Jamie from MythBusters with cold-weather tips for Chicago
With days of subzero temperatures on the way and a predicted wind chill of 40 degrees below zero on Monday, Chicago is looking more like the ice planet Hoth than...
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Stunning Lake Michigan video reveals surprising fish formation
Lake Michigan or some sort of exotic underwater locale? This video from Shedd Aquarium Great Lakes researchers Solomon David and Phil Willink will make you wonder. Posted to YouTube four...
Faceoff: Ben Affleck for Batman
The Question: On Thursday night, we learned the identity of the next Batman -- Ben Affleck. Is this an awesome idea, or a terrible one? Awesome Jim Walsh "Multiplicity." "The...
Big-screen blind spot: ‘Last Action Hero’
Once in a while, a movie slips under your radar. For about, oh, 20 years. In 'Big-screen blind spot,' we sit down with those 'classic' movies everybody but us has...
What to do about Iran?
Adlai Stevenson once advised that "to act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the true test of a man — and also of a nation." In the face...
What to do about Iran?
Adlai Stevenson once advised that "to act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the true test of a man — and also of a nation." In the face...
Darth Vader pop art display hopes to set Guinness World Record
Darth Vader is getting the pop-art treatment tonight as students from a Lakeview school are attempting to set a Guinness World Record with more than 100 portraits of the "...
Derrick Rose GQ interview: ‘The more you win, the more they come’
Derrick Rose is on the cover of GQ's May issue . In it he talks about fame in Chicago, being compared to Michael Jordan and his thoughts on President Obama,...
THE GREAT DEBATE
The setup: There are whispers that Apple's "latest creation," set to be unveiled Wednesday, could upend the e-reader industry in much the same way its iPod redefined digital music, The...
Pop quiz!
Have you been paying attention to the gossip this week? Think you know the skinny on Jon and Kate, Speidi and that weird alien movie everyone's talking about? OK, smarty...