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- Regarding "Immigration reform won't give average American job security" [commentary b...
- On Wednesday, Elfman complained about a lack of TV diversity, especially on CBS' all-...
- CDW Corp. shares pulled out of a 10-week-long tailspin Wednesday as they shot up 8.3 ...
- Abbott Laboratories' second-quarter earnings fell 30 percent on costs from buying Gui...
- During a sticky summer day on Maxwell Street, the folks at Nate's Delicatessen would ...
- Abandoned by his mother and father when he was 8 months old, Fire forward Andy Herron...
- Shea Hillenbrand was cut by the Toronto Blue Jays after he was chastised during a tea...
- DETROIT -- If we buy into the hype -- and from the looks of things, most of us have -...
- LaPORTE, Ind. -- An anonymous caller led a police officer to a 3- foot-tall marijuana...
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- Every day, Adriana Castro steels herself to look in the mailbox and possibly learn wh...
- WASHINGTON -- Alzheimer's patients may soon get the first skin patch to treat the cre...
- It's time to rename global warming, and bring the problem home. With scientific proof...
- "If the sequel had not been a stupid, formulaic piece of junk, I probably wouldn't ha...
- The '80s are like, totally tubular again at Radio Star, 1524 N. Fremont. About 800 pe...
- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that record high oil...
- Except for their ongoing importance to users with limited vision, text-to-speech soft...
- MARION, Mass. -- Andrew Sudduth, who rowed on eight national and Olympic teams in the...
- HOYLAKE, England -- With a blast of hot wind at his back, Stuart Appleby sent a 6-iro...
- Cubs veteran Greg Maddux wasn't thinking about the significance of matching up Wednes...
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- PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Federal investigators examined a new cruise ship Wednesday to...
- Yes, Chicago Police tortured suspects, but it happened too long ago to charge the off...
- The Cook County medical examiner's office on Wednesday reported two more heat-related...
- Chicago may be home to whiz kid chefs such as Grant Achatz who practice what some lik...
- ATLANTA -- Two men already accused of discussing terror targets with Islamic extremis...
- Connecting the hard-to-sing "Star Spangled Banner" to the difficulty in preserving Am...
- Malik Yoba is a man of all trades -- from TV and film actor to motivational speaker. ...
- Facing a six-hour deadline, 15 aspiring fashion designers sliced up furniture and str...
- The buyer of Chicago lakefront land slated to get a 124-story building claimed full c...
- E-mail is so last millennium.
Young people see it as a good way to reach an elde...
- ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Rev. Elmer Heindl, one of the most highly decorated chaplains ...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Drug testing will take place at a golf tournament for the first t...
- The Cubs put third-base coach Chris Speier on a leave of absence for several days aft...
- The Burge report reads like a history of Chicago politics and law enforcement -- a sa...
- Four teens were charged Wednesday with misdemeanor battery in the attack that left a ...
- The City Council's most powerful alderman offered Wednesday to follow New York City's...
- BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Assailants slit the throats of a mother and her three children Wedne...
- Apparently, some people are suing the CTA for $50,000 or more regarding the Blue Line...
- Gigi Pritzker, one of the heirs to the Chicago-based Pritzker fortune -- who long has...
- It's one of life's unfair truths: Those of us with Veuve Clicquot tastes often are cu...
- Consumer inflation slowed in June in the Chicago area, thanks to lower prices for foo...
- INTEL PROFITS, SALES FALL
Intel Corp., the world's largest semiconductor maker, ...
- Anna May Hawekotte Smith knew something was wrong when she saw the tall, serious-look...
- THURSDAY THOUGHTS
BEARS' DRAFT CHOICE FOR FANS: 1 AT A TIME
It's never too ...
- DETROIT -- While all indications remain that the White Sox won't be pulling the trigg...
- It was supposed to be a day of great suspense and high drama in the news business.
...
- Thirty-three years later, the bare wires twisted into his leg irons, the little black...
- Is "white boy" a racial slur?
Judging from some of the debates that have occurre...
- Sneed hears rumbles former Chicago radio titan Garry Meier may be this/close to inkin...
- Pausing to sob through his phrases, a figure in the Hired Truck scandal apologized to...
- Aside from a few popular events, Gay Games VII has struggled to woo spectators so far...
- WASHINGTON -- Implantable contraceptives soon will be available again to U.S. women s...
- LES COMBES, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI is writing a book about Jesus while on holiday...
- On national holidays I fly the U.S. Marine Corps flag to honor and support our men an...
- STATE: NO HEALTH THREAT AT BEACH
Attorney General Lisa Madigan offered a final c...
- "American Masters" (9 p.m., WTTW-Channel 11): Marilyn Monroe was a great actress. She...
- Confidence among U.S. homebuilders dropped this month to the lowest level in more tha...
- Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Corp. formed a partnership to generate more reven...
- NEW YORK -- Carrie Nye, an actress who was married to television host Dick Cavett and...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Geoff Ogilvy has been spending more time at the practice range. ...
- Greg Maddux and Roger Clemens could open the First National Bank of Pitching strictly...
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- The moment some 15 months in the making came at 5:59 p.m. Monday at the Shedd Aquariu...
- A former basketball coach for Niles West High School won a slam- dunk legal victory a...
- Name: William Toepper
Age: 47
Hometown: Chicago
Event: Triathlon, mara...
- SAN FRANCISCO -- The waves were flat at Ocean Beach, but Brian Bennett paddled out an...
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- Just wanted to say how much my husband and I enjoy the Stickelers in your paper. We r...
- It may look like the Cadillac Palace Theatre, but for the next 12 days, the landmark ...
- Dear Ellie: My husband and I purchased our house a year ago. The next-door neighbor i...
- Clifford Perry had already built his retirement home in Chapel Hill, N.C., when his o...
- The digital radio boom is continuing in Chicago, with about 20 side channels now avai...
- WASHINGTON -- Edward "Ted" H. Bilkey, the American shipping executive who sought to d...
- MIDWEEK MUSINGS
PAX'S CHANDLER DEAL AN AWARD-WINNER
As good a move as it wa...
- DETROIT -- Freddy Garcia is well aware that he almost was traded this past winter.
...
- Succulent steaks seared over fire mark one of the high points of summer. But will you...
- The Daley administration is apparently having a tough time finding a contractor to ha...
- This year's first string of 90-degree days proved deadly for three Chicago-area women...
- When: 8 p.m.-midnight
Where: @tmosphere, 5355 N. Clark.
Maybe you think you...
- WASHINGTON -- President Bush personally blocked a Justice Department investigation of...
- PANGANDARAN, Indonesia -- Indonesia pledged to build a nationwide tsunami alert syste...
- Regarding Carol Marin's column July 9 ["Feds aimed too low at City Hall"] in which sh...
- "The time was right, and I looked at my mortgage."
--Director KEVIN SMITH, on hi...
- Meet Zeanna
Zeanna is a happy young lady who gets along well with the other chil...
- When Terry Zink was a banker in California, he was having an earnest chat about how t...
- RAZR HITS 50 MILLION MARK
Motorola Inc., the Schaumburg technology company, said...
- DALLAS -- Musician Sam Myers, best-known as a blues singer and harmonica player, died...
- Bruce Arena has a message for American soccer fans: Be patient.
Arena took over ...
- DETROIT -- Brian Anderson's new hitting philosophy remained on display Tuesday night ...
- It's a hot summer evening, and you want a dinner that is light and quick. mNot only b...
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- Chicago's most powerful alderman on Tuesday narrowed his war against artery-blocking ...
- Owners of the Burr Ridge home where a Naperville woman contends she was videotaped wh...
- OPENING SHOT
For a sharp guy, I can be naive.
Take George Bush's visit to C...
- WASHINGTON -- Americans should round their cash purchases to the nearest nickel so th...
- WASHINGTON -- The House rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marri...
- John Stroger wins the primary election. John Stroger withdraws his name from the gene...
- Heads were shaking all over Hollywood on Tuesday as Justin Timberlake's quotes about ...
- Frances Wilson is content with the way her three kids are turning out, but one realm ...
- IBM Corp., the world's biggest computer-services provider, said second-quarter profit...
- Mancow Muller got the last laugh Tuesday by scoring his highest ratings in years on h...
- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ted Stone, a minister known for his walks across America to promo...
- A group from Oklahoma City has agreed to buy the Seattle
SuperSonics and the WNB...
- DETROIT -- There was no way White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko could overstate the ...
- Canadian Mist Whisky sponsors The Elvis Festival, held in Collingwood, Ontario. Can't...
- If the election were held today, Republican Tony Peraica would have an excellent chan...
- Concluding a four-year, $7 million investigation, a special prosecutor today is sched...
- ELKHORN, Wis. -- A retired Catholic priest from Illinois, accused of molesting two bo...
- Medical researchers say they are starting to be able to observe Alzheimer's disease a...
- PHILADELPHIA -- Even in black pants, a black vest and long- sleeved shirt, Amish flow...
- In this celebrity-obsessed culture, it has become increasingly difficult to control c...
- I read editorial after editorial regarding the protection of power on the Cook County...
- NEW YORK -- A 19-year-old former employee of Christie Brinkley's husband, Peter Cook,...
- I meet Shazia Khalid in her hotel room. Her husband, Amanullah, opens the door and us...
- NBC WORKERS REACH PACT
The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Techn...
- Women's intimate apparel is not an area in which we've developed any special expertis...
- WASHINGTON -- Dorothy Clark Blackmun, whose late husband wrote the Supreme Court deci...
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- The Tigers' rotation has been doing a lot for a little this season. A comparison of t...
- Webster's Wine Bar
1480 W. Webster
A tasting of Rieslings from several coun...
- A 14-year-old Beverly boy with a heart defect was critically beaten and robbed becaus...
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- Cheyenne, just 14, used MySpace.com to find other users and got invitations from olde...
- NEW ORLEANS -- A doctor and two nurses who labored at a sweltering, flooded-out hospi...
- MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Beryl, the second named storm of 2006 Atlantic hurricane seas...
- Didn't we learn our lesson from Prohibition? Apparently not. The U.S. House of Repres...
- Once again, the Chicago City Council is poised to pass a shortsighted measure that ha...
- NEW YORK -- Next week, Pamela Anderson will make an honest man out of Kid Rock.
...
- - A headline in Monday's paper about the heat wave should have indicated there were 7...
- He'd helped his mom in the kitchen and it was a hot summer day, so Ryan Rusch did wha...
- All across the city, Gay Gamers were sweaty and sometimes struggling to keep hydrated...
- Shedd Aquarium employee Cecelia Urgani tosses lunch leftovers into a bin full of eart...
- FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Allen County officials who opted last year to purchase gasoline a...
- Let me get this: Ald. William Beavers will have his daughter inherit his aldermanic s...
- DURBIN WANTS BEETLE QUARANTINE
Sen. Dick Durbin said Monday he wants parts of Co...
- 'IDOL'S' KELLIE GETS A MUSIC DEAL
Kellie Pickler, the folksy finalist from the m...
- Goodbye Southwest Regional Spaceport. Hello Spaceport America.
New Mexico offici...
- Industrial production rose significantly in June, reflecting advances in manufacturin...
- Ten Chicago-area companies with innovative products or services will be profiled in a...
- Sports journalism lost a venerable veteran Monday when former Chicago Sun-Times colle...
- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen isn't thinking wild card at this point. As far as Gui...
- BEIRUT -- Westerners fled by land, sea and air Monday as Israel sent ground troops in...
- And then there were two.
Cook County Commissioner Bobbie Steele took herself out...
- Blues musician Vanessa Davis' sultry, powerful voice isn't much use for her latest pe...
- BEIRUT -- U.S. Marines raced Monday to complete evacuation plans for thousands of Ame...
- KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants seized two towns in tumultuous southern Afgha...
- If Bobbie Steele was Robert Steele and John Stroger had a daughter rather than a son,...
- QT Reassuring News for the Day:
According to the Near Earth Object Program of th...
- From Brigitte Bardot to Kate Moss, the ponytail has long been a sassy style statement...
- THE NATIONAL ITALIAN American Sports Hall of Fame on West Taylor is happy to report t...
- Esmark Inc., a Chicago Heights-based steel supplier, on Monday said it has nominated ...
- Shares of Mattel Inc. soared Monday after the world's largest toy maker reported a se...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Nick Faldo wore a Superman logo on his cap Monday, appropriate fo...
- Of all the things a first-year ballplayer must learn to handle, the hardest might be ...
- It's one of the most annoying questions posed to the small business owner: "Can I get...
- ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- It wasn't meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversat...
- John Stroger, who recently completed his 12-year reign as Cook County Board president...
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- Women who are overweight or obese at 18 are at a greater risk of dying in middle age ...
- SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A 3-year-old boy died shortly after he apparently locked himself ...
- Ald. William Beavers (7th) is a veteran political leader in Chicago and Cook County. ...
- Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro are calling it quits.
The couple are "amicably s...
- Experiment with these fashionable ponytail styles:
High up: Mimics a real horse'...
- Anne Arvia, the ShoreBank president and CEO who achieved the South Side institution's...
- Squeezebox, a slick new gadget made from Slim Devices, has freed my MP3 collection fr...
- CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Mickey Spillane, the macho mystery writer who wowed millions of r...
- RANDOM THOUGHTS
SOX MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AHEAD
Random thoughts while thinking...
- Before pushing the panic button on the White Sox, step back, think clearly and take a...
- The numbers are in: 2, 45 and 55.
Three Chicago area towns hit Money Magazine's ...
- A $38.25-an-hour hoisting engineer for Chicago's scandal-plagued Streets and Sanitati...
- When the Golden Girls walk on to the volleyball court during Chicago's Gay Games, the...
- BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen sprayed grenades and automatic weapons fire in a market south...
- The same sort of detection technology that's used to discourage retail theft could he...
- Even though gasoline prices are unreasonably high (especially here in the Chicago are...
- Everything old is new again, so the saying goes. A character named Batwoman crashes t...
- If you want to tame the frizz around your face, try:
Frizz-Ease DownPlay Volume ...
- On Monday, the first day of Britain's Farnborough Air Show, Airbus scrambled to reviv...
- For some time, banks and credit-card companies have been warning computer users about...
- What separates elite professional fund-raisers from regular fund- raisers is their se...
- Fire forward Nate Jaqua was added to the Major League Soccer All- Star team that will...
- We know about the blunt, old-school humor.
When asked recently if it was a thril...
- Following a wave of bad publicity over Oak Park's decision to keep a store for plus-s...
- The Cook County judge handling both the R. Kelly child pornography and the Brown's Ch...
- 2006 PRIDE POOL PARTY
When: 8-11 p.m.
Where: Washington Park Aquatic Center...
- WASHINGTON -- In an emotional session marked by tales of death and hope, the Senate d...
- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of six returned to Earth...
- The payday loan sharks in Illinois are circling once again. There is now ample eviden...
- The breakup of actress Jeri Ryan's last marriage -- to former GOP Senate candidate Ja...
- Laury Lewis is a legendary master gardener in the Sheffield neighborhood, a double ho...
- Errol Dunlap is helping to reduce Blockbuster nights amongst Chicagoans.
Want to...
- FEEDBURNER EXPANDS
FeedBurner, the Chicago-based Internet feed management provid...
- SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- Dr. James Nicholas, whose pioneering work on sports injuries inclu...
- IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens blames the media for portrayin...
- The White Sox know what it's like to be dominated.
To have another team, no matt...
- Can a football referee call a game with just one eye?
Despite what some fans mig...
- Microsoft is launching a multimillion-dollar legal attack against computer stores tha...
- Name: Eric Reid
Age: 33
Hometown: Philadelphia
Event: Track
Reaso...
- LONDON -- Police officers who shot and killed an innocent Brazilian they mistook for ...