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