Cook Islands: The glorious middle of nowhere
AITUTAKI, Cook Islands — "Where is that?" I must've heard the question a hundred times before arriving in the Cooks. Some friends placed the islands in the Caribbean. Several guessed...
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Cook Islands: The glorious middle of nowhere
AITUTAKI, Cook Islands — "Where is that?" I must've heard the question a hundred times before arriving in the Cooks. Some friends placed the islands in the Caribbean. Several guessed...
Greenland: An arctic playground
NUUK, Greenland -- Only twice have I entered a country without someone at least glancing at my ID or passport. The first time was in Iraq, when the war began...
Greenland: An arctic playground
NUUK, Greenland -- Only twice have I entered a country without someone at least glancing at my ID or passport. The first time was in Iraq, when the war began...
Red-light cameras in Schaumburg screech to a halt
When Schaumburg and RedSpeed Illinois announced their intention to install red-light cameras in the village last September, both parties hoped it would be a long-term commitment -- producing safer intersections,...
TRIBUNE WATCHDOG RED-LIGHT WINDFALL
When the very first red-light camera was planted in the suburbs at 25th Avenue and Harrison Street in Bellwood, it instantly became more than just a traffic control device. It...
Ty, Ty again: This time, a Bo Beanie Baby
When Ty Inc. released a set of Sasha and Malia Beanie Baby dolls earlier this year, Michelle Obama lashed out at the company for invading her daughters' privacy -- and...
Clarinetist McGill remembers cold, view
Anthony McGill nearly shivers when he recounts how cold he was performing at Tuesday's presidential inauguration. "It was freezing, let me tell you," said McGill, the 29-year-old Chicago native who...
A multicultural musical spotlight
Unless you count celebratory cannon fire and ringing church bells, George Washington's first presidential inauguration didn't feature a single note of music. Oh what a difference 220 years make. For...
Whatever happened to …?
For 52 years, Elvis historians searched in vain for Marilyn Evans, a Presley girlfriend who disappeared from the public eye after attending the historic, one-time jam session of the so-called...