Looking back at Lolla: Greg Kot reviews 25 years
On its 25th anniversary, Lollapalooza is a vastly different festival from the one that began as a one-and-done farewell carnival in 1991. Here's a look back at how one of...
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15 key moments in Joakim Noah’s career
Fan favorite, emotional leader, outsized personality Joakim Noah verbally agreed Friday to sign with the New York Knicks, a week after the team parted with Derrick Rose. Noah was drafted...
Video gamers grow up, get down to business
I came in search of my inner geek. But was it too late? Gone were the booth babes, flame-eaters and pyrotechnics. The $40 billion video game industry's annual convention used...
Daley warns of ‘Pandora’s box’
If the Supreme Court strikes down the ability of municipalities like the District of Columbia to regulate guns, Chicago and other cities with handgun bans would see a return of...
Immigrants try to break ICE
When federal immigration officers visited over three days last October looking for an illegal Salvadoran immigrant, a neighborhood watch kicked into action each time. Dozens of immigrants, legal and illegal,...
Shriver: ‘If Obama were a state, he’d be California’
At a rally Sunday, Michelle Obama was joined by Oprah Winfrey, Caroline Kennedy and another member of the Kennedy family: California First Lady Maria Shriver, making a surprise appearance to...
Obama, Clinton let elbows fly
Two historic presidential candidacies -- the most viable ever by an African-American and a woman -- became mired in more common political bickering Sunday as the campaigns of Sens. Barack...
Clinton targets Latino vote
As New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dropped out of the presidential race Thursday, Sen. Hillary Clinton secured the backing of two prominent Hispanics who previously had supported Richardson: former Clinton...
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LOS ANGELES: Cruz Serrano, 46, an immigrant from El Salvador who is a legal resident, was waving a U.S. flag from a 6-foot pole outside Los Angeles City Hall in...
Health-care bandwagon gets rolling
For almost a dozen years, conventional wisdom has dictated that far-reaching, national health-care reform wasn't possible in this country. But political winds are blowing in a strong new direction. Now,...