Richard Phillips

JAZZ MARIAN MCPARTLAND The octogenarian pianist plays with the spirit and inquisitiveness of youth; Tuesday through Sunday at the Jazz Showcase, 59 W. Grand Ave.; $20; 312-670-2473. JOHN MOULDER A...

As an ardent Bears fan, I took offense to Bernie Lincicome's negative comments regarding the Oakland loss. I thought John Mullin put a more positive spin on the game and...

About 30,000 state workers took to the capital's streets again Wednesday, chanting anti-government slogans, hurling rocks at police and blocking traffic, causing massive tie-ups. The protesters were continuing a two-week-old...

Ex-federal Judge Walter Nixon Jr. is in trouble with the law again. Convicted in 1986 of perjury for bench improprieties and finally ousted by Congress last November, Nixon, 61, now...

Out there in fumesville, Southern California, lawyer Greg Weiler has quit as an adviser to the Orange County Transportation Commission studying gridlock. '' . . . the traffic is so...

Doctors expressed ''guarded optimism'' Tuesday over Elizabeth Taylor, 58, who remains hospitalized with pneumonia and connected to a respirator after Sunday`s lung biopsy in Santa Monica, Calif. ''It`s a non-specific...

Taking a turn for the worse, Elizabeth Taylor is in serious condition after a lung biopsy at St. John`s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., to determine the cause of her...

Texas` wild and wooly gubernatorial campaign isn`t over. After making hay with Democratic candidate Ann Richards` alcoholic past but failing to nail her down on drugs, The Houston Post has...

Being nouveau precocious must be tough. New York Woman magazine notes that the Calhoun School, evidently a discriminating academy of early education, interviewed a prospective applicant (age 3) and asked...

If a fool and his money soon are parted, he`ll have a difficult time saying goodbye at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. A sign in its gift shop announces...