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Diana Ross and the Supremes That was then, this is now: Diana Ross appeared last summer at Poplar Creek (capacity: 25,000); her next appearance will be on April 27 at...

Chickens little Steve Baer, a GOP candidate for governor who`s opposing Jim Edgar in the March primary, sent two boxes of takeout chicken to the Springfield Capitol press corps Friday...

Career counseling Gosh, we`re so glad that Ald. Danny Davis finally figured out that what he`d really like to be in 1990 is the county treasurer. His public angst over...

You got a problem? The folks at Cafe Angelo thought it would help business to design a glossy new advertising brochure and distribute it to tenants at the new Leo...

Money matters So what made millionaire Richard Dennis decide to toss $100,000 to Rich Daley`s campaign so late in the game? A source close to Dennis tells INC. that Dennis...

Mayoral madness Election-time liberalism: INC. hears Ald. Pat Huels (the guy from Rich Daley`s 11th Ward) is about to introduce a proposal for a 1-cent city tax on cigarettes to...

GOP dope The political breeze blowing about Gov. Jim Thompson`s pick to serve on the Metropolitan Sanitary District board is that it won`t be Sam Panayotovich. Why`s that? Political insiders...

U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin (R., Ill.) is penning generic words of praise for whomever George ''Mum`s the Word'' Bush taps as his running mate. It`s not her, because she`ll be...

White Sox owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn chatted privately with Gov. Jim Thompson Monday and assured him they were not going to beat feet to St. Pete, the Florida...

- Turning up the heat: Black legislators in Springfield, led by State Sen. Howard Brookins (D., Chicago), will blast U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D., Ill.) Thursday for insisting on following...