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2007 > December > 14
- Chipmunks’ return is notably falsetto
- Death Notice: MARIE A. HARDY
- 3 more questions for Will Smith
- Judge rules Fox video is out
- Death Notice: ANNETTE ACETO
- 18 days
- Death Notice: HYMAN CHARLES SCHECHTMAN
- ‘Kite’ kids safe as controversial film opens
- Death Notice: ANNA OKONEK
- WORLD
- Chicago State purchase draws U.S. attention
- Lehman overcomes mess
- Miracle probably needed for Vasher to face Vikings
- Fixing baseball
- Kasparov: Kremlin foils presidential bid
- Death Notice: STEPHEN J. HEFFERNAN
- DUI driver jailed for more drinking
- Freight slump forecast to last
- Death Notice: JAMES ADAM CHLOPECKI
- ‘No Country’ piling up the accolades
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
- Death Notice: DANIEL F. DRING
- Pepper spray sickens 9
- Death Notice: LILLIAN S. NOWAK
- Death Notice: ANN JACOBY
- Death Notice: PAMELA MARIE O’SULLIVAN
- Healthy Crede increases club’s options
- MOVIES
- A blinkered look at Iraqi fighters
- You probably won’t get a card from the Bushes
- Live-in beau’s road trip plan causes concern
- Paragon design house ready in Libertyville
- Death Notice: VERNON I. PETRO
- Coach facing disciplinary action
- Death Notice: CHARLOTTE A. SCHILLER
- The worst of the worst for ’07
- Rowling fairy tales book fetches $4M
- Death Notice: AMALLIA WUETHRICH
- Man indicted in attack that fatally hurt bargoer
- Dreaming of a green Christmas
- Clean up your digital footprint
- Fire damages North Side high-rise
- Talks confirmed on Wrigley sale
- Death Notice: LORRAINE LESIAK
- A-Rod’s new deal sets mark
- Langella transcends archetypes
- Small step works out in big way
- Death Notice: HELMI HELEN CARLSON
- Athlete’s dad files suit over penalty
- Steroid report shines light on biggest names
- Subtle racism? No racism?
- Ryan Harris’ mom wonders, what if?
- U.S. frustrating Bali talks
- Death Notice: ROBERT T. BILLS
- Some of us still are here to talk about past
- ‘Take care’: Buh-bye or meaningless phrase?
- Snow accompanying new storm to impact Chicago Saturday and Saturday night
- HERE’S A VICIOUSLY FUNNY CYCLE
- Apocalypse wow
- Test may spare many women chemotherapy
- Stroger still pushing Cook sales-tax hike
- Death Notice: TERESA HEIBERGER
- Generation guilt all around
- Death Notice: MICHAEL A. ARMATO
- Death Notice: JANE M. GAMBINI
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- IN BRIEF
- Death Notice: EUGENIA ANGELOPOULOS
- Suburban mall still closed day after fire
- Merry anti-Christmas
- Can’t lay all Knicks’ woes on Thomas
- A face full of boards irks Hawks defenseman
- Death Notice: THERESA A. MUCHA
- Silver Star winners want Army to let stories shine
- A ‘Legend’ 10 years in the making
- Death Notice: MARYN J. PORREY
- Death Notice: MELVIN LEVIN
- Death Notice: BRUCE W. BARNES
- Death Notice: WILLIAM RITTER
- Death Notice: YVONNE A. BEAL
- Death Notice: WALTER M. SZYDELKO
- WEATHER WORD
- Schoeneweis, Parque named
- CHRIS JONES RECOMMENDS
- Death Notice: JOHN E. Byrne
- Death Notice: WESLEY R. WILTON
- Death Notice: ROBERT J. FABER
- Death Notice: JOHN S. LUKEHART
- AND FINALLY …
- Horford suspended 1 game
- BUZZER
- 2 freed by amnesty blamed in attacks
- Panel OKs tubal ligation alternative
- Hospital, heliport plan gets panel’s clearance
- Death Notice: CLARE I. DiSANTO
- Death Notice: ROBERT G. WAGNER SR.
- Winter storm slams Northeast
- R. Kelly protest
- She’s not the normal girl next door
- Death Notice: BETTY MORA
- Touch of charm in steely land
- OMG! Free agency killed Kenny!
- Tropical Storm Olga kills 25
- Senate OKs energy bill
- Sarkozy, pope to meet at Vatican
- THE WEEK IN LIVE MUSIC
- Death Notice: CAROL L. VOLLENDORF
- Baptist groups to gather in Atlanta
- That’s rich: Invest $500,000 in U.S., get green card
- Death Notice: WILLIAM D. McGEE
- Death Notice: ZELLA MAE SHELTON
- League will hear union’s appeal of Jones’penalty
- ASK TOM WHY
- Wetland proves it’s for the birds
- John S. Lukehart: 1951 – 2007
- DuPage wants say on rail merger
- View from banks bleak; Main Street on solid ground
- Citigroup plans to rescue funds close to failing
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
- Don’t trust nuke sneaks
- Congress makes itself heard
- WHIZZER
- ‘Old Men’ find Chicago is gold country
- Europe, Asia fret about Fed’s plan
- Museum wins Black Sox documents
- Nothing set in stone with flooring choices
- Breaking down the Mitchell Report
- Alvin & Co. are timeless; ‘Holiday’s’ schmaltz OK
- Death Notice: VINCENT DEL RE
- Special unit to review police shootings
- Chatting with Bud amid tour of the links
- ‘Roid Age
- Feds target finances of Sharpton, group
- Scandal to alter old ad game
- 1 arrested in shooting
- Holiday hits and misses in ‘Witty’ sketch revue
- Names, shame galore
- Death Notice: DOROTHY L. WITTENBORN
- Main source keeps quiet
- Rachael Ray, Christmas trees, buxom blonds all on tap
- Gordon Zahn: 1918 – 2007
- Driver cited in crash that injured 8 people
- Death Notice: KIRSTEN GIRARD
- Death Notice: ROBERT N. RUBEL
- Death Notice: MARION COBB
- CHRIS JONES RECOMMENDS
- Illini, Notre Dame chasing Kentucky transfer
- Acquittal, mistrial end bomb plot case
- Death Notice: RICHARD ENZWEIG
- Death Notice: BLYTHE ANN O’SULLIVAN
- After 15 years, Thrill Jockey rides high
- Former Cubs, Sox players on the list
- MASS SHUTDOWN?
- Feds target finances of Sharpton, group
- Cook County unveils unit to review cop shootings
- Death Notice: J. WILLIAM HEROLD
- Flamenco takes a surreal leap in ‘Portraits’
- Flunking chemistry
- 5 arrested in wildfire that ravaged Malibu
- Feldshuh comes to Skokie, if only to disappear
- Latecomers off on right foot
- In kitchen, boy finds talent, taste for life
- Musharraf to amend charter
- International rules suggest cure for baseball’s testing ills
- Death Notice: EMIL MARCHESCHI
- Death Notice: AUDREY T. BACHA
- Housing fight in New Orleans
- Here’s a Pointer on taking control
- U.S. targets pharmacy cases
- Death Notice: PATRICIA ANN TENNISON
- Death Notice: PATRICIA A. BROWERE
- GIVE ME FIVE
- 2 DO
- Best? He could be
- Fantasy Island
- Inflation measure surges; retail up
- THIS WEEK
- Clinton official resigns over criticism of Obama
- Awfulness is genius in ‘Bing Faithful’
- British plot linked to Iraq
- Death Notice: KAREN A. MACK
- Student fires gun in class, then flees
- CTA union sets job action for Monday rush
- NIU, Kill change direction
- Man found in fire had been strangled
- Ryan trial prosecutor talks about jury fears
- ‘Tidings of Tap’ salutes diversity of season
- IN BRIEF
- Fine for fake city stickers OKd
- $12.5 million OKd in case of man killed by officer
- Death Notice: HARRY A. LAMAN
- Tears, toll fall after blasts
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- Reverse layup: Bryant says he’s happy as a Laker
- Hollow medals, hollow victory
- Death Notice: FABIAN A. OLECHNA
- Death Notice: FRANK RAIMONDI
- Ice-free Arctic in summer seen in 7 years
- Initial fumblings precede a prize pic in ‘Juno’
- Russia, Iran OK nuke deal
- Dems keep Iowa debate civil
- 8 kids hurt in bus crash
- Albini works hard to ensure that Shellac is never his job
- Today
- Top controversy
- Contrived ‘Holiday’ falls short of perfect
- Peterson’s son appears before grand jury investigating case
- What Catholics must consider in candidates
- New Jersey votes to abolish death penalty
- Material Hall of Famer
- Illinois probing top home lender
- THIS WEEK
- Senate committee finds Rove, Bolten in contempt of Congress
- NASA e-mails show Nowak case scramble
- Wizards 104, Heat 91
- Hastert backs Oberweis in his bid for House seat
- BATTLE OF THE FIVES
- In local music scene, all ages is all the rage
- At hospital, kids are wrapped in students’ blankets, love
- HOMETOWN HITS
- Most fans greet report with shrug
- AND FINALLY …
- Death Notice: JOAN BLAAUW
- All that glitters is not silver
- From sales to songs
- Death Notice: EDWARD J. MARINANGEL
- ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ swerves in a crowded field
- Death Notice: JOSEPHINE SPIZZIRRI
- Recent African-American films focus on family values
- Death Notice: NANCY W. HERCHER
- Police say killer may have slain 2 more women
- Death Notice: COLLEEN M. SULK
- Clues about ABC’s ‘Lost’ revealed
- Death Notice: MARY TONINO
- Brotherly love
- Motion City Soundtrack gets comfortable
- ‘Moonlight’ actor puts new spin on character
- Feds indict friend of governor
- Terry Bannon’s NFL picks
- Death Notice: EDNA SOUTHWORTH
- Commandos adapt to change
- Retail sales report helps lift U.S. dollar
- ‘Nutcracker’ strikingly precise, glamorous
- Sitcom turns lens on Israeli Arabs
- Party WITH L.C.
- Death Notice: GERALDINE BELLIZZI
- DOT COMMENT
- No trouble in paradise
- Report: Courts overwhelmed
- Cholesterol drugs likely to still need prescription
- Anger management
- We just wanted to see a ballgame
- Rush North attracts interest
- THE DIGIT
- Attorneys target clinic’s zoning
- Death Notice: CASIMIR I. LENARD
- Richard Nolte: 1920 – 2007
- What is Gmail’s story with assigning users homework?
- Banks, Butkus and those fighting Cubs
- Death Notice: ANNE L. HAYES
- Duran Duran ’80s playboys who are still wearing it well
- Daft Punk jams
- Death Notice: KATHERINE L. CERULLO
- Dunbar hoops coach ousted–again
- Pepper spray released at school injures 9 pupils
- Merry Christmas, Governor
- Death Notice: JOSEPH M. KORSO
- EU leaders sign treaty
- Fun, form and color in ‘Bright’ group show
- Evanston panel signs off on tower
- Michael E. Shaheen Jr.: 1940 – 2007
- Death Notice: JOSEPH J. CHESSARE
- Argentine officials scoff at U.S. claim
- Solitary man
- KOT IN THE ACT: SHOWS YOU CAN’T MISS
- Air Spice One
- Big blast from the past
- Death Notice: WILLIAM STANCIK SR.
- Wheat costs raise bread prices again
- FALLOUT & REACTION
- ALL AGES
- Death Notice: HAZEL SAWYER LEUTWILER
- Golden moment
- FAST-PAISED
- Candidates keep paddling as popularity waves crest
- Stroger still favors tax hike
- Peterson son goes before grand jury
- Class definitions always will be a moving target for journalists
- ‘Freedom’ calls: 1960 Max Roach classic revisited
- Rent gives woman new lease on life
- ALMANAC
- CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS
- Death Notice: RUTH WEISS
- Feds indict friend of governor
- On paper, report is huge news
- SHOW PATROL
- Richards signs 12-year deal
- Death Notice: KENNETH J. TOMAINO
- Indicted insider has story, home to sell
- Ricki on rumor control
- $700,000 cleanup grant for Aurora
- Death Notice: MILDRED E. ANDERSON
- Skiles realizes what’s missing
- ‘Walker’ tumbles on D.C. society
- HALL OF FAME
- STAGE TICKER
- Plot twists too conveniently in ‘Kite Runner’
- Caregivers find their own support in church programs
- Baird & Warner buys brokerages
- U.S. agents fire tear gas into Mexico
- 3 questions for Steve Albini
- Heart of ‘Grace’ is its young stars
- Death Notice: THOMAS J. GILMARTIN
- Danger behind the screens
- Man denies guilt in 251 counts of child sex abuse
- No-name new names will fill in on ‘D’ line
- 2 injured as Metra train plows into car on tracks
- Couple denies abuse charges
- Death Notice: KATHLEEN M. VOSS
- Market movers
- Billboard prompts calls, hostility
- Employee seen as insider in restaurant shooting
- Death Notice: MARY R. CROSSMAN
- Easy call on Prior’s exit
- Dick Prall has traded in his mundane existence for musical expression
- Cowher likely in big demand
- Ad issues add to strike woes for broadcasters
- Lakers 102, Spurs 97
- Man accused of running escort service convicted
- Plans for rail traffic taking a slowdown
- Putin puts Illinois pols to shame
- Death Notice: EMERITA A. ALTAMERO
- POP MOVIES
- Death Notice: MARTA E. ZOERINK
- Peace patrol
- Branching out
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
- Synchro sk8ter boy
- Daley questions Wrigley’s public sale
- Death Notice: EDWARD S. KULTERMAN
- Warren closes ranks, rises up
- Hung jury in terror trial
- Using the Internet to buy art without getting burned
- Reality bytes
- Designing mentors honored
- Striking writers file unfair labor charge
- Death Notice: GEORGE A. BATACAN, M.D.
- Northeast blasted by 11-13″ snows; weekend storm looms
- Mom-to-be upset about shower
- Death Notice: ANDREA HESLIN
- Deal with agency to protect pensions
- World Bank: Palestinian finances crippled
- Death Notice: DANIEL M. ARISS
- Death Notice: MARIE A. BITEL
- Prall: From dull day job to daring, original songs
- ‘Good Boys’ at Steppenwolf a departure for man who pens ‘Spider-Man’
- N.J. passes bill to ban executions
- Duke’s spirit brings holiness into holidays
- ‘Snow Queen’ a step closer to becoming a real jewel
- Anger, vitriol, hope
- Museum is winner of Black Sox files
- Groups sue U.S. to get farmer info to workers
- U.S. pilots can fly until 65
- Death Notice: LUCILLE NARCAROTI
- Death Notice: PATRICK DWYER
- Death Notice: DIANA LYNN
- Argentine leader shoots back at U.S. allegations
- He’s no Romo (or is he?)
- Death Notice: LUCILLE HAWKINSON BERG
- Firefighter injured in Wrigleyville blaze
- Cook officials say court system near ‘meltdown’
- In praise of the Wisconsin actor
- Death Notice: JEFF OLAND SMALL
- Death Notice: VERA C. CHAPON
- Where there’s a Will … there’s a payday
- Death Notice: PRISCILLA E. GALLAGHER
- William C. Bartels: 1915 – 2007
- Richards signs 12-year deal
- TRANSACTIONS
- $4.5 million award in jailhouse death
- Boom goes on with some construction
- ’80s playboys Duran Duran wear it well
- ONE TO REMEMBER
- NAME DROPPING
- Home stagers, interior designers thrive in a weak market
- Fearless writing, expert acting let ‘Dexter’ get away with murder
- Clinton crew digging deeper in New Hampshire
- U.S. targets pharmacy cases
- What does the Mitchell Report mean for Major League Baseball?
- Home stagers, interior designers thrive in a weak market
- Nothing set in stone with flooring choices
- The players named
- From the Archive: Feds indict friend of governor
- Nothing set in stone with flooring choices
- WADA: Model for drug testing?
- Branching out
- Clemens allegedly used booster fuel
- Will playeers lose endorsements?
- Hillary Clinton set to whir across Iowa
- Winfrey put Obama’s name in a favorable spotlight
- The Mitchell Report: fair or foul?
- Swamp Gas, December 14, 2007
- Faster rising inflation puts Fed in bind
- Gutierrez joins ‘Impeach’ Cheney crowd
- Vilsack’s neighbor: first Clinton, now Obama
- Mike Huckabee reels in Ed Rollins
- Iran: We’re clean; no more sanctions, please
- Baseball fan-in-chief Bush: ‘Steroids sullied game’
- Clinton: I’ve been vetted and ‘no surprises’
- Huckabee says his faith is drawing greater scrutiny
- Obama, Huckabee lead in new poll in Iowa
- Iraqi butchery now sign of hope, not chaos
- Iraqi butchery now sign of hope, not chaos
- Athletes of the Week, 12-11-2007
- Live from Washington, the Supreme Court!
- It’s cold, so Obama wears a tie
- Huddle Up 2007-091407
- No escape from poverty
- Just how quickly it can happen
- Stuck in a broken body
- Living a delusion
- A small measure of dignity
- A mother before her time
- Geneva 73, No. 7 Batavia 70
- T.F. North 56, T.F. South 36
- Stevenson 66, Warren 60
- Schaumburg 48, Palatine 42
- Lake Forest 74, Mundelein 64
- Rich Central 89, Rich East 73
- Romeoville 67, Plainfield South 48
- Aurora Central Catholic 53, St. Francis 30
- Hinsdale Central 61, Hinsdale South 52
- New Trier 47, Waukegan 46
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- No. 2 Homewood-Flossmoor 68, Lincoln-Way Central 46
- No. 17 Lockport 57, Sandburg 56
- No. 13 St. Joseph 56, Carmel 40