Stories Collection

  1. Pssst -- girls! Have you started shopping for a dress yet? Hey, fellas -- have you re...
  2. WASHINGTON -- Memo to Hillary Duff and Jesse McCartney: Your status on the silver scr...
  3. BIO MOURNS DANA'S DEATH BIO 2006 leaders sent their condolences Monday to the fa...
  4. STANISLAW LEM 1921-2006 WARSAW, Poland -- Stanislaw Lem, a science fiction write...
  5. Former Gov. George Ryan's historic public corruption trial is tumbling toward uncerta...
  6. From 1967 through 1973, UCLA won seven consecutive NCAA basketball titles, which I ma...
  7. Boston Red Sox reliever Julian Tavarez punched Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Joey G...
  8. The Chicago City Council's black caucus met with state Sen. James Meeks on Monday and...
  9. Two women -- a civil engineer who worked on O'Hare Airport expansion during the 1980s...
  10. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Stressed out during a long drive? The Malaysian govern...
  11. News Headline: "Man confronts police with potato peeler." Sometimes you don't ha...
  12. The Republican-controlled Congress has once again raised the national debt limit. Thi...
  13. The seventh annual Outdoor Film Festival in Grant Park will open with James Dean as a...
  14. Q. We all know we're supposed to tip at least 15 percent for good service at a restau...
  15. ZURICH TO PAY ILLINOIS $13 MIL. The State of Illinois will reap a windfall of $1...
  16. NEW PRODUCTS TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY: The Blinkit flashlight can help Apple iPod us...
  17. JUDY GORY Despite her busy career as a wife, mother and civil servant, Judy Gory...
  18. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Some were sent away for being too profane, others for making snid...
  19. A bill that "sharpens the teeth" of recent legislation to protect nursing home reside...
  20. TUCSON, Ariz. -- On that rare occasion that Neal Cotts actually does think about New ...
  21. SPRINGFIELD -- A bill to bar demonstrations 200 feet from cemeteries and funeral home...
  22. Family members of a University of Illinois at Chicago student brutally murdered last ...
  23. VILNIUS, Lithuania -- An 85-year-old Lithuanian deported from Florida was convicted M...
  24. NORFOLK, Va. -- The site of the village where Jamestown leader Capt. John Smith met t...
  25. Our president wants to give rights to illegal aliens from Mexico so that they can liv...
  26. Latin music lost a true superstar with the death of Rocio Durcal, affectionately know...
  27. March is National Women's History Month, sponsored by the National Women's History Pr...
  28. Illinois wineries and alcohol wholesalers had all but toasted a compromise piece of l...
  29. When a poor, pathetic animal is suffering and its condition appears to be hopeless, t...
  30. Many coaches agree that the quality of boys volleyball in the city is getting better ...
  31. It's finally thawing out and starting to feel like spring around here. But Rick ...
  32. Federal law requires employers to hold their positions when they're deployed. But wit...
  33. Most cities and states that ban smoking in restaurants and bars see not only a spike ...
  34. Before they left town for the St. Patrick's Day recess, 10 U.S. senators gathered aro...
  35. In November, University of Pittsburgh reproductive biologist Gerald Schatten found hi...
  36. Dear Ellie: Recently, my wife of 20 years dropped a bomb on me and my family of three...
  37. Items intended for the Appointments column must be sub-mitted one to two weeks in adv...
  38. Cornelius White wasn't certain the Rush would let him play Sunday in a must-win game ...
  39. San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds might not take another Cactus League swing i...
  40. Before he was a race-car driver, Paul Dana wrote about racing for AutoWeek -- his fir...
  41. WASHINGTON -- For all of its NBA-ready talent and basketball pedigree, No. 1-seeded C...
  42. KABUL, Afghanistan -- A court Sunday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing ...
  43. IND. WOMAN CHARGED IN KILLING HERE An Indiana woman was charged Sunday with the ...
  44. JERUSALEM -- Two days before a crucial election, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pl...
  45. The Museum of Science and Industry officials reported being "shocked" by the lack of ...
  46. Why We Should Have Started Doing Something Yesterday About The Day After Tomorrow (co...
  47. While quite a number of "I do's" occur each year in restaurants, the hospitality indu...
  48. A weekly heads-up from Tech Venue.com about upcoming business- technology events. Pro...
  49. After holding preseason camps in Florida, Mexico, California and Mississippi, the Fir...
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  51. Record: 31-6. Seeding: No. 2 in Oakland Regional. Coach: Ben Howland (228-1...
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  53. WASHINGTON -- Justice Antonin Scalia reportedly told an overseas audience this month ...
  54. Twenty-three years ago, the Illinois Legislature passed a law requiring motorists to ...
  55. ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- After three rocky weeks, prosecutors wound up on a strong note as ...
  56. The very idea of the Children's Museum being stuck in one of the few remaining park a...
  57. Hugh Grant just rolled his eyes when asked if he had taken some "Simon Cowell pills" ...
  58. And you thought selecting the right salsa was a big deal. It takes a little bit more ...
  59. Items for the Calendar must be submitted one to two weeks in advance to: Javeen Casti...
  60. Daron Rahlves completed his 13-year racing career Sunday by successfully defending hi...
  61. TUCSON, Ariz. -- The last thing Jim Thome wanted to do Sunday was declare himself rea...
  62. For the first time since 1980, there will be no No. 1 seed in the Final Four. Mo...
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  64. Ukrainian pride brightened Huron Street on Sunday, as thousands of Ukrainian American...
  65. Four years ago this Wednesday, Theresa Zagore was driving home from work when her cel...
  66. ATLANTA -- Decatur High School student Kurt Hughes wouldn't call himself religious. H...
  67. I just wanted to pass a little advice to the candidates who will still be running in ...
  68. Buck Owens was more than a voice in country music. He was an American metaphor for th...
  69. So many times, the couples I see have unrealistic expectations for love. They confuse...
  70. As chairman of the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization, Abbott Labs' Jim Tyr...
  71. There are pro and con opinions of Simeon basketball star Derrick Rose -- and they did...
  72. TUCSON, Ariz. -- All indications are that reliever Dustin Hermanson will begin the se...
  73. 11: George Mason's seed. Tied for lowest seed in Final Four since teams have been see...
  74. Ask a car-crazy kid to draw a crossover vehicle -- one combining car and SUV attribut...
  75. Dear Fixer: I have called American Express three times to cancel my account, and, eve...
  76. Unhappy couples sometimes say their spouse makes them sick. As it turns out, the...
  77. OPENING SHOT What kind of person wants to serve on a jury? I'm not talking ...
  78. NEW YORK -- Teenage golfer Michelle Wie couldn't believe she played golf with one of ...
  79. Today is a bleak day for conservatives in Illinois. The ballot for the November gener...
  80. HORSHAM, Pa. -- The filmmaker who ate nothing but McDonald's meals for his Oscar-nomi...
  81. THEATER REVIEW 'THE REVENGE OF THE SPACE PANDAS OR BINKY RUDICH AND THE TWO- SPE...
  82. AURORA -- In the last 60 years, the West Aurora High School band has had only three d...
  83. Last week was a bad week in the high school sports world. The softball community lost...
  84. MESA, Ariz. -- Jae Kuk Ryu's last name is pronounced "YOU." So you make the call: Wil...
  85. George Mason was one of the nation's Founding Fathers. He drafted the Virginia Declar...
  86. The 1970-76 Porsche 914 seemed too good to be true -- a fairly low-priced sports car ...
  87. BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Police found 30 more victims of the sectarian slaughter ravaging Ira...
  88. If you go to the online dictionary at Answers.com and type in the word "niggardly," y...
  89. SAUGUS, Calif. -- Sonia Goldstein was flattered by the nice recruiting letter asking ...
  90. PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. -- Wearing a canary yellow strapless evening gown, Jessica Jenk...
  91. The National Association of People with AIDS stands in solidarity with the 2006 Gay G...
  92. 'Inside" wasn't on the outside. The Denzel Washington bank robbery film "Inside Man" ...
  93. THEATER REVIEW 'ROMANCE' Not Recommended When: Through April 23 W...
  94. Notable stock upgrades issued in the last week. (Trading symbols in parentheses.) ...
  95. BASEBALL SUNDAY'S RESULT Joliet Catholic 3, St. Rita 0 GIRLS WATER POL...
  96. MESA, Ariz. -- A delayed flight has delayed the resumption of Mark Prior's recovery p...
  97. Record: 27-7. Seeding: No. 11 in Washington Regional. Coach: Jim Larranaga ...
  98. Q. Would a car be considered "low on gasoline" if it had one- quarter of a tank or on...
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  100. They didn't seal their bond with a kiss. Rather, a gentlemen's agreement. A private l...
  101. WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will ask Russia about a report that Moscow turn...
  102. ATLANTA -- Weightlifting appears to improve breast cancer survivors' outlook on life,...
  103. Illinois residents, like most Americans, are paying with their lives and their pocket...
  104. CONCERT REVIEW DAVE HOLLAND At symphony center - - - Dave Holland...
  105. Protracted flatulence jokes, graphic poop gags, exposed butt cracks and group project...
  106. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Erma Ora James Byrd, the wife of U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd, has died...
  107. The personnel moves that Dale Tallon has made in his first season as the Blackhawks' ...
  108. BOSTON -- With 31 victories and only 12 games left in the regular season, the Bulls c...
  109. MINNEAPOLIS -- With Florida minutes away from the Final Four, Joakim Noah threw his h...
  110. About twice a year, the chain on Jeff Hathaway's bicycle falls off its sprocket. ...
  111. When it comes to horror films, there are some givens. The bitchy girl is going to get...
  112. He became the first African American to win an individual gold medal in the Winter Ol...
  113. Mark Wirth Jr., a 21-year-old from Orland Park, figures the skills he learned as a co...
  114. In the last 25 years, the death rate from heart disease has been cut in half. On...
  115. MINSK, Belarus -- The demonstrators were in high spirits, chanting, "Police be with t...
  116. The Ford Mustang convertible has that old Mustang magic and is ready to take on warm ...
  117. Lincoln-Way East didn't do too badly for a volleyball team still looking for an ident...
  118. MESA, Ariz. -- Once again, Cubs manager Dusty Baker had to scold Carlos Zambrano for ...
  119. Luke Schenscher is here to stay. At least to the end of the season, anyway. Schensche...
  120. OAKLAND, Calif. -- This ragtag contest did not compare with the drama of Thursday nig...
  121. Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff has advised friends that he has no derogatory inform...
  122. I no longer fly to the west coast or Hawaii. I haven't gone to a restaurant in Buffal...
  123. BIOGRAPHY LUCKIEST MAN by Jonathan Eig Simon & Schuster. 420 pages. $1...
  124. MILITARY HISTORY TO DARE AND TO CONQUER Special Operations and the Destiny ...
  125. On a surprisingly mild February day, a contraption known as a blower door was positio...
  126. As the dreaded tax day -- April 17 this year -- approaches, many of us will be burnin...
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  128. 'Pierrot lunaire," Arnold Schoenberg's setting of 21 moonstruck, Gothic-grotesque, wi...
  129. Construction season in Chicago neighborhoods is starting early this year, with strict...
  130. Air traffic controllers at O'Hare Airport were apparently at fault for two incidents ...
  131. His uncle died of a heart attack at age 40, and his dad suffered the first of four he...
  132. Nichola Grant underwent five in-vitro fertilization attempts the traditional way. Fir...
  133. Handicapper Darryl Schwartz offers his top local and intertrack selections AQUED...
  134. Beecher is a town south of Chicago that still has a small-town feel to it, with a pop...
  135. MESA, Ariz. -- So many questions, so little time. With just more than a week left bef...
  136. Dear Jay Mariotti: Drew Brees took the money and is going to be a bust in New Or...
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  138. 58% would oppose a national version of South Dakota's law banning abortion unless the...
  139. Thank you, Neil Steinberg, for writing about "how the Bush administration has knee-ca...
  140. Fruits and vegetables aren't just for growing and cooking. Saxton Freymann and Joost ...
  141. GREAT SLAVE LAKE, Canada -- If the good ship Norweta, cruising on the Mackenzie River...
  142. Leo Liakatas, a music lover, opted for stereo surround wiring in his new condo at Bar...
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  144. Couples on the upcoming Showtime series "Sexual Healing" complain to Chicago's Dr. La...
  145. Three years ago, Ray Orozco Jr. turned his unlikely friendship with a powerful CEO in...
  146. OPENING SHOT I bumped into a friend on the street. I won't identify her, so as n...
  147. Each year, more than 1.4 million Americans undergo invasive angiograms to diagnose he...
  148. None of the finalists for the 2005 Koufax Award for best liberal or left-wing blog is...
  149. "The Battle of the Basement" might be a misnomer when the Rush and Grand Rapids Rampa...
  150. CALGARY, Alberta -- Add Kimmie Meissner to the list of teenage American champions tha...
  151. Kyle Calder and Mark Bell received their first taste of pro hockey under Trent Yawney...
  152. SAN ANTONIO -- LSU was a little too big, a little too quick, a little too athletic an...
  153. When Michael Crichton's first novel, The Andromeda Strain, was published in 1969, it ...
  154. For one whole day, Angelina Summerfield walked up and down the halls of an Orland Par...
  155. Wow! An insult to Islam, and scores are killed! An insult to Jews, and they quickly r...
  156. BLOGGING An Army of Davids How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary Peop...
  157. Give your Mum the royal treatment and fly to London for high tea. British Airways is ...
  158. Across America, millions of people are sleeping on Martha Stewart sheets, resting the...
  159. You'd think a celebrity's greatest fear would be the cover of Star magazine. But our ...
  160. Asked his biggest challenge about directing his first feature film, Jason Reitman did...
  161. Ronald Hillock was a bon vivant who traveled to China and South America and had a mai...
  162. Carl Hansen's 32-year run on the Cook County Board appears to be nearing an end -- at...
  163. SEATTLE -- A gunman opened fire early Saturday in a home, killing six young partygoer...
  164. Buffalo Grove resident Heidi Moran fretted for years about the best way to pay for he...
  165. They were on the lam. At least the late Joseph "Joey Doves" Aiuppa, who became the re...
  166. Stephen Ames learned not to poke fun at Tiger Woods. Next up is an opponent that migh...
  167. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks are peaking at just the right time. Teemu Selanne score...
  168. SAN ANTONIO -- In a game in which progress generally is measured in small steps, the ...
  169. BUSH SAYS FUTURE PRESIDENT WILL PRESIDE OVER PULLOUT Any hopes -- or fears -- of...
  170. This editorial represents the consensus view of the 100 newspapers of the Sun-Times N...
  171. The controversy over the honorary street sign for Fred Hampton and Ald. Ed Burke and ...
  172. FICTION The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas, by Davy Rothbart (Touchstone, $12 pa...
  173. SEATTLE -- A good road trip takes in all the bases and ends up safe at home. So when ...
  174. With all the current speculation and uncertainty about exactly how high interest rate...
  175. "Oh my God, it's just another calm day in my life," says super- stylist to the stars ...
  176. Despite all the recruiting-poster promises of desirable job skills and leadership tra...
  177. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Susie Hawthorne Edwards was one of the best-dressed...
  178. TWO BANKS ROBBED The FBI is investigating two bank robberies that took place Sat...
  179. LOS ANGELES -- Immigration rights advocates more than 500,000 strong marched in downt...
  180. The stock is red hot. In the Internet chat rooms, it's mentioned in the same breath a...
  181. For the last two years, Dubai leader Sheik Mohammed handed World Cup trophies to owne...
  182. BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Crew chief Chad Knaus returned to the track after a four-week suspe...
  183. Coach John Anderson earned his 400th career victory with the Wolves with a timely 4-0...
  184. Maryland's national player of the year candidate got the best of Baylor and its big s...
  185. Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyo...
  186. Like other major cities, Chicago has recently gone "smoke-free" in most public places...
  187. When I began voting more than 40 years ago, we placed pencil marks on the ballot next...
  188. David Savage, Supreme Court correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, wrote a piece th...
  189. TAHOE CITY, Calif. -- Ten skiers have been killed on the slopes of the Lake Tahoe-are...
  190. Q. I'm installing a very large and heavy whirlpool tub, and I want to know the proper...
  191. AMMAN -- Jordan confirmed its first cases of bird flu Friday in domesticated turkeys ...
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  193. Imagine you are a renter and the landlord leases the place next door to a new tenant....
  194. www.mypetchild.com/rani Recently, a book about a deceased dog has dominated the ...
  195. Keyshawn Johnson now says he doesn't want the ball. He wants to win a Super Bowl. ...
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  197. WASHINGTON -- The big bats came out Friday. The U.S. Postal Service unveiled its...
  198. ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Easter Bunny was spotted at city hall -- briefly. A small...
  199. At long last, there is a morsel of good news in the battle against global warming. Ca...