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- JUNE
1-4: May Fest Chicago, 7th Annual Celebration, Lincoln and Leland. Free.
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- Here's a look at some of the arthouse films opening today:
"DISTRICT B13" ("Banl...
- Aaltra
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A Frenchman gets back at a lazy farmer's hand, who blocks the roa...
- Good grief: Now comes word actress Jennifer Aniston and her "friend" Vince Vaughn may...
- Days after three men drowned at a Fox River dam, state officials announced new safety...
- PIT BULL OWNER HASN'T PAID FINE
The owner of three pit bulls that severely maule...
- NEW ORLEANS -- Mayor Ray Nagin took the oath of office Thursday for a second term lea...
- 384,400 recreational vehicles were shipped to dealers last year, up about 4% from a y...
- For most of the 1960s, African Americans were represented in the Chicago City Council...
- Anne Kroemer is tall, wild-haired and so slender that she once, during a blond phase,...
- An electric industry lobbyist compared the expected increase in rates next year to lo...
- It's a first for legitimate theater in downtown Chicago. In a move to be announced to...
- NEW YORK -- Asafa Powell isn't the only one who wants a piece of Justin Gatlin (photo...
- A number of girls soccer coaches and officials believe last weekend's Class A state f...
- DALLAS -- Down by seven and feeling as if a tremendous season might be slipping away,...
- Which Grinder Rule said it's OK to take a nap? The Sox were never sleepy last year, a...
- This new, more balanced housing market calls for a new set of operating instructions ...
- THE CROOKED JADES
The old-time string band is on a mission to reinvent old-world...
- OUTDOOR DINING UPDATE
- For the nighthawks who love the scene, head to the confl...
- Country diva Sara Evans will bring her multifaceted musical style and bawdy sense of ...
- OVERLORD Rating four
Tom Brian Stirner
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Arthur Nicho...
- THEATER REVIEW
'GOLDA'S BALCONY'
Recommended
When: Through June 11
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- ATHENS, Greece -- The burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient...
- Frank Calabrese Sr. has been accused of killing 13 people in mob hits, but his attorn...
- Just 15 years ago, Hispanics had only one chance out of 300 to see one of their own o...
- WASHINGTON -- New research suggests parts of New Orleans are sinking even faster than...
- We understand the need to preserve Chicago's rich architectural history. But we also ...
- CLEVELAND -- Ozzie Guillen promised last month that he would select as many of his Wh...
- NEW YORK -- Pick a fight with graffiti artists, and you'll see your name plastered ar...
- The brother-in-law of Cook County Commissioner John Daley was sentenced to 18 months ...
- TEHRAN -- Iran is flush with oil reserves and cash, but a refinery shortage leaves it...
- MADISON, Wis. -- Hollywood, meet Milwaukee.
Starting in 2008, Wisconsin will hav...
- Mark Steyn is correct in his column ["Not just immigration: It's societal transformat...
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- A state proposal to lease all or part of the Illinois tollway system to a private ven...
- A bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved the $280-million-a-year concessions agreement b...
- Rising interest rates mean higher monthly payments on home and car loans, but Chicago...
- St. Rita did not have an extra-base hit, but 10 singles turned out to be enough to de...
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- CLEVELAND -- The plan was to tiptoe into Cleveland, let the overhyped Indians continu...
- In Saturday's paper, designers of the Tutankhamun exhibit at the Field Museum weren't...
- Construction projects on the Dan Ryan Expy. and at O'Hare Airport were expected to te...
- Maria Avila was venting about work during a phone call when she said she felt like sh...
- LONDON -- Oft-quoted remarks branded inappropriate, offensive or racist have earned P...
- In embracing free speech, our society supports the right of individuals to speak out ...
- 'Why should we bother to reply to Kautsky?" Lenin asked. "He would reply to us, and w...
- "Mick [Jagger] and Keith [Richards] should get a life. It's like a strange, sexual co...
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- HOUSTON -- Jurors on Wednesday convicted one of the former executives from Enron Corp...
- Andrew Corp. has been riding the wave of new communications since physicist Victor An...
- PREMATURE EXTRAPOLATION
AT CURRENT PACE, PIERRE IS STEALING -- AND NOT BASES
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- HOUSTON -- The memory of his mother pushed Roger Clemens to come back. The chance to ...
- So, who's the old man here? Is it the buff, tanned, 43-year-old Roger Clemens, who pu...
- Full, feminine skirts with a hippie vibe reminiscent of the Summer of Love seem to be...
- A pimp who dreamed of one day airing his exploits on cable TV was instead sentenced W...
- Some people get all caught up this time of year trying to pull strings to help their ...
- Mayor Daley said Wednesday it's time for the family of County Board President John St...
- When Oak Brook resident Shehnaz Sait returned from a trip to Canada on Sunday, she fo...
- PROSSER, Wash. -- Seniors living in Wine Country Villa say marmots are swarming throu...
- Academe can be a place of great enlightenment and personal development, but it can al...
- Today, President Bush makes another push for GOP House leaders to capitulate and back...
- It's Memorial Day eve at the Hard Rock Cafe. The all-ages crowd shuffles in. But not ...
- Andrew Corp., a pioneering Westchester-based telecommunications infrastructure compan...
- A Web site that links to the MySpace profiles of people who have died is raising awar...
- American Home Assurance Co., a unit of American International Group Inc., and Chubb C...
- SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame coach Paul Mainieri is angry about the NCAA tournament...
- Future Hall of Famer Roger Clemens re-signs with the Houston Astros, then -- bang-ban...
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- Ever wonder why Pamela Anderson doesn't fall out of her tops? She's probably been tur...
- Three months after he was suspended amid "concerns" about his leadership, Dr. Howard ...
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- The 12-year-old boy fired once at the man on the ground and then, as Deon McGary kick...
- Mark Sperling and his older brother, Bruce, dived without hesitation into the Fox Riv...
- KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A man who apparently severed his penis in an attempt to con...
- 36% of Americans say they worry a great deal about the "greenhouse effect" or global ...
- WASHINGTON -- Scientists have found something about the North Pole that could send a ...
- 'SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS'
Somewhat recommended
When: Through June 25
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- THANKS TO A LAST-MINUTE invite from good friend state Rep. Ken Dunkin, this columnist...
- A couple of weeks ago, the URGE online service went live. And with that, the world of...
- The Chicago Board of Trade said Wednesday it plans to more than double fees for some ...
- Lance Armstrong called it a "witch hunt" from the beginning, saying a French newspape...
- CLEVELAND -- Brian Anderson doesn't have to wait until the White Sox return to Chicag...
- Nine West is trying to spice up its image by hitching itself to the glamorous world o...
- Police found a body Wednesday night near the side of the road in north suburban Niles...
- Mayor Daley has signed off on an up-to-the-limit school property tax increase -- tota...
- You can get scones, CDs, chocolate and, of course, coffee at Starbucks.
Add hot ...
- The Daley administration has decided to support a development proposal that would pre...
- WASHINGTON -- Personal information on 26.5 million veterans that was stolen from a Ve...
- President Bush visited Exelon's Limerick nuclear power plant [in Pennsylvania] on Wed...
- Polar bears seem cute and cuddly -- think of the Coca-Cola critters that slide down s...
- In what promises to be the summer's most unusual Latin music lineup, salsa-pop king M...
- The pace of manufacturing activity in the Chicago area accelerated in May, and the fu...
- http://cflbulbs.com
Recently, I replaced a half-dozen incandescent light bulbs w...
- Daniel W. Weil hardly fit the stereotype of a stodgy, buttoned- down Republican.
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- OKLAHOMA CITY -- Eleven years after former Northwestern football coach Gary Barnett t...
- May was a month definitely worth pitching a fit over. But with his temperamental acti...
- There are plenty of perks that come with being mayor of Chicago. A bodyguard continge...
- Two people were shot Wednesday night and six people were arrested after what appeared...
- Chicago is the fifth most "sustainable" city in the nation, finishing behind three We...
- WASHINGTON -- The two cities targeted on Sept. 11 will receive far fewer counterterro...
- LOS ANGELES -- It is hard to find positive attributes in a proposition imposing a new...
- News Item: "Ted Nugent insists he has paid his dues for avoiding the Vietnam draft --...
- Chicago Jewish Theatre was to have begun its season in early May with the local premi...
- Commonwealth Edison told the Illinois Commerce Commission on Wednesday that it is pre...
- SUN TO CUT 4,000-5,000 JOBS
Computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., whose r...
- Gary De Angelis made Chicago comedian Tom Dreesen laugh, made nightclub patrons respe...
- After falling one victory short of winning the National Pro Fastpitch softball league...
- Even as a young boy, Ryan Meinken told his parents he wanted to be a nuclear physicis...
- The 16 thirsty pit bulls chained in a swampy plot beyond a Gary firefighter's backyar...
- MIDWEEK MUSINGS: SOME FLIPPANT OBSERVATIONS ABOUT NU, PISTONS, PRIOR
Flip-flops,...
- Now that the Cubs have won two games in a row for the second time in the last 32 game...
- A federal judge is weighing whether to allow into a U.S. court a confession obtained ...
- ATLANTA -- You can add Canadians to the list of foreigners who are healthier than Ame...
- MILWAUKEE -- Police hunted for a man Tuesday who opened fire at a park packed with Me...
- At a time when federal investigators are targeting city hiring practices, the death o...
- The new Chicago noise ordinance is great, but guess what? It should have addressed mo...
- NEW YORK -- Destiny's Child principal singer Beyonce has set Sept. 5 as the U.S. rele...
- DEAR ELLIE: I've been close friends with "Dave" for 12 years, since our mid-20s. I'm ...
- Engelhard Corp., inventor of the catalytic converter, accepted a sweetened $5 billion...
- DONNELLEY GETS VOIP FROM AT&T
AT&T won what it called a "multimillion-dollar glo...
- CHICAGO
Hours for farmers markets in Chicago are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., unless otherw...
- ROME -- Archeologists said Tuesday they have dug up a woman's skeleton dating to the ...
- For years, soccer people throughout the suburbs have found a way to make Public Leagu...
- Sam Hornish Jr. has always had a stock answer when asked about moving from open-wheel...
- Cubs officials believe Mark Prior's start Friday for Class A Peoria will be the real ...
- The former pastor of a Roman Catholic parish on the Southwest Side was charged Tuesda...
- ROCKVILLE, Md. -- John Allen Muhammad was convicted of six of the Washington-area sni...
- MILWAUKEE -- The district attorney has charged a suspended Milwaukee police officer w...
- The U.S. Senate last Thursday passed an immigration bill that some call the most revo...
- In his letter published May 30, David F. Schulz seems to have forgotten or is unaware...
- While Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt did donate more than $300,000 to those Namibian ch...
- It's summertime, when college graduates step out into the real working world, high sc...
- MIDWEST MANUFACTURING GROWS
Manufacturing activity in the U.S. Midwest rose 0.6 ...
- mailbigfile.com
Internet Service Providers often limit the maximum size of attac...
- Grilling gurus Cheryl and Bill Jamison make a stop in Chicago Saturday to introduce t...
- KEY WEST, Fla. -- A 13-year-old boater was arrested this week after authorities said ...
- Defense isn't glamorous. But Naperville North isn't interested in style points.
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- Cleveland Indians pitcher Scott Sauerbeck apologized Tuesday to his family and teamma...
- CLEVELAND -- The performances Jose Contreras put on in Cuba remain legendary to this ...
- Perish the thought that Mayor Daley would have to wait in traffic while driving to hi...
- TACOMA, Wash. -- A hospital company is being sued by one of its own doctors, an anest...
- CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- A morning walk turned into a dangerous tango with an alligator...
- 54% of Americans worry a great deal about pollution of drinking water; worry is most ...
- Gov. Blagojevich's proposal on leasing the Illinois lottery to private concerns to ge...
- NEW YORK -- Nothing was normal about the birth of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chil...
- Attention, Erica Jong fans: Don't miss the reading of the author's newest book, Seduc...
- Two major deals have been completed in the southwest suburban industrial corridor alo...
- Do you know where and how your employees connect to your company's network?
Most...
- It's been two years since R&B superstar R. Kelly had a guardhouse built in front of h...
- At some point, rational people acknowledge that science trumps politics. That point c...
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- Up to 120 Chicago Board of Education administrators will get pink slips today, a cost...
- A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected white supremacist Matt Hale's bid for a brea...
- DETROIT -- The man who police say shot and killed rapper Proof in a nightclub shootou...
- WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court scaled back protections for government workers who bl...
- All too often we adults stand around, Hillary Clinton-like, and complain that the nex...
- "I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hel...
- FARINA SIGNS OFF 'LAW & ORDER'
Chicago native Dennis Farina has decided to leave...
- My dear, handsome, sweet, very tall and adorable son:
Next week you graduate fro...
- WASHINGTON -- Goldman Sachs chief Henry M. Paulson, President Bush's choice to be Tre...
- Following a new buyout offer, shares of Marsh Supermarkets Inc., the Indianapolis-bas...
- Birds and flies have more in common than wings.
Many of them also live in nests,...
- PHOENIX -- Raja Bell is back, and so are the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference f...
- The box score credited Corey Patterson with two home runs. Those who watched the nint...
- My family drove up north for the extended Memorial Day weekend, and we lost radio con...
- $600,000 BAIL IN FATAL DUI
A Cook County judge set bail at $600,000 Tuesday for ...
- CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Pentagon investigations into the shooting deaths of Iraqi c...
- ATLANTA -- A former Marine used a pocket knife to fend off a group of would-be robber...
- I'll leave the full-scale breakdown of the Cubs-Sox series to the experts. But, I tru...
- Last year, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution congratulating the West Oahu baseball ...
- THEATER REVIEW
'LOVE IN THE TITLE'
Highly Recommended
When: Through Ju...
- The moment guests walked into a pre-party for Urban Gateways' gala at St. Alphonsus C...
- Jewel-Osco grocery stores took a big step in changing owners Tuesday.
Shareholde...
- WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide if tobacco giant Philip M...
- Best bet (shore): Chicago yellow perch: They finally stormed in last week. A good bas...
- Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer is heading to Wall Street to meet with analysts and...
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A man claiming he robbed a Los Altos Hills couple at gunpoint ins...
- It's nice to see the Bulls' championship teams providing the league with a rich harve...
- Craig Biggio's two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning in the Houston Astros' ...
- CLEVELAND -- Mark Buehrle put that education from Jefferson (Mo.) Junior College to g...
- SPRINGFIELD -- Desmond Turner knows the sting of rejection thousands of convicted fel...
- BOISE, Idaho -- A California woman died Monday after her parachute failed to deploy d...
- JAKARTA, Indonesia -- India now has the largest number of AIDS infections as the spre...
- Isn't it amazing how we've progressed in the never-ending pursuit of finding new ways...
- News Headline: "Gore warns of 'end of civilization.' "
Look around you. Didn't t...
- FUNNIEST INTERVIEW
Robin Williams: "I would like to spend a day inside his brain...
- Tribune Co., publisher of the Chicago Tribune, will buy back a quarter of its outstan...
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- EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- An archeological dig at southern Indiana's Angel Mounds complex h...
- More than a half-century after hostilities ended in Korea, a document from the war's ...
- There is, of course, one way to make this whole debate moot. If there wasn't corrupti...
- As President Bush made his final sales pitches this month for the new Medicare prescr...
- "Last Comic Standing" (7 p.m., WMAQ-Channel 5): Oak Park's own D- lister Kathy Griffi...
- It's the newspaper -- and no classroom should be without it. At least, that's what th...
- Have you noticed? Whether in plant, home or office, restaurant, bar or street corner,...
- In the months before her death, as she lay dying of cancer, Ann Brown sought to comfo...
- Ryan Howard hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning to help the Philade...
- Mark Cuban would be interested in owning the Cubs. I know this because he said so, by...