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- 2 toddlers die after pickup submerges
- Local store gets called on the carpet
- ASK TOM WHY
- Blocking out pain = success
- Death Notice: JOSEPH BLITSTEIN
- ‘Meltdown’ feared at polls
- Slow and steady upends the race
- 3 men charged in bank holdup
- Author takes aim at Seinfeld’s humor
- Death Notice: CAROL DRUMMOND
- Action figures
- Death Notice: CHESTER A. SCHULTZ
- OUT THIS WEEK
- Tenneco to cut 1,100 jobs, shut 5 plants
- Bluetooth love is in the ear
- Death Notice: FRED W. KELSCH
- Santo’s act made for TV move
- No aquarium plug? No problem
- Roskam vs. veteran, again
- Extra transit service offered for Obama rally
- Laced with style
- Death Notice: JOAN L. PAVEZA
- IN OTHER CELEBRITY NEWS …
- Wax or whack?
- Phoenix turns back on acting
- Death Notice: LORRAINE PRENDERGAST
- Shoppers already on their marks for Black Friday
- THE TICKER
- Death Notice: CHESTER J. ADAMCZEWSKI
- Death Notice: MARY LOU PISAREK
- Searching for scapegoats
- Haunted happenings
- Death Notice: ANTHONY F. PORTINCASO
- WATCH THIS
- Case of water trips up burglar
- HOMETOWN HITS
- Death Notice: GIANNA V. ESPOSITO
- Score a touchdown with these deals
- BETTY WAGNER SPANDIKOW: 1923-2008
- watch dog
- Big woes need big thinking
- Who’s the real winner in ‘Gay Chicken’?
- CHATTER
- Death Notice: MICHAEL K. LUCEY
- 2 DO
- Hot water
- That school costs how much???
- Death Notice: MATTHEW LEWIS REZMAN
- Thursday’s campaign schedules
- IS THAT TRUE?
- If you were running for president, what would your campaign slogan be?
- Where does she go from here?
- Man gets 8 years in child porn case
- Not much ‘new’ about Obama
- Death Notice: MADELEINE BARR
- Volunteer opportunities
- Are we ready for a black president?
- TRANSACTIONS
- What’s up, Phoenix?
- GERALD ARPINO: 1923 – 2008
- Hotter in red
- QUESTION OF THE DAY
- Obama party details begin to emerge
- Death Notice: RAYMOND J. PRZYZYCKI
- Death Notice: ANA I. RANSOM
- Death Notice: BEN BROWN
- Music from ‘Mars’
- Northfield asks FDA for quick PolyHeme review
- So over Halloween?
- Not to rain on Phillies’ parade, but baseball dropped the ball
- Death Notice: DIANE A. HILL
- I love / I hate
- Law of the land
- WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
- Death Notice: CLIFFORD F. EHLERT
- Downers Grove kids get a taste of government
- Fright the power!
- Fire alarm
- nation/world
- Death Notice: JOHN MORAN
- DRESS CODE
- MASHTROLOGY
- Cuban revelation
- chicago
- Death Notice: BARBARA A. YANKOVIC
- Caught in a Lion trap?
- ‘Rock’ stars
- Taunted houses
- McDonald’s to use ‘storytelling’ on packaging
- Crash sends cab into a Starbucks
- A ‘Wicked’ Halloween
- Death Notice: JACK NARKO
- Death Notice: MARIAN I. TINDALL
- Death Notice: ROBERT E. PASKEWIC
- A comic world invasion
- AMOS JOEL JR.: 1918-2008
- Death Notice: MARGARET C. SHEPACK
- Death Notice: ROBERT A. PUBAINCE JR.
- Death Notice: JANET JACOBSON
- Show goes beyond politics
- Death Notice: JAMES F. HALPIN
- Death Notice: ROBERT J. NETZEL
- Death Notice: VIRGINIA L. TOKARCZYK
- Death Notice: TERRENCE J. BORSELLINO
- Kick them around
- Chicagoans vie to design Eisenhower Memorial
- Socializing hard to stop on job sites
- Kiffin files grievance seeking lost pay
- Death Notice: GILBERT C. KUPERMAN
- Death Notice: JOHN J. MAGRUDER
- Authorities: Man shot at family
- Former players in Ditka’s heart
- Is he being taken for a ride?
- Death Notice: ETHEL M. FOX
- Death Notice: STEPHANIE A. KOSOBUCKI
- Death Notice: EVELYN GOEHRKE
- Death Notice: MICHAEL S. POBIEGA
- Maddon not neutral on sites
- Death Notice: ANNE I. APPLETON
- 3 years in prison for theft of coins
- Illegal dumping alleged against 2
- FISHING REPORT
- By the numbers
- CAMPAIGN DIGEST
- Death Notice: HENRY G. NEWELL
- Court: Shelter can’t move cats
- Blasts kill 22, raising worries in Somalia
- Feasting in a parallel universe
- Entry-level Kaneland teachers to get raises
- Tuition hikes, less aid likely at colleges
- IN BRIEF
- Death Notice: MICHAEL GEORGE KALODIMOS
- NATION & WORLD
- WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
- Collegesabotage
- Northwest, Delta deal gets done
- On the download
- PHINALLY!
- Oops, she did it again
- Hunt is on for a hot ticket
- Navistar picked for Pentagon project
- JUST ASKING … QUESTION OF THE WEEK
- More U.S. Special Forces debated for Afghanistan
- Valley flooded with challengers
- Death Notice: LAWRENCE J. KAPRYAN Jr.
- 2BOO!
- MILTON KATSELAS: 1933-2008
- Kirk-Seals ’08 rematch touches on familiar issues
- Death Notice: GIULIANA MAGLIANO
- A gentleman’s style
- Higher education
- aye, aye caption
- Serious about Lions
- Reserve cuts key interest rate again
- F.D. ‘LEE’ CONLON: 1921-2008
- best bets
- Death Notice: SANNIO A. IACOMINI
- PHINALLY!
- Death Notice: SOL J. SCHATZ
- Should the voting age be lowered?
- THURSDAY, OCT. 30
- Death Notice: ROBERT C. FLOOD
- Recently reviewed
- If I were president, I would …
- MillerCoors leases Chicago offices
- Cracking down on egg sales
- Death Notice: ELEANORE A. LISKA
- Political stereotyping alleged in House race
- Death Notice: CHESTER J. NIEMCZURA
- Death Notice: MARION E. KACHNIK
- Fed trims rates; worries persist
- 1 badly burned in apartment fire
- Ex-principal gets 1 year for sex rap
- world
- Death Notice: CHRISTINE K. WANG
- Daly arrested at Hooters
- Death Notice: TRINETA ANN SCOTT-STITT
- Man fights off armed attacker
- Sitter sisters?
- Griffey’s stay with Sox appears to be over
- Oden out–again
- Sorry, youngsters –no eggs for you
- Death Notice: GUNNAR A. ANDERSON
- CPS shines from summer to fall
- McDonald’s getting new packaging
- The Halloween guy’s top 5
- McCain goes after Obama
- Prez dispensers?
- Gun found near site of boy’s body
- SCHOLARSHIPS
- If it wasn’t for you meddling kids …
- ‘Addams Family’ musical to debut in Chicago
- Robber targets Shell and Mobil
- No beer tents at Obama event
- With Fey leading way, ’30 Rock’ rules
- Gun hidden near where Hudson’s nephew found
- What is 2 for $20?
- Lawn gear stolen from landscaper
- Death Notice: JAMES P. WARD
- Learn from 2 guys at the top of their games
- Mild string begins with first 60s in 11 days
- Hudson family grieves
- Rise of the undead
- NIU DE worth a look
- Star power
- Death Notice: PASQUALE A. MICELI
- Stroger vows no new county tax
- The golden ticket
- Working father
- Williams no longer the chief motivator
- You play how you eat
- Death Notice: MARION J. LILJA
- Senators want games on TV
- Putting pants into perspective
- Death Notice: BARBARA JEAN SPIRAKES
- Man convicted in shooting case
- Campaign in the membrane
- Economic myths: Too good to be true
- 3 picks for clean water
- CPS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
- Death Notice: ELEANOR CAPA
- Crazy countdown to Election Day
- ALMANAC
- Death Notice: DOLORES M. MARSHALL
- Rihanna’s web
- Get ready to rock n’ rose!
- Death Notice: Robert Rountree Reinhart Sr.
- Daley’s memory slips as Gutierrez regains stride
- Death Notice: SARA FARRUGGIA
- Death Notice: VERNON G. PEDERSEN
- Trick-or-treat after tragedy
- Rap the Vote
- City expands preschools
- Clearly, Sutton is out
- Death Notice: NATHALIE M. METOYER
- ’80 death now called brutal homicide
- Snack attack, Vietnamese style
- HOT DATE
- Goodman, Steppenwolf actors win fellowships
- SHOUTOUTS
- Slain man found in Uptown area
- Beggar requests $10, takes $500
- Fed rate cut can’t stop stock drop
- Haunting celeb sites?
- Halvorson, Ozinga scrap in 11th District
- Wednesday’s market movers
- Death Notice: EUGENE C. SENN
- Phils end long cold spell
- Death Notice: HENRY JOHNSON
- Phils end long cold spell
- If you could elect anyone as president, who would it be and why?
- Philly fanatics
- WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
- Death Notice: DOROTHY LUCILE HRADEK
- ‘L’ riders respond with their fears, jeers
- Mortgage aid in works
- Death Notice: KENNETH R. WEBER
- Counterpoint: 8 reasons Obama will win
- Slain soldier was dedicated to military
- CTA riders speak out at hearings
- Teen sought in robbery is held
- A tale so peculiar, it’s scary
- An ELT? Oh what a fright!
- Death Notice: EVERT JOHNSON
- Illuminating poetry
- Death Notice: BERNICE GARCARZ
- Reduce the spin on buying tires
- MASHSTAR OF THE WEEK
- Turning page
- Death Notice: TEKLA TWARDOWSKI
- Death Notice: BESSIE M. WILLIAMS
- McCain rips L.A. Times on Obama video
- Death Notice: CHRISTOPHER SHWORLES
- Rumor calls Obama’s birth certificate fake
- Death Notice: ROSELYN JESSE HODGKINSON
- New AIDS drug, new Abbott rival
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
- THE WEEK IN WORLD NEWS
- whoville
- Illinois sues over flawed bassinets
- So you wanna be a Blackhawks fan …
- Gas customer robs station
- Motorola fights uphill battle as it readies for holidays
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Harris giving jersey to Hudson memorial
- A quiz to see how if you dine Dem or GOP
- Death Notice: ROBERT S. BEER
- Artistic eatery is far from a surreal feast
- ‘Fall back’ for health?
- By Vegas standards, Phils won it Monday
- Nothing to wine about
- Death Notice: ELAINE DORIS FLEMING
- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
- Chandel with care
- Death Notice: JANE MARIE MERKEL
- Death Notice: CATHERINE E. OTT
- Death Notice: SYLVIA A. SOBEL
- Cops say driver accosted women
- Closing the deal
- Death Notice: VICTORIA T. HERWEG
- The Boss cancels Halloween party
- Death Notice: ELAINE M. STEHLIK
- random dilemma
- Man charged with fraud, theft
- Jones still not coming clean on ‘The Clear’
- Movies that will scare your pants off
- Citadel goes short on ELX
- THE VELVET ROPE
- School mourns death of teen
- Death Notice: RITA C. SCHICKLING
- Obama ad goes prime time
- Kids’ recovery a matter of faith
- CTA fare hikes debated
- Death Notice: VERONICA E. CASEY
- A play for the senses
- They’re 2nd to none
- Business plan upsets Orland Park residents
- BUZZ
- Girl found safe; dad held in Ohio
- Wildcats’ Bacher doubtful Saturday
- Who ran a better campaign?
- Maddon predicts return
- Pump it up!
- Gun found same caliber as Hudson murder weapon
- Garrett Wolfe in action
- Tommie Harris in action
- No beer tents at Obama event
- Man found slain on North Side
- City moves to take cell phone violations out of Traffic Court
- City tests new garbage truck with no laborers
- Ex-Cook prosecutor claims age discrimination
- Motorola posts surprise 3rd quarter loss
- 2 burned in Naperville restaurant explosion
- Economy contracts in 3rd period
- Driver hurt in I-90 crash
- Police search for missing Romeoville girl
- Experts: Early evidence points to pilot error in chopper crash
- Tollway sees ’09 end to major construction projects
- Palin v Biden: The vice presidential debate
- Bicyclist involved in collision with CTA bus
- Motorola to lay off 3,000
- South Side rape suspect may have six more victims
- 2-acre brush fire in Morris
- 2 hurt in Crystal Lake crash
- Ex-teacher accused of having child porn
- Police: Evanston cop shoots knife-wielding suspect
- Bridgeport scenes
- 4 wrongfully convicted pardoned by Blagojevich
- Metra to run extra Halloween trains
- 3 held in Round Lake Beach home invasion
- Man charged in hammer attack
- Blagojevich opposes convention question
- Wrecking ball coming to Sportsman’s Park
- Park Ridge homeless shelter plan shelved
- Feds indict insider in Blagojevich probe
- Halloween night Red Line trains won’t stop at Berwyn
- Plainfield bank robbed
- Woman accused of taking girl, 3, to ‘sex party’
- City Hall denies Gutierrez letter spurred rezoning
- Chicago police offer Halloween safety tips
- Gov. mum on who may succeed Obama
- Allergy death ruled homicide by negligence
- 2 bones found near Fossett crash site
- Local congressman’s name in Obama guessing game
- Birders wonder if they contributed to owl’s death
- Hudson family plans memorials