Thompson: Role of a lifetime
Back when the part-time actor, lawyer, lobbyist, former senator and presidential hopeful Fred Thompson was still merely "testing the waters," he held one of his first official news conferences, in...
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To spoil or not to spoil?
"Final Harry Potter Book Blasted For Containing Spoilers," said a headline on www.theonion.com, the Web site of the popular parody newspaper, a week after "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"...
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Mike Freeman has continued to get high on the job. As one of two tower-crane operators on the Trump site, his crane has been "jacked up" twice (eight floors at...
Eating his way to the top: Chicagoan now No. 3 in world
MAY 24 "A lot to swallow: Fine dining with the No. 4 competitive eater in the nation, who, when he's not scarfing down jalapeno poppers or Key lime pie, is...
CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
Jewish music encompasses practically every imaginable genre, from the symphonies of Leonard Bernstein to the Hebraic works of Ernest Bloch to the classics of George Gershwin. But perhaps none of...
A lot to swallow
One of the nice things about having dinner with Pat Bertoletti: You never have to feel as if you've overeaten, even if you make a complete pig of yourself. He's...
The high life
Mike Freeman's office is a snap to find, but the commute is a nightmare. He's a tower crane operator on the Trump Tower site, one of the highest-profile construction projects...
The ideal meal
If you could compose your ideal meal, based on restaurants in Chicago, what would that dinner include? Steak and lobster? Duck a l'orange and bananas Foster? MoonPies and grape Nehi?...
How to really draw a crowd
After a budget deficit, attendance crisis and months of renovations that have kept its exhibits closed, the Chicago Historical Society hopes its grand new name -- the Chicago History Museum...
Light show
There are 8 million stories in the naked city, good and bad, but has anyone ever calculated just how many there'd be if we didn't have streetlights? Who knows what...