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2007 > December > 20
- Bulls rookie ignites second-half rally
- Fast start, fine finish for Hawks
- Ask Jerry Markbreit
- Elgin seeks help on illegal immigrants
- Death Notice: MARGARET L. FLORES
- Pigeon man’s story at end
- Mourning may have to retire
- Pelosi now professes shock at torture methods
- Get carded for the holidays
- Paid man
- Death Notice: THOMAS J. SEPERICH
- Death Notice: NANCY G. ZIELINSKI
- Death Notice: FRANCES VIRGINIA ARRIGO
- Grizzlies 88, Spurs 85
- Death Notice: TERRY MACKINTOSH
- Microsoft Corp. co-founder joins airwaves auction
- CHECK OUT
- Crash kills astronaut’s mom
- Death Notice: MARTHA JANE CATLETT
- Slaying victim is 9th ID’d by cops
- Woodstock man gets jail in DUI crash that killed 2
- Duncan: 50 schools could close
- Death Notice: ROBERT W. BRABANDT
- Fire damages part of Cheney’s office
- 58 dead in Pakistan train disaster
- THE DIGIT
- Death Notice: HAROLD PORTNOY
- Death Notice: JAMES F. SACHS
- Fog threatens icy spots while air quality deteriorates
- Speidi-plan
- Jury gets homeless man’s slaying case
- Salvation Army bell-ringer gets $10,000 from thankful veteran
- Death Notice: CLARA E. TAYLOR
- Death Notice: MONICA V. UNZICKER
- Death Notice: JOSEPH MACCHITELLI
- Death Notice: JOSEPH DeSTEFANO
- Death Notice: ELEANORE F. SCHULIEN OEHLSEN
- Cute comfort at new Cass
- The Ditka factor
- Kreutz points finger at self
- IRAQ DIGEST
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- Keep the cards and letters coming
- Death Notice: JOHN B. NOVAK
- Death Notice: SUSAN LYNN EILER
- Fast start, fine finish
- Library decides on site for Vernon Hills branch
- Legion checks in on Irish
- CRITICAL MASH
- HELPING OUT
- George Pruitt: 1936 – 2007
- Man gets 20-year term for role in firebombing
- You try raising 2 celebrity children! Better yet, don’t
- Bond insurer’s credit rating slashed to ‘junk’
- In UN, a stalemate over Kosovo’s status
- Fannie Bernstein: 1909 – 2007
- Death Notice: THOMAS W. KILL SR.
- Death Notice: ROBERT L. PAYSON
- Death Notice: DONALD E. DERMA
- Hawks 117, Heat 111 (OT)
- The wisdom of Mary J. Blige
- Foreclosures up 68% in a year
- Charlotte Boyd McNitt: 1923 – 2007
- Madigan refiles civil fraud case against MRI operators
- Today
- Death Notice: KENNETH S. TAMILLA
- Eid al-Adha, a holy time in transition
- Death Notice: STELLA L. TRZASKUS
- Coordinated attack
- Women sue tanning salon over peepholes
- Aging under a high-tech eye
- Tribune prepares to enter Zell era
- 2 worlds merge for Iranians in Iowa
- ALMANAC
- Death Notice: ANTHONY T. FLAKUS
- Death Notice: BETTY SZWIEC
- Hubby offers less-than-ideal deal to wife
- Death Notice: MILADA S. SEIDEL
- Village OKs home grants, targets abusive landlords
- Raptors at Blazers, late
- Favre MVP? Let numbers speak
- The old man skates and ponders politics
- For a good time, call a Redhead
- Council again denies widow
- Naperville official censured
- Defense unit slated for United Kingdom
- Death Notice: HERBERT R. BREEDLOVE
- What happens on the writers’ picket lines?
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- Last-minute help! Workout gear and decked-out eateries
- Death Notice: JOSEPHINE L. GARGANO
- No fat to trim, Cook officials say
- Death Notice: TERRY L. SOPKO
- A lil’ Lily?
- Muslims set for Eid–and, increasingly, for Christmas
- Sox radio adds Stone
- Miami figures to provide good test
- Carbon monoxide fumes send several to hospitals
- NO HEADLINE
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
- Ooh la la, what a charmer
- Catching up with early departures
- Vandal, 24, gets 2 years for defacing CTA rail car
- 2007: Damming freedom’s flow
- A critic whines: Light a match for restaurant matchbooks
- A CHRISTMAS QUIZ
- Death Notice: FRANK SAMP
- Elves take center stage in this winter wonderland
- WEATHER TERM
- Toast of the town
- A visit to Indy’s other brickyard
- Death Notice: EVELYN M. DANIELS
- Death Notice: EARL H. ZIVNEY
- Death Notice: THEODORE G. EKNER
- Death Notice: ALFRED I. AXELROD
- Private-equity exec’s interest in movies earns him credits
- Death Notice: RONALD W. AREND
- Cerasoli bright spot in defeat
- EPA denies Calif. green bid
- White House fire under control
- HELPING OUT IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS
- Death Notice: CHRISTINE STEC
- Death Notice: PATRICK CRONIN
- Death Notice: MARGARET N. MASCOLINO
- Death Notice: WAYNE L. WILSON
- Subprime hit gives Morgan Stanley its 1st-ever loss
- Death Notice: LOIS M. MUELHAUSEN
- Ravens’ Smith earns 1st start
- Tickets on sale for Hopper, Homer exhibits
- NO HEADLINE
- Death Notice: DOLORES B. BROOKS
- Death Notice: BRUNO J. RYBCZYK
- Death Notice: DR. WALTER E. POWERS
- Al Qaeda: Talk to us
- CTA vandal sentenced
- House panel gets CIA offer of cooperation
- ‘Bare’ gets essentials of teenage love right
- Picture this retro holiday
- Empty seats a sign of season
- 1st car breakup always toughest
- Police probe Glendale Heights slaying
- The business side of Queen Latifah
- SCHOOL NOTES
- Death Notice: RAYMOND C. STOCK
- NAME DROPPING
- A story with some teeth: Fridge gets a new smile
- Rain chains make a beautiful drain
- Death Notice: IRENE ROSE ZIELINSKI
- The R.
- You’ll usually know when the end is near
- Panel seeks to toughen rules on toys’ magnets
- School issue settled for military families
- U.S. bill to tighten sanctions on junta
- Cubs are not done remodeling
- ‘SAT’ flunkies
- Expecting to fit right in
- Silents’ nights
- Death Notice: JAMES E. KELLY
- Gates fund says story was flawed
- Death Notice: MORRIS DANIEL ZIEGLER
- Former CEO of Hyundai is new S. Korea president
- 2 injured after building’s main stairway collapses
- Hornets at Sonics, late
- Death Notice: FRANCES M. BONADY
- The future of Illinois coal
- Death Notice: MARK A. CHASE
- Fukudome’s
- Death Notice: NICOLA BOLOGNINO
- GERALD SPECTOR: THE OPERATIONS EXPERT
- The art of woodworking
- Coalition says space problems at shelters hurt the homeless
- Quick-strike artists
- IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING
- The Fridge getsa brand-new grill
- Welcome to paradise?
- Death Notice: HELEN K. KOVALIK
- ‘Bulldozer’ wins S. Korea presidency
- ID scanners to catch underage drinkers
- EPA deals California setback on emissions
- FACE THE FACTS
- Snap judgment
- THE FRUGAL FASHIONISTA
- Hamas reaches out to Israel
- Death Notice: TIMOTHY WILLIAM NICHOLL
- ‘A great catalyst’ for change
- Death Notice: MITCHELL OSIECKI
- NINE LINES
- Death Notice: ELSIE F. WRIGHT
- SCHOOL NOTES
- Losses predicted for airline insurers
- Goths hit the high seas
- Death Notice: MARY JANE VAN DYKE
- Death Notice: EDWIN CZAJKOWSKI
- Death Notice: DIVARCO
- BEST BETS
- Death Notice: JAMES CAPORALE
- Navistar may acquire truck unit as GM sharpens focus on profits
- Death Notice: WES McRAE M.D.
- Reality guru basks in ‘Moment’
- EPA deals 17 states setback on emissions
- Legend: * – poor; ** – fair;…
- Dad and kids found alive
- Temps plunge Saturday night, could threaten Midwest weekend storm
- Ticketed driver files suit challenging city’s cell phone ban
- Death Notice: MARK D. DELBOVO
- Death Notice: ELIZABETH SMITH
- AT THE BUZZER
- Ready. Set. Let’s bowl!
- Mismatch of bones adds to mystery
- Creative paper snowflakes, in a few simple snips
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- STOP THE PRESSES
- Everyone’s a victim of ‘racial microaggression’
- Chemical plant fire kills 4
- Alternative Xmas
- Death Notice: LORETA MAYOL
- Budget boost for safety agency
- Person of the year is …
- Congress OKs Va. Tech-inspired gun bill
- Bites from the pizza debate
- DOUBLE WHAMMY
- Warriors 111, T’wolves 98
- MOVIES
- R. Kelly no-show in court isn’t a hit
- Hull, Mikita accept ambassador roles
- Which to make: Garland with cranberries or popcorn?
- A seasonal taste in a nutshell
- FIVE ON FIVE
- Death Notice: HOWARD E. LYNCH
- Death Notice: ALICE E. HARACK
- Death Notice: BERNICE E. ROUT
- Market movers
- Army grows, fans out forces in plan
- Couple plead guilty to bilking company
- No vacation for DePaul
- Death Notice: REV. MILLARD P. O’KEEFE
- IN BRIEF
- Magnetic jewelry an overlooked danger
- Death Notice: HOWARD SHAPIRO
- Death Notice: MARYLU KARACSON
- Death Notice: JACK L. BERTUCCI
- This one fails the smell test
- Death Notice: HENRY E. DOWMON
- Blazers 101, Raptors 96
- ASK TOM WHY
- Cheer on a Gray day
- ODE TO THE SEASON
- Death Notice: AUGUSTINE JEWELL
- Death Notice: CARMEN ESTEP
- Death Notice: RICHARD F. DUPONT
- Death Notice: MARGARET HURLBUTT
- Matching grants boost giving, but ratio appears irrelevant
- Beds, help lacking for homeless youth
- Mayo’s 2nd half ignites Flames
- Pacers 102, 76ers 85
- Filip steps on torture tripwire in panel grilling
- Brain drugs boost try for memory pill
- Death Notice: CASIMIR HOMEL JR.
- Death Notice: KENNETH HOOD
- Lupe Fiasco’s ‘Cool’ is heavier but not always for the better
- Man jailed in death of student porn actress
- Death Notice: BERNICE M. PAITL
- Beds, help lacking for homeless youth
- Death Notice: LOTTIE KINCZYK
- Death Notice: JANET M. BUECHLER
- Briggs: ‘I care about my daughter first’
- LOVE/HATE
- Death Notice: MARY MIELNICZUK “MIELNIC”
- Glory a dim memory
- Death Notice: RALPH SUSSMAN
- CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS
- Magic 97, Rockets 92
- Fried rabbit’s a bit elusive on city menus
- From invasion to free passage
- Death Notice: HAROLD MEINERS
- Great maps aren’t hard to track down
- Oil prices will swamp subprime as market driver
- Death Notice: JAMES L. EBERT
- Blaze leaves 13 in family homeless
- Don’t let gridlock make you a grinch–eat something
- Moving past the tax myth
- Don’t be the office party animal
- Death Notice: JANINE L. JUSTER
- Parker stands by Eva
- Dolphins reeling in Parcells
- Phillips’ ‘Gods’ brings the deities down to Earth
- Pistons 87, Celtics 85
- Jack Linkletter: 1937 – 2007
- Kings 102, Bucks 89
- Knicks 108, Cavaliers 90
- Chicago driver: Don’t rein us in
- Court lets Chicago acquire cemetery
- Death Notice: MARIE RENATA MARDOL
- Death Notice: WANDA M. BIRITZ
- Mavericks 108, Suns 105
- Death Notice: MARILYN A. LIBBEY
- Bump, set, spike that snow
- Rules curtail White House contacts
- Death Notice: ANTHONY J. RAK
- Schilling questions Clemens’ awards
- Death Notice: CARL O. MARX JR.
- AND FINALLY …
- Death Notice: IRENE ANN KORTAS
- Death Notice: PAULA J. LUNDSTROM
- More power to you, safely
- DVD RELEASES
- Death Notice: BARBARA ANN McALLISTER
- Death Notice: DONNA M. HUDSON
- Death Notice: ARNO D. WELKE
- Osborne to remain as AD at Nebraska until 2010
- Death Notice: ROLAND F. ROBINSON
- Death Notice: JACOB MICHAEL GALBREATH
- This classic cocktail warms up memories
- NYC weighs horse-drawn carriage ban
- Hornets 107, Sonics 93
- Diet Queen
- T.O. takes on J.S.
- Congress pulls back a tax bite
- Death Notice: HERMAN J. VOGEL
- State police pull divers off canal search in Peterson case
- Death Notice: CLAIRE N. TILL
- Slow the flow of wasted water
- Death Notice: BETTY M. KLEOPFER
- Outdoors ornaments that are really chill
- You better Think
- Death Notice: MARY JO DOYLE
- Wallace encounters some tough footing
- Death Notice: THELMA F. MASON
- Suit says peepholes found at Orland Park tan salon
- Just like the ones we used to know
- Results not exactly typical
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
- Kane studies petition on Campton Hills’ fate
- Interim government patched together
- Death Notice: DIANE LYNNE OTTO
- Inflation fears dim Europe
- Death Notice: DR. THEODORE B. IVANUS
- Death Notice: DAWN CANDELA
- 2 DO
- 5 1/2 years for investment adviser
- No-passport area adds 8 European countries
- Wrangling with Christmas lights a ho-ho-headache
- Death Notice: TIMOTHY J. HENGELS
- 5 ex-inmates of Gitmo convicted
- Fitzgerald says there was no interrogation
- You want lights? Butch’s has lots
- Viacom, Microsoft join up
- Who was ‘Pigeon Man of Lincoln Square’?
- TRANSACTIONS
- Lack of signs cited in lawsuit over city cell phone-driving ban
- Woman fears love not in cards
- Death Notice: MAX GENDEL
- Cousin has philosophy about use of titles
- Big Ten to do annual ref checks
- Death Notice: ARTHUR S. RONE
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (Letters)
- Bobcats 98, Jazz 92
- Solving a case of moisture in basement
- Suns at Mavericks, late
- CAMPAIGN DIGEST
- Flights limited to ease delays
- Death Notice: PAULETTE GEBHART BAXTER
- BOY ON BOYSTOWN
- Man arrested in death of Kansas college student
- Jenkins: Time to set record straight
- WHOVILLE
- Death Notice: TERESA MITCHELL
- Death Notice: MIRO J. VANDLIK
- Death Notice: ANNA M FILIPIAK
- Swamp Sunrise
- An apology for Obama — again
- Dennis FitzSimons tenure
- Solving a case of moisture in basement
- Big Ten to do annual ref checks
- Measuring magnetic strength of children’s earrings
- Europe’s passport-free area expands
- Slow the flow of wasted water
- Panel seeks to toughen rules on toys’ magnets
- Ooh la la, what a charmer
- Blinds offer window of opportunity
- Magnetic jewelry an overlooked danger
- Ron Paul’s thought-provoking choice on racist’s $$$
- Swamp Gas, December 20, 2007
- Swamp TV: Presidential race update
- Two worlds merge for Iranians in Iowa
- Candidate Clinton highlights experience
- Huckabee: Romney’s ‘desperate’ and ‘dishonest’
- Report: Clinton readies web attack on Obama
- Bush not in (answer) giving mood with reporters
- Waxman warns EPA: Don’t destroy documents
- Exiting race, immigration foe Tancredo chooses Mitt
- Clinton camp criticizes Obama ‘present’ votes
- Oprah’s polls
- Giuliani out of hospital
- Clinton backers’ stealth, anti-Obama mailing
- No. 6 Trinity 54, Downers Grove South 36
- No. 8 Fenwick 77, Oak Park 67
- No. 4 Zion-Benton 66, Libertyville 41