taking part in the infamous fatal beating of a Fenger High School student but at the same time chastised them for taking too long to come forward. The teen...

  • New Hope Center

    5 Nov 2009 | 10:34 am
    Promoting community integration and creating opportunities that enhance the quality of life. New Hope Center provides job shop services to Business/Industry in necessary seondary operations. NHC specializes in the out serviced needs of the customer...

  • Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don't add up

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    More than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers. Problem is, the district employs only 290 teachers. "That other...

  • Giving peace a chance in CPS

    27 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    I am writing in response to "Poets tell story of Chicago school children killed," published Oct. 26, which discusses how two Chicago Public School students use their talents as poets to shed light on the violence occurring within the communities as well...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Douglas

  • On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln won the presidency

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:01 pm
    Today is Friday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2009. There are 55 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 6, 1934, Nebraska voters approved a constitutional amendment which dissolved their two-chamber legislature in favor of a...

  • Ruling bolsters dissidents in Tribune Co. bankruptcy case

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Tribune Co. bankruptcy case appeared to be rolling along smoothly, until a group of junior creditors led by distressed-bond investor Centerbridge Partners began throwing grenades in late August. The group's claims were audacious: That the Chicago-...

  • Weekend Music: Oct 30 - Nov 1

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the music events going on around Chicago this weekend! Friday - October 30th Dave Holland, Jason Moran, Chris Potter, Eric Harland --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m.--Vijay Iyer Trio. The Hoyle...

  • Incoming Caterpillar CEO has a green agenda

    26 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    CHICAGO Douglas Oberhelman, named last week the incoming CEO of Caterpillar Inc., acknowledges it's hard for people to identify a company "famous for bulldozers" with an environmental agenda. But in an interview and in a speech last week in Chicago, he...

  • Multimillonario detenido por usar información privilegiada

    16 Oct 2009 | 10:39 pm
    Uno de los financieros más acaudalados de Estados Unidos figuró el viernes entre las seis personas de un fondo de inversiones de alto riesgo arrestadas, en un caso de uso ilegal de información privilegiada para enriquecerse con más de 25 millones de...
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    Chicago Tribune: Downers Grove

  • Saab story: Chicago-area dealerships being cut to 3 from 9 as GM sells brand, new group reorganizes

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    When General Motors completes the sale of Saab, expected this month, it could mark a new beginning for the struggling Swedish automaker. But for six of nine Chicago-area dealers, some with decades invested in the quirky brand, it is likely the end of...

  • Greatest gifts

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Greatest gifts This is in response to "Embryos' fate: A fertile debate; Families struggle with science, faith when viable eggs are frozen in lab" (Page 1, Nov. 10), regarding what to do with "leftover" embryos from in-vitro fertilization treatments. One...

  • Cars burglarized outside Downers Grove fitness center

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Items were stolen Nov. 9 from three cars parked in the X-Sport Fitness Center lot at 3200 Finley Road in Downers Grove. Police said in each theft the passenger side window was broken. A GPS unit, camera, cell phone and two purses were among items taken....

  • Diamond necklace, money reported stolen from Downers Grove home

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A diamond necklace and a change jar were stolen Nov. 7 from a home in the 900 block of Highland Court in Downers Grove. The value of the loss is estimated at $1,240. Police said entry was gained through a bedroom window. ...

  • Lellbach homes reflect values

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Borrowing a tactic from the corporate world, Doug Lellbach and Debra Bennett Lellbach conduct exit interviews with clients. The result: The Naperville-based home renovation team learns its strengths and weaknesses so it can continually improve....
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    Chicago Tribune: Dundee

  • 6 deer-related traffic accidents reported in Kane County

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Kane County sheriff's police reported six deer-related traffic accidents on county roadways Nov. 11 through Saturday. No drivers were reported injured in any of the accidents, most of which involved deer dashing in front of the vehicles. The accidents...

  • Sandhill crane migration draws N. Indiana crowds

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:09 am
    Hundreds of people have been flocking to a northern Indiana wildlife refuge where thousands of sandhill cranes are making their annual fall migration stop. Some weekend visitors to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area drove for hours so they...

  • The 'Wild' western

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Though some critics hated it when it was released in 1969, Sam Peckinpah's seminal western "The Wild Bunch" is today considered one of the most influential, poetic -- and yes, violent -- sagebrush sagas ever made. "The Wild Bunch" changed the face of...

  • Eligen a personajes del año

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    El miércoles, dos líderes comunitarios fueron elegidos como la Mujer y el Hombre del Año por parte de LULAC, concilio #5236, que sirve a las comunidades de Elgin, Carpentersville y Dundee. Karla Guzmán, coordinadora de alcance a la comunidad latina del...

  • El Rangers acecha al líder Celtic con dos goles de Kris Boyd

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Redacción deportes, 7 nov (EFE).- Dos goles de Kris Boyd (m.1 y57) dieron el triunfo local la Rangers sobre el Saint Mirren, por2-1, lo que sitúa a un sólo punto de distancia del líder Celtic, quevisita al colista Falkirk, en el partido que cerrará la...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: DuPage County

  • Balance notes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --The Woman's Guild of Divine Infant Parish will hold the Aisle of Gifts sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Divine Infant School, 1640 Newcastle Ave., Westchester. --Members of the Glen Ellyn Junior Woman's Club will help sort food for the Christmas...

  • Swine flu Q & A

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:02 am
    How do you treat someone with H1N1 flu? Over-the-counter medications? Chicken soup? How about Popsicles? Below Tribune reporters answer more questions from readers: Q: Is it possible to contract seasonal flu and H1N1 flu simultaneously? A: It is...

  • Il Poggiolo gets Jerry Kleiner's signature look in Hinsdale

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Despite a demographic that would make most restaurateurs salivate, Hinsdale has not always been kind to its dining options. Since finally permitting liquor licenses in 2001 (Hinsdale was DuPage County's last bastion of temperance), the town has bid...

  • More pain for Nicaricos

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    More pain for Nicaricos I am troubled by the death sentence that was given to Brian Dugan ("Tears of joy as Dugan gets death; 'Relief, some small closure' for Nicaricos," Page 1, Nov. 12). I recognized that this is an evil, despicable man. But he is in no...

  • Helping out

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --The Fox Valley Newcomers and Neighbors Club recently donated $3,727.62 to the Salvation Army for its Golden Diners Program in Geneva. The club is a social and philanthropic organization for women in the area. For membership information, call 630-584-...
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    Chicago Tribune: Edgebrook

  • Chicago religion notes

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Christian education department of Apostolic Faith Church will host a Hallowed Fun Night bringing families together for fun, food, games, prizes, treats and sweets. Children can wear costumes of biblical characters, superheroes or VeggieTales or fairy-...

  • Behind the music, a will to live

    14 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Juan Manuel Pineda has found his voice. It ultimately took four reconstructive surgeries, the generosity of an army of newfound friends and enough tragedy for a dozen Chicago bluesmen. Born in El Salvador with his mouth caved in from a cleft palate,...

  • Homework zone

    7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am
    Jeff Harting, president of FGH Architects, had just finished a spectacular gut rehab of a Wilmette home overlooking the lake. The project was undertaken for a family with school-age children, and one hurdle was creating a kids' homework area as impressive...

  • The Garry Meier Memorial Day Front Yard Blab-a-Cue

    20 May 2009 | 8:31 pm
    NEW: Check out the photos. NEW: Check out the video. If you've got nothing better to do on Monday, make your way to Tribune Tower and join WGN Radio for The Garry Meier Memorial Day Front Yard Blab-a-Cue! Garry will be broadcasting from outside our...

  • Branching out

    14 Dec 2007 | 12:00 am
    When Judy and Larry Plegge were ready to downsize from their single-family home of 32 years, they were clear on what they didn't want. No stairs. No yard work. No buildings blocking their view. They got none of that when they bought a fifth-floor...
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  • Former Edgewater resident found slain

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Annapolis police are looking for any information that could lead them to whoever killed a 22-year-old California man Wednesday. Kenneth Andrew Gram of Carlsbad, Calif., a former Edgewater resident who was back in the area to see friends, was found...

  • Bree McMahon, center, and her teammates huddle together before the start of their game against Edgewater High School at Freedom High School in Orlando.

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am

  • Anne Arundel Datebook

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Today Book sale Sandy Spring Friends Meeting's annual used book sale takes place 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 17801 Meeting House Road. Call 301-774-9792 for more information. Concert Clarinetist Ben Redwine and pianist Carl banner perform at 7 p.m. in the...

  • 11/12: Deaths in Central Florida

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Brevard SARA BISHOP, 28, Melbourne, died Monday. Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home, Melbourne. CATHY ANN LUND DENSMORE, 52, Rockledge, died Wednesday. South Brevard Funeral Home, Melbourne. ELEANOR P. HADLEY, 95, Titusville, died Sunday. North Brevard...

  • oDD nEwS

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Curses, Foiled Again An armed robber entered a Pizza Hut restaurant in Statesville, N.C., and ordered worker Therman Martin to empty the safe. Martin told WSOC-TV that when he explained he couldn't open the safe because "I'm just the oven man," the...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Elmhurst

  • Dual degree programs give motivated students head start

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Phil Swarbrick graduated from Chicago's DePaul University last year with a Bachelor of Science degree in network technology and a Master of Science degree in computer information and network security. Under normal circumstances, the undergraduate and...

  • Jim Ryan files for GOP governor race

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Former Republican Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan launched his bid for governor and political vindication Monday, resurfacing as a candidate for the first time since losing a 2002 election that elevated now-disgraced Rod Blagojevich into the state's...

  • 'Emerging care model focuses on prevention, managing chronic conditions

    23 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    CHICAGO Set aside your frustration with your doctor: the long waits for an appointment, the hurried visits, the sense that there's never really time to talk in depth. Now imagine this. The phone rings and it's the doctor's office reminding you that it'...

  • Federal Reserve to ramp up oversight of executive pay

    22 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    WASHINGTON _ In the same way the government took an extraordinary step to save the domestic auto industry by becoming a shareholder in General Motors Corp., the Federal Reserve on Thursday moved to exert greater oversight of the financial system by...

  • Evidence links Brian Dugan to 1977 Elmhurst rape

    13 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The DuPage County jury that will decide if Brian Dugan is sentenced to death heard evidence today that he raped a 26-year-old first-grade teacher in Elmhurst in 1977 after abducting her when she left school. The husband of the woman was in the...
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    Chicago Tribune: Elmwood Park

  • Easy does it with the economy

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Tribune's editorial on the economy ("Growth, at last," Nov. 2), was right on. Yes, we DO need to keep the props in place, the training wheels if you will, until things solidify at the base. I have one question though: When the economy DOES get...

  • November 2 - Jeri Lynn Fox

    28 Oct 2009 | 10:39 am
    Illinois Association of Mortgage Professionals www.iamp.biz Jeri Lynn Fox is President of the Illinois Association of Mortgage Professionals. In addition to her work with the IAMP, Fox is also President-Broker/Owner of USA Mortgage Corporation in Elmwood...

  • Malas noticias en el correo

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    A la mayoría de los residentes del Condado de Cook les espera otra ronda de sustos cuando les llegue por correo el aviso de los nuevos impuestos a la propiedad proximamente, ya que el aumento medio en muchos suburbios sobrepasa el 10 por ciento y, en un...

  • Double-digit property tax increases in city, Cook County suburbs

    27 Oct 2009 | 4:17 am
    Most Cook County residents are in for another round of sticker shock when new property tax bills arrive in the mail in a few days, with the median increase in many suburbs topping 10 percent and, in a handful, 20 percent. Median increases in many city...

  • I-80 eastbound express lanes re-opening tonight in New Jersey

    23 Oct 2009 | 6:57 am
    Eastbound express lanes on Interstate 80 in New Jersey between Saddle Brook and Lodi will re-open tonight after being closed for nearly three weeks, but there's still work to be done on the local lanes. The state Transportation Department says once the...
 
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  • Man struck, killed by train in Evanston

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:28 am
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  • Illinois one step closer to grabbing federal cash for health care bills

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Gov. Pat Quinn signed a measure into law Friday to capture additional federal money to pay down the state's massive backlog of health care bills. The legislation is one piece of a larger package that the state hopes will bring in an additional $1.1...

  • Critics pick Saturday things to do

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Howard Reich recommends Paul Wertico One of the most creative percussionists in jazz, Chicagoan Wertico defies categorization. Equally persuasive in everything from mainstream to modern to avant-garde, Wertico has been increasingly visible here since...

  • Boys basketball preview: Top 5 tournaments to watch

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:40 pm
    Proviso West Holiday Dec. 26-30 The tradition-rich tournament that has been a holiday hoops staple since 1961. Foreman's Mike McCall, Young's Ahmad Starks and Glenbrook North's Alex Dragicevich will try to impress a fan base that witnessed the likes of...

  • New law means nets more federal money

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:24 am
    A new law will help the state get more federal money to pay hospitals that care for the poor. The state is expecting to get more than $1.1 billion from Washington because the federal government has temporarily increased its Medicaid reimbursement rate...
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    Chicago Tribune: Evergreen Park

  • Helping out: South suburbs

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Drop off electronics such as iPods, cameras and computers to help fund programs for the South Suburban Family Shelter, 18139 Harwood Ave., Homewood. All items must include batteries. Call 708-798-2140. The Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health...

  • Vice-President Honors Fort Lewis Soldiers

    10 Nov 2009 | 4:07 pm
    Vice President Joseph Biden says seven Fort Lewis soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan last month were extraordinary young men to whom the nation owes more than it can repay. Biden spoke at the Washington base Tuesday as about 500 people...

  • Sheila Stanczak, 1944-2009: Interior designer, store owner who helped restore historic homes in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sheila Stanczak, an interior designer and wallpaper and paint store owner who helped restore historic homes in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood, had an insatiable curiosity about the world. Just six months after her first child, Felicia, was born, she...

  • Balance notes

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    BUILDING TRUST -- Learn to develop trusting, professional working relationships from the Building Trust program hosted by the Professional Women's Network from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Bananas Restaurant, Holiday Inn, 18501 S. Harlem Ave., Tinley Park....

  • Obama honors fallen soldiers at Dover base

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    -- Few words were spoken between President Barack Obama and a grieving Steve Weston, but their predawn meeting at Dover Air Force Base early Thursday came at a crucial moment in Obama's presidency. For the first time since he became commander in chief...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Flossmoor

  • No suicide empathy

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    I am deeply disturbed by the Sunday, Nov. 15 front page article written by Colleen Mastony detailing the suicide of a young man and its impact on the lives of the witnesses ("Witnesses to suicide," News). I understand the need for the helpless witnesses...

  • Letters from readers

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    More monasteriesWonderful story about the monks and nuns and the edible gifts ("Holy Orders," Nov. 4). However you left out our monastery (and we are practically your neighbor), Our Lady of Spring Bank Cistercian Abbey. Not only do we support ourselves...

  • State reimburses consumers who lost money to escrow company

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Nearly three dozen homeowners who were left with unpaid property tax and insurance bills when a Chicago escrow company went out of business earlier this year have been reimbursed by the state, it was announced Tuesday. The Illinois Department of...

  • Citizens Financial parent to explore "strategic alternatives''

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pm
    The parent of Citizens Financial Bank, which has about a dozen branches in the Chicago area, has hired an investment banker to explore "strategic alternatives," including raising capital and doing a merger or acquisition. CFS Bancorp Inc. of Munster,...

  • Steel Eagle hits the airwaves

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Carl Sandburg High School's new radio station, the Steel Eagle, soon will hit the airwaves –– or to be more precise, student laptops. Budding student DJs nervously are polishing their diction, frantically putting together music lists and...
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    Chicago Tribune: Ford City

  • In 'Ten9Eight,' teens soar, story sinks

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Those of us who can't tell a spreadsheet from a sheet cake can only marvel at the business plans put forth by a fantastic variety of teenagers in this intensely promotional quasi-doc. Many of the kids fought crushing dropout rates and every kind of...

  • Extra-alarm fire at Solo Cup factory struck

    4 Nov 2009 | 7:05 am
    About 200 employees were evacuated from the Solo Cup Co. factory in the city's Ford City neighborhood as firefighters battled an extra-alarm fire there, authorities said. About 150 firefighters and paramedics responded to the blaze at 7575 S. Kostner...

  • Dozens of Mailboxes in Colbert County Damaged, Destroyed, or Stolen

    14 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am
    Residents are reeling in neighborhoods across Colbert County. In the last month, someone or a group of people have damaged, destroyed, or stolen several dozen mailboxes. The victims say the illegal behavior is annoying and disrespectful and want it stop....

  • Cinema city

    1 May 2009 | 12:00 am
    Movie theaters are staging a comeback. U.S. box offices have grossed $3.1 billion this year through Wednesday, a jump from the $2.7 billion earned during the same period last year, according to industry tracker boxofficemojo.com. Summer is typically when...

  • Chet Welch (Fan) Age: 48 From: Ford City, PA Occupation: Pharmacy Customer Service/Pageant Coach

    4 Jan 2008 | 12:48 pm
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    Chicago Tribune: Forest Glen

  • Community events

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Weekend highlights Carrollton Volunteer Fire Department bluegrass concert. 7:30 p.m. today, Fire Station No. 10, 15020 Carrollton Blvd., Carrollton. Proceeds enable the purchase of medical supplies, vehicle rescue and firefighting equipment, uniforms...

  • Budget-friendly wines for Thanksgiving Day feast

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    If you're planning for Thanksgiving, consider serving more that one kind of wine. A selection of budget-priced wines will let you offer something for every taste at the table and on it. One winery that won't let you down is Beringer. The 2007 Beringer...

  • Home sales

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    ANNE ARUNDEL 20724 $165,000, 223 Old Line Ave, 3, 2/0, Rambler, 8/26 $265,000, 3116 Spadderdock Ct, 2, 2/0, Colonial, 8/24 $270,000, 8617 Fire Rock Rd, 3, 2/1, Traditional, 8/27 20733 $252,000, 5542 Gloucester St, 3, 1/1, Rambler, 8/27...

  • Homecoming: Fun or fearful?

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The month of November has just begun, so you know what that means! If you were guessing new recipes for your upcoming holiday dinners, then you're wrong. This is the time that high school students prepare themselves for one of the most anticipated parties...

  • The home where two men were shot early Sunday morning. The Forest Glen development in which the house sits is a relatively wealthy, secluded area.

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Forest Park

  • Bio-fuel growth raises concerns about forests

    21 Nov 2009 | 7:29 am
    The quest for alternative energy is raising fears that too much logging debris such as limbs and bark will be removed from the nation's forests. Such material is increasingly in demand for bio-energy projects. A number of ventures in the Upper Midwest...

  • Semi-Final Scores

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Division 1 Detroit Catholic Central vs. Holt Sterling Heights Stevenson vs. Clarkston 7pm Division 2 Lowell vs. Birmingham Brother Rice Inkster vs. Warren DeLaSalle Division 3 East Grand Rapids vs. Ogemaw Heights 7pm DeWitt vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary...

  • River Forest: Standing the test of time

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    "I'm really happy to be here," says teacher Annie Darley, whose life trajectory proves: You can go home again. Although she and her husband just moved to River Forest a year ago, Darley also grew up here -- in a house her grandfather built, no less. After...

  • Disgusted: Students React to St. Louis Community College Daycare Shutdown

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    St. Louis Community College will shut down daycare centers on two campuses offered to its students. The budgetary move is drawing fire from young parents attending classes there. Many attended a Thursday night meeting to argue against the move, but...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...
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    Chicago Tribune: Frankfort

  • Semi-Final Scores

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Division 1 Detroit Catholic Central vs. Holt Sterling Heights Stevenson vs. Clarkston 7pm Division 2 Lowell vs. Birmingham Brother Rice Inkster vs. Warren DeLaSalle Division 3 East Grand Rapids vs. Ogemaw Heights 7pm DeWitt vs. Orchard Lake St. Mary...

  • Critics pick Saturday things to do

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Howard Reich recommends Paul Wertico One of the most creative percussionists in jazz, Chicagoan Wertico defies categorization. Equally persuasive in everything from mainstream to modern to avant-garde, Wertico has been increasingly visible here since...

  • Community briefing

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Village to seek quiet zone near freight tracks Frankfort officials will be ready early next year to ask that whistles be silenced on freight trains passing through town on the CN railroad tracks. Mayor Jim Holland said this week that a consultant's...

  • Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra opens its season with Bach and Ravel.

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra: Music director Carmon DeLeone opens the orchestra's 32nd season with works by Bach and Ravel, along with Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody as played by pianist Natasha Paremski, above. 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at...

  • Letters: Honoring Marian Catholic's marching band

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Readers from across the country responded to "Marching to Glory," a three-part series by Tribune critic Howard Reich on the Marian Catholic High School marching band and its journey to the Grand National Championships, led by band director Greg Bimm....
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Garfield Park

  • WINIFRED E. DUNCAN, 1932-2009: Retired director of libraries for Chicago Public Schools

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Winifred E. Duncan, the head librarian for Chicago Public Schools for 17 years, was meticulously organized professionally and personally, lining up the clothes in her closets every bit as carefully as the books on her library shelves. Ms. Duncan, 77,...

  • Program based on Harlem initiative shows promise

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton famously drew on an African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child," to explain her vision for American children more than decade ago. Now the Obama administration is looking to another village -- local...

  • Chicago police investigating slaying of 16-year-old West Garfield Park mom

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Chicago police were investigating the Sunday night killing of a 16-year-old mother who lived in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Desiree Holmes, of the 4000 block of West Jackson Boulevard, died of lacerations to her liver, according to a spokesman...

  • FDIC seizes 9 banks operated by FBOP

    31 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    River Forest resident Michael Kelly built a banking empire over three decades, making himself wealthy. On Friday night, it all came tumbling down in spectacular fashion, as the government seized the nine banks run by Kelly's FBOP Corp. U.S. Bancorp of...

  • Regulators seize FBOP banks

    30 Oct 2009 | 7:43 pm
    River Forest resident Michael Kelly built a banking empire over three decades, making himself wealthy. On Friday night, it all came tumbling down in spectacular fashion, as the government seized the nine banks run by Kelly's FBOP Corp. U.S. Bancorp of...
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  • Past columns evoke memories

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The ape still walks, the doughnuts continue to draw crowds and the marriages live on, according to feedback I received from the past few months of "What ever happened to ..." columns. Here are a few of the recent e-mails and letters from readers....

  • Lellbach homes reflect values

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Borrowing a tactic from the corporate world, Doug Lellbach and Debra Bennett Lellbach conduct exit interviews with clients. The result: The Naperville-based home renovation team learns its strengths and weaknesses so it can continually improve....

  • Balance notes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --The Woman's Guild of Divine Infant Parish will hold the Aisle of Gifts sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Divine Infant School, 1640 Newcastle Ave., Westchester. --Members of the Glen Ellyn Junior Woman's Club will help sort food for the Christmas...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Helping out

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --The Fox Valley Newcomers and Neighbors Club recently donated $3,727.62 to the Salvation Army for its Golden Diners Program in Geneva. The club is a social and philanthropic organization for women in the area. For membership information, call 630-584-...
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  • Frank A. Sass Jr., FBI agent

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Frank A. Sass Jr., a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent supervisor and longtime Monkton resident, died Nov. 3 from complications after cardiac surgery at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. He was 87. He was born and raised in Dubuque,...

  • VOLUNTEERS: Jose Morales, A Refuge for Saving the Wildlife

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Who: Jose Morales, 52, of Wheeling, saw the A Refuge for Saving the Wildlife truck at a stop sign, did some research and, despite having "zero bird experience," decided to volunteer. What he does: The Northbrook-based not-for-profit rescue,...

  • ASK THE REAL ESTATE LAWYER

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Q: In 1995, the court dissolved our marriage. The dissolution of marriage stated our house would be sold as soon as possible, and both parties would share in the cost to sell and profit equally. In October of that year, my ex-husband signed a quitclaim...

  • Contractor liens can lead to a heap of complications

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    QI am buying a new home. It's a foreclosure. The lender foreclosed on the developer. In doing my due diligence, I noticed some contractors were not paid. Will these contractors be able to put liens on the house? AThe short answer is yes. Most contractors...

  • Suburban stage: 'Oh Coward' comes to Glencoe; 'My Three Angels' come to Highwood

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    "Oh Coward!": It's hard to imagine any contemporary playwright stepping into the shoes of Noel Coward. (Would anyone pay money to hear David Mamet croon cabaret tunes?) The Renaissance man who gave the world some of the most glittering comedies in the...
 
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  • Love and hate from readers

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    ... singing our turkey song to the bird as it cooks. It ensures yummy stuffing. -- Cindy Sullivan, Orland Park ... a cocktail I named for myself: "the Deb Olin." Skyy vodka, club soda and lime. -- Debra Olin, Chicago ... discovering the...

  • NTSB: Plane door opened before Wisconsin crash

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:39 am
    Federal aviation officials say a cabin door opened on a single-engine airplane owned by the University of Dubuque before it crashed in Cassville, Wis. Aviation students Grant Vogt, of Dubuque, and Cory Alsip, of Glendale Heights, Ill., were injured in...

  • Best bets

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    What: Help remove litter and trim trails by joining members of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and volunteers of all ages during "Random Acts of Kindness" workday. When/where: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Hidden Lake Forest Preserve,...

  • Hospital food gets intensive care, healthy update

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Margret Malinowski is a big fan of the mashed potatoes at Edward Hospital. So when the 22-year-old was hospitalized for an infection in September, she was quick to dial down to the food service department to order a plateful -- with a side of pudding....

  • Trick-or-Treating hours in your town

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Trick-or-treating isn't as easy as it used to be. Many towns and cities restrict the hours that kids can go door to door. A few places, like Glendale Heights, allow you to go from 12-8 p.m. Elk Grove Village is 1-8 p.m. The majority of the suburban...
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  • Pamela Ann Minero, 1949-2009: Was advocate for those with breast cancer

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A tireless advocate for women suffering from breast cancer and a light that helped many through their darkest days, Pamela Ann Minero recently succumbed to the disease she had fought for 11 years. "She brought comfort to many women," said Angela McAuley,...

  • Bloomingdale: Car stolen from apartment complex

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A 2010 Honda belonging to an Algonquin woman was stolen from an apartment complex in the 300 block of Glenwood Drive in Bloomingdale between 5:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and 9 a.m. Nov. 14, police said. The loss was valued at $30,000. ...

  • 5A Coaches' Association all-state selections

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:14 pm
    The Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association announced their list of all-state players Wednesday. Eighteen players from each playoff class were named to the team. All the honorees will receive a plaque during the state finals in Champaign....

  • Home sales

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    ANNE ARUNDEL 20724 $165,000, 223 Old Line Ave, 3, 2/0, Rambler, 8/26 $265,000, 3116 Spadderdock Ct, 2, 2/0, Colonial, 8/24 $270,000, 8617 Fire Rock Rd, 3, 2/1, Traditional, 8/27 20733 $252,000, 5542 Gloucester St, 3, 1/1, Rambler, 8/27...

  • Relay For Life

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Howard County's Relay For Life, a noncompetitive walk-a-thon charity event benefiting the American Cancer Society, will hold a rally from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at the Glenwood Community Center, 2400 Route 97 in Cooksville. Rally is to inform the...
 
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  • Ex-Chicago detective tells disquieting tales of suicide

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    This is the weekend that official Chicago ties up loose ends and buries Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott, with a private funeral on Saturday and a public memorial -- complete with politicians -- on Sunday. The politicians and the clergy...

  • New Trier helps less fortunate school through Haitian connection

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Maurice Bonhomme and Jean Cayemitte grew up in the shadows of St. Joseph School in a seaside Haitian town. They picked passion fruit from trees in the courtyard and played soccer in the nearby fields. Bonhomme studied at the school his father created....

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • NOVA co-hosts storytimes, tea party and readings about Mark Twain and Norman Rockwell

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Norman Rockwell captured the pedestrian: a family eating dinner; two kids at the fountain-soda counter. He also brought Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to life. Connect the dots between author Mark Twain and Rockwell at an exhibit at Nova Southeastern...

  • Dr. Jerome Beigler, 1916-2009; Teacher and psychoanalyst

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Jerome S. Beigler's lifelong interest in the workings of the human brain took root during World War II, when as a young doctor he counseled soldiers struggling with the stress and fatigue of the battlefield. A teacher and psychoanalyst in Chicago for...
 
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  • Chicago fatal crash: Driver charged in South Side wreck that killed 2

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Chicago man has been charged with two counts of reckless homicide and two counts of driving under the influence in a crash late Saturday afternoon that left two people dead. Darnell Wells, 52, of the 10500 block of South Racine Avenue, was charged...

  • Yassa serves a taste of Senegal

    3 May 2007 | 12:00 am
    First impressions: Look for the colorful awning on a bustling strip of East 79th Street in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. Yassa African Restaurant serves up hot plates of Senegalese favorites. The main dining room is casual, filled with half a...

  • Cha cha changing

    16 Feb 2006 | 12:00 am
    Ever get the feeling less is more? Then you'll love these two revamped spots. First, for those who couldn't plunk down $80-$120 for dinner at Albany Park's Matsumoto--or didn't want to deal with the long, drawn-out kaiseki meals--try the newly...

  • Hungry for more?

    23 May 2005 | 12:00 am
    The south is rising again. You made our recent look at the South Shore and Greater Grand Crossing communities ("Mighty Neighborly," April 20) one of our most popular neighborhood profiles ever. So we decided to give you another taste--what luck--just in...
 
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  • Police call in domestic dispute doesn't amount to a hill of beans

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Who knew a fight over a bean field could lead to police involvement? Kane County sheriff's police say they were called to a domestic situation Nov. 8 at a farm on Bahr Road near Hampshire. A wife was angry that her husband, rather than do the work...

  • Internet phone service Vonage to pay $3M and issue refunds to end investigation by 32 states

    16 Nov 2009 | 3:45 pm
    NEW YORK (AP) — Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. In a filing Monday with the Securities Exchange Commission, the...

  • Vonage to settle investigation involving 32 states

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:45 pm
    Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. In a filing Monday with the Securities Exchange Commission, the company said it also agreed...

  • Recall Alert: 2008-09 Mitsubishi Lancer and Lancer Evolution

    16 Nov 2009 | 4:32 am
    Mitsubishi is recalling 29,353 Lancers and Lancer Evolutions from the 2008-09 model years, according to the National Highway Traffic Administration. In areas where road salt is used in the winter, long-term exposure to a mixture of melted snow and salt......

  • Ground Beef Recall

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:45 am
    A New York meat company has recalled almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef because, according to health officials, contaminated meat has caused illness and one death. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday the meat sold by Ashville, N.Y.-based...
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  • Touting tech tools of the future

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    SEATTLE While most people were turning their clocks backward over the weekend, Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie was moving his forward, five to 10 years into the future. Mundie last year took over Bill Gates' job guiding long-term strategy at the...

  • Gamecocks Keep Climbing

    5 Oct 2009 | 3:29 pm
    Jacksonville State continues to climb in both football polls as the Gamecocks moved up to No. 18 in both the FCS Coaches Poll and The Sports Network Poll, which were released on Monday. The Gamecocks, coming off a 52-7 win over UT Martin over the...

  • How ACORN helped its enemies

    27 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am
    Never underestimate the power of a 20-year-old woman in hot pants. Just hook her up with an apple-cheeked young man dressed as a sort of preppy pimp, add a video camera and send them off for a chat with some dimwitted neighborhood financial counselors...

  • 'The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election' by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

    9 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Battle for America 2008 The Story of an Extraordinary Election Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson Viking: 432 pp., $29.95 For the record, Hillary Clinton's chief strategist for the 2008 Democratic primaries, Mark Penn, remarked in a March 2007 memo...

  • Man Held in Nephew's Drug Overdose Death

    11 Jul 2009 | 8:14 am
    (WGN-AM)-A 40-year-old Rockford man is being held on $1 million bail in the heroin-induced death of his nephew in Harvard this spring, authorities announced Friday. Wade Smith of Rockford faces a charge of drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony,...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Hazel Crest

  • More residents seek assistance with energy bills

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Home heating costs are expected to be lower this winter, but that's cold comfort to cash-strapped south suburban residents like Reginald Thompson, who has gone without heat at his Calumet City home since his service was shut off in March. The 79-year-old...

  • Roaming child-sex-abuse suspects leave cold trail

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Kenji Haley wooed single mothers and earned their trust so he could molest their young children, law enforcement authorities said. Haley, one of the most wanted fugitives in east-central Illinois, may have been seeing as many as 10 women when he was...

  • Balance notes

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    BUILDING TRUST -- Learn to develop trusting, professional working relationships from the Building Trust program hosted by the Professional Women's Network from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Bananas Restaurant, Holiday Inn, 18501 S. Harlem Ave., Tinley Park....

  • Weight-loss programs emphasize support, exercise, overall health

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    When Burbank resident Laura Richerme reached 491 pounds in October 2007, she knew she had to make drastic changes in her lifestyle. She had tried all types of weight-loss techniques -- from pills and exercise to special meal programs -- but nothing...

  • No tax dollars for church

    15 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    I am writing in response to your Oct. 13 article "Church-state debate: Religious groups slated for Illinois grants," (News). I want to thank you for bringing to our attention this clear violation of the separation principle, which would be unacceptable in...
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  • El fútbol salvadoreño, cerca de definir los semifinalistas del Apertura

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    San Salvador, 21 nov (EFE).- El Firpo, el Águila y el Vista Hermosa afrontarán mañana como visitantes una decisiva jornada en la que podrían confirmar su clasificación para las semifinales del torneo Apertura 2009 del fútbol salvadoreño, a las que ya...

  • Where the jobs are greener

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Although the recession has emptied shopping malls and filled jobless centers, the call has only gotten louder for renewable energy, environmentally gentle products and eco-friendly practices -- and for people to make all of that happen. President Obama...

  • Power Restored For West Hollywood; Parts of South Bay Still Dark

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:11 am
    WEST HOLLYWOOD -- The lights went dark for residents and businesses in parts of West Hollywood and the South Bay Tuesday night, authorities said. In West Hollywood a problem in an electrical vault about 6:33 p.m. appeared to have cut power along a...

  • Colombiano Peña y los panameños Muñoz y Canales, protagonistas de la jornada

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    San Salvador, 15 nov (EFE).- Los panameños Nicolás Muñoz y AnelCanales, así como el colombiano Roberto Peña fueron artífices deltriunfo del Vista Hermosa, el Metapán y el líder FAS en ladecimosexta jornada del torneo Apertura, a dos de las semifinales....

  • Firpo toma ventaja cuando se enciende lucha por pase a semifinal salvadoreña

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    San Salvador, 15 nov (EFE).- El Firpo, que cedió un valiosoempate a un gol con el Atlético Marte, se mantuvo en el segundolugar, a una distancia prudencial de lucha que se ha iniciado en eltorneo Apertura salvadoreño por el tercer y cuatro puerto a...
 
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  • Community briefing

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Store owner to contest decision A co-owner of Midwest Gold Buyers says he hopes to appeal a decision by Hoffman Estates officials that prevents him from opening a new store in the village. The chain currently operates 16 such stores. If he is unable to...

  • I-90 could get new ramps at Barrington Road

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    St. Alexius Medical Center may be perched near a major intersection -- Barrington Road and Interstate Highway 90 -- but it's often out of reach for ambulances. The intersection doesn't have an eastbound offramp, which means ambulances responding to...

  • Sears' 3Q loss better than expected

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:34 am
    Sears Holdings Corp. said Thursday that it lost money for the second consecutive quarter as customers continued to turn away from the retailer and spend elsewhere. The company led by hedge fund financier Edward Lampert has struggled for years, with...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Sears Holdings Corp. to release 3rd-qtr results Thursday; loss predicted

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:27 pm
    CHICAGO (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. reports its results for the third quarter on Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. OVERVIEW: Sears Holdings has struggled for years as customers...
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  • Notes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Homewood Woman's Club sponsors a dessert social and bake sale featuring a book discussion by administrative librarian Cindy Rauch at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, Homewood. Free. Call 708-799-9055. The St....

  • Hidden Gem: Ashburton offers 'a lot more house' in city

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Neighborhood: Ashburton Location: Northwest Baltimore Average sales price: $141,000 (January-June) Notable features: Beautiful single-family homes - some brick - and lots of mature trees. An old-money feel without the price tag. Directly to the south...

  • Steel Eagle hits the airwaves

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Carl Sandburg High School's new radio station, the Steel Eagle, soon will hit the airwaves –– or to be more precise, student laptops. Budding student DJs nervously are polishing their diction, frantically putting together music lists and...

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A networking event offering appetizers and refreshments. Entertainment, tours and a door prize for a weekend stay in a two-room suite. 5 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Matteson Area Chamber of Commerce, 500 Holiday Plaza, Matteson. Call 708-957-6950. The annual...

  • Helping out: South suburbs

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Drop off electronics such as iPods, cameras and computers to help fund programs for the South Suburban Family Shelter, 18139 Harwood Ave., Homewood. All items must include batteries. Call 708-798-2140. The Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health...
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  • Fort Hood massacre: Pfc. Francheska Velez, 21, mourned at Chicago funeral

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Army Pfc. Francheska Velez's death has had a ripple effect in Chicago's West Humboldt Park neighborhood. In the two weeks since the 21-year-old was killed in a rampage at a Texas military base, dozens of her high school friends have reunited for the...

  • Alcalde convoca a hacerse contar

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    La Alcaldía no quiere que ningún residente de la ciudad se quede sin ser contado en el Censo 2010, por eso ayer se anunció la creación del Comité Chicago Conteo Completo. Se trata de un esfuerzo para asegurar que todos los residentes de la ciudad sean...

  • Llega cuerpo de la soldado Vélez

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A más de una semana del ataque donde falleció la soldado Francheska Vélez, su cuerpo fue entregado ayer a sus familiares y transportado a una funeraria al noroeste de Chicago. Pasaban las 10 de la mañana de ayer lunes cuando la familia recibió el...

  • Fort Hood rampage: Chicago soldier's body brought home

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A police escort and members of the Patriot Guard Riders led the body of slain Army Pfc. Francheska Velez Monday past her alma mater on Chicago's Northwest Side. Velez, 21, known to friends in her West Humboldt Park neighborhood as "Cheka" was pregnant...

  • One priest's slander lawsuit held up 2nd sex-abuse case

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The sexual-abuse case against the Rev. Edward Maloney hinged on the case against another Roman Catholic priest. That priest, the Rev. Robert Stepek, sued two brothers for slander in November 2006 after they said he molested them. Nearly a year later,...
 
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  • WINIFRED E. DUNCAN, 1932-2009: Retired director of libraries for Chicago Public Schools

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Winifred E. Duncan, the head librarian for Chicago Public Schools for 17 years, was meticulously organized professionally and personally, lining up the clothes in her closets every bit as carefully as the books on her library shelves. Ms. Duncan, 77,...

  • Weekend Music: Oct 30 - Nov 1

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the music events going on around Chicago this weekend! Friday - October 30th Dave Holland, Jason Moran, Chris Potter, Eric Harland --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m.--Vijay Iyer Trio. The Hoyle...

  • Hyde Park horror

    23 Oct 2009 | 8:50 am
    Matthew's father had told him they were moving to Hyde Park, and that President Obama had lived near their new home. Now it was a bright Saturday morning, and he found the President's house a major disappointment, much like his own. He decided to scout...

  • Pullman: A yesteryear feel, but not stuck in the past

    16 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The tour buses constantly arrive in Pullman, loaded with members of suburban school groups and seniors clubs. Passengers stumble off the buses bewildered, gazing in wide-eyed wonder at the ancient brick structures astride the oak-lined streets. Then...

  • Edison Park: Where dining out serves up ambience

    2 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The first time President Barack Obama visited Edison Park he was Illinois Sen. Obama with two preschool children at home. It was an invitation to dine at Zia's Trattoria on "restaurant row" that drew Obama from one end of the city to the other -- from...
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  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Local drink events

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Beers, A to Z: Eric Hobbs of Goose Island Beer Co. gives guests an education while they sample a brew from every letter of the alphabet followed by a trolley ride to Cubby Bear for musical entertainment. $40; 6 p.m. Saturday; The Globe Pub, 1934 W. Irving...

  • A splendid place to park yourself on Saturday night

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    "Honestly, sometimes I think it's the parking lot." Local film programmer Michael W. Phillips Jr. (no relation) is on the phone from Facets Video- theque, where he has worked since September, explaining what he believes is a key reason he can count on...

  • Dunning: Where the living is cool and calm

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    If peace and quiet are what you seek, look no further than Dunning. Located only 10 miles from the Loop at the edge of the city on the Northwest Side, Dunning is anything but edgy. This community is so calm, cool and collected, not even Starbucks knows...

  • Weekend Music: 9/13-15

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out what concerts are going on around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 13TH George Wein and the Newport All-Stars --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m. Devo --Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N....
 
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  • 15 indicted in cocaine-trafficking case

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Fifteen people with ties to a Mexican drug cartel have been indicted on charges of distributing thousands of pounds of cocaine and collecting millions of dollars in a major Chicago-area cocaine conspiracy, prosecutors announced Friday. Those charged in...

  • 'La Familia' drug cartel members indicted

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:51 am
    A federal grand jury has indicted 15 alleged members of the La Familia Michoacana (MEE'-chu-a-kah-nah), a violence-prone Mexican cartel that has flooded American cities with millions of dollars worth of drugs. Those indicted Thursday were arrested in...

  • Winfrey: Prayer, careful thought influenced exit

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:44 am
    Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision. Winfrey told the audience that she loved "The Oprah...

  • Joliet: Driver mistakenly rides railroad tracks

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Rhode Island motorist visiting Joliet recently misjudged the location of the road and ended up on railroad tracks south of the city, according to Will County sheriff's police. The 58-year-old man told deputies he was northbound in the 100 block of...

  • Detienen en Chicago a distribuidores de drogas de La Familia Michoacana

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Quince integrantes del cartel mexicano de drogas La Familia Michoacana fueron detenidos y acusados hoy de distribuir miles de kilos de cocaína en el área de Chicago. En un comunicado, la oficina de la Agencia Antidrogas de Estados Unidos (DEA) en esta...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Kane County

  • Helping out

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --The Fox Valley Newcomers and Neighbors Club recently donated $3,727.62 to the Salvation Army for its Golden Diners Program in Geneva. The club is a social and philanthropic organization for women in the area. For membership information, call 630-584-...

  • Swine flu: Available doses vary wildly by county

    13 Nov 2009 | 11:44 am
    While Will County health officials have turned away people seeking the vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, more than 8,000 vaccine doses sit unused by neighboring Kendall County's health department. Patients there can go to a county-run clinic and be...

  • Swine flu vaccine availability varies from county to county

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In Kendall County, more than 8,000 H1N1 flu vaccine doses are being unused by Kendall County's health department. Meanwhile, Will County health officials have turned people away seeking the vaccine. In Kendall County, patients can make an appointment...

  • Mom gets 3 years for abducting her children

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A former West Dundee resident convicted in absentia for kidnapping her children and later apprehended in California has been sentenced to three years in prison. Crystel Strelioff, 53, had been found guilty of four counts of felony child abduction after...

  • DUI crackdown: Kane County's 'no refusal' enforcement is its biggest ever

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A woman dressed as a geisha for Halloween was one of 14 drunken-driving suspects arrested last weekend in the biggest "no-refusal" enforcement ever conducted in Kane County. Thirteen police agencies -- 11 municipal departments, the Kane County sheriff'...
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    Chicago Tribune: Kankakee

  • Fa-la-la felony? Sneaky decorator escapes charges

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:59 am
    The home-invading Christmas elf has been identified, and it turns out to be a teenage prankster. Police in the Kankakee County town of Herscher had been puzzling over who decked the halls of an apartment while a family was away last weekend. The...

  • FISHING REPORT

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    LEGEND: ★★★★★–excellent; ★★★★–very good; ★★★–good; ★★–fair; ★–poor Lake Michigan (Chicago lakefront) ★★★ Perch...

  • Chefs on the farm

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    On a sunny afternoon this fall, a group of Chicago chefs gathered to cook on a Kankakee County farm. Dinner would include Illinois milk-fed lamb, Berkshire pork and four roosters. But when the chefs first arrived, all of the animals were still alive....

  • Miracle On 34th Street

    12 Nov 2009 | 10:31 am
    Don't miss this holiday tradition! Relive the Miracle on 34th Street at the Lincoln Cultural Center, running Saturdays at 7pm, (November 14th and 21st), and Sundays at 2pm, (November 15th and 22nd). The Kankakee Valley Theatre Association is proud to put...

  • Barbra Streisand furnishes her design taste

    10 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Barbra Streisand, a well-educated student of antiques and vintage decorative arts, has finally declared a major: "Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love," she says. Think of it as a...
 
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  • Love and hate from readers

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    ... singing our turkey song to the bird as it cooks. It ensures yummy stuffing. -- Cindy Sullivan, Orland Park ... a cocktail I named for myself: "the Deb Olin." Skyy vodka, club soda and lime. -- Debra Olin, Chicago ... discovering the...

  • Planning your trip to North Korea

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    About 300 U.S. tourists travel to North Korea annually between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31, the period coinciding with the Arirang Festival (commonly called "mass games") in the capital city of Pyongyang. This is the only time American tourists are allowed,...

  • Postal thieves

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Postal thieves Attention all grandparents and parents who send money through the U.S. Postal Service: Stop doing it. After sending a very cute Halloween card with cash in it to my new grandson in Florida, it was returned to me for more postage. After...

  • M. Jude Reyes in a 2008 photo when he was named chairman of the The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 's board of directors. (Handout)

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pm

  • Hampton Roads lane closures through Nov. 7

    2 Nov 2009 | 7:31 am
    In an effort to keep you informed, VDOT publishes the following scheduled highway lane closures that may affect traffic in Hampton Roads. These closures are subject to change due to weather conditions and other unforeseen events. Other closures may...
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    Chicago Tribune: Kenwood

  • Eugene Cotton, 1914-2009: Longtime labor attorney in Midwest

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Eugene Cotton represented the meatpackers union during the heyday of the Chicago stockyards and tried to better the lot of workers at a time when labor disputes were bare-knuckle affairs. Mr. Cotton, 95, died of natural causes on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at...

  • Tribune Literary Prize winner is in his prime

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    NEW YORK -- At age 53, Tony Kushner finds himself at the very height of his powers and influence. He has just completed a high-profile screenplay on the life of Abraham Lincoln for director Steven Spielberg. Sometime next season on Broadway, producer...

  • Home is where the hearth is

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The residential fireplace is a vestige, no longer needed to heat the home or house a kettle of soup. Why, then, do new-home buyers continue to pay extra for it and real estate agents tout it as a hot amenity? "It makes a room," says Sari Kovitz, who...

  • Extension 720 Audio Archives, April 2007

    29 Sep 2009 | 1:22 pm
    Gentrification in Chicago is not a new phenomenon; many experts would argue that it is a part of the natual life cycle of urban communities. However, the recent development boom in Chicago has affected many traditionally run-down neighborhoods,...

  • A jazz diva makes music in classroom

    23 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am
    You might think the kids would be nervous. No less than Cassandra Wilson -- one of the greatest, and most celebrated, singers in jazz -- is rehearsing them for Friday night's big concert at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. But the teenagers in Room 126 of...
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  • Events herald arrival of Beaujolais nouveau

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Beaujolais nouveau officially hits restaurant menus and store shelves Thursday as countless wine drinkers around the world celebrate one of the first offerings from the 2009 vintage. In France, by law, the wine can't be officially released until just...

  • Chicago classical concerts: John von Rhein's picks

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Ars Antigua: The period instruments ensemble dishes up "Musical Jokes of the Baroque" by Wolfgang Mozart and his father Leopold, Haydn, Corrette and Telemann. David Schrader narrates this Chicago Humanities Festival program. 3 p.m. Saturday at Claudia...

  • La Grange Park woman allegedly beaten by nephew dies

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    An 81-year-old La Grange Park woman found beaten and unconscious in her apartment last month died Thursday in Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police said. Gertrude Franklin, of the 1000 block of Barnsdale Road, was pronounced dead at 4:15...

  • Police crack down on burglaries

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Police departments across the western suburbs hope a series of arrests -- including two rings busted on the same day -- will put an end to a spike in residential burglaries that resulted in a tripling of break-ins in one town. The burglaries occurred...

  • Ottimo creators hope it'll be first of many

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Visiting Osteria Ottimo, a joint venture between Patrick Concannon (of Don Juan's restaurant in Chicago's Edison Park neighborhood) and Scott Harris (of the 20-locations-and-counting Mia Francesca empire), is not unlike attending the out-of-town debut...
 
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  • Saab story: Chicago-area dealerships being cut to 3 from 9 as GM sells brand, new group reorganizes

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    When General Motors completes the sale of Saab, expected this month, it could mark a new beginning for the struggling Swedish automaker. But for six of nine Chicago-area dealers, some with decades invested in the quirky brand, it is likely the end of...

  • Saving children

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Saving children In my 12 years of mentoring minority and at-risk youth, I have come upon the solution to making children successful students. It's called a library card. In our tennis and literacy summer program, I have banged the drum tirelessly for...

  • Make charter schools a priority

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    It was reported by Tribune Reporter Azam Ahmed on Thursday, November 5 that the Chicago Public Schools is seeking board of education approval of six new charter schools, one to be located near the Altgeld Gardens housing complex ("Chicago may open a...

  • Lake County: Food pantries try to keep hunger at bay

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Growing unemployment and a sputtering economy have boosted the demand for free food, officials saw firsthand during a recent tour of distribution centers in Lake County. Led by the Lake County Community Foundation, the tour stopped at a warehouse in Park...

  • Removing instrument cluster can leave you with a bunch of issues to resolve

    25 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    QI have a 2002 Chevy Suburban with a problem with the instrument cluster. Apparently, it is not uncommon as Chevy will repair 2003-05 Suburbans for free, but not the 2002. The dealer wants $350 to install a new one. Replacing it looks pretty...
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  • FISHING REPORT

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    LEGEND: ★★★★★–excellent; ★★★★–very good; ★★★–good; ★★–fair; ★–poor Lake Michigan (Chicago lakefront) ★★★ Perch...

  • Swine flu: Available doses vary wildly by county

    13 Nov 2009 | 11:44 am
    While Will County health officials have turned away people seeking the vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, more than 8,000 vaccine doses sit unused by neighboring Kendall County's health department. Patients there can go to a county-run clinic and be...

  • Lake County police ask for help to find missing man

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Police in Lake County are asking for the public's help in finding a missing man from Barrington. Robert Nelson disappeared on October 7th. He was last seen at a bank, near Lake Barrington. Family members say Nelson left his home upset over recent family...

  • Bad growing season haunts farmers

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Halloween has come and gone, but its memory could linger for northern Illinois farmers, who were haunted this growing season by smaller-than-usual pumpkins. Blame it on a rainy spring coupled with cool summer temperatures, experts say. "It's not been...

  • Swine flu vaccine availability varies from county to county

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In Kendall County, more than 8,000 H1N1 flu vaccine doses are being unused by Kendall County's health department. Meanwhile, Will County health officials have turned people away seeking the vaccine. In Kendall County, patients can make an appointment...
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    Chicago Tribune: Lake Forest

  • Boys soccer final rankings

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:25 pm
    1. Lyons (26-3): Defense led the way, allowing 6 goals in final 15 matches. 2. Neuqua Valley (28-1): Regular season's best team lost supersectional heartbreaker to Lyons. 3. Lake Zurich (21-5): Bid for state title lost in overtime of Class 3A final. 4....

  • British journal Granta stirs sales in Chicago

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In a holiday season abuzz about the Kindle gadget and e-books, the prominent British literary quarterly Granta has caused a stir of its own. The autumn collection of stories by Chicago authors ranks as Granta's fastest-selling issue and has given a boost...

  • Think safety

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    For more than a decade, Illinois has housed dangerous, mentally ill felons in nursing homes next to elderly and disabled people. The results have been appallingly predictable: Murder. Rape. Assault. State officials have tweaked laws and rules, nursing...

  • Fitch upgrades Tenneco issuer default rating to 'B' on better earnings, new share issuance

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm
    NEW YORK (AP) — Fitch Ratings on Thursday upgraded the issuer default rating on auto parts maker Tenneco Inc. by one notch thanks to cost-cutting, a better auto-making environment and a capital-raising effort that should reduce debt. The outlook is...

  • Rahm Emanuel rents out his Lakeview house

    18 Nov 2009 | 10:09 am
    White House chief of staff and Chicago native Rahm Emanuel has rented out his four-bedroom, 2,719-square-foot house in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood for one year for $4,995 a month. Most recently a U.S. congressman, Emanuel, 49, started work Jan. 20...
 
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  • Girls basketball preview: Top 5 tourneys to watch

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    McDonald's ShootoutThe schedule for the 20th running of the multiday showcase over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend has not been released, but one known pairing makes it worth a trip to Willowbrook: Bolingbrook and 6-2 forward Morgan Tuck vs. Montini...

  • Boys soccer final rankings

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:25 pm
    1. Lyons (26-3): Defense led the way, allowing 6 goals in final 15 matches. 2. Neuqua Valley (28-1): Regular season's best team lost supersectional heartbreaker to Lyons. 3. Lake Zurich (21-5): Bid for state title lost in overtime of Class 3A final. 4....

  • 7A Coaches' Association all-state selections

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:11 pm
    The Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association announced their list of all-state players Wednesday. Eighteen players from each playoff class were named to the team. All the honorees will receive a plaque during the state finals in Champaign....

  • Bad growing season haunts farmers

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Halloween has come and gone, but its memory could linger for northern Illinois farmers, who were haunted this growing season by smaller-than-usual pumpkins. Blame it on a rainy spring coupled with cool summer temperatures, experts say. "It's not been...

  • Guru for Sears, Kmart offers West Coast perspective

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    John Goodman, the new executive in charge of Sears and Kmart's apparel and home goods divisions, has held just about every job in the industry, from buyer at Bloomingdale's to launcher of Banana Republic, Gap and Old Navy outlet stores. On his second...
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    Chicago Tribune: Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois)

  • Bookstore is a beachhead in literacy battle

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Becca Keaty is effusive when it comes to her favorite subject: books. "I almost get physically overwhelmed by how many books there are in the world and how little time I get to read them," she says. "There's nothing more exciting than that moment...

  • Michael Scott death: Chicago school board president combined empathy, political savvy

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Michael Scott had a history of public service that dates back 30 years and spans four mayoral administrations. He gained a reputation as a consensus builder who shied away from the limelight and remained composed no matter the pressure. Scott, 60,...

  • Forense: Se trata de suicidio

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    La Oficina del Médico Forense del Condado de Cook determinó que la muerte del presidente de la Junta Escolar de Chicago, Michael Scott, fue un suicidio. El cuerpo de Scott, con un balazo en la cabeza, se encontró ayer en la mañana a orillas del río...

  • Mom honors daughter's memory through book donations

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Before Beverly Copeland retired from the Morton Grove Public Library five years ago, one of her duties was to dress the newly acquired children's books in protective plastic covering. She fawned over new books. She loved the smell of them, along with...

  • Who is Michael Scott

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Michael Scott was a product of the Lawndale community and Chicago Public Schools. He graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor's degree in urban planning and launched his career with Pyramidwest Development Corp., where he worked on many North...
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    Chicago Tribune: Lee

  • Review: 'Democracy' at Greenhouse Theater Center

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Could you marry someone who does not share your basic values? It's a notion pondered by Democrats who fall in love with Republicans, or right-wing ideologues who find themselves with tender feelings for some beauteous equivalent on the left. It's also...

  • SLEEPWALKER: Three men are facing charges in connection with the beating of a sleepwalking man found in one of the men's apartment

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Charges have been filed against three men accused of beating a man who sleepwalks after they found him asleep in one of the men's apartment. Iowa City Police Sgt. Troy Kelsay says the victim, a 21-year-old Johnson County man who he didn't identify,...

  • D.C. Metro chosen as route to death by 8 this year

    2 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    On a Wednesday morning in August, Sangjin Lee, an immigrant from South Korea, left his $8-an-hour job as a bakery deliveryman, went through the turnstile at the West Falls Church Metro station and headed to the eastbound platform. He told his co-workers...

  • Cyclical stocks gain favor as economy shows signs of recovery

    27 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am
    Agreement is growing that the economy has taken its medicine and is feeling better. The patient apparently has been prancing about the sick ward this quarter, and reports on the economy and corporate profits for the third quarter are expected to show...

  • Barton Pine, Avalon wax rhapsodic

    20 Sep 2009 | 6:58 pm
    Rachel Barton Pine, Chicago's gift to the violin world, hasn't forgotten her loyal local following. On Friday, three days after her New York recital debut, the violinist and her pianist, Matthew Hagle, appeared as guest artists with the Avalon String...
 
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  • 7A Coaches' Association all-state selections

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:11 pm
    The Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association announced their list of all-state players Wednesday. Eighteen players from each playoff class were named to the team. All the honorees will receive a plaque during the state finals in Champaign....

  • Travel trips, tips and deals

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Basque art and culture Bask in Basque art and culture with TourCrafters' "Air and Land Package to Bilbao," a great deal that flies you to Bilbao, the city in northern Spain made iconic by its Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum, as well as other...

  • Tours & cruises in Jamaica, Spain and Asia

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    PHOENIX Biltmore and history Get schooled in the history of Arizona and Frank Lloyd Wright by booking the "Arizona Biltmore History Package" at the resort where every U.S. president from Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush has stayed, where Clark...

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sponsored by McHenry County sheriff's office and Safe Kids-McHenry County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. Harvard Chevy Buick GMC, 333 S. Division St., (on U.S. Highway 14) Harvard. Visit safekidsmchenrycounty.org, or call 815-338-2144. "Flights of...

  • Impulsan la educación

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Janik Alcalá, oriunda del distrito federal y alumna de la secundaria Round Lake Park, sueña con estudiar Criminología en Harvard y viajar por el mundo. Así como ella, otros aproximadamente 300 jóvenes de diez secundarias del condado de Lake acudieron...
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  • Stevenson High School officials halt publication of student newspaper, the Statesman

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Administrators at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire spiked Friday's edition of the school's award-winning newspaper because of concerns about stories on drinking and smoking by honor students, teen pregnancy, and shoplifting, the editor said....

  • Suburban student newspaper issue banned for "inappropriate" content

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Administrators at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire pulled Friday's edition of the student's award winning newspaper because of controversial content involving honor students' substance use, teen pregnancy and shoplifting, said the editor-in-chief....

  • 'Tamale Lawyer' to dish out start-up tale at YWCA lunch

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Dubbed the "Tamale Lawyer," Nancy Andrade gave up her work in securities law to dish out her mother's Mexican recipe. "All is well in Tamaleland," said Andrade, president and legal counsel at Mexifeast Foods Inc. in Chicago. YWCA board members in Lake...

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sponsored by McHenry County sheriff's office and Safe Kids-McHenry County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. Harvard Chevy Buick GMC, 333 S. Division St., (on U.S. Highway 14) Harvard. Visit safekidsmchenrycounty.org, or call 815-338-2144. "Flights of...

  • Curves for Women charges – 5 years later – throw a curve to former health club member

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Kelly Bichkoff canceled her Curves for Women gym membership more than five years ago and hasn't set foot in the Park Ridge facility since. So she was a bit confused when Curves made three $39 withdrawals from her bank account in July. Bichkoff said...
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  • Looming pension costs

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Looming pension costs On behalf of the 47 members of the Northwest Municipal Conference and our constituent taxpayers, thank you for quantifying the extent of the state's pension debt for every man, woman and child in Illinois ("Just send your $7,000,"...

  • Fried chicken joins champagne on upscale restaurants' menus

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Fried chicken is a dish eaten in shame. Some nights when the urge arises, I rush to the neighborhood Kentucky-style chicken emporium in a hooded sweatshirt and tinted sunglasses, find the farthest table from the entrance and begin desecrating the contents...

  • 3 Illinois universities subpoenaed in Rod Blagojevich probe

    19 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am
    Under fire for allowing political clout to influence its admissions process, the University of Illinois is among three state universities that have been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors seeking evidence that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his power...

  • Regulators Shut Down Bank of Lincolnwood

    5 Jun 2009 | 3:52 pm
    (WGN-AM) - Regulators have shut down Bank of Lincolnwood,, marking the 37th failure this year of a federally insured bank. More are expected to succumb amid the pressures of the weak economy and mounting loan defaults. The Federal Deposit Insurance...

  • Chicago and suburban farmers markets

    13 May 2009 | 12:00 am
    CITY MARKETS City markets are listed by days of the week, but are subject to change. All markets run from 7 a.m. to 1 or 2 p.m., unless otherwise noted. For information on city markets, visit cityofchicago.org/specialevents. SUNDAY Ashburn: Marquette...
 
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  • 8A Coaches' Association all-state selections

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm
    The Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association announced their list of all-state players Wednesday. Eighteen players from each playoff class were named to the team. All the honorees will receive a plaque during the state finals in Champaign....

  • Asian carp to be poisoned in Illinois

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Alarmed that Asian carp are swimming closer to Lake Michigan, state officials plan early next month to poison a stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that it will dump Rotenone, a...

  • Swine flu: Available doses vary wildly by county

    13 Nov 2009 | 11:44 am
    While Will County health officials have turned away people seeking the vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, more than 8,000 vaccine doses sit unused by neighboring Kendall County's health department. Patients there can go to a county-run clinic and be...

  • Swine flu vaccine availability varies from county to county

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In Kendall County, more than 8,000 H1N1 flu vaccine doses are being unused by Kendall County's health department. Meanwhile, Will County health officials have turned people away seeking the vaccine. In Kendall County, patients can make an appointment...

  • What would you do with a free $1,000?

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Christmas presents for my kids -- maybe an Xbox (video-game system) or a four-wheeler. Kim Jontes of Lockport, bus driver I'd pay some bills, then put it in savings. It would be nice to have some money in the bank these days. Linda Gierut of Worth,...
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    Chicago Tribune: Long Grove

  • Do you go shopping when you are bored, anxious or sad?

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    No. I usually just shop when I need something, although today I'm out shopping just for fun. Mark Huster of Chicago, lumber salesman No. When I shop, I know what I need to buy. I'm not a shopper or a browser. Marna Spence of Long Grove, saleswoman...

  • November 13 - Executive Chef Joseph Gustafson Double G's Roadhouse

    9 Nov 2009 | 8:46 am
    Double G's Roadhouse 4868 Rt. 83 Long Grove (847) GR8-FOOD www.dgroadhouse.com Smoked BBQ Beef Brisket Yield: 8 servings Ingredients: 8-9 lb fresh beef brisket, USDA Choice grade or higher 2 cups dry Rub (recipe follows) 2 onions, sliced 15 whole...

  • Chicago's official Christmas tree chopped down

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:52 am
    The 60-year-old, 57-foot spruce that will become Chicago's official Christmas tree was cut down this morning in Harlan Weivoda's front yard in southwest suburban Palos Heights. It will be erected again Nov. 9 in Daley Plaza. "I knew they (the city)...

  • Scott County election results

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Davenport Mayor: Bill Gluba Alderman-at-Large: Jason Gordon and Gene Meeker 1st Ward Alderman: Nathan Brown 2nd Ward Alderman: Bill Edmond 3rd Ward Alderman: Bill Boom 4th Ward Alderman: Raymond Ambrose 5th Ward Alderman: Bill Lynn 6th Ward...

  • Why carry Keillor?

    7 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    I am surprised that you carry Garrison's Keillor's column ("Health care for all – even Republicans," Commentary, Oct. 7). The quality of thought in his writings is at the 5th grade level at best. He promotes the idea of the government taking on...
 
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  • Four people shot in Marquette Park

    21 Nov 2009 | 4:49 am
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  • Wyoming Opens Dog Park

    14 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Wyoming cuts the ribbon Saturday morning to a dog park. It took three years of planning, and it didn't cost the city a thing. That's because determined people got together to raise $32,000 to build it at Marquette Park on Nagel Avenue. "Spent hundreds...

  • Durbin calls for bailed-out banks to help on foreclosures

    26 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and nearly a dozen protesters called Sunday for banks that received billions in bailout money to help consumers who have fallen victim to bad loan practices and are losing their homes to foreclosure. "I would like the bankers who...

  • Home value

    21 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am
    Question: How much is a house worth ... if it's on a block where other houses sit empty after foreclosure? Answer: Not as much as you might think unless, of course, you're a banker out to recoup losses from mortgages gone bad. Then that bungalow -- the...

  • Five Rescued after Boat Capsizes off Pere Marquette Park

    11 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am
    Emergency officials say a family of five is doing just fine after their boat capsized near Pere Marquette Park on Tuesday evening. Muskegon fire and dive team responded to the call just before 6:00 p.m. after reports of a small butterfly sailboat that...
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  • ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Feral cats issue needs control

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:01 am
    In the morning, Mary Valenti would feed her four cats. At night, she would go outside to feed another. The one outside -- she thought it was a male -- got the same food: dry, canned, and some treats. "People are under the assumption that cats can live...

  • McHenry County: 14-time DUI convict gets 10 years

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A man convicted 12 times for driving under the influence was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week on two more convictions, officials said. Daniel Munoz, 56, whose last address is unknown, was sentenced in McHenry County Circuit Court after being...

  • BEST BETS

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    McHenry County Youth Orchestras' opening concert with guest violinist Rachel Barton Pine, 4 p.m. Sunday, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Tickets $25 adults, $18 members, $15 students/seniors; 815-356-9212 or rauecenter.org....

  • Pamela Ann Minero, 1949-2009: Was advocate for those with breast cancer

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A tireless advocate for women suffering from breast cancer and a light that helped many through their darkest days, Pamela Ann Minero recently succumbed to the disease she had fought for 11 years. "She brought comfort to many women," said Angela McAuley,...

  • Former Algonquin man sentenced for attempted arson

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:03 pm
    A McHenry County judge has sentenced a former Algonquin man to two years in prison after he pleading guilty to two felony charges, including one alleging he tried to blow up the home of his girlfriend's father. The defendant, 23-year-old Derrick...
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    Chicago Tribune: McHenry County

  • ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Feral cats issue needs control

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:01 am
    In the morning, Mary Valenti would feed her four cats. At night, she would go outside to feed another. The one outside -- she thought it was a male -- got the same food: dry, canned, and some treats. "People are under the assumption that cats can live...

  • Swine flu: Available doses vary wildly by county

    13 Nov 2009 | 11:44 am
    While Will County health officials have turned away people seeking the vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, more than 8,000 vaccine doses sit unused by neighboring Kendall County's health department. Patients there can go to a county-run clinic and be...

  • Swine flu vaccine availability varies from county to county

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In Kendall County, more than 8,000 H1N1 flu vaccine doses are being unused by Kendall County's health department. Meanwhile, Will County health officials have turned people away seeking the vaccine. In Kendall County, patients can make an appointment...

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sponsored by McHenry County sheriff's office and Safe Kids-McHenry County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. Harvard Chevy Buick GMC, 333 S. Division St., (on U.S. Highway 14) Harvard. Visit safekidsmchenrycounty.org, or call 815-338-2144. "Flights of...

  • Bull Valley man held in ex-girlfriend's beating

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Bull Valley man is being held in lieu of $60,000 bail, accused of restraining and beating his ex-girlfriend for several days, McHenry County sheriff's police said. Jeffrey E. Mikell, 36, of the 1500 block of South Valley Hill Road, is charged with...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: McKinely Park

  • ¿Regresa 'Chuy' García?

    29 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    El ex senador estatal y activista comunitario, Jesús García, dice que tiene la capacidad de derrotar a Joseph Mario Moreno de su cargo como comisionado del Condado de Cook (D-7), en el que éste se ha desempeñando por los últimos 15 años. García, quien...

  • Weaving herself a new career

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. Ann Robinson will always be an educator at heart. Last summer, however, she had to ask herself a question all too familiar to people with long careers that come to an unexpected end: "Now what am I going to do?" Robinson, 64, became a...

  • Chicago prime location for studying diabetes

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Suzi Johnson's Type I diabetes was so severe that her co-workers would go into a panic if she said her blood sugar was low. While on vacation, she alarmed guests at an Irish restaurant when she passed out. And pastimes like hiking had to be meticulously...

  • Aquinas Literacy Center

    26 Oct 2009 | 2:10 pm
    Become a certified ESL, English as a Second Language, tutor! Undertake the tutor training workshop and volunteer at the center. Only 90 minutes a week can and does make a difference in the lives of students. For volunteer information, visit www....

  • Midwest events

    12 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am
    MICHIGAN Havana Nights Board Detroit's Ovation yacht for a cruise featuring food, dancing and entertainment. The Latin band Grupo Escobar will provide the dance beats, so throw back a mojito and get down. Admission includes tasty Cuban food, plus a...
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    Chicago Tribune: Midlothian

  • Vietnam veteran robbed, killed on his way to deposit VFW money

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Army veteran William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping other veterans. On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a bank in Midlothian to deposit money that the south suburb's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a...

  • Veteran robbed, killed on way to deposit money from benefit

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping veterans. On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a Midlothian bank to deposit money the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a benefit. He never made it inside. Burtner,...

  • VFW post commander dies of robbery injuries

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:13 pm
    Authorities say the commander of a VFW post in Chicago's southern suburbs has died of injuries suffered when he was beaten and robbed while depositing money from a veterans' fundraiser. Bill Burtner, commander of Midlothian VFW Post 2580, was found...

  • Governor Kaine Holds Storm Briefing

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Virginia Governor Tim Kaine held a news conference Friday morning, at the Virginia Emergency Operations Center in Richmond, avoiding questions about his controversial DNC trip to Arkansas and instead focusing on damage assessments. The Governor briefed...

  • Massive Rainfall Causing Problems

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Local dispatchers are continuing to get reports of accidents both on major roads and side streets even after the morning rush hour. The main reason: drivers are not taking it easy on the wet roads, but that's not the only problems we're seeing in our...
 
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  • Warren Buffett To Buy Burlington Northern Railroad

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett likes to compare his company to a masterpiece that he's been painting for nearly five decades, and the deal he announced Tuesday will permanently alter the color of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s portrait....

  • Travel a risk factor for flu

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Forget about fall -- it's flu season. If you've been on a plane, train, ship or any other form of public transportation recently, there has been someone nearby coughing, sneezing or sniffling. Travel puts people in close proximity to others who very...

  • Rowdy Miranda Lambert highlights Chicago Country Music Festival

    4 Oct 2009 | 7:00 pm
    A pink electric guitar at her hip, Miranda Lambert called out to the crowd at the Chicago Country Music Festival, "Do we have any bad girls here tonight?" Over the course of five years and three records -- her latest, "Revolution," was released Tuesday...

  • Broader scope gives Viva Chicago Latin Music Festival a livelier beat

    30 Aug 2009 | 7:24 pm
    Midway through New York salsa band La Excelencia's Saturday set during the Viva Chicago Latin Music Festival in Grant Park, the singers made a popular shout-out. As the group played on the Los Barrios stage, they called for "one strength" among Mexicans,...

  • Bypass Near Midway Will Receive Federal Funding

    7 Aug 2009 | 9:31 am
    (WGN-AM)- Federal funding has been approved to build the long-awaited Central Avenue bypass, a project designed to reduce traffic congestion near Midway Airport, officials said today. The bypass will connect Central between 65th and 72nd Streets in...
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  • Community briefing

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    2nd fire station ready to open The Country Club Hills Fire Department will hold a grand opening of its new fire station at 4520 W. 175th St. from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The station is just a mile from the city's original fire station at 4350 W. 183rd St....

  • Weekend Music: 9/13-15

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out what concerts are going on around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 13TH George Wein and the Newport All-Stars --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m. Devo --Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N....

  • Homeowners left in a lurch after mortgage refinancing checks bounce

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In early April, Jeff Franson refinanced his mortgage, switching it from Chase to SecurityNational Mortgage Co. On a sunny Saturday in early October, as he was mowing the front lawn of his Mokena home, a process server drove up and handed Franson papers...

  • Balance notes

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    BUILDING TRUST -- Learn to develop trusting, professional working relationships from the Building Trust program hosted by the Professional Women's Network from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at Bananas Restaurant, Holiday Inn, 18501 S. Harlem Ave., Tinley Park....

  • Health notes

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A networking forum for individuals battling breast cancer. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Free. The Cancer Support Center, 2028 Elm Road, Homewood. Call 708-798-9171. A lecture for people beginning new exercise programs on what foods to eat to maintain energy...
 
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  • Silly law

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Silly law While I'm well aware of the state law against hanging objects from a car rearview mirror and currently have nothing hanging from mine, I feel this law makes absolutely no sense and exists only to allow police to have an extra excuse to write...

  • Mom honors daughter's memory through book donations

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Before Beverly Copeland retired from the Morton Grove Public Library five years ago, one of her duties was to dress the newly acquired children's books in protective plastic covering. She fawned over new books. She loved the smell of them, along with...

  • Classic style with a Modern twist

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    They may have been small. They may have been cramped. And some of them might even have been called a bit chintzy. But post-war era ranch homes tend to spur warm recollections among many of the millions of Americans who grew up in them. That was the...

  • Alan Gross' 'High Holidays' misses the note on love

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    For the first few minutes of Alan Gross' new play "High Holidays," you think you're in for an updated, Midwestern version of a Neil Simon comedy. A kid narrator called Billy shows up onstage, kicks a ball around and takes us back nearly 50 years to...

  • Community briefing

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Business protests 2-cent gasoline tax A gas station owner worries that the 2-cent-per-gallon tax hike approved this week in Glenview will send his customers to neighboring communities to fill up. "I'm just a small business," Nick Gianaris, owner of a...
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  • BusinessWeek names Tinley Park best place in U.S. to raise a family

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Turns out there is life south of 95th Street, despite what some North Siders might think. And it's a slice of "real Midwest Americana," according to Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki. This week BusinessWeek named south suburban Tinley Park the best place...

  • Helping out

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --Des Plaines School District 62 needs volunteer interpreters for parent-teacher conferences Monday and Tuesday at Algonquin and Chippewa Middle schools, and Central, Cumberland, Forest, Plainfield and South Elementary schools. Spanish and Polish...

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sponsored by McHenry County sheriff's office and Safe Kids-McHenry County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. Harvard Chevy Buick GMC, 333 S. Division St., (on U.S. Highway 14) Harvard. Visit safekidsmchenrycounty.org, or call 815-338-2144. "Flights of...

  • Des Plaines police searching for tire vandals

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Des Plaines police seek vandals who punctured and slashed tires at a moving company and church. Fifty-two tires on 18 vehicles were punctured between 8 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday at U-Haul at 1560 S. Mount Prospect Road. Tires on seven cargo vans,...

  • Deerfield: Man photographed women on the sly, cops say

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Deerfield police have arrested a man suspected of taking pictures of women in parking lots. Police were alerted after a woman noticed someone watching her on three occasions as she walked to her car after work in the 500 block of Lake Cook Road....
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  • Archdiocese to open first middle school in Wauconda

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Three north suburban Catholic elementary schools faced with dwindling enrollments have banded together to form the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago's first middle school. Opening next fall, the Frassati Catholic Academy will draw from three parishes:...

  • Archdiocese investigating sexual abuse claims against retired priest

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has found credible evidence that a priest on Chicago's West Side sexually abused two children, church officials said Thursday. The Rev. Edward Maloney, a retired priest who served at St. Mark Roman Catholic...

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sponsored by McHenry County sheriff's office and Safe Kids-McHenry County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. Harvard Chevy Buick GMC, 333 S. Division St., (on U.S. Highway 14) Harvard. Visit safekidsmchenrycounty.org, or call 815-338-2144. "Flights of...

  • Thanksgiving dining at area restaurants

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    All events take place Nov. 26 unless otherwise noted. 676 Restaurant & Bar: A four-course dinner features turkey, pumpkin-stuffed gnocchi, pork chops, pumpkin pie and chocolate mousse. Noon; $54, $14 for children. Omni Chicago Hotel, 676 N. Michigan...

  • Impulsan la educación

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Janik Alcalá, oriunda del distrito federal y alumna de la secundaria Round Lake Park, sueña con estudiar Criminología en Harvard y viajar por el mundo. Así como ella, otros aproximadamente 300 jóvenes de diez secundarias del condado de Lake acudieron...
 
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  • Naperville confiscates homeless protester's belongings

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Naperville police confiscated the belongings of an outspoken homeless man Thursday night, but by Friday, Scott Huber had retrieved them from the police station and said he intended to return to what he called his protest site outside the city's downtown...

  • Homeless Naperville man reclaims property

    20 Nov 2009 | 5:19 pm
    Police in Naperville say the Chicago suburb's best-known homeless man has reclaimed his personal property after it was confiscated by officers. Police confiscated Scott Huber's belongings while they were locked to a bench inside a parking facility...

  • Naperville seizes belongings of homeless protester

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
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  • Naperville car, garage burglarized

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Burglaries were reported Nov. 11 to a car and a garage in the 2600 block of Champion Road in Naperville. In the first incident, money and a knife were stolen from a car. In the second, a flashlight and cigarettes were stolen from a garage. The owner told...

  • Ford Taurus stolen in Naperville

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A 1992 Ford Taurus was stolen Nov. 13 from the 3300 block of Odyssey Court in Naperville. ...
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  • Ex-Chicago detective tells disquieting tales of suicide

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    This is the weekend that official Chicago ties up loose ends and buries Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott, with a private funeral on Saturday and a public memorial -- complete with politicians -- on Sunday. The politicians and the clergy...

  • Joan Blutter 1923 - 2009: Top Chicago interior designer

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Joan Blutter left England for Chicago after World War II and became one of the city's best-known interior designers, with clients who included real estate magnate Arthur Rubloff and fellow Brit Barbara Taylor Bradford, the writer. Mrs. Blutter, 86,...

  • Abortion clinic 'bubble' law met by protests

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    One man held a "Ban Baby Butchery" sign. Another blew soap bubbles. Priests in black cassocks held rosaries. They were among about 40 anti- abortion activists who protested a new "bubble zone" ordinance Tuesday at a North Side Planned Parenthood clinic....

  • Homeless Tent Cities Popping Up Across St. Louis

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The economy is swelling the ranks of the homeless who are taking to small tent cities being set up around town. Two of the largest groupings are beneath an old railroad tunnel on Tucker near the Post-Dispatchdowntown, and a spot near 1st and Florida on...

  • Jane E. Smith, 1915-2009: Former Newberry Library worker who loved the arts

    2 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Family and friends said her humor and social graces enabled Jane E. Smith to live 94 years. "She was a terribly funny, very witty and a very intelligent woman," said her daughter, Susan Smith Adams. Ms. Smith, a longtime Newberry Library secretary and...
 
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  • Unfair advantage

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Unfair advantage Grades should not be weighted. For a certain portion of a class to be considered more important than another is unfair. In most classes, tests, quizzes and finals are weighted the heaviest; this gives strong test-takers an advantage...

  • Dunning: Where the living is cool and calm

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    If peace and quiet are what you seek, look no further than Dunning. Located only 10 miles from the Loop at the edge of the city on the Northwest Side, Dunning is anything but edgy. This community is so calm, cool and collected, not even Starbucks knows...

  • 2 men charged in slaying of DePaul student

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Two reputed gang members were charged with murder Wednesday in the slaying of a DePaul University senior at a Halloween party. Narciso Gatica, 19, crashed the Logan Square party early Sunday, police said. The uninvited guest, who partygoers said stood...

  • Avanza caso Valencia

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Dos presuntos pandilleros fueron acusados ayer por el homicidio de Francisco Valencia, estudiante de la Universidad DePaul, baleado la madrugada del domingo pasado. Tandra Simonton, portavoz de la Procuraduría Estatal en el Condado de Cook, dijo que...

  • Drunken driver who killed a man gets 10 years in prison after fourth DUI

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Melrose Park man responsible for a fatal crash in May was convicted Tuesday of driving under the influence for a fourth time and sentenced to 10 years. In a plea agreement, Daniel Martinez, 24, admitted to aggravated driving under the influence and...
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  • Parents set the tone

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Neuroscientist Lise Eliot writes about what's nearest and dearest to her heart: her children and their malleable brains. The result is a compelling perspective on parenting, one that challenges conventional notions of sex differences. Yes, little boys...

  • Niacin shrinks artery plaque; Merck's Zetia does not and may carry risks, new study finds

    16 Nov 2009 | 5:21 am
    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin — drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. In the study, Zetia...

  • New questions about cholesterol drugs from study

    16 Nov 2009 | 1:36 am
    (AP) -- A new study raises fresh concerns about Zetia and its cousin, Vytorin -- drugs still taken by millions of Americans to lower cholesterol, despite questions raised last year about how well they work. In the study, Zetia failed to shrink buildups...

  • Mead Johnson set to go on its own

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Sunday that it is splitting off its Glenview-based Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. into a separate company to focus on its pharmaceutical business. The process has been in the works for some time. Mead Johnson, maker of Enfamil...

  • Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton to speak in Chicago next year

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Their reported Radio City Music Hall showdown in New York may be off, but former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are scheduled for a joint appearance to talk biotechnology next May in the more low-key environs of the Second City. The...
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  • Bookstore is a beachhead in literacy battle

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Becca Keaty is effusive when it comes to her favorite subject: books. "I almost get physically overwhelmed by how many books there are in the world and how little time I get to read them," she says. "There's nothing more exciting than that moment...

  • Mom honors daughter's memory through book donations

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Before Beverly Copeland retired from the Morton Grove Public Library five years ago, one of her duties was to dress the newly acquired children's books in protective plastic covering. She fawned over new books. She loved the smell of them, along with...

  • Foreclosure filings spike in collar counties

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The morass of mortgage foreclosures continues to climb its way up the Chicago area's socioeconomic ladder. Once commonly viewed as a problem affecting low-income urban neighborhoods, new data show the greatest percentage increases in foreclosures are...

  • Old Sears power plant in Chicago turned into charter high school

    1 Sep 2009 | 12:00 am
    Architects pull different power plays than politicians. In London nine years ago, Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron took a mighty, decommissioned power station on the Thames River and transformed it into Tate Modern, an acclaimed showcase for the...

  • May 19 - How to Make Honey Lip Balm

    19 May 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sweet Beginnings, LLC is a Chicago-based corporation wholly owned by North Lawndale Employment Network (NLEN). Its three interconnected missions: economic, social, and product collectively support the overall purpose, which is to be a catalyst for...
 
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  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Weekend Music: 9/13-15

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out what concerts are going on around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 13TH George Wein and the Newport All-Stars --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m. Devo --Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N....

  • Korean-Americans learn Spanish to help out at work

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In a city long known for ethnic ghettos and virtual walls between segregated neighborhoods, Sue Choe is something of a trailblazer. The Korean-American is hustling to learn Spanish. "Bienvenido a mi tienda," Choe proudly welcomes visitors into her...

  • Weekend Music: Oct 30 - Nov 1

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the music events going on around Chicago this weekend! Friday - October 30th Dave Holland, Jason Moran, Chris Potter, Eric Harland --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m.--Vijay Iyer Trio. The Hoyle...

  • You can't miss dreadlocks, but they don't define him

    27 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    CHICAGO Without a doubt, the first thing you notice about 27-year-old Aaron Swanton is his hair his waist-length blondish, brownish chaotic dreadlocks he wears with great pride and purpose. When people stare, he knows they are trying to tease out why a...
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    Chicago Tribune: Northbrook

  • Thanksgiving dinner to go? Here are some options

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    There's nothing like a home-cooked meal on Thanksgiving, people say. About 47 percent of them, anyway. According to a survey conducted for the National Restaurant Association, some 53 percent of Americans use restaurant-prepared takeout food for all or...

  • VOLUNTEERS: Jose Morales, A Refuge for Saving the Wildlife

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Who: Jose Morales, 52, of Wheeling, saw the A Refuge for Saving the Wildlife truck at a stop sign, did some research and, despite having "zero bird experience," decided to volunteer. What he does: The Northbrook-based not-for-profit rescue,...

  • Food poisoning: Source of E. coli illness often can't be found

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The thick, black binder that Paula Gillett keeps charts her son Jack's battle last year against a food-borne illness caused by E. coli. Filled with medical records, meal calendars and other papers, the binder documents Jack's initial illness, the kidney...

  • Allstate Corp. hires Travelers Cos. executive Joseph Lacher Jr.

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Allstate Corp. said Monday that an executive from rival Travelers Cos., Joseph Lacher Jr., has been named president of Allstate's property and casualty offerings. Lacher will become president of Allstate Protection on Nov. 30, the Northbrook-based...

  • Allstate taps an exec from Travelers

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:13 pm
    Allstate Corp. said Monday that an executive from rival Travelers Cos., Joseph P. Lacher Jr., has been named president of Allstate's property and casualty offerings. Effective Nov. 30, Lacher will become president of Allstate Protection, the Northbrook,...
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    Chicago Tribune: Northfield

  • Hershey, Ferrero considering rival bid for Cadbury

    18 Nov 2009 | 5:15 am
    Chocolate makers The Hershey Co. and Ferrero International SA said Wednesday they are considering a possible offer for Cadbury PLC, already the target of a hostile bid by Kraft Foods Inc. The move raises the possibility of a takeover battle for the...

  • Hershey-Ferrero reportedly cooking up deal for Cadbury

    17 Nov 2009 | 1:13 pm
    U.S. chocolate giant Hershey Co. (HSY) has been in high-level talks with Italian chocolate maker Ferrero Spa to possibly craft a rival joint bid to Kraft Foods Inc.'s (KFT) $16.7 billion offer for Cadbury PLC (CBY), according to people familiar with the...

  • Cadbury Rejects Kraft Takeover Offer

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Kraft Foods Inc.'s pursuit of Cadbury PLC became hostile Monday, when the Northfield, Ill.-based packaged food company put forward a $16 billion-plus offer that was effectively a bit less than the unsolicited bid rejected by Cadbury management two...

  • Earnings Roundup

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    KRAFT FOODS Profit falls 40% amid slower sales Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday that slower sales, lower retail food prices and the comparison with a gain a year ago helped cut its third-quarter profit 40%, but the company raised its forecast for the year....

  • FDA targets food labels

    21 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    -- The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Tuesday to clamp down on food labeling that it says may mislead consumers into thinking products are more nutritious than they really are. In particular, the FDA will target the front panels of...
 
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  • 6A Coaches' Association all-state selections

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:14 pm
    The Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association announced their list of all-state players Wednesday. Eighteen players from each playoff class were named to the team. All the honorees will receive a plaque during the state finals in Champaign....

  • CAMPTON HILLS: Police chief hired by Oak Forest

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Police chief hired by Oak Forest Gregory Anderson, the police chief of Campton Hills since the village incorporated in 2007, has been hired as police chief of south suburban Oak Forest. Anderson, who helped develop policies and procedures in Campton...

  • Community briefing

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    2nd fire station ready to open The Country Club Hills Fire Department will hold a grand opening of its new fire station at 4520 W. 175th St. from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The station is just a mile from the city's original fire station at 4350 W. 183rd St....

  • Oak Forest hires new police chief

    12 Nov 2009 | 9:59 am
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  • Politicians, unions fight to save Howe

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A last-ditch effort to save the troubled Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park is reigniting old feuds along emotional and political lines. A new coalition of state and local lawmakers -- U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.; State Sens. Maggie Crotty, D-Oak...
 
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  • 15 indicted in cocaine-trafficking case

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Fifteen people with ties to a Mexican drug cartel have been indicted on charges of distributing thousands of pounds of cocaine and collecting millions of dollars in a major Chicago-area cocaine conspiracy, prosecutors announced Friday. Those charged in...

  • 'La Familia' drug cartel members indicted

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:51 am
    A federal grand jury has indicted 15 alleged members of the La Familia Michoacana (MEE'-chu-a-kah-nah), a violence-prone Mexican cartel that has flooded American cities with millions of dollars worth of drugs. Those indicted Thursday were arrested in...

  • Vietnam veteran robbed, killed on his way to deposit VFW money

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Army veteran William Burtner survived Vietnam and dedicated his life to helping other veterans. On Monday, Burtner was about to enter a bank in Midlothian to deposit money that the south suburb's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2580 had raised during a...

  • Oak Lawn: 2 heists linked to 1 man

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Oak Lawn police said they were looking for a man who robbed two people last week after they had made large business-related cash withdrawals. The first robbery occurred Nov. 10 in the parking lot of the Boston Market at 9267 Cicero Ave., police said....

  • Past columns evoke memories

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The ape still walks, the doughnuts continue to draw crowds and the marriages live on, according to feedback I received from the past few months of "What ever happened to ..." columns. Here are a few of the recent e-mails and letters from readers....
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  • New veterans home slated for Northwest Side

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Construction will begin early next year on a center to house elderly and disabled veterans on the city's Northwest Side, Gov. Pat Quinn announced Tuesday. The $65 million Illinois Veterans' Home at Chicago will feature 200 beds and be built on about 10...

  • Dispatches from Hemingway

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The handwriting is spidery and faded by nearly a century of wear. ''We go to the front tomorrow,'' the young ambulance driver, freshly arrived in the Italy of World War I, wrote home in June 1918. ''We've been treated like kings … We've been two days...

  • Community briefing

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Swine flu vaccination appointments availableOak Park residents still can make appointments to receive the swine flu vaccine by calling the flu hot line at 708-358-5601. About 2,000 residents in the priority groups have been vaccinated and 1,760 more have...

  • United Bank reports $5M loss on investment

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The parent company of United Bank says it's rewriting third-quarter financial results to include a $5.04 million loss on an investment in a failed Chicago bank. Charleston-based United Bankshares says in a regulatory filing Wednesday the loss stems from...

  • Chicago State University: Gov. Pat Quinn set to name four new board members

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Gov. Pat Quinn plans Wednesday to name four new board members to Chicago State University, the troubled South Side school at risk of losing its accreditation because of poor recruitment, retention and graduation rates. The appointees bring financial,...
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  • Thoroughly talented 'Millie'

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Thoroughly Modern Millie ★★★ A slight but wholly enjoyable piece of entertainment, this movie-into-musical never looked entirely comfortable on Broadway. But "Thoroughly Modern Millie," a cheerful Manhattan comedy-romance set in the...

  • HELPING OUT

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --The Carol Stream Public Library will accept donations of toys for the Carol Stream Christmas sharing drive from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays from Nov. 11...

  • "Thoroughly Modern Millie" theater review: Show sits nicely at Drury Lane

    31 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Millie, that thoroughly modern gal of musical fame, actually hails from Salina, Kan. You might have missed that aspect of her heritage if you saw the original 1967 movie starring Julie Andrews. And although Sutton Foster's Midwestern bona fides were...

  • On tap: West suburban events

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Art Discussion Art historian Dr. Michelle Paluch-Mishur will discuss works by Caravaggio, the Italian Baroque master. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Registration required. Downers Grove Public Library, 1050 Curtiss St., Downers Grove. Call 630-960-1200. Author...

  • Movie kiosks are booming, but Hollywood studios aren't pleased with low price

    21 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    CHICAGO _ It's 5 p.m. at Tony's Finer Foods on the Northwest Side and there are lines at the store's two Redboxes, where, for a buck a day, customers can rent DVDs from a vending machine. "I kind of gave up on Blockbuster. They're too expensive _...
 
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  • Favre dirige el triunfo vikingo

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    La figura del veterano mariscal de campo Brett Favre volvió a destacar con 344 yardas, su mejor registro en lo que va de la temporada, producidas con su brazo, y 201 de esas yardas fueron para el receptor Sidney Rice, que permitieron a los Vikingos de...

  • Houston's 'Life Is Living' Set in Motion with Hip Hop Festival

    13 Nov 2009 | 6:58 pm
    HOUSTON - This fall marks the launch of a major new initiative hosted by the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts. Life Is Living is a national campaign that connects urban street arts with environmentalism and sustainable...

  • SHAVE AND A CHECK UP

    2 Nov 2009 | 10:10 am
    Gayle Anderson was live with a preview of the "Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program." The Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation will launch its Los Angeles Initiative of the "Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program" barbershops in Los...

  • Extension 720 Audio Archives, April 2007

    29 Sep 2009 | 1:22 pm
    Gentrification in Chicago is not a new phenomenon; many experts would argue that it is a part of the natual life cycle of urban communities. However, the recent development boom in Chicago has affected many traditionally run-down neighborhoods,...

  • Fake Bomb Rattles LaGuardia

    2 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am
    Air travelers at New York's LaGuardia Airport found themselves in a mess of delays and missed connections Saturday after a bomb scare involving a homeless man. LaGuardia's central terminal was evacuated for several hours after the man entered the building...
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    Chicago Tribune: Orland Park

  • Best bets

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    What: Adults can participate in a daylong trip to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in Medaryville, Ind., to observe sandhill cranes. When/where: From 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Plum Creek Nature Center, 27064 S. Dutton Road, Beecher. How...

  • Love and hate from readers

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    ... singing our turkey song to the bird as it cooks. It ensures yummy stuffing. -- Cindy Sullivan, Orland Park ... a cocktail I named for myself: "the Deb Olin." Skyy vodka, club soda and lime. -- Debra Olin, Chicago ... discovering the...

  • Northwestern coach dismisses any prospect of bolting for Notre Dame

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The ink is barely dry on the seven-year extension Pat Fitzgerald signed in June. The Northwestern coach believes that contract should settle any questions about whether he would be interested in Notre Dame if the school fires embattled coach Charlie...

  • Citizens Financial parent to explore "strategic alternatives''

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pm
    The parent of Citizens Financial Bank, which has about a dozen branches in the Chicago area, has hired an investment banker to explore "strategic alternatives," including raising capital and doing a merger or acquisition. CFS Bancorp Inc. of Munster,...

  • Steel Eagle hits the airwaves

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Carl Sandburg High School's new radio station, the Steel Eagle, soon will hit the airwaves –– or to be more precise, student laptops. Budding student DJs nervously are polishing their diction, frantically putting together music lists and...
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    Chicago Tribune: Palatine

  • Swine flu Q & A

    19 Nov 2009 | 6:02 am
    How do you treat someone with H1N1 flu? Over-the-counter medications? Chicken soup? How about Popsicles? Below Tribune reporters answer more questions from readers: Q: Is it possible to contract seasonal flu and H1N1 flu simultaneously? A: It is...

  • Repo Business Down, But Good Times Not On The Way For Everyone Else

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In New York the other day, a debtor drove 10 city blocks with a repo man clinging to the hood of her car. When the police finally intervened, he climbed down with only bumps and bruises. Chalk up another victory for a business that traditionally booms...

  • Innovate Illinois contest spotlights novel startup businesses with job-creating potential

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    K.B. Prasad has found his own way to reduce the carbon footprint. Prasad and business partner B. Singh Khanna have created an alternative-energy-powered retrofit for vehicles that reduces emissions, improves fuel efficiency and increases engine life....

  • Palatine man gets 3 years for beating woman

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Palatine man was sentenced in Cook County Circuit Court this week to three years in prison for striking and injuring a 28-year-old woman who was staying at his residence in March. Marquis L. Bowers, 38, of the 1400 block of Ports O Call Drive,...

  • James Degorski gets life for Brown's Chicken massacre

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Cook County judge formally imposed a life sentence Wednesday on James Degorski for murdering seven workers at the Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine in 1993. A jury that convicted Degorski of the murders refused last month to impose the death...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Park Forest

  • Fight for one facility becomes a battle over Illinois' quality of care for disabled adults

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The long-running fight to close the troubled Howe Developmental Center in Tinley Park has become the battleground for a larger debate about the quality of care for disabled adults in Illinois. For more than three hours on Monday at Tinley Park's public...

  • Tax burden

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Tax burden Because of the property tax increases over the last three years, I am contemplating if I should keep my home. How dare they gouge Illinois citizens during these hard times. These tax increases let me know that our state politicians care nothing...

  • Volatile ingredients in 'Copenhagen'

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Copenhagen: Quantum physics, friendship and fascism combine in Michael Frayn's brainy, Tony-winning drama. The title city provides the backdrop for a tense meeting between German physicist Werner Heisenberg (he of the "uncertainty principle") and his one-...

  • S.E. Oklahoma City apartments on fire

    21 Oct 2009 | 3:53 pm
    OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Park Forest Apartments at Southeast 44th and Sunnylane caught fire around 5:15 p.m. Three units have fire damage and at least one has smoke damage. This is an occupied apartment complex. Since then the fire has been extinguished....

  • I want my new TV!

    11 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am
    On the shopping list for budget-minded consumers: groceries, gas--and a new flat-panel TV? Shelling out hundreds of dollars on a TV is hardly wallet-friendly, but LCD and plasma sets have been flying off the shelves all year, with some retailers saying...
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    Chicago Tribune: Park Ridge

  • Teen driving infractions

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Teen driving infractions I have feared for my life far too many times within the last few months. Sitting in the passenger seat has nearly become dangerous for me. I do not enjoy criticizing my friends' driving, but I also do not enjoy being a part of...

  • Balance notes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The University Women's Chorus will perform a concert of sacred and secular works for treble voices at 3 p.m. Sunday in Lutkin Hall at Northwestern University, 700 University Place, Evanston. Tickets cost $7 for the public; $5 for senior citizens and...

  • New recycling system

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Recycling is at a very early age in the United States and the infrastructure is not fully established. Thus, the cost to pick up materials and to process them is often times more expensive than the benefits. The recyclable materials cannot be crushed like...

  • Maine Township woman pleads guilty in daughter's beating death

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Maine Township woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to the child-abuse death of her 5-year-old daughter, escaping the death penalty that prosecutors had sought. Mila Petrov, 32, was charged with first-degree murder after her daughter, Melanie Beltran, died...

  • Pickwick Music Festival

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:35 am
    Music can make a wish or two come true! The Pickwick Theater in Park Ridge is hosting the Pickwick Music Festival Friday, December 4th from 8-10pm. All proceeds will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation so grab your friends and help pack the...
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    Chicago Tribune: Pilsen

  • Jornada informativa en Illinois sobre proyecto de reforma migratoria

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Cientos de inmigrantes participarán mañana en todo Illinois en una jornada de información sobre el proyecto de reforma migratoria que será presentado en las próximas semanas por el congresista federal Luis Gutiérrez (D-Illinois). Serán 52 fiestas a...

  • Apoyan resolución

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Para el concejal George Cárdenas (D-12) es injusto que el gobierno invierta en jóvenes que han desertado de la escuela, o sean miembros de pandillas, mientras el sistema migratorio está deportando a quienes han puesto todo su empeño por superarse y...

  • Alivio a los impuestos a la propiedad

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    María Serrano vive en Pilsen y está preocupada porque el monto de los impuestos a la propiedad se le duplicaron. En 2007 pagó unos $2,200, pero el cobró que le llegó a principios de este mes le indica que los impuestos correspondientes a 2008 son unos $4,...

  • Piden ayuda para resolver percance

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Angélica González sigue esperando que los testigos del accidente que cobró la vida de su hija Martha hace casi un mes, hablen para dar con el responsable. Ayer, familiares, activistas y funcionarios se reunieron en la esquina de las calles Halsted y...

  • Apoyo para damnificados

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Dos familias de Pilsen que se quedaron prácticamente en la calle después de un incendio, recibieron ayer donaciones de ropa y comestibles. Entre los damnificados hay al menos nueve menores. Santiago Barrera, vendedor de churros, contó que tras el...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Portage Park

  • A splendid place to park yourself on Saturday night

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    "Honestly, sometimes I think it's the parking lot." Local film programmer Michael W. Phillips Jr. (no relation) is on the phone from Facets Video- theque, where he has worked since September, explaining what he believes is a key reason he can count on...

  • Dunning: Where the living is cool and calm

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    If peace and quiet are what you seek, look no further than Dunning. Located only 10 miles from the Loop at the edge of the city on the Northwest Side, Dunning is anything but edgy. This community is so calm, cool and collected, not even Starbucks knows...

  • Last minute costume ideas found at Fantasy Costumes

    29 Oct 2009 | 4:01 pm
    This is about the time Halloween starts to get annoying for people without a costume. Fantasy Costumes in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood has been open for 24 hours every day this week They had a line at 3 a.m. on Wednesday night. WGN's Marcus Leshock...

  • Talking to the Chicago college student who may be behind Obama-as-Joker poster

    19 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am
    Here's what Firas Alkhateeb of Portage Park did on his summer vacation: He became the center of a media typhoon. He was held responsible for a potent piece of artistic appropriation. He was discussed seriously by art critics in the Washington Post and...

  • Porch safety: Chicago says it's up to you

    16 Jul 2009 | 12:00 am
    Like thousands of porches in Chicago, the rickety landing where Atit Mansuria and Carolina Landeros were chatting hadn't been inspected for years -- in this case, since it was built in the mid-1980s. Its railing suddenly broke open like a gate, sending...
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    Chicago Tribune: Pullman

  • 12 hurt in violent weekend

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    At least a dozen people were shot, stabbed, bit or burned in a violent stretch over the weekend in Chicago that started just before 9 p.m. Saturday. At 8:49 p.m. Saturday, an 8-year-old boy playing with a lighter accidentally started a fire in the...

  • Foreclosure filings spike in collar counties

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The morass of mortgage foreclosures continues to climb its way up the Chicago area's socioeconomic ladder. Once commonly viewed as a problem affecting low-income urban neighborhoods, new data show the greatest percentage increases in foreclosures are...

  • FDIC seizes 9 banks operated by FBOP

    31 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    River Forest resident Michael Kelly built a banking empire over three decades, making himself wealthy. On Friday night, it all came tumbling down in spectacular fashion, as the government seized the nine banks run by Kelly's FBOP Corp. U.S. Bancorp of...

  • Regulators seize FBOP banks

    30 Oct 2009 | 7:43 pm
    River Forest resident Michael Kelly built a banking empire over three decades, making himself wealthy. On Friday night, it all came tumbling down in spectacular fashion, as the government seized the nine banks run by Kelly's FBOP Corp. U.S. Bancorp of...

  • Pullman: A yesteryear feel, but not stuck in the past

    16 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The tour buses constantly arrive in Pullman, loaded with members of suburban school groups and seniors clubs. Passengers stumble off the buses bewildered, gazing in wide-eyed wonder at the ancient brick structures astride the oak-lined streets. Then...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: River Grove

  • Phil Vettel's guide for Turkey Haters this Thanksgiving.

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:16 am
    Dine In options: Lockwood (Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe St., 312-917-3404). $55 buffet, served 11 a.m.-5 p.m., includes roasted Alaskan halibut. Zest (Hotel Inter-Continental, 505 N. Michigan Ave., 312-321-8766). $55 buffet (noon-3 p.m.) includes...

  • Thanksgiving dinner to go? Here are some options

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    There's nothing like a home-cooked meal on Thanksgiving, people say. About 47 percent of them, anyway. According to a survey conducted for the National Restaurant Association, some 53 percent of Americans use restaurant-prepared takeout food for all or...

  • Corrections and clarifications, Oct. 28, 2009

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    --In Sunday's Sports section, a headline incorrectly stated the number of goals scored by Chicago Wolves center Jason Krog. He had one goal and three assists. --A story Monday gave incorrect information in describing how often Evanston police have been...

  • Trick-or-treat hours

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    (All times are Saturday) Addison: 3-7 p.m. Aurora: 4-7:30 p.m. Batavia: 4-7 p.m. Berwyn: 11 a.m.-dusk Bloomingdale: 3-7 p.m. Broadview: 2-6 p.m. Brookfield: 3-7 p.m. Burr Ridge: until 9 p.m. Carol Stream: 3-7 p.m Clarendon Hills: 3-7:30 p....

  • Thirsty Whale lives, for a weekend

    23 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    If you stage it, they will rock. That proved to be the case when Tony "Shark" Labarbera put out the word that he was mounting a reunion of bands that played the iconic Thirsty Whale hard-rock club in River Grove. From the late 1970s till 1996, when it...
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    Chicago Tribune: River North

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Weekend Music: 9/13-15

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out what concerts are going on around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 13TH George Wein and the Newport All-Stars --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m. Devo --Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N....

  • River North Dance at Harris reviewed

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In 1989, four dance artists -- Mark Dow, Julie Burman Kaplan, Karen Frankel Jones and Ronna Kaye -- launched their own company, despite Chicago's reputation for failing to support troupes over the long haul. Now the current members of what became...

  • Making waves A new spin on the skyscraper

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Aqua, the spectacular new Chicago skyscraper with the sensuous, undulating balconies, is the pearl of the long-running, now-ending Chicago building boom, a design that is as fresh conceptually as it is visually. A skyscraper typically consists of...

  • Thodos Dance Chicago to show off Bob Fosse's endless possibilities

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Whenever Ann Reinking turns her sights on Bob Fosse, people take notice. That's because, famously, Reinking choreographed the revival of a neglected Fosse musical that became a Broadway smash and inspired an Oscar-winning movie. But "Chicago" is hardly...
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    Chicago Tribune: Rogers Park

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Chicago lawyer hopes New Yorker caption is a knockout

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Larry Wood, the Chicago lawyer written about in these pages in June for having won the New Yorker's weekly Cartoon Caption Contest a record three times, is in the hunt for No. 4. His caption is one of the three finalists that went up Monday (at...

  • Jug band revival brewing in Chicago

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    When building a banjo using just a coffee can, some wood and a string, your choices for the body may come down to this: Folgers, Maxwell House or Trader Joe's. "I found that the Trader Joe's coffee cans work pretty well," said Jonas Friddle. The "canjo"...

  • Weekend Music: 9/13-15

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out what concerts are going on around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 13TH George Wein and the Newport All-Stars --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m. Devo --Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N....

  • Prosecutor alleges pair tainted vote in 50th Ward

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A city worker and an unemployed student who allegedly manipulated absentee-ballot applications and cast votes for 50th Ward residents went on trial Monday. Prosecutors said Anish Eapen, a precinct captain for Ald. Bernard Stone, 50th, and the ward's...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Rolling Meadows

  • Rolling Meadows man sentenced to 5 years for drunken driving

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A 21-year-old Rolling Meadows man was sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted in Cook County Circuit Court this week of felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol. Martin Chavez, also known as Ignacio Rico, of the 4700 block...

  • 2 Cook County investigators fired

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pm
    Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez has fired two investigators who let convicted robber Robert Maday escape earlier this fall. Alvarez said Thursday her office moved to terminate Nick Argentine and Joe Fallon after an internal review...

  • Cook County investigators fired

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Cook County State's Attorney's office has fired two investigators following the September 17 escape of a suspect while he was being taken to a court hearing in the Northwest suburbs. Robert Maday allegedly overpowered the investigators,Nick Argentine...

  • In Cook County, deadline for property assessment appeals approaches in 4 townships

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The filing dates for property assessment appeals have opened for four Cook County townships. Property owners in Cicero, Norwood Park, River Forest and Riverside who want to appeal their real estate tax assessments have until Dec. 2. Owners of homes,...

  • Hoffman Estates: Cocaine seller gets 9-year term

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A 22-year-old Hoffman Estates man was sentenced in Cook County Circuit Court this week to nine years in prison for selling cocaine to a Schaumburg undercover police detective last spring. Kyle Mann, of the 700 block of East Bode Circle, pleaded guilty to...
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    Chicago Tribune: Roscoe Village

  • Town house or condo?

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Condo or town house? What's the difference? What should you buy? The differences in these popular types of multifamily housing are substantial and important. Condos and town houses vary in size, cost, ownership and amenities. They appeal to different...

  • Avondale: Ethnically rich, changing in character

    7 Aug 2009 | 12:00 am
    Mark Dobrzycki recalls the Avondale of decades ago. At Northwestern Savings & Loan, a financial institution of the era at Belmont and Milwaukee Avenues, lines stretched out the door Friday evenings, he said. Customers, many of them Polish immigrants, were...

  • Three Morning Fires In Chicago Area

    18 Jun 2009 | 4:51 am
    (WGN-AM)- Firefighters early this morning battled three fires -- one in a single-family home in Logan Square, another in a three-story apartment building in Roscoe Village and a third in an apartment building in South Shore. Fire trucks responded about 2...

  • Garden walks in Chicago and suburbs

    14 Jun 2009 | 12:00 am
    Garden walks are winding down but there are still a few to enjoy. Here's what's still on tap. Aug. 2: The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program offers a behind-the-scenes tour of The Gardens at Ball in West Chicago. No reservations required. Hours: 10...

  • June 19 - School of Rock

    10 Jun 2009 | 8:02 am
    Third Annual Belmont Arts & Music Festival (aka BAM!) Saturday & Sunday, June 20-21 Belmont & Damen, Chicago Hours Noon-10:00 p.m. on Saturday Noon-9:00 p.m. on Sunday Note: "School of Rock" will be on the stage at Noon on Saturday, June 20....
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Roseland

  • Judge orders Chicago Public Schools to discuss transfers with Fenger students

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A federal judge on Monday instructed Chicago Public Schools to discuss transfer options with Fenger High School students who want to change schools because they feel unsafe following the beating death of a student. Ten Fenger students filed a lawsuit...

  • Them Crooked Vultures have an understanding

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Dave Grohl had a new rock 'n' roll dream, and it came true in a castle in Orange County. It was his 40th birthday, so the lead Foo Fighter and former Nirvana drummer celebrated with a January evening of jousting and costumed swordplay at the Medieval...

  • Fenger students get acquainted on neutral ground

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    To get them to talk, the teens had to be separated from their environment, plucked from South Side streets carved up by imaginary turf lines and bused to a place where violence was unacceptable. And so about 50 Fenger High School students found...

  • Neighborhoods' deadly feud hits a critical point

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Four Fenger High School students walked down a hallway in the West Side headquarters of the anti-violence group CeaseFire, neatly dressed, headphones draped over their ears. Their young faces seemed at odds with the violent narrative that sprang from...

  • 4 injured after CTA bus crashes into South Side house

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Chicago Building Department officials say they'll have to tear down a house that sustained severe structural damage after a CTA bus crashed into it Tuesday morning. No one was seriously hurt when the bus hit the brick home near 115th and Vincennes...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Skokie

  • Balance notes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The University Women's Chorus will perform a concert of sacred and secular works for treble voices at 3 p.m. Sunday in Lutkin Hall at Northwestern University, 700 University Place, Evanston. Tickets cost $7 for the public; $5 for senior citizens and...

  • Karen Carpenter gets a tribute

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    When a beloved artist dies long before his or her time, you always wonder what could have been. Fans regret the albums they'll never hear, the films they'll never see or the books they'll never read. While the artist's material lives on for future...

  • New Trier helps less fortunate school through Haitian connection

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Maurice Bonhomme and Jean Cayemitte grew up in the shadows of St. Joseph School in a seaside Haitian town. They picked passion fruit from trees in the courtyard and played soccer in the nearby fields. Bonhomme studied at the school his father created....

  • Chicago-area theater openings

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    FRIDAY Aunt Dan and Lemon: A new production of Wallace Shawn's famous intellectual and controversial drama from 1985 about how forceful personalities can influence the politics and personality of the pliant. Matthew Reeder directs. Through Dec. 20 by...

  • Broadway production of 'South Pacific' coming to Rosemont

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    "South Pacific": "Once you have found her, never let her go." Broadway is finally letting go of Bartlett Sher's much-lauded production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's romantic wartime epic, which hits the Rosemont for a few enchanted evenings....
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    Chicago Tribune: South Loop

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Weekend Music: 9/13-15

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out what concerts are going on around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 13TH George Wein and the Newport All-Stars --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m. Devo --Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N....

  • Weekend Music: 11/6-11/8

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out concerts happening in Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 6TH The Black Crowes --Riviera Theatre - 4746 N. Racine Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--8 p.m.--Truth and Salvage Co. The Hoyle Brothers --Empty Bottle - 1035 N. Western Ave. - Chicago (...

  • Weekend Music: Oct 30 - Nov 1

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the music events going on around Chicago this weekend! Friday - October 30th Dave Holland, Jason Moran, Chris Potter, Eric Harland --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m.--Vijay Iyer Trio. The Hoyle...

  • Hugging curves, with 'Mad Men' verve

    27 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    When researching the shape of American women for a new clothing line, Kathryn McKechnie discovered that a mere 4 percent of women have the slim hips to fit high-fashion designs. Two out of three women are shaped just like her: small waists, full hips and...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: South Shore

  • Step Afrika! lifts pledge ritual to graduate level

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Chicago Human Rhythm Project, a year-round presenting champion of tap and percussive dance, kicked off its 20th anniversary season with its fall "Global Rhythms" concerts at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park. In the past, these multicultural...

  • Carol Abern, 1937-2009: Publicist once wrote lyrics for singing telegram delivered to Pavarotti

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Carol Abern was a publicist with a flair for theatrics and writing singing telegrams, with lyrics that were once performed for legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti. "She was very gregarious, very vibrant and a lot of fun," said her husband, Wendell. Mrs....

  • Police searching for missing 9-year-old boy

    15 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Chicago police are searching for a 9-year-old boy who went missing Saturday from the city's South Shore neighborhood. John Lindsey was last seen in the 7600 block of South Essex Avenue, police said. He was wearing a beige long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans...

  • 4 men indicted on drug charges

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Three family members and a fourth man were indicted Thursday in a crack-cocaine sting operation involving the Black P-Stone Nation street gang's drug-selling in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, prosecutors and police said. Indicted were brothers Randy...

  • Robert Murphy, 1927-2009: Expert in agriculture and meat

    26 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Robert Murphy didn't like to brag about his accomplishments in the agricultural and meat industries -- although he had a lot to brag about, his family said. He was involved with major mid-century advances in the agriculture and meat industries and...
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    Chicago Tribune: St. Charles

  • MST3K Cinematic Titanic Sails Into St.Charles

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The creators of Mystery Science Theater are back at it again with a new feature length movie call "Cinematic Titanic." Joel Hodgson talked about Cinematic Titanic this weekend at the St. Charles Family Arena. CINEMATIC TITANIC ST. CHARLES FAMILY...

  • 6 deer-related traffic accidents reported in Kane County

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Kane County sheriff's police reported six deer-related traffic accidents on county roadways Nov. 11 through Saturday. No drivers were reported injured in any of the accidents, most of which involved deer dashing in front of the vehicles. The accidents...

  • Do you have a formal living room?

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Eileen Reynolds of St. Charles, babysitter for her grandkids No. Does anyone want one anymore? I wouldn't use it if I did have one. Charlene Travilla of St. Charles, stay-at-home mom Yes, but we only use it for Christmas and some other special...

  • Shorts pack feature punch at Chicago Filmmakers

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Short narrative films may be a staple of film fests, but you won't find them at the multiplex, and they are hardly considered the bread-and-butter of art house cinemas. All the more reason to check out a sampling of those that made the rounds in 2009, the...

  • St. Charles man charged with aggravated battery

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A St. Charles man was charged with aggravated battery Nov. 12 after police said he assaulted a victim in the 1500 block of Indian Street in St. Charles. After hitting the victim, Mario Hightower, 29, of the 1800 block of Walnut Street, allegedly...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: South Chicago

  • 'Dead zone' in Chicago sees 2 fatal shootings in a week

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Luis Garcia was standing at a makeshift memorial for a slain friend Wednesday afternoon when he was fatally shot in the chest by a gunman more than a block away, Chicago police said. Some residents call the 2900 block of East 87th Street -- where both...

  • Donald L. Hilbring, 1947-2009: Chicago police commander and teacher

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Donald L. Hilbring taught school by day while also rising through the ranks of the Chicago Police Department, where he retired as a captain and district commander. Mr. Hilbring, 62, died of pneumonia on Monday, Nov. 16, in Advocate Christ Medical...

  • Climbing back from brain injury

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Chicago Police Sgt. Mike Dineen should have died. That's what his doctors said after Dineen suffered a massive brain injury in a still-unexplained, off-duty incident on New Year's Day. "I don't know why I was picked to survive," said Dineen, 40, who...

  • 17-year-old boy fatally shot in South Chicago neighborhood

    18 Nov 2009 | 6:23 pm
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  • Sex abuser, 70, gets 20 years in prison

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A 70-year-old Joliet man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing two little girls he was baby-sitting. Glenn W. Lawlor, 70, of the 1500 block of South Chicago Street, could have been sentenced to 37 years in prison. In a bench...
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    Chicago Tribune: Tinley Park

  • Saab story: Chicago-area dealerships being cut to 3 from 9 as GM sells brand, new group reorganizes

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    When General Motors completes the sale of Saab, expected this month, it could mark a new beginning for the struggling Swedish automaker. But for six of nine Chicago-area dealers, some with decades invested in the quirky brand, it is likely the end of...

  • Past columns evoke memories

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The ape still walks, the doughnuts continue to draw crowds and the marriages live on, according to feedback I received from the past few months of "What ever happened to ..." columns. Here are a few of the recent e-mails and letters from readers....

  • Notes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The Homewood Woman's Club sponsors a dessert social and bake sale featuring a book discussion by administrative librarian Cindy Rauch at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway, Homewood. Free. Call 708-799-9055. The St....

  • Community briefing

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Village to seek quiet zone near freight tracks Frankfort officials will be ready early next year to ask that whistles be silenced on freight trains passing through town on the CN railroad tracks. Mayor Jim Holland said this week that a consultant's...

  • BusinessWeek's Best Places to Raise Your Kids

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:47 am
    BusinessWeek releases it's forth annual survey of the best places to raise your kids. According to the survey, the best was the village of Tinley Park. It's just 25 miles southwest of Chicago. It is considered the winner, because of it's top rated...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Uptown

  • A special bond in life and death

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sharon Durling went to the morgue a few days ago to ID Wanda Jean Taylor's body. Durling, a part-time writer with an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, lives in a house in Chicago's Lincoln Park. Taylor lived on the sidewalks, on the "L" or, lately,...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Weekend Music: 9/13-15

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out what concerts are going on around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 13TH George Wein and the Newport All-Stars --Symphony Center - 220 S. Michigan Ave. - Chicago ( Grant Park Museums)--8 p.m. Devo --Vic Theatre/Brew & View - 3145 N....

  • Weekend Music: 11/6-11/8

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out concerts happening in Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 6TH The Black Crowes --Riviera Theatre - 4746 N. Racine Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--8 p.m.--Truth and Salvage Co. The Hoyle Brothers --Empty Bottle - 1035 N. Western Ave. - Chicago (...

  • Aid system frustrates refugees

    31 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    The crowd was angry inside the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago -- a stark contrast to the cheery African murals that have greeted one refugee community after another since the Uptown nonprofit organization formed 25 years ago. The reason: more...
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    Chicago Tribune: Vernon Hills

  • 5A Coaches' Association all-state selections

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:14 pm
    The Illinois High School Football Coaches' Association announced their list of all-state players Wednesday. Eighteen players from each playoff class were named to the team. All the honorees will receive a plaque during the state finals in Champaign....

  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Sponsored by McHenry County sheriff's office and Safe Kids-McHenry County from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free. Harvard Chevy Buick GMC, 333 S. Division St., (on U.S. Highway 14) Harvard. Visit safekidsmchenrycounty.org, or call 815-338-2144. "Flights of...

  • Lajoie makes nasty funny

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    "You can get away with a lot more things when you sing them," explains Stephen Lynch, singer/songwriter/comedian who has written a tune about abandoning an albino girlfriend in a blizzard. Few know Lynch's theory as well as Jon Lajoie, another popular...

  • Love and hate from readers

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    ... watching the kaleidoscopic pattern of birds as they head south. The larger the flock, the more mesmerizing the scene. -- Theresa Tomasek Fortuna, Palos Heights ... the cassoulet at Bistro Campagne (4518 N Lincoln Ave.) in Lincoln Square. It'...

  • Federal regulators reject Amcore plan to raise funds

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Rockford-based Amcore Financial Inc. said federal regulators have rejected its plan to raise capital. A Nov. 4 letter from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to Amcore, which in recent years has expanded into the Chicago market, also said...
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  • Infantiles al 'Joga Bonito'

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Con gran intensidad y ambiente familiar, los fines de semana en el norte de la ciudad se llevarán a cabo los encuentros del Torneo de Invierno la Liga de Fútbol Austrotronca, conocida también como la "Joga Bonito", donde decenas de equipos infantiles,...

  • Chicago teen gets 50 years in Villa Park man's beating death

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A Chicago teenager who was convicted of the 2007 slaying of a Villa Park man even though he did not strike the fatal blows was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison. Ray Moore, now 19, was a junior at Crane High School on May 16, 2007, when he and three...

  • Man sentenced in DuPage County beating death

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm
    A DuPage County judge has sentenced a 19-year-old Chicago man to 50 years in prison for the fatal beating of a west suburban Villa Park man in 2007. Raymond Moore was found guilty in August of first-degree murder in the death of 46-year-old James...

  • Whatever happened to: Big Banjo Restaurant

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Early in their marriage Eero and Pat Turen made a pact to go out to dinner every Friday. The standing date gave the couple -- and eventually their young son -- a chance to review the week together and make plans for the weekend. In the late 1960s the...

  • Arranca la Liga Panamericana

    10 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    El próximo sábado 28 de noviembre inicia la temporada invernal 2009-10 la Liga de Fútbol Panamericana Independiente Soccer League (PAISL) en su 15 aniversario de fundación, donde intervienen gran cantidad de equipos sobresalientes de suburbios como...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Warrenville

  • School for autistic children in Lisle fears possible neighbor's plans for engine testing

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    For autistic kids, finding a classroom may be a challenge. Long linear corridors may trigger the urge to bolt. And the hum of fluorescent lights distracts, keeping them from focusing on the task at hand. So when Giant Steps Illinois, the state's oldest...

  • Notes

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --"Women's Night Out" will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen, 15750 Marian Drive, Homer Glen. Events include free wellness presentations, refreshments and massages. Medical professionals will offer advice for better...

  • Historian To Speak On Connecticut Witch Trials

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    On Nov. 13, state historian Walter Woodward will speak on the terrifying and deadly witch panic in Hartford that took place a generation before the Salem witch trials. Between 1647 and 1663, Connecticut's magistrates and Puritan ministers zealously...

  • CSO snobs

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    CSO snobs John von Rhein takes the CSO audience to task for its "sound effects." It is my opinion that he should take it easy on CSO audiences. In my attending experiences, I have often noted people attending their first concert here -- students,...

  • No safety help

    28 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    No safety help I agree with the negative comments from readers about red-light cameras (Local Voices, Oct. 21). We have red-light cameras at two intersections in Warrenville. These cameras do nothing to improve traffic safety. They do, however, pump money...
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  • Fire destroys home in Lake Barrington

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A fire destroyed a house in Port Barrington this week, and investigators are trying to determine its cause. Firefighters responded to the fire at about 2 a.m. Monday, and found the two-story house, 1257 Noble Drive, fully engulfed in flames. No one was...

  • Archdiocese to open first middle school in Wauconda

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Three north suburban Catholic elementary schools faced with dwindling enrollments have banded together to form the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago's first middle school. Opening next fall, the Frassati Catholic Academy will draw from three parishes:...

  • Chocolate, champagne and shopping ... yes

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    It's pretty hard to turn down a yummy piece of chocolate, a glass of champagne or the chance to indulge in a shopping excursion with girlfriends. Separately, any of the trio could induce a feeling of happiness and contentment ... if only briefly....

  • HELPING OUT: North and northwest suburbs

    11 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --Donations of gently used bikes to benefit residents of Arlington Heights and Wheeling Township may be dropped off from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Village Bank & Trust, 311 S. Arlington Heights Road. Call 847-253-1703. --The first Carpentersville...

  • Impulsan la educación

    9 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Janik Alcalá, oriunda del distrito federal y alumna de la secundaria Round Lake Park, sueña con estudiar Criminología en Harvard y viajar por el mundo. Así como ella, otros aproximadamente 300 jóvenes de diez secundarias del condado de Lake acudieron...
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    Chicago Tribune: Waukegan

  • Boys basketball preview: Top 5 tournaments to watch

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:40 pm
    Proviso West Holiday Dec. 26-30 The tradition-rich tournament that has been a holiday hoops staple since 1961. Foreman's Mike McCall, Young's Ahmad Starks and Glenbrook North's Alex Dragicevich will try to impress a fan base that witnessed the likes of...

  • Brian Setzer. Holidays. Be there

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Have a jumping, jiving and wailing Christmas with the Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza this year. Get into the holiday spirit with the former Stray Cats frontman as he molds holiday classics around his big band sound. With a set list...

  • Vuelve a su hogar

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Anderly, de cuatro años de edad, jugaba con sus carritos y miraba la televisión sin dejar de voltear a ver a su madre, Patricia Rivera, la mujer hondureña que ICE dejó en libertad por razones humanitarias después que fuera detenida por la Policía de...

  • Police horse patrols canceled in Chicago suburb

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:27 am
    Four horses that are part of Waukegan's mounted police patrol need new homes after budget troubles forced the Chicago suburb to cancel its equestrian unit. "We will be relinquishing the patrol," Waukegan police chief Artis Yancey said Wednesday. "They...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: West Loop

  • Oprah to end show in 2011

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    - "The Oprah Winfrey Show," a broadcast that grew from a local Chicago talk show into the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night. Winfrey,...

  • Oprah to end talk show in 2011

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pm
    CHICAGO - The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that began as a local Chicago talk show and grew over two decades into the foundation of a media empire worth billions, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production...

  • Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pm
    Oprah Winfrey's iconic television talk show will end in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, her production company said Thursday. Winfrey plans to announce the final date for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on a live Friday broadcast, according to Chicago-...

  • Oprah Winfrey Will End Show in 2011

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    CHICAGO (AP) — Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air. Chicago-based Harpo Productions Inc. said Thursday night that the talk show host will give more...

  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Western Springs

  • Senate ethics panel admonishes Burris

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    -- The Senate Ethics Committee's rebuke of Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois on Friday was criticized by some as too weak but was welcomed by the senator, whose office declared him cleared of "any legal wrongdoing." Burris, chosen by disgraced former...

  • This turkey brining recipe worth its Thanksgiving salt

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Every year, about the time little children rush home from school to tell their parents that the Pilgrims were repressive Eurocentric fundamentalists with guns, I receive piteous pleas from readers asking me to help them with their Thanksgiving turkey....

  • Safety on the school bus

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Safety on the school bus I want to know why there are no seat belts on school buses when our children are in them from the time of birth. Parents get fined if their child isn't in a seat belt. Can parents sue the state for not providing them on school...

  • Police crack down on burglaries

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Police departments across the western suburbs hope a series of arrests -- including two rings busted on the same day -- will put an end to a spike in residential burglaries that resulted in a tripling of break-ins in one town. The burglaries occurred...

  • Community briefing

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Committee urges video gambling ban The West Chicago Public Affairs Committee has recommended that the City Council not allow video gambling machines. The committee approved its recommendation by a 7-0 vote Oct. 28 at a meeting with about a dozen...
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    Chicago Tribune: Westmont

  • Feds: Nude Video of ESPN Reporter Recorded in Ohio

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:19 am
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Federal investigators say an Illinois insurance executive accused of secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews shot film at an unspecified hotel in Columbus as well as at the Nashville Marriott. Michael Barrett,...

  • Past columns evoke memories

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The ape still walks, the doughnuts continue to draw crowds and the marriages live on, according to feedback I received from the past few months of "What ever happened to ..." columns. Here are a few of the recent e-mails and letters from readers....

  • School for autistic children in Lisle fears possible neighbor's plans for engine testing

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    For autistic kids, finding a classroom may be a challenge. Long linear corridors may trigger the urge to bolt. And the hum of fluorescent lights distracts, keeping them from focusing on the task at hand. So when Giant Steps Illinois, the state's oldest...

  • Letters: Honoring Marian Catholic's marching band

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Readers from across the country responded to "Marching to Glory," a three-part series by Tribune critic Howard Reich on the Marian Catholic High School marching band and its journey to the Grand National Championships, led by band director Greg Bimm....

  • Local candidates vie for DuPage County board seats

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:34 pm
    Several prominent local politicians have lined up to claim seats on the DuPage County Board to represent southeast DuPage County. In District 3, Woodridge lawyer Greg Abbott, former Downers Grove Mayor Brian Krajewski and Hinsdale Township High School...
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    Chicago Tribune: Wheaton

  • Past columns evoke memories

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The ape still walks, the doughnuts continue to draw crowds and the marriages live on, according to feedback I received from the past few months of "What ever happened to ..." columns. Here are a few of the recent e-mails and letters from readers....

  • Dueling 'It's a Wonderful Life' shows need help from a Clarence

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    On Dec. 6, Chicago Public Radio will broadcast the American Theater Company production of "It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play," an adaptation of the beloved Frank Capra movie performed as if we were all watching a classic live taping from the golden...

  • Lellbach homes reflect values

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Borrowing a tactic from the corporate world, Doug Lellbach and Debra Bennett Lellbach conduct exit interviews with clients. The result: The Naperville-based home renovation team learns its strengths and weaknesses so it can continually improve....

  • Balance notes

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    --The Woman's Guild of Divine Infant Parish will hold the Aisle of Gifts sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Divine Infant School, 1640 Newcastle Ave., Westchester. --Members of the Glen Ellyn Junior Woman's Club will help sort food for the Christmas...

  • Get A Letter From Santa

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm
    Get a magical gift for a loved one! Treat a loved one to a personalized letter from Santa! Have you child, grandchild, neice or nephwe write a letter to Santa and take it to Midwest Cyclery before Friday, December 12th. Be sure to have a legible return...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Wicker Park

  • Paul Kahan's new eatery Big Star feels like a bar with extra-good eats

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    In Chicago's ongoing saga of super chefs opening casual Latin-inspired spots this fall, Paul Kahan (Blackbird, Avec, Publican) debuted his much anticipated Big Star last week. From Day One the place was packed with Kahan fans -- and food writers who...

  • A Christmas Rose

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:41 pm
    Bring in the holiday season with song! The Wicker Park Choral Singers invite you to their first concert of the 2009-2010 season, A Christmas Rose! The program, featuring international carols, sprituals, and works from today's foremost composers, will...

  • Chicago theater: Support from Mayor Daley, Gov. Quinn and President Obama

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    At this point in its history, Chicago theater is enjoying the seemingly heartfelt patronage of a trifecta of very powerful politicians. It is an extraordinary moment that should not be allowed to pass without note. On Oct. 27, the Chicago production...

  • Devo: Whipping it again

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Devo plans to release its first new studio album in 20 years in 2010, but the band that plays the Vic Theatre on Thursday and Friday nights will be rooted firmly in the late '70s and early '80s. Four original members, plus a younger drummer (Josh Freese)...

  • Temp-work rise a ray of hope in jobs picture

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    It's a good time to be in the temp business. While unemployment topped 10 percent across the nation in October, the country added 34,000 temporary jobs, a sign that permanent positions could be on the horizon. "It would appear that the mood out there...
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  • On tap

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    A networking event offering appetizers and refreshments. Entertainment, tours and a door prize for a weekend stay in a two-room suite. 5 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Matteson Area Chamber of Commerce, 500 Holiday Plaza, Matteson. Call 708-957-6950. The annual...

  • Marion K. Kuehnle, Naval Reserve officer

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Marion K. Kuehnle, a homemaker who had served in the Naval Reserve during World War II, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Nov. 5 at the Heron Point retirement community in Chestertown. She was 90. Marion Kotko, the daughter of Russian...

  • Thanksgiving dining at area restaurants

    12 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    All events take place Nov. 26 unless otherwise noted. 676 Restaurant & Bar: A four-course dinner features turkey, pumpkin-stuffed gnocchi, pork chops, pumpkin pie and chocolate mousse. Noon; $54, $14 for children. Omni Chicago Hotel, 676 N. Michigan...

  • Two words on the Albert case

    1 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    About the brutal murder of honors student Derrion Albert, I have just two words: super predators. -- Tim Redmon, Willow Springs ...

  • Tomatos: How to dry to perfection, preserving the bounty of summer

    2 Sep 2009 | 8:38 am
    It's that time of year when chefs see red. Call it tomato love. Backyard gardens gush in red, ripe creatures. Restaurants debut tomato fiestas. Cooking schools crank out classes devoted to them. City market divas dream of tomato sauce seas. How to make...
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Wilmette

  • Joan Blutter 1923 - 2009: Top Chicago interior designer

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Joan Blutter left England for Chicago after World War II and became one of the city's best-known interior designers, with clients who included real estate magnate Arthur Rubloff and fellow Brit Barbara Taylor Bradford, the writer. Mrs. Blutter, 86,...

  • Pineapple bars from the new 'Cake Doctor'

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Anne Byrn is back with a sequel to her popular "The Cake Mix Doctor" cookbook. The new book is called "The Cake Mix Doctor Returns" (Workman, $27.95). Byrn's book offers 160 recipes using cake mixes to create layer cakes, sheet cakes, brownies, bars,...

  • Budget catastrophe escalates while law makers watch

    13 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    While the Tribune was right to emphasize the Minority Report of the Pension Modernization Task Force ("Just send your $7,000," Nov. 8), even that report understates the full extent of the calamity now at hand. That report showed that unfunded...

  • November 17 - Tony Fulmer

    12 Nov 2009 | 5:25 am
    Holiday Celebration at Chalet November 21 - 9:30-5:30 November 22 - 10:00-5:00 Chalet Nursery 3132 Lake Street Wilmette (847) 256-0561 www.chaletnursery.com Tips: Preventing Winter Dehydration Damage Wilt-Pruf is a pine resin derivative. When...

  • November 16 - Dave Zier

    12 Nov 2009 | 4:20 am
    Zier's Prime Meats and Poultry, Inc. 813 Ridge Road Wilmette (847) 251-4000 www.ziersprime.com How To Properly Cook a Turkey Remove Turkey from bag, remove Giblets. Illinois dept. of health recommends not washing any poultry before cooking this will...
 
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  • Shorts pack feature punch at Chicago Filmmakers

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Short narrative films may be a staple of film fests, but you won't find them at the multiplex, and they are hardly considered the bread-and-butter of art house cinemas. All the more reason to check out a sampling of those that made the rounds in 2009, the...

  • Meet 'Twilight' stars

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months, the arrival of the second cinematic installment in the teen vampire "Twilight" series should be old news. After all, magazines, gossip blogs and talk shows have devoted ample time to the "are...

  • Past columns evoke memories

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The ape still walks, the doughnuts continue to draw crowds and the marriages live on, according to feedback I received from the past few months of "What ever happened to ..." columns. Here are a few of the recent e-mails and letters from readers....

  • Local candidates vie for DuPage County board seats

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:34 pm
    Several prominent local politicians have lined up to claim seats on the DuPage County Board to represent southeast DuPage County. In District 3, Woodridge lawyer Greg Abbott, former Downers Grove Mayor Brian Krajewski and Hinsdale Township High School...

  • Leasing water system could be a risky move for Chicago

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Mayor Richard Daley says any part of city government is up for grabs if the price is right. But if he is tempted to dangle Chicago's vast water system as his next lease deal, he might want to first consult Atlanta, which is still smarting from a...
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  • Weekend Music: 11/19-11/21

    19 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Check out the concerts happening in and around Chicago this weekend! FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 20TH Pixies --Aragon Ballroom - 1106 W. Lawrence Ave. - Chicago ( Uptown)--7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT--Black Gold (Nov. 19), No Age (Nov. 20), Jay Reatard (Nov. 21). Danny...

  • Are funny women intimidating?

    8 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    We met at a New Year's Eve party. She was blond, I was nervous. So I slipped in a joke, something stupid from third grade, but it did the trick. A first date was granted, followed by three more. I found her affable, warm, possessed of most excellent...

  • Witnesses to historic moment for Chicago reflect one year later

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    The gathering of nearly 250,000 in Grant Park on election night last year was hailed as a historic moment for Chicago, and not just because Barack Obama, the first African-American president, gave his acceptance speech there. Many participants described...

  • McPier seeks nonprofit's help to freshen Navy Pier

    3 Nov 2009 | 11:22 am
    Efforts to refresh the offerings at Navy Pier are heading in a different direction, with the agency that runs the tourist attraction turning to a nonprofit research and education organization for suggestions. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition...

  • James Sanders and Conjunto at Velvet Lounge in Chicago

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:00 am
    Can classic Afro-Cuban music embrace fiercely experimental jazz? Listeners can find out Friday night, when violinist James Sanders and his exquisite Conjunto band play at a nexus of the Chicago jazz avant-garde, saxophonist Fred Anderson's Velvet...
 
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  • Corrections and clarifications, Nov. 21, 2009

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    --In some editions Friday, a Sports story on all-time NASCAR drivers erroneously included a picture of Dale Earnhardt Jr. instead of his late father.

  • Corrections and clarifications, Nov. 20, 2009

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    --A story in Chicagoland Extra on Wednesday about Randy Zisook's role as a spokesman for the American Lung Association in Chicago gave conflicting dates on when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Spots were found on his lungs in 2007; the cancer was diagnosed earlier this year.

  • Corrections and clarifications, Nov. 18, 2009

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    --The Bad Lieutenant concerts mentioned in the Friday, Nov. 13, On the Town section, that were to take place in Chicago on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and Thursday, Nov. 19, have been canceled because of a delay in visa approval for members of the group. The band plans to reschedule the performances in the spring.

  • Corrections and clarifications, Nov. 17, 2009

    16 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    --A story about actor Nathan Lane in Sunday's Arts and Entertainment section contained an incorrect date for the pre-Broadway tryout of "The Producers." The show first opened in Chicago in 2001.

  • Corrections and clarifications, Nov. 15, 2009

    14 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    --In today's preprinted Arts & Entertainment section, a story about the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra erroneously stated that the Berlin Wall fell a decade ago. It fell two decades ago.
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