Columns
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Five years removed from Illinois, Self delivers his own Final Four teamMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Two months after Illinois' run to the 2005 NCAA title game, Bill Self swung through Chicago to check out the NBA predraft camp. During a break in the action at Moody Bib...
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Burton's 'Sweeney Todd' bloody goodMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (two-disc special edition) -- In a lot of ways, "Sweeney Todd" is the movie Tim Burton was born to make. The story, ...
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Police officers to serve up breakfastMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Irene Arlow served as secretary for former Arlington Heights Police Chief Rodney Kath for 10 years before she retired, after 16 years in all with the village. But she s...
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Sox plenty positive after lossMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- The White Sox got precisely the start they wanted. For 26 minutes. After that, following a Jim Thome homer and Mark Buehrle's 8-pitch first inning, 2008 loo...
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The new fall TV shows -- or are they?Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Happy April Fools' Day, Aware One. As a regular reader of Your Friendly Neighborhood TV Critic, you can't fall prey to something sneaky creeping on you, can you? No, you...
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When sex life is terrible, it's time to talk about itMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - While I'm away, I'm letting you give the advice. The following are readers' opinions on issues they've seen in the column: On why some wives avoid sex with their hus...
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Fukudome a ray of sunshine in soggy Cubs openerMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - On an Opening Day devoted to immortalizing old Cub Ernie Banks with his "Mr. Cub" statue outside Wrigley Field, rookie Cub Kosuke Fukudome made a bid Monday to be the ne...
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Moby returns to the DJ booth for 'Last Night'Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Moby became America's favorite DJ thanks to "Play," a 1999 smash he followed up with albums that spanned electro-pop to strummed singer-songwriter fare. On the sample-he...
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These Cubs destined to make history … for better or for worseMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Welcome to Wrigley Field, which these days is history's drawing board. The significance isn't nearly as serious as it was at Ford's Theater or the Watergate Hotel. But n...
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Credibility in system needs to be restoredMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - "... let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to conve...