A pharmaceutical company jointly owned by Abbott…
A pharmaceutical company jointly owned by Abbott Laboratories said today its latest data on an anti-impotency pill are encouraging, and it will submit an application this summer for Food and...
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COUNTY EXPECTED TO OK BENEFITS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES
The Cook County Board today is expected to approve a measure providing medical and other benefits to same-sex couples where at least one of the members is a county employee....
GIRL IN STOLEN CAR BACK WITH FAMILY
After four dreadfully long hours, Jonathan Honesty breathed a little easier. The somber look on his face spoke volumes about the lesson he had just learned. "I'm just glad to...
CARJACKING TURNED KIDNAPPING HAS A HAPPY ENDING
A thief who stole a car with a baby girl in the back seat Wednesday morning on the South Side apparently had a change of heart and left the vehicle...
NEXT, ICY SLAP IN THE FACE
Chicagoans may quibble for years about how the Blizzard of 1999 stacked up against great snowfalls of years past, but one distinction seems indisputable: This year's onslaught was among the...
LUNG CANCER IN WOMEN ON THE RISE
The number of Illinois women diagnosed with lung cancer nearly doubled during a 19-year period, according to a report released Wednesday by the state division of the American Cancer Society....
Fragile note illuminates city’s great fire
One of the enduring legends from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is that when the blaze reached the Courthouse, the seat of county and city government, then-Mayor Roswell B....
DISSENTERS SPAR WITH LITERARY JABS
Most folks unhappy with their elected officials might simply say things are going to hell in a handcart--but on the North Shore, many people like to be more lyrical and...
The rise, fall and rise again of Latin
At Evanston Township High School, Mardah Weinfield teaches the ancient love poems of Catullus by comparing them with the song lyrics of the rock band U2. Latin hasn't changed much,...
High school activities face racial division
Kerene Tayloe could have joined an after-school dance company at Evanston Township High School this fall, but she turned down the opportunity despite her love of dance. Her reason: Tayloe...