Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, behind bars for almost six weeks now, is washing pots and pans six days a week at the Englewood Federal Correctional Center in Colorado, according to Fox News’s Larry Yellin, who interviewed Blago’s former lawyers at the prison gate Sunday. After 90 days of pots and pans detail, Yellin reports, Blago will be teaching…
The mayor's NATO point person, Lori Healey, estimates the Chicago summit cost at $55 million, much of which the federal government will likely cover. The scope of the protests is harder to predict. But a look back at recent international gatherings might provide some clues. RELATED: Everything you need to know about NATO » … Read more
SCALING THE SUMMIT: The no-nonsense public-service vet talks about the drama surrounding the May 20-21 event
What you need to know about the world’s most important defense summit
April 3, 2012–Athleta hosted a special evening of shopping and fun to celebrate the opening of its Southport store. Athleta offers the ultimate performance apparel in sweet, feminine designs for every active woman.
The facts, reports Rex Huppke, are dead: “survived by two brothers, Rumor and Innuendo, and a sister, Emphatic Assertion.” We have a sense of who killed them, but what’s the motive?
If Nicolas Sarkozy survives the first-round vote this Sunday, and if he wins the runoff election on May 6th, we could see him standing together with Rahm Emanuel at the NATO summit in Chicago, one month from today. It’s interesting to observe the strong personality similarities between Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian immigrant and former mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, and Emanuel, the son of an Israeli immigrant…
The shooting of Trayvon Martin, and the mystery that surrounds it, have brought back the issue of still-novel gated communities and the possibility they instill fear in their residents. But they’re more a symptom than a cause, and not so different from the rest of America.
An archive from the Detroit Publishing Company captures Chicago from 1890 to 1920, as the city more than doubled in population and transitioned into the modern age as a true metropolis.
A middle-finger of a letter from an august U. of C. prof; a detailed history of the Portage Theater; a list of the best restaurants in the suburbs; and more
