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- Thousands jumped to their feet as '80s pop princess Cyndi Lauper, dressed as a gay-fr...
- Last September, the University of Chicago Charter School set out to bring social engi...
- BEIRUT -- Fewer restaurants than usual are open, making the narrow street appear dimm...
- MANITOWOC, Wis. -- David Ross slips off his loafers and climbs aboard the giant boat ...
- Mark Henry, one of the most promising WWE athletes and a wrestler well on his way to ...
- HOYLAKE, England -- The waggles are gone, and anyone who has ever watched Sergio Garc...
- Alex Rodriguez has been booed at home nearly all season for failing to come through a...
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- THE STORY OF CHICAGO MAY
by Nuala O'Faolain
Riverhead Books, 2005
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- ASMANIA, Australia -- The forest smells like life. It has a fullness I'm not used to....
- He might be the foulest mouth in "Deadwood," but in real life English actor Ian McSha...
- For Marc Pierantonis and Albenis Villalobos, a real vintage timber loft and the abili...
- It is depressing to have your new plants trashed by marauding evening animals, but th...
- VANS WARPED TOUR
With Nofx, Rise Against, Thursday, Anti-Flag, Joan Jett and the...
- You can hardly swing a bottle of bleach in Hollywood without hitting a blond of the n...
- Like many of the other activists who converged Saturday on the South Side to commemor...
- Bridgeport Ald. Jim Balcer (11th) is softening his plan to create a security bubble a...
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- JERUSALEM -- Roy Bass emerged from the Mediterranean waves at noon Friday for a Popsi...
- Remember Nasdaq 5000? How long ago -- March 2000 -- that high point seems, a time of ...
- Skipper Jim Moller compares being a crew member in a long- distance yacht race to bei...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Chris DiMarco should be used to this. In contention at the final ...
- The finish line is literally and figuratively in sight.
Gay Games VII comes to a...
- WASHINGTON -- The Senate reopened the abortion debate Friday in advance of the midter...
- Fans used to the imaginative adaptations and stunning physicality of Lookingglass The...
- AMD WANTS CHIPMAKER
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's second-biggest make...
- St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk will have major reconstructive knee surger...
- Rondell White and Michael Cuddyer each had four RBI, and Justin Morneau scored four t...
- A Chicago Police officer who stabbed his wife 20 times during an argument was found g...
- BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi forces backed by a U.S. helicopter battled Sunni gunmen south ...
- WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Japanese carmaker Nissan said Friday it has pulled a raunc...
- When Dell Inc., the world's largest maker of personal computers, announced that profi...
- A mixed bag of weather should make strategy and experience on Lake Michigan come into...
- In the hours before Friday night's game, New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya ta...
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- BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- A man charged with killing an Illinois State University student ...
- EL PASO, Texas -- Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering suspected insurgents during...
- FAN ACCOSTS COLIN FARRELL
"The Tonight Show" had an unscripted moment Thursday w...
- Reputed Outfit killer Frank Calabrese Sr. calls the government's criminal case agains...
- FRIDAY'S SCORES
132 (-12)
Tiger Woods 67-65
133 (-11)
Ernie Els 6...
- Dmitri Young figures that facing major-league pitching has to be easier than what he ...
- ST. LOUIS -- National Guard troops stepped up their search for people in hot homes wi...
- MIAMI -- One of seven men accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Chicago's Sea...
- WASHINGTON -- The number of employers arrested on charges of hiring illegal immigrant...
- Early in September, In Society will publish a calendar of fund- raising events for th...
- Chicago's homicide total is down slightly for the first six months of the year, polic...
- MACON, France -- After a leisurely ride Friday, one of the most dramatic Tour de Fran...
- The scoreboard is reflecting what White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is seeing in his pl...
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Girls who like the "Pirates of the Caribb...
- ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER -- Israel massed tanks and troops on the border Friday h...
- An intruder ambushed and tied up a south suburban doctor working late in his office, ...
- I think the thing that bothers me most about the current immigration debate is the me...
- Caterpillar Inc. reported its strongest quarterly results in at least four decades Fr...
- Chicago Police are trying to determine what happened to a newborn baby boy found dead...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Tiger Woods couldn't even see the flag, but he knew his 4-iron wa...
- If a war of words was brewing, Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter and White Sox man...
- In the latest salvo over security patdowns at Soldier Field, the Chicago Park Distric...
- The tree-killing emerald ash borer beetle that has infected trees in two Illinois cou...
- The space shuttle Discovery landed safely on Tuesday. Its two- week, half-billion-dol...
- It's astonishing to think that one man who easily could have lived into the 1980s kne...
- JORDAN'S EX-LOVER'S CLAIM TOSSED
Former NBA superstar Michael Jordan claimed vic...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Ernie Els knew what he had to do before he struck the first shot ...
- Small ball hasn't been alive and well for the White Sox lately -- and manager Ozzie G...
- BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Anxious Americans hauled bulging suitcases down a rocky Lebanese b...
- PARIS -- France mobilized Friday to send urgent aid to Lebanon, the Red Cross managed...
- Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review whether race can be considered wh...
- LONDON -- British supermodel Naomi Campbell was arrested after allegedly causing a di...
- Breast cancer might have taken Sara Garavaglia away from her family and friends, but ...
- Tom Lehman had plenty of reasons to be disgusted Friday at Royal Liverpool.
He c...
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- Wauconda's Bangs Lake re-opened for boating and fishing Friday after a 25-year-old se...
- Mayor Daley said Friday he's willing to accept his share of responsibility and "apolo...
- WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration might add to air pollution by making it easier ...
- Players in the Chicago convention industry, from the mayor on down, had a unified res...
- CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Ruth Eckerd, a patron of the arts and widow of drugstore milliona...
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- At first glance, the cross sitting in front of the altar at Immaculate Conception par...
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- KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- NATO's top commander said Friday the alliance likely will ex...
- FORD IDLES PLANT FOR 4 WEEKS
Ford Motor Co. has idled the Chicago Assembly Plant...
- BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Donovan McNabb does a better job avoiding tacklers than lingering q...
- WASHINGTON -- Mark Prior arrived at RFK Stadium on Friday expecting to be effective d...
- O'Hare Airport needs more full-service restaurants and high-end retail to occupy the ...
- ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- President Bush is about to come face-to-face with the one man who...
- Some like their salsa spicy, hot and Colombian. Though the Latin music style sprang u...
- For many people who exercise, music is an essential part of their workout, providing ...
- What: The $250,000 Crocs AVP Tour Chicago Open pro beach volleyball tournament.
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- WASHINGTON -- Greg Maddux seems ambivalent about whether he will remain with the Cubs...
- 55% of smokers say they smoke less than a pack of cigarettes a day, while 36% smoke a...
- ASK THE DUST Rating 3 out of 4
(2006; Paramount; 117 minutes)
In a shabby r...
- Newly required criminal background checks have identified nearly 1,000 convicted felo...
- On a warm September morning last fall, three 8-year-old girls, each toting a knapsack...
- The Chicago Police Department vowed Thursday to purchase hand- held radar devices for...
- ST. LOUIS -- The governor sent in the National Guard to evacuate people from their sw...
- We are finally having a celebration at Wrigley Field: the closing ceremonies of the G...
- People carry history with them, and if they have been witnesses to extremely powerful...
- LOS ANGELES -- All the drama won't be confined to the fictional town of Stars Hollow ...
- Everything that's important is working in favor of the Chicago Board of Trade. The ex...
- She's quite petite. But when misfortune suddenly struck last month, Karen Magee, 45, ...
- Call them the Dream Team of men's pro beach volleyball.
Veteran Todd Rogers was ...
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- They jeer. They throw debris. They curse. They're leaving the ballpark earlier and ea...
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- Today
Bad Wizard, 9 p.m. Aug. 1, Subterranean; $10-$12. On sale at noon.
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- Millennium Park will host its first big family event, a nine-day festival that begins...
- The following is an excerpt from Roger Ebert's 2000 Great Movie essay on "Raiders of ...
- Most buyers have inspections done before they conclude a home purchase. However, reco...
- Lots of consumers have watched the rates double on their home equity lines of credit ...
- - A story Wednesday about torture allegations in the Chicago Police Department should...
- Amira and Karim wanted their wedding to be memorable. They planned a week-long series...
- A civil rights attorney said Thursday he will add Mayor Daley as a defendant in lawsu...
- As the Gay Games winds down in Chicago, organizers of a rival gay sports extravaganza...
- A handful of Christina Abraham's Lebanese relatives have been able to flee to Syria s...
- WASHINGTON -- The 1965 Voting Rights Act that opened voting booths to millions of min...
- I really am happy the Gay Games are in town. The distance [between competitions] wasn...
- Sen. Barack Obama heads to Iowa in September to raise money for Democrats, knowing th...
- "Late Show With David Letterman," 10:35 p.m., Channel 2: Real estate mogul Donald Tru...
- Fueled by the success of its ultra-thin RAZR flip phone and spinoff products, Schaumb...
- Two days after Arbitron released its ratings report for spring, Chicago's two biggest...
- Randy Adolphs started the stinkpot -- the motor, for the land- stuck -- on the J/124 ...
- Vernon Wells homered off Mariano Rivera in the 11th inning to lift the Blue Jays over...
- DETROIT -- Trailing Detroit by a season-high 5oe games and leading third-place Minnes...
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- A major exhibition of early 20th century Ukrainian art opens Saturday at the Chicago ...
- Ah, the treachery of images! Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte's painting "La Trahison...
- One of the freshest movie premises of the summer -- and one of the best casting choic...
- Q. When I purchased my condo three years ago, the home inspector pointed out some wat...
- Music industry veteran Tommy Mottola paid $47 million for a 900- acre-plus ranch near...
- Although Louis Henri Sullivan's output was relatively small -- compared with, say, th...
- The stakes couldn't be higher.
Last September, kids, parents and teachers signed...
- Almost lost in this week's release of a special prosecutor's report on police torture...
- The three teens accused of attacking a 14-year-old in Beverly Park will face attempte...
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- WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A New Zealand policewoman has been censured for some unaut...
- In 1997 the minimum wage was $5.15 per hour. Today, after being denied a raise by the...
- WASHINGTON -- Medication mistakes injure well over 1.5 million Americans every year, ...
- TODAY
9 a.m.--"Eight Forty-Eight," WBEZ-FM (91.5): Steve Edwards talks to duelin...
- MORTGAGE RATES HIT 6.8%
Rates on 30-year mortgages rose this week to the highest...
- Shares of Taylor Capital Group, the holding company for Cole Taylor Bank, have fallen...
- WEST ALLIS, Wis. -- Danica Patrick sounds as if she has already made a decision on he...
- HOYLAKE, England -- Outside of the royals, few people provide more tabloid headline f...
- DETROIT -- Better than a controversial bump at the plate or a purpose pitch from an a...
- Jazz vocalists Janice Borla, Madeline Eastman and Judy Niemack will perform at the 18...
- These days, hotel bars have evolved beyond being mere watering holes for out-of-town ...
- I came across a terrific Web site for video poker players: www.videopoker.com. It con...
- My Gym Children's Fitness Centers is bringing the action of the gym into the home wit...
- Five decorated models will be unveiled Saturday at Talamore, a development in Huntley...
- THEATER REVIEW
'DR. DOLITTLE'
Somewhat Recommended
When: Through July ...
- LADY IN THE WATER
Rating 2 out of 4 1/2
Cleveland Heep Paul Giamatti
S...
- Gov. Blagojevich's administration has been hit with new subpoenas in a federal probe ...
- GOV PLEDGES STEM CELL MONEY
Gov. Blagojevich Thursday dipped into the state budg...
- Name: Donna Perkins
Hometown: St. Francis, Wis.
Age: 47
Events: Marath...
- What if everything you thought you knew turned out to be wrong?
About the world....
- SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging th...
- America is trying hard to get Americans out of Lebanon so that Americans aren't kille...
- We haven't heard much lately from Haley Joel Osment, the squeaky- clean kid who was e...
- CONCERT REVIEW
Grant park Orchestra and chorus
Recommended
When: 7:30 ...
- Baxter International Inc. said second-quarter profit fell 4 percent on costs to addre...
- As a reporter, Earl Bush covered mobster Al Capone. As an entrepreneur, he published ...
- SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis on Thursday denied ex-Morr...
- The National League's top team opened the second half with a motto: Don't look back. ...
- DETROIT -- Vicente Padilla, you have been warned.
That was the message from Whit...
- COLOMBIAN SALSA, FRUKO STYLE
After its birth 40 years ago in the Cuban and Puert...
- Don't Miss It
SAY HI TO YOUR MOM
7 tonight, the Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmo...
- As the world's leading electronic gaming device developers, researchers and manufactu...
- NFL head coach
(EA; Xbox; $39.99)
Rating 2 out of 4
Coaching simulator...
- The annual celebration of Chicago's trademark architectural style of housing -- the b...
- Recently reviewed restaurants by dining critic Pat Bruno. (Star ratings: Rating 4 out...
- Cook County Commissioner Bobbie Steele was unanimously elected Wednesday to fill out ...
- Former Chicago Police Officer Frank Strocchia remembers offering Jon Burge a job with...
- Work schedules, withering heat and waning enthusiasm after a series of immigration-ri...
- WASHINGTON -- Using his veto for the first time Wednesday, President Bush rejected le...
- As advocates for greater entrepreneurial investment to spur job growth and economic d...
- Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), addressing supporters Tuesday night after it became ev...
- Dear Ellie: I've dated this married man for the past 10 months. I know he'll never le...
- LONDON -- Lions licked blood-flavored ice blocks in the zoo, judges went wigless in c...
- Motorola's second-quarter profit soared 47 percent to $1.35 billion, or 54 cents a sh...
- Lower-than-expected claims costs and a healthy auto business helped lift Allstate's s...
- GENEVA -- His reputation already dented, Zinedine Zidane faces possible sanctions for...
- Chris Carpenter shut down a surging Atlanta Braves offense and Jim Edmonds hit a thre...
- Thoroughbreds at Arlington: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday, 1 p.m.; Fr...
- Former Gov. George Ryan, who is scheduled to be sentenced in early September on feder...
- Mayor Daley will pay a political price for his failure as state's attorney to pursue ...
- The state imposed a quarantine Wednesday on 51 square miles of Kane County in its att...
- WASHINGTON -- The House, citing the nation's religious origins, voted Wednesday to pr...
- The proposed "big box" ordinance isn't an anti-Wal-Mart ordinance after all. It's ant...
- PANGANDARAN, Indonesia -- Rumors of another killer wave sparked mass panic Wednesday ...
- PASADENA, Calif. -- The best movie title of the year might be "Snakes on a Plane." Wh...
- THE SCOOP: Not all ministers are against the Big Box Living Wage Ordinance that the C...
- Northern Trust has made it an even dozen, with 12 straight quarterly gains.
Seco...
- UNITEDHEALTH BOOSTED BY HIGHER FORECAST
Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc., the b...
- The Bears cut two players Wednesday, including offensive lineman Qasim Mitchell, givi...
- The Cubs left Sammy Sosa off a ballot of five players for fans to select the greatest...
- Time Sport TV/Radio
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6:30 a.m. Cycling: Tour d...
- KETCHUM, Idaho -- It took surgery to save a 12-foot Burmese python after it swallowed...
- A 68-year-old patient apparently shot himself in the head early Wednesday in his room...
- Immigration legislation in Congress is stalled as Republicans in the House and Senate...