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2009 > August > 7
- Panel: U. of I. leaders failed school, students
- IHSA suspends longtime Mt. Carmel coach
- Avondale: Ethnically rich, changing in character
- Thieves strip car’s converter
- 13-year-old Care Bears on Fire are … well … on fire
- Real-life change of heart not for the faint of heart
- fast paised
- Alarm may have driven off burglars
- THEATER OPENINGS THIS WEEK
- Lollapalooza
- OTHER VENUES
- AROUND THE HORN
- Death Notice: JAMES C. VUKOVICH SR.
- Police dog on sidelines
- Some Joliet schools short of standards
- Man was stabbed three times in bar, police say
- Battery charged in stabbing
- Eat your veggies!
- Audi stolen from driveway
- Cubs reside in wonder-land
- Take a bow
- Look out!
- Pickpocket case is latest twist for cross-dresser
- It’s Mason out on top on Fox’s ‘Dance’
- FTC to watch oil markets
- Death Notice: ANN STEPHENS TAYLOR
- Don’t take mortgage into your retirement
- Man allegedly brandished golf club
- JOHN HUGHES: 1950 – 2009
- Text-messaging drivers on notice
- MUSIC
- Things that turn us on
- Death Notice: JOY H. McFADDEN
- Death Notice: ELIZABETH GONCZI
- RAY GORZYNSKI JR.: 1942-2009
- Guillen expects Peavy ‘very soon’
- Twitter takes
- Death Notice: NICKOLAS RODINOS
- Death Notice: PATRICIA M. NEVINS
- Title town: White Sox, Cubs will win divisions
- Burglar-proof your home
- Panel: Leaders failed U. of I.
- ALMANAC
- fest flash
- Death Notice: EUGENE OSTRIN
- IN BRIEF
- An open letter to ‘Idol’ execs
- Death Notice: TIMOTHY R. WALSH
- A warrior in every sense
- ‘Mistress’ meant for the Auditorium
- Einstein has good chance to be brilliant
- Death Notice: DANIEL PATRICK MCCARTHY, JR.
- RICHARD J. CRAWFORD: 1947-2009
- On the Web, Bing jingle gets dinged
- In the fight of their lives
- Death Notice: ROBERT EDWARD FIREMAN
- Death Notice: THOMAS R. DEVEREUX
- Lolla Top 30
- Afalava opening some eyes
- Just kidneying
- Wheelchair reported taken
- ‘Irene’ explores father-daughter bond
- Death Notice: MICHAEL ELLIOT PEARL
- Man eludes alleged captor with aid of police
- Trust capitalism, realize stimulus serves purpose
- Arm gets workout at night
- Death Notice: JAMES R. LOOMAN
- Four teens charged for not replacing divots
- Death Notice: LENORE SCHULMAN LANG
- Officials hear plenty of advice on health care
- Internet scams cite reputable sources
- Hanging flower baskets lifted
- FRIDAY, AUG. 7
- Death Notice: CARL F. CZERNIK
- Palatine prepares its beetle battle plan
- Andrew Bird comes home
- Death Notice: PETER WYHINNY PhD
- Pool’s gold? Reporter takes a leap of faith
- Death Notice: DARLENE SCHROEDER
- Clinton boosts support for Somali government
- MUSIC
- How one girl took on the world and had fun doing it
- No-show ‘Joe’
- The passing of Patch
- Oak Lawn weighs additional job cuts
- Award for ex-Irish leader draws fire
- FAMILY FUN
- Bud Billiken Parade steps into 80th year
- At closing, more buyer protections
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
- Death Notice: BRADLEY ANDREW REMUS
- A restless summer
- ‘Adam’ counts on actors, suspension of disbelief
- ASK TOM WHY
- Hide or peak?
- Getting together through the generations
- Perry palooza
- 2 women charged in counterfeit ring
- CHRIS JONES RECOMMENDS
- ART
- Death Notice: DAVID W. HORMEL
- Feds target admission ties
- Death Notice: RICHARD JAMES FISHBEIN
- New charges in cemetery case
- THURSDAY’S ROUNDUP
- Jockeying for funds
- Downpours threaten ahead of hot weekend
- Ethnically rich, changing in character
- Home energy savings are made in the shade
- It’s not really perfect, but it is interesting
- Capturing the B1g T1me essence of Tom Waits
- WINE THERAPY
- Blend bios till smooth
- Derrick Rose: I’ll miss Gordon
- Title town: Sox, Cubs will win divisions
- Assessor’s race opens as Houlihan opts out
- Death Notice: LAWRENCE H. SPINDOR
- Senate refills ‘clunkers’ program with $2 billion
- Death Notice: SANFORD SCHAFFNER
- Final cases for quirky detective
- Death Notice: DAVID K. YOUNG
- How often do you get the urge to move?
- Classical Corner
- Death Notice: ROBERT J. ZANA
- Afghan blasts extend deadly stretch for U.S.
- Bono, Blair to lend voices at church event
- TED COSTOPOULOS: 1923-2009
- Death Notice: ROSE ANN URBAUER
- Skate is enough
- GUSTATORY DELIGHTS
- Convict’s bright idea: Rob the same bank
- The picks of an August (mostly) Harvest
- watch dog
- MUSIC
- Perry finds niche in forever homes
- How much is that clunker on the car lift?
- Ex-chief of AIG settles SEC suit
- Death Notice: COLETTE C. O’NEIL
- THEODORE NIERENBERG: 1923-2009
- GUEST IN SHOWS
- Yanks finally solve Sox
- Time ripe for backups to shine
- HOMEWORK ZONE
- The Ticker
- No, walk this way
- Lewis gets 10-game drug ban
- Wolves fill GM post with ex-goalie Young
- PEAVY WATCH
- Death Notice: KATHLEEN HARPER
- Death Notice: SUSAN MARIE ALLERUZZO JOYNER
- Orland Park blazing green path it hopes others follow
- Unemployment claims fall
- History: Sotomayor confirmed
- Man accused of shouting threats at girlfriend
- West suburbs join forces
- Calling those bluffs about health care
- Spray on the details
- Death Notice: EVELYN B. CIECKO
- Death Notice: LILLIAN PAPAK
- Brit Dancy flirts with pinup status
- Real estate turbulence good for airline
- 2 DO
- Broom offers a guitarist’s take on Thelonious Monk
- ‘A crisis of its own making’
- Jimmy Buffett fans, it’s fins up!
- Charge in sale of stolen tools
- Death Notice: ROSEMARY PISCOPO
- Death Notice: NATALIE HILLMAN
- Death Notice: BETTY JANE FEDRIGON
- FOCUS ON WOMEN
- YOUR SALES TAX CALENDAR
- Birkett balks at facing Madigan
- New law gives tenants reprieve on foreclosure
- Classical Corner
- Where is the pitch(er)?
- Death Notice: ANGELO F. PETITTI SR.
- Unsightly start ends up badly
- Elgin’s U-46 schools facing boundary issues, again
- Death Notice: NINA L. DIAZ
- It’s not your job to protect friend’s secret
- Panel: Leaders failed U. of I.
- Our own ‘High Fidelity’ top 5
- Death Notice: JESSICA R. FON
- Zelenka rows her way to U.S. team
- NATION & WORLD
- DEA visits clinic during probe of methadone death
- Hughes put spotlight on teen insecurities
- For Maya film series sponsor, variety is the spice of life
- Punches fly in coffee house
- COMMUNITY DIGEST
- SNAKES ON THE BRAIN
- LOLLAPALOOZA PREVIEW
- CHICAGO
- Mortgage rates decline
- Death Notice: SHIRLEY B. PFLAUM
- Wallpaper is on a roll
- Death Notice: MARIAN S. HARROP
- Judge revokes Royko son’s bail
- Let’s toast the Pub Theater; pH just OK on balance
- The ‘Forgotten War’ Korea vets tell of ordeal
- Wiggles are bringing song, dance and flips
- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
- Sharing memories of being on the job or in a food fight
- Report: Global warming has hastened glacial melt
- Man charged with violating protection order
- For Paula Abdul, no idle days
- Family politics likely driving Hyatt’s IPO
- Foreclosure workshop set at DuPage recession survival event
- 5 questions for Flowers
- NATION/WORLD
- Aunt charged after tot found wandering in traffic
- Block parties going strong on West Side
- For whom does your agent speak?
- Landmark panel rejects pitch for hospital
- FOCUS ON WOMEN
- SHORTSTOPS
- Death Notice: TRUDE ANSCHEL
- Death Notice: EDWARD J. O’DONNELL
- Few people had access to missing engagement ring
- Contrasts with court transcend ethnicity
- CLOUT FALLOUT
- Parrotheads, get ready!
- New chocolatier thinks truffles trump economy
- Taken for a ride?
- Do the math: Shellac equals loud precision
- Sex offender looking for a second chance
- Board leader’s dual role raises questions
- Fox still trying to lose label as liability on ‘D’
- Death Notice: John Noot Stern, 1917-2009
- Death Notice: MATTHEW MELDAZIS
- The spin on buying right clothes dryer
- Kopsick still kicking
- Death Notice: JULIA C. MALEK
- Death Notice: SARAH MARSHALL KERN
- Johnson a salvage master
- Death Notice: RAYMOND J. GORZYNSKI JR.
- Brown’s Chicken jurors screened
- How one girl took on the world and had fun doing it
- THE VELVET ROPE
- Overheard
- Obama plans overhaul of immigration detention
- ‘Cabaret’ at Drury Lane; girl talk at Metropolis
- Celeb chef takes heat, but thief takes peppers
- Death Notice: WILLIAM J. REIF
- Death Notice: FRANCIS T. DIVER
- Man accused of stealing box truck
- Death Notice: WILLIAM A. KWAK
- Death Notice: EVANGELINA BROOKE IZARD
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- Death Notice: JOAN IDA DOWNS
- 5 places to party post-Lollapalooza
- Easing off the throttle
- On the fault line between revenge and forgiveness
- Obama’s counterterror chief blasts Bush policies
- Death Notice: MARGARET SIMKIN
- People with disabilities face transportation cuts
- Real LOVE, or something
- Cribbing from a higher authority
- FOCUS ON WOMEN
- Group that aids pregnant teens says it could use some help now
- Senate OKs $2B ‘clunkers’ refill
- Avondale: Ethnically rich, changing in character
- A taste of life behind a badge
- Focusing on women
- iowa’s success tied to what occurs on road
- Mickelson back on the big stage
- Death Notice: DOLORES TRACZ
- Death Notice: ANTOINETTE C. KASPER
- Death Notice: KENNETH G. PINZKE
- Daley associate plans to develop land near 2016 site
- Death Notice: JAMES EDWARD POLECK
- For starters, it’s a coin flip
- Daley insider corners prime Olympics lots
- Chicago White Sox fall short, 9-5, in bid for sweep over Los Angeles Angels
- Strengthen Your Forearm and Grip
- A very Harry Potter vacation
- Have Your Fries
- Perry finds niche in forever homes
- Homework zone
- Woman charged with drug-induced homicide
- 2 killed on Chicago-area expressways
- Man held in gas station stabbing death
- Cops exchange shots with gunman on North Side
- NIU: No record of Blagojevich tampering with admissions
- Plans for Midway Airport area bypass move forward
- Quinn asks for resignations of U. of I. trustees
- Man charged with trying to board plane with gun
- See UK the Potter way
- Jail inmate charged with murder in ’08 killing
- Feds issue new advice on swine flu and schools
- Investigation ends at Burr Oak, few answers for families
- Sen. Mel Martinez to resign early
- Chicago man nominated for U.S. Marshal
- Man gets 40 years for sexually abusing daughter
- 4 teens charged with shooting BB guns at 41 vehicles
- Man stricken at Lollapalooza dies
- Mother of teen shot by officer sues police, city
- U.S. Olympics chief’s pay under scrutiny
- Ex-coach in sex case now faces fraud charges
- IHSA: Marketing letters reason for Lenti’s suspension
- Bank wants Christopher Kelly’s mansion
- Blagojevich does Elvis
- Woman whose body was dumped was strangled
- Daley refuses to talk about insider’s Olympics deal
- Extra-alarm fire strikes boat yard
- Latest attack fits pattern of muggings in Lincoln Park