Inside an inspection
After spending $22,500 on a new, three-level porch, Geraldine Blair wanted to make sure the builders got it right. So she asked the city's building department to come out to...
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VEGAS BY THE LAKE
Around the Chicago Board of Trade, where playing the numbers is a daily fact of life for people trading in futures and options, the reaction to a possible casino being...
Other rapist still at large, police warn
While residents of the city can feel relief that police have a man in custody suspected of entering women's homes and raping them, another serial rapist who has preyed on...
Diners take size demise in stride
Lucas Payne, 25, usually supersizes his meals at McDonald's, but he wasn't upset to learn the fast-food giant is getting rid of its extra-large portions of french fries and pop....
Bartman today
By all accounts, Steve Bartman is one of the biggest and most passionate Cub fans around and has been for most of his life. Yet when he was asked recently...
The wedding banner
Mayor Daley's support for gay marriage didn't waver Tuesday despite President Bush's announcement in favor of a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriages. Daley called amendment efforts "frivolous" and reiterated...
BROWN LINE BLUES
Tara Ripperda, a 27-year-old from Lakeview, needs to find a better way to get to her job downtown. On Monday, in an attempt to avoid delays on the northern part...
Martha defense tactic ‘risky’
Martha Stewart's credibility might have taken a beating with the testimony of assistant stockbroker Douglas Faneuil, but Chicago defense attorney and law professor Richard Kling says defense attorneys could end...
Clark’s troops invade Le Passage for fundraiser
Wesley Clark supporters took over Le Passage in Chicago on Tuesday night for a low-key fundraising party and to watch returns from the New Hampshire primary. Most people seemed to...
Tough to prosecute
Although a string of highly publicized sexual assaults in Chicago over the last six months has emphasized the danger of stranger attacks, rapes committed by people who know their victim...