Swab the deck–and then some
Feel sorry for people in San Diego and other places where boats stay in the water year-round. When can the owners gussie them up? Not a problem in the cleverly...
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Winners & lugers
Winners SNOWBOARD CROSS: Exciting new Olympic sport, way hotter than half-pipe -- and a much better choice than ski orienteering or ski mountaineering, both passed over for these Games. LANGUAGE:...
15 WAYS TO FIX THE OSCARS
Choosing Jon Stewart as host is a fine start to improve the ever-sagging Oscar telecast. But, hey, don't stop there. The Tempo Subcommittee To Preserve Awards Shows has 15 more...
Spectators `race’ the Mac
You don't need to be an offshore sailor to experience Chicago's Mackinac Race, which begins Saturday. There are a couple new ways to get involved, and one doesn't even require...
Air
Airliners staffed with at least one flight attendant must have an external defibrillator, according to a new Federal Aviation Administration rule. The rule affects most commercial airplanes now in use.
The Clubbys
The Grammys are Sunday, but for us, the real action takes place on the club level. We celebrate our tuneful, diverse music scene with the first edition of Friday's local...
4 days. That’s 96 hours, or 5,760 minutes. 2002 ends. There’s still time to celebrate the old year and the new. Let the countdown begin.
Friday, Dec. 27 Midnight To prepare for our New Year's countdown, stop at your local 24-hour store and pick up a calendar. Believe us, with all of the suggestions and...
Different spin on life
We can appreciate the T shirt spotted on a bus ride into work: "I live in my own little world, but it's OK ... they know me here."
BRIDGE-LIFT SCHEDULE
Chicago's fleet is returning to Lake Michigan. Traffic caught by a bridge lift usually will find it best to head west (inland), where the boats already have passed. According to...