Landlord claims libel over ‘mold’ Tweet
A landlord has replied to a former resident's complaint on Twitter about mold with a salvo of its own: a libel lawsuit. "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was...
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Landlord claims libel over ‘mold’ Tweet
A landlord has replied to a former resident's complaint on Twitter about mold with a salvo of its own: a libel lawsuit. "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was...
Charges weighed in rider’s death
Applying makeup while driving ranks up there in the danger zone with reading a book or dialing a cell phone, according to a federal report that takes aim at behavior...
WHY SOUTH SIDERS SAID: PARTY’S OVER
When the first South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade passed Michael Hughes' door in 1979, he considered it nothing more than a neighborhood lark. Seventeen kids, the "wee folks,"...
Death at airport a case of what ifs
On the worst day of his life, Bob Small's wife of 44 years suffered a heart attack at the San Juan, Puerto Rico, airport. The Oak Forest couple had just...
Coyote in lake left to own wiles
An aborted water rescue of a wild coyote Tuesday left animal advocates furious with Chicago rescue crews. After responding to an emergency call about 11 a.m., a fire department scuba...
2 hospital deaths, outbreak probed
Two intensive-care patients at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago recently died after becoming infected with a common bacterium sometimes found in intensive-care units. Officials learned Feb. 23 that four patients...
Mother of ex-Bull’s child is slain
The mother of former Bulls player Eddy Curry's toddler son was found Saturday fatally shot in her South Loop apartment, a source confirmed. Nova Henry, 24, and her infant daughter,...
Day-care aide held in boy’s death
After he was slammed to the floor of a Lincolnshire day-care center, 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan, his skull fractured, grabbed his blanket and crawled to his "comfort zone" -- a bouncer...
Brookfield fire kills 1, hurts 2
A grandfather was killed and two children were injured in a house fire in the 3500 block of Park Avenue in Brookfield on Thursday evening. The grandfather, Henry Allison, whose...