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- ALBANY, N.Y. -- The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of as many as 540,00...
- ATHENS, Greece -- Famed for its human rights work, Amnesty International is under sie...
- I fully understand your determination to point out that the dramatic gains of Chicago...
- NEW YORK -- Christina Aguilera says she's toned down the sexuality on her new double-...
- Fifty-nine stories above State Street and the Chicago River, the flowers and herbs on...
- The thin are about to get a couple of sleeker new chassis.
Motorola Inc., which ...
- It seems like an odd fit for a public television station, but WTTW-Channel 11 is addi...
- Growing up as the fifth of eight children under the watchful eyes of his mother, Virg...
- The attorney for San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is asking federal authoriti...
- Dugout dirt: Is real estate mogul Donald Trump eyeing a bid for the Cubs?
Maybe....
- Cook County's clean water agency said Monday it is asking the U.S. Environmental Prot...
- On Friday, Sunday and Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times chronicled the first year at the ...
- WASHINGTON -- A powerful Republican committee chairman who has led the fight against ...
- NEW YORK -- On a foggy July night in 1956, the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria was ...
- The headline says it all: "New tax assessments 'shock' homeowners" [news story, July ...
- NEW YORK -- Lionel Richie, father of size-zero Nicole Richie, says he's hurt by media...
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- USG Corp., which emerged from bankruptcy last month, said second- quarter earnings so...
- - Steve Cotten has joined Greenhouse Communications/ Chicago as its new director of c...
- While not a record-breaker, the 2006 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac drew toward ...
- NEW YORK -- At this time last year, the talk surrounding Derrek Lee was whether he co...
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Looking for an alternative to throwing a slab of meat on a h...
- Chicago dog owners would be free to dine al fresco with Fido at their side under an o...
- Mayor Daley on Monday denounced as "redlining" a proposal to establish wage and benef...
- WASHINGTON -- The United States and Iraq are moving thousands of troops into Baghdad ...
- ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard were sending a...
- In 1802, Thomas Jefferson called for more transparency in government spending. "We mi...
- LONDON -- Last weekend Britain's Home Secretary, John Reid, announced a new reform to...
- Say what you will about Redmoon Theater, but the word "conventional" is unlikely to e...
- The chapter book serial story Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Tomb II, sponsored b...
- FIELD'S REDUCES STORE HOURS
Marshall Field's flagship store at 111 N. State St. ...
- NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The board of HCA Inc. is recommending the nation's largest for-pr...
- The Blackhawks expanded Rick Dudley's role in the organization Monday, elevating the ...
- CLEVELAND -- The Detroit Tigers have done everything much faster than expected this s...
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- KANEOHE, Hawaii -- Teens looking to hook up with a friend on the popular Web communit...
- Thomas Adams, longtime Green Oaks mayor and former chairman of the Lake County Republ...
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Rep. Rahm Emanuel are leading a drive to pressure House Speak...
- DENVER -- Testing lines for 2008, Democrats with presidential ambitions accused Presi...
- There's no crying in baseball, declared Tom Hanks' cranky manager in "A League of The...
- In its first report aimed at improving how the criminal justice system deals with dru...
- It was two for one at the Ravinia Festival early Sunday evening when pianist Andreas ...
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- A year after two of the AFL-CIO's biggest unions broke away from the national labor f...
- WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration wants to help about 16 million U.S. households ...
- A-ROD: DAYDREAM OR PIPEDREAM
Random thoughts while waiting for the excitement th...
- Jeff Francis pitched a two-hitter for his first major-league shutout, and the Colorad...
- Athletically speaking, Gay Games VII was a joke.
Everybody knows true competitio...
- Brandon McCarthy was still in a White Sox uniform Monday night.
So were Brian An...
- BEIRUT -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice disappointed her Lebanese hosts Monday ...
- Sen. Barack Obama's private breakfast meeting with a group of local ministers on Mond...
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- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Bush administration urged Pakistan not to expand its nucle...
- After five years, President Bush finally addressed the annual NAACP conference. He sa...
- A congressional committee comes up with a title for an "immigration hearing" that dem...
- In her complex drama, "Spinning Into Butter," playwright Rebecca Gilman takes a brave...
- JUST IN: Gov. Blagojevich and state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, his Republican oppon...
- I launched the VibeTonz System on the new Samsung SCH-a930 mobile phone -- and starte...
- Jim Rogers, the co-founder of George Soros' Quantum hedge fund, said oil prices will ...
- CLEVELAND -- Browns owner Randy Lerner is exploring investments in the United Kingdom...
- Melky Cabrera went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double and two runs scored, and Alex Rodr...
- In the pre-dawn hours this past Sunday, a cluster of strangers approached a 33-year-o...
- TYRE, Lebanon -- Dirty bandages hid the worst of 8-year-old Zainab Jawad's swollen, b...
- Dale Pontius made headlines for years saying things he felt needed to be said.
I...
- In late March, the week after report cards, a new calm takes over Room 206.
The ...
- ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER -- Israeli soldiers returning from the front in Lebanon ...
- During a recent visit to Chicago to speak out on behalf of Wal- Mart, former Atlanta ...
- Some things go bump in the night. Other things go bump in the day, and they are equal...
- Thank heavens for second chances. It took last week's opening ceremonies of Gay Games...
- Have a pair of pants that just don't fit right? Donate them to Banana Republic by thi...
- Tom Kuczmarski is Chicago's top banana when it comes to innovation. In fact, Kuczmars...
- Kerri Walsh felt like a million dollars Sunday.
And no wonder. With her victory ...
- Carlos Guillen tripled, doubled, singled and drove in two runs, and Magglio Ordonez w...
- PARIS -- The craziest Tour de France in memory ended Sunday the same way the last sev...
- Things were pretty dead in the high performance car market by 1976 because a fuel cru...
- The snack and beverage aisles of your grocery store may soon be giving your nose a wo...
- A new ethics policy put out by the American Bar Association last week is getting some...
- WASHINGTON -- President Bush's penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just si...
- As the saying goes, people get the government they deserve. And that will be especial...
- Twelve years ago, at 9:53 a.m. July 18, 1994, a van packed with explosives blew up th...
- James Conlon is midway through his second season as music director of the Ravinia Fes...
- Chicago isn't the only city seeking to legislate minimum wages with its big-box ordin...
- Glaceau and its flagship vitaminwater have proved to be an aggressive marketing force...
- "Vrrroooom, vrrroooom!" The roar of a high-revving engine blasted from the PA system ...
- WASHINGTON -- Cubs catcher Michael Barrett doesn't plan on slugging White Sox catcher...
- HOYLAKE, England -- This one had a sense of inevitability about it from the beginning...
- Q. I bought a 2004 Cadillac Escalade SUV at a dealer with which I've done business fo...
- BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein was hospitalized Sunday and fed with a tube on the 17...
- It was burglary, not a hate crime, officials of a Naperville Islamic center said Sund...
- BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Bombs killed more than 60 and wounded more than 200 Sunday in Baghda...
- The White House was poised last Tuesday to make the best of a bad political situation...
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- During his introduction to his band's first hit, "Runaway," Jon Bon Jovi recited a ca...
- Baxter International Inc.'s second-quarter earnings report should "quiet the naysayer...
- Rich Melman is watching what you eat, and how you eat it.
It's nothing personal....
- Nextel Cup rookie Denny Hamlin completed a season sweep Sunday at Pocono Raceway in L...
- Former Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa might have a major-league comeback on his mind, but hi...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Chris and Rich DiMarco stood at the edge of the 18th green, a gri...
- NAPA VALLEY, Calif. -- Driving for eight hours in one afternoon - - often over tightl...
- WASHINGTON -- House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert said Sunday he might challenge a judge'...
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- BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. military has dismissed all charges against a Pennsylvania N...
- 11% of children in the United States ages 6 to 14 have a disability, as do 72% of peo...
- POLICE SHOOT SUSPECT
Police shot a 21-year-old man in the leg early Sunday after...
- 'Tabloid Wars," a six-week reality series that debuts tonight, follows the staffers o...
- There's an art to asking for a raise.
The first thing you need to do is to find ...
- Notable stock upgrades issued in the last week. (Trading symbols in parentheses.)
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- HENDERSON, Nev. -- The anticipated matchup between Simeon's Derrick Rose and Cincinna...
- WASHINGTON -- It's a word that invariably surfaces when a team is playing the way the...
- HOYLAKE, England -- A Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson duel never materialized at Royal Liv...
- CLEVELAND -- This is how far the Minnesota Twins have come after so many shovelfuls o...
- Chicago authorities Sunday were trying to figure out who did what to whom in a violen...
- CHICAGO MAN CHARGED WITH ARSON
A Chicago man was charged with setting fire to a ...
- WASHINGTON -- A successful cancer-fighting drug may also damage the heart, although a...
- My wife is a big fan of the Cubs, but she has said that she won't go to any more Cub ...
- QT Trickle-On Economics Update:
John Hruska, an Internal Revenue Service lawyer,...
- NEW YORK -- If someone at Fox News Channel wishes you well, watch your back.
The...
- The wedding day frenzy has ended, and the honeymoon happened weeks ago. Now one of th...
- Edward Hospital is mourning the death of former chief of staff Dr. Sal Piazza, a gene...
- HENDERSON, Nev. -- Illinois can rest a little easier about the future of its prized r...
- WASHINGTON -- There was a new face a few cubicles away from Todd Walker in the Cubs' ...
- HOYLAKE, England -- The emotions had been trapped in Tiger Woods since he stood at hi...
- A 5-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday ended the White Sox' four-game losing ...
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- When 17-year-old pro soccer player Freddy Adu took to the field at Montrose Harbor on...
- We always knew what Richard J. Daley meant.
And we know what Richard M. Daley me...
- KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Gunfire erupted early Sunday outside a Knights of Columbus hall w...
- [Regarding "Name dropped: Future presidents won't be listed on county signs: Traditio...
- Perched at his unofficial desk on the southeast ledge of the North Avenue Beach chess...
- Dear Ellie: My wife and I have been married for five years, during which we've only l...
- A company's total earnings (or profit). Net income is calculated by taking revenues a...
- On Oct. 26, 1942, John Cleaveland was serving aboard the USS Hornet when the aircraft...
- The most compelling duel in the 11-year history of the Illinois Women's Open could be...
- Astunned Chris Widger was let go by the White Sox shortly after Sunday's game and rep...
- TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- We talk about the war, both of them, all three of them. We ha...
- A weekly heads-up from Tech Venue.com about upcoming business- technology events. Pro...
- SEYMOUR, Ind. -- Sniper attacks targeted two pickup trucks early Sunday on Interstate...
- Lou was going 168 mph on his Kawasaki 1000 motorcycle last year when he noticed the f...
- SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Blagojevich's office was approving candidates by name for state j...
- JERUSALEM -- The condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has bee...
- John Hudson ["Growth to north and west adds to imbalance of opportunities," commentar...
- LOS ANGELES -- Don't expect Dan Quayle to attend another John Mellencamp concert.
...
- Forget stiff folding chairs and church pews: The preferred perch for increasing numbe...
- NEW YORK -- Her name is Scarlett, but she's obviously going through her purple period...
- WACO, Texas -- President Bush said Saturday that his administration's diplomatic effo...
- Q. Is organic baby food better than purees in jars?
A. Several companies now off...
- If City Council goes ahead and passes the "big-box" ordinance, it would show a couple...
- WASHINGTON -- Undercover government investigators purchased sensitive surplus militar...
- A majority of voters in two of the 50 states now approves of the job President Bush i...
- Jeep has the same iconic brand name as Coca-Cola, so it makes sense that DaimlerChrys...
- MONTCEAU-LES-MINES, France -- Floyd Landis' wild ride through France should end in th...
- At this time last season, most critics thought the White Sox needed a big left-handed...
- Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Matthews cf 1 1 0 0 4 0 .325
Kinsler 2b 4 0 0 0 ...
- I wonder if this is how the summer of 1914 felt.
Then, you will recall, the assa...
- Rep. Luis Gutierrez was speaking at the immigration rally [Wednesday] when he said th...
- A WAY FROM HOME
BY NANCY CLARK
Anchor Books, 346 pages, $14.95
In Clar...
- CURRENT EVENTS
BREACH OF FAITH
Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Gr...
- Walk down the tree-lined streets of New Orleans' Faubourg Marigny neighborhood on a h...
- William Mason, general manager of Lyric Opera of Chicago, is among "The 25 Most Power...
- As the containers continue to bloom with abundance this summer, few people realize th...
- What is this thing called the Motley Fool?
Remember Shakespeare? Remember "As Yo...
- Oh, the stress of being a celebrity.
All those people wanting your autograph, al...
- ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER -- Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carri...
- WICHITA, Kan. -- Two emaciated girls who told police they ate only when their father ...
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- BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges that Israeli ...
- AUSTIN, Texas -- There's a new high-tech version of the tooth fairy, but some scienti...
- Handicapper Darryl Schwartz offers his top local and intertrack selections
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- Chicago has been the birthplace of some of the most recognizable faces in sports. The...
- Federal prosecutors obtained Barry Bonds' medical files as part of their investigatio...
- WASHINGTON -- As reporters gathered around Scott Williamson's cubicle Saturday in the...
- IImet Mickey Spillane back in 1994 in Muscatine, Iowa, where he was working on "Mommy...
- Finally, the Burge torture probe is over. Just as those in the black community knew, ...
- The Prisoner of Guantanamo
By Dan Fesperman
Knopf, $24, 323 pages
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- FICTION
THE RUINS
By Scott Smith
Knopf, 319 pages, $24.95
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- Though the actual drugs the musicians so fancifully sang about may not have been as r...
- Mention Sundance, and most people immediately start talking about the annual film fes...
- Please send us a photo of your most fabulous container garden. We'll share some of th...
- Staff Reporter
Nothing seemed to go wrong for the White Sox last season, especia...
- The Sun, in England, dug up the corporate accounts of Skate Enterprises, which it cal...
- BURBANK, Calif. -- Tina Fey is leaving the anchor chair at "Saturday Night Live."
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- RALEIGH, N.C. -- When Elizabeth Edwards shaved her head because of hair loss from bre...
- Joslyn Jones, Amare's mom, rushes into the school's first family "literacy night" Nov...
- Israeli attacks on Lebanon that have killed hundreds and left thousands homeless lite...
- DETROIT -- A homeless man searching for returnable bottles in a trash bin found 31 U....
- Swin Cash scored 13 of her 17 points in the first quarter, leading the Detroit Shock ...
- wo of the three goals Lovie Smith set for the Bears when he was hired were achieved i...
- Ernie, Fergie, Ryno, Ronnie and Billy. There's nothing wrong with that list, except t...
- So much for Ozzie's Magical Bunting School. So much for the magic of the round guy, B...
- Gangsta rapper 50 Cent has partnered with MTV/Pocket Books to create graphic novels a...
- In Mexico, the n-word is negritos.
The word, which refers to dark-skinned Mexica...
- Unless they marry well or are independently wealthy, most writers grapple with the wr...
- CURRENT AFFAIRS
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- Well-traveled Rudy and Nenita Laureano decided against residing in Florida or Las Veg...
- Q. My two sisters from out-of-town stayed with me for a while. The landlord cursed me...
- LOS ANGELES -- He is a man of few vices, but there is one habit Jamie Foxx can't seem...
- Geena Davis is a whole lot of woman, 6 feet tall and a feminist to boot.
The mat...