MLB Trade Deadline: Ozzie Guillen's New Team Deals His Old One a Blow

By Whet Moser

The failure of the Miami Marlins to contend, even with their offseason spending spree, results in the Tigers picking up two important pieces at the trade deadline and making a surprising White Sox season that much harder. Read more

Anthony Bourdain's Best Spots for One Night in Chicago—Plus Our Editors' Picks

By Matt Schur

The celebrity chef ate, drank, and tweeted his way through the city for his new show, "The Layover," but here are our dining editors' picks for where to go if you have one night to spend in Chicago... Read more

Ben Hecht’s Hyde Park Home

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $699,000
The Property: Of Ben Hecht’s thousand and one afternoons in Chicago, it’s likely that some were spent at this Queen Anne-style Hyde Park house where he lived in the early 1920s... Read more

'Point Em Out Knock Em Out,' 'Knockout King,' 'Happy Slapping,' and the Murder of Delfino Mora

By Whet Moser

The murder of a 62-year-old immigrant in West Rogers Park is the latest victim attributed to a "game" of random street violence—one that's also cropped up in St. Louis and London. Read more

Former Urban Union Partner Jason Chan Teaming Up with Former Arami Chef B. K. Park for Sushi and Seafood Restaurant

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

They haven’t yet signed the lease for their likely space, and another restaurant is still operating there, so they won’t yet allow publication of the address—but it’s not in the West Loop, as has previously been reported... Read more

'Chicago-Style Politics': The Latest 2012 Meme

By Whet Moser

The frequency of the old cliche "Chicago-style politics" spiked after Barack Obama's rise to the White House—and it's getting hauled off the shelf again by the Romney campaign. Read more

Barack Obama's Fundraising Presidency

By Whet Moser

After two fundraisers in Austin today and two more next week in the Bay Area, Obama will come home for his birthday—to host another fundraiser. He's doubled George W. Bush's total in a similar period, but Mitt Romney is creeping up on his heels. Read more

Pitchfork 2012: Best and Worst of the Festival

By Elly Fishman

With umbrellas in our hands and rainboots on our feet, Chicago braved the storms at Union Park this weekend for the seventh annual Pitchfork Music Festival. Photographers Ray Whitehouse and James Trevenen shot the wildest style, crowds, and performances, while writer Elly Fishman caught the best of the fest’s performers—both on stage and off... Read more

Overheard at Pitchfork 2012

"You know you've made it when you have sperm whales on your shirt," and other quoteworthy gems from the weekend Read more

A Step-by-Step Approach to Choosing Patio Material

By Sarah White

SOMETHING’S AFOOT: Bricks? Natural stone? Reclaimed cobbles? Here’s a step-by-step approach to choosing the patio material that’s right for you Read more

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