Articles filed under Region
-
Effort to honor famed author Saul Bellow stalled by his racial commentsOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - In a city whose streets commemorate literary notables like the German Goethe and the Frenchman Jean Racine, naming an avenue, a statue, or maybe a school after the Ameri...
-
Revival of anthem gets fans through times like Game 2Oct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Thursday night's laboriously long, agonizingly frustrating Cubs' 8-4 playoff loss to the Diamondbacks in Arizona didn't end until the fat lady sang early Friday morning....
-
Obama stops wearing flag pin, says he'll show patriotism in ideasOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - WATERLOO, Iowa -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he no longer wears an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for "true patrioti...
-
Fans still remember vanished amusement parkOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - You had to be there. And if you were there, you know there has never been another place like it. Riverview. The amusement park, located near Belmont and Western in Chic...
-
Departing conductor looks back on 51 years of opera in ChicagoOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Back in 1956, the 2-year-old Lyric Opera of Chicago desperately needed a replacement conductor for its scheduled production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" and almost reluctan...
-
Clinton expects override of vetoOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Sen. Hillary Clinton swooped into town Thursday to attend two fundraisers, stopping briefly to chat with reporters about Bush's veto of an initiative to expand health ca...
-
Playoff swag selling at record paceOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Combine popular players, big markets, a team on a hot streak and a trio of long-suffering cities desperate for a World Series champion and what do you get? If you're Maj...
-
Chrysler plant closes for a timeOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - BELVIDERE, Ill. -- Citing a tough market, Chrysler will shut down a northern Illinois assembly plant for two weeks starting this weekend. The plant in Belvidere will shu...
-
Sun-Times to combine Southtown, StarOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Sun-Times Media Group on Wednesday said it intends to combine the Daily Southtown with its Chicago Star twice-weekly newspapers. "How exactly it will look has yet to...
-
Briefs: Run the tollwayOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - State officials are hosting a 5K veterans fundraiser with participants running, walking or biking down stretches of the new I-355 southern extension between Mokena and B...