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2009 > February > 13
- Evanston not your everyday suburb
- Death Notice: JANETTE I. KARNOSCAK
- Cutbacks? Not so you’d notice
- FASHION
- Nee-Nee died and the pain lives on
- Short takes
- Obama calls on nation to learn from Lincoln
- Death Notice: LILLIAN J. McHONE R.N.
- Death Notice: ANGELINE A. TRAPANI
- The price of dance perfection
- Death Notice: BERNICE M. ROSSMAN
- Valentines for special people
- GLOVE BOX: AUTO SHOW EDITION
- FreightCar America to cut 80% of Illinois plant’s jobs
- Lake seeks top 10 suspects
- Doll doctor on duty
- Big number
- Death Notice: HAZEL ENGLANDER SPATZ
- Bargain-hunters need nerves of steel
- Students learn meaning of kindness
- Irish finally get their fight back
- Death Notice: GERTRUDE MARCINIAK
- Leaning cell tower temporarily disrupts traffic
- NATION/WORLD
- How will stimulus bill’s impact be felt?
- Death Notice: JANE HACKNEY BRADLEY
- NATION & WORLD BRIEFS
- Hooters patron gets pot charge
- Search tied to synagogue vandalism
- The ‘Screwtape’ surprise success
- Death Notice: RUTH HELEN PERKINS
- Evanston not your everyday suburb
- Shows you can’t miss
- C.A. offers version of a stimulus plan
- THIS WEEK’S QUESTION
- Mr. Beef faces bank lawsuit
- Death Notice: CHRISTINE M. FITZPATRICK
- Late-season rally takes big load off Konerko’s mind
- Staying afloat as cost of operating pool rises
- ASK K.C. JOHNSON
- Charter Communications to file for Chapter 11
- For families
- Death Notice: HERBERT S. WAXMAN
- Signs coming down
- Pakistan admits Mumbai attacks hatched on its soil
- Illini dig deep to stun Cats
- Mental test likely for threat suspect
- Abuse suspect turns himself in
- Put more spring in your step
- A return to the age of Dubya
- THE TICKER
- 6 great places to propose
- Man charged with stealing car
- Death Notice: JEFFREY LLOYD RUSCH
- One less board-up, one healthier neighborhood
- No school to call home
- Feeling stimulus’ impact
- Evil bankers? Timing is everything
- Lincoln goes 1st class
- Hey, you kids, get off my lawn!
- FAMILY FUN
- Death Notice: IRENE TSILIS
- Death Notice: HILDEGARD BECKER
- TRACKING THE COMMON COLD
- Family fun
- 2008 criminal sexual assault rates
- MUSIC
- D. Rider makes a beautiful noise, but it isn’t art rock–just rock
- Death Notice: ROBERT O. ROLL
- Death Notice: MARY F. SEMINARO
- Church project rejected
- ALMANAC
- Retail sales up; record total on unemployment
- Snapping dual droughts
- Fearing default, reverse mortgage is a last resort
- Democrats draw primary blood
- Boy injured in fall from 3rd-floor window
- Thursday’s market movers
- CASUAL FRIDAY
- Train kills man on Metra tracks
- Death Notice: WALTRAUD KLINKHAMER
- So who’s making these predictions?
- Man charged in robberies suspected in more holdups
- Bags girl
- 3 coyotes seen near school
- Memory serves
- GPS devices, cash taken from 3 cars
- Death Notice: REBECCA C. HOGAN
- Fresh start
- CHICAGO
- 80 lawyers, 100 staffers losing jobs at DLA Piper
- Death Notice: HARVEY M. JOHNSON
- Arrests made in Phelps case
- Building up an appetite
- My bloody Valentine’s Day
- Death Notice: ELIZABETH CAVINESS
- Catholics put stamp on issue
- HOMETOWN HITS
- With so much anger to go around, Americans growing numb
- Blaze may have been electrical
- More economic fallout: Homelessness in students
- Flights of reality
- ‘Black’ rocks; ‘Scoundrel’ falls short
- ‘Two Lovers’ swimming in publicity
- Desperately seeking, Phoenix-Letterman edition …
- 25 random things about you — by me
- Oberweis store robbed of $800
- Few rest stops for tiny birds
- Death Notice: EDWARD J. ENDLER
- Blind Romeoville wrestler inspires others
- Man accused of stabbing neighbors
- Models debut at Kildeer Estates
- FOOD
- Death Notice: DOROTHY M. NELSON
- SACKED AGAIN
- Death Notice: EDWARD THOMAS McGUNN
- By the numbers2,628The number of homeless students…
- Hard-hitting Astral Project won’t stop
- Death Notice: JULIAN OPIELA
- ‘International’ man of mystery
- Death Notice: ROSE AIELLO
- It’s Friday the 13th. Boo!
- Death Notice: FRANK J. STARAL
- Lots of questions for a defending division champ
- Artist, like his country, intrigued by Obama
- Good TV can happen when interview goes bad
- Pulse Monitor
- WaMu identifies which 57 area branches will close
- ALAN G. ARTNER RECOMMENDS
- Death Notice: JOHN WHALEN
- NAACP works to get out the vote–for top movies
- Wesley McDonald
- London shoulders ‘winner’s curse’
- Snowblower reported stolen
- 2 DO
- Day care lands in new home
- Would you rather paint or wallpaper?
- Love is in the air
- Agency fights dark times
- Other venues
- THE VELVET ROPE
- Take the time to TAFFY!
- Collins endures difficult times
- Death Notice: ALFRED EDWARD MOSSNER
- Deep seas, slick sounds and some preaching
- Death Notice: RICHARD J. STRETCH
- 13 dates & 13 fates
- The return of ‘Friday the 13th’
- George McMahon: 1927-2009
- Big changes on abortion unlikely
- Basanez merits a good look
- IN BRIEF
- Havlat’s health spurs early contract talks
- Death Notice: JOHN P. BROWN JR.
- FRIDAY, FEB. 13
- Death Notice: DANIEL KOMEL
- Shirley Jean Rickert: 1926-2009
- Adult businesses hit with booze ban
- Death Notice: BRONISLAW J. DUL
- What you need to know about Friday the 13th
- NATION & WORLD BRIEFS
- Mortgage aid idea gives stocks hope
- The quest for closure
- Powerhouse squad on tap
- Dartmoor opens 2 models
- White collars, red blood
- Joseph and his duds are back
- QUESTION OF THE DAY
- Teen charged in Metra robbery
- Court rejects link between autism, vaccine
- Should you skip extended warranty?
- Illini dig deep to shock Cats
- Death Notice: BERTHA VISSER
- Death Notice: ANDREW R. WARACK
- Johnny Depp lends a hand in ‘American Life’
- Death Notice: SARAH J. JOYCE
- Landlord won’t reimburse for new $525 lock
- Levy in tune with buyers’ needs
- Death Notice: ROSE M. KINGSLAND
- Death Notice: NANCY S. STANNARD
- Weekend box office: Feb. 6-8
- Alfred Edward Mossner: 1929-2009
- One more honor
- COMEDY
- Into the belly of the beast
- Death Notice: KEI MINE
- Nothing says love like a fill-in-blanks letter
- Chicago area is in for a Valentine’s Day snow
- 13 dates
- Right personnel, but wrong result
- Taylor and Taylor aim high for playoffs
- Veteran music instructor gives lessons in key of life
- Is there a way to skip Valentine’s Day?
- FACEBOOK FIVES
- Death Notice: LEAH BURSTEIN
- Finding rewards in volunteering
- Auto show at a glance
- Death Notice: JANICE A. OLES
- LAST WEEK’S QUESTION
- Empty-nesters retire to Joliet country club life
- A single Rose for Valentine’s weekend
- Puder’s post-apocalyptic vision
- Death Notice: ELIZABETH ELLEN KAZER
- ASK TOM WHY
- Foreclosure suit not the end for Mr. Beef
- THEATER OPENINGS THIS WEEK
- Good behind plow and before cameras
- Ummm …
- Stimulus could boost CTA and Medicaid
- Sears trying a new service outlet
- Death Notice: MILDRED H. TALPAI
- Death Notice: G. WAYNE ANDERSON
- Death Notice: LUCIA PISANI
- The starting 5
- Death Notice: JUNE A. STEINER
- Dispute threatens Morse Theatre
- Global economic turmoil rattles Indonesia
- Death Notice: MARYAN SAMORS
- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
- Death Notice: HENRY J. JONES
- JOHN VON RHEIN RECOMMENDS
- CHRIS JONES RECOMMENDS
- Featured role for freshman
- Gestures worth a lot of words
- Bring comforts of ergonomics home
- January box office: Back to future
- Elmhurst Skating Rink
- Circuit City may live on
- Death Notice: ELIZABETH COLNITIS
- From the mat with our Matt
- Man with knife robs convenience store
- HELPING OUT: NOTES
- Death Notice: LORETTA F. LENZA
- Remark may threaten U.S.-Pakistani relations
- Clive Owen goes ‘International’
- ‘Friday Night Lights’
- Death Notice: MARIE VERONICA WALLACE
- Art imitates romance as couples collaborate
- ALAN G. ARTNER RECOMMENDS
- JOHN VON RHEIN RECOMMENDS
- Death Notice: LEONARD MILLER
- Woman charged in uproar at ER
- CTA expanding Bus Tracker program
- Death Notice: WILLIAM F. GILLMEISTER
- Replica replaces stolen sculpture
- Starbucks shocker: Instant coffee
- A split decision
- Clinics raise fees for uninsured
- Community briefing
- Death Notice: GEORGE A. McMAHON
- Battle of the divas
- Death Notice: DONALD E. DRAKE
- Lovett, Hiatt pairs classic troubadours
- Dumping grounds
- The Last Prima Donna still goes on
- Unity eases move forward
- Finding mattress of your dreams
- Indonesia in cross hairs amid global slowdown
- Advocates paint a picture of arts needs
- YOUR SALES TAX CALENDAR
- Chamber ‘stars’ to hit dance floor
- Death Notice: JANICE M. GORECKI
- Death Notice: CHARLES A. VENTURA
- MUSIC
- Jack Cover: 1920-2009
- Death Notice: THERESA M. MUTHART
- Developer named to DuPage board
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
- Death Notice: VICTOR HERBERT LAZZARONI
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- Internet series offers the germ of a sitcom
- Death Notice: MELBA L. LAW
- SHORTSTOPS
- At school, stability
- Man is fatally shot at family gathering
- Fake gun used in heist attempt
- Wii, PSP stolen from residence
- Joffrey Ballet heats up winter
- Taking a page from Darwin
- Earnings down, stock up
- Local voices
- A-Rod gets only a Selig scolding
- Gold chain taken from woman
- Stricter rules a success
- Staying afloat with pool operating costs
- Miranda hurdle in trying Gitmo prisoners
- Homeless man is kept off ballot
- Death Notice: ALICE KLEHR
- Peanut company’s Texas plant at center of new recall
- Are new windows worth the expense?
- Movement in the middle
- Death Notice: RUSSELL E. PETRICK
- Basketball a big part of Ryan family bond
- Legislators told portion of stimulus funds at risk
- Midway Games seeks bankruptcy protection
- Not sure she can cut it with bad thumb
- I love you means . . . never having to say that?
- Stroger vows to kill route marker deal
- Death Notice: CASEY M. MROZAK
- Fire damages house
- It’s all about American music
- Death Notice: OLGA MARIA MATUS
- Death Notice: STANLEY J. SOLAK
- ‘Black’ knocks ‘types’; ‘Scoundrel’ falls short
- If only evil bankers were to blame
- Rocker superstitions
- WHOVILLE
- Forecast: Worst and first
- Death Notice: BERT LUTTON
- Obama visit limits flights
- Mauled by dog, kid sent home by ER
- Europe faces dilemma on Guantanamo
- Death Notice: GENEVIEVE A. SANFILLIPPO
- A nuclear RSVP
- Meeting gets a bit rough
- Death Notice: SHARON ADELMAN
- Man charged in damage to office
- Twitter’s view
- 2009 COMING OUT PARTY
- All bark and no bite
- Horror shows
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
- Death Notice: FATHER DARRELL D. RUPIPER
- Helping parents prepare for sale
- WATCH DOG
- More coverage in Chicagoland Extra … and on the Web
- Death Notice: WINSTON E. KENNEDY
- Sinbad, sled dogs and drummers
- Death Notice: MICHAEL D. MITCHELL
- Gregg backs out of Cabinet bid
- Death Notice: JOSEPH A. DANCZAK
- Landlord’s default bad for renter
- Death Notice: DOROTHY HAERR
- Things that turn us on
- Not your everyday suburb
- Starbucks to reveal instant-coffee product
- 1 SHO thing and 9.5 others not to miss
- Help amid heartbreak
- Remodeled ‘Dollhouse’ finally ready for viewers
- Death Notice: ANNALINA C. BRIDGER
- Shop talk
- Witnesses to history tell Till’s story
- Bus tracking system to be expanded
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
- Camelback countdown
- In the driver’s seat
- Another bitter ending for Bulls
- Students accused of school bus terror
- Plane crash in upstate N.Y. kills 50
- K.C. Johnson’s Bulls mailbag
- ‘The International’ stars Clive Owen, Naomi Watts
- Celebration of Good Eating
- Evanston not your everyday suburb
- ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ –1 1/2 stars
- ‘Ballerina’ –3 stars
- Movie review: ‘Friday the 13th’ remake a needed return to simplicity
- ‘Under the Sea 3D,’ narrated by Jim Carrey, arrives at IMAX
- Tokyo proposes compact, ‘green’ Olympics
- NTSB: Pilot ignored W. Va. controller’s instructions
- Missing kayaker report proves false alarm
- Madrid positions itself as low-cost Olympics option
- Poison gas empties Kenosha YMCA
- Peterson’s fiance: ‘I don’t think he’ll ever hurt me.’
- Olympic Village to be centered on ‘Main Street’
- Chicago figuring on high Olympic revenues
- No transit overhaul in city’s Olympic bid
- Chicago unveils bid for Olympics
- Peoples, North Shore seek rate hikes
- Metra to upgrade Union Pacific West Line
- Judge feels empathy for Royko’s son
- A ride you can believe in: Obama license plates
- Jury clears cop who shot naked student
- Would you pay $1,700 for an Olympics ticket?
- Cops: Hospital patient says she was fondled
- Lipinski only congressman to vote ‘present’ on stimulus
- Happy birthday, Abe — a day late.
- Quinn: Make sure stimulus money ‘gets to everyone’
- Witness to teen’s death: bullet ‘flew past my head’
- Rio Olympic bid boasts experience, ‘enchantment’
- Naperville fire blamed on light bulb
- Prep scoreboard
- Pets die, but people saved from suburban fire
- Ticketed motorists line up for amnesty
- President back in town
- Attack allegation in Naperville prompts legal call
- $2 million bail set in fatal shooting
- Girls bowling: Lockport leads after first day
- Paxson strongly considering leaving Bulls
- Senate passes $787 billion stimulus plan