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Dressing to Thrill
By Marcia Froelke Coburn
She's Michelle Obama's favorite designer, and Oprah wears her gowns. Her soft, sexy, elegant clothes have placed her atop Chicago's fashion A-list. And now, with a new boutique, Maria Pinto completes a remarkable comeback Read more
Trauma Queen
By Anne Kavanagh
Trouble keeps finding Betty Loren Maltese, the imprisoned former town president of Cicero. Read more
Without a Trace
By Bryan Smith
Last Labor Day, Steve Fossett—the investment wizard turned record-setting adventurer—took off in a plane from a remote Nevada airfield. He hasn't been seen since. Read more
Suite Dreams
By Noah Isackson
With the Trump opening and more luxury spots on the way, the competition in the city among high-end hotels for big-spending travelers—VIPs, celebrities, the garden-variety rich—is hotter than ever. And the secret to victory? Give the guests what they want Read more
Net Pix
By Brittney Blair
Since the photo-sharing Web site Flickr went online four years ago, it has amassed more than 2 billion photographic images—and nearly 1.9 million of them have a Chicago connection. From an earthbound angel to an eerie nocturnal landscape, here are 13 local pix that click. Read more
Mr. Un-Popularity
By David Bernstein
From our February 2008 issue: Rod Blagojevich was something of a golden boy when he became the governor of Illinois—a young, charismatic champion of change with powerful backers and presidential aspirations. Now he may be the most unpopular governor in the country. A look at how things fell so completely apart Read more
The Smoking Gun
By Robert Loerzel
At the turn of the 20th century, the country's most famous antismoking crusader was a sharp-tongued, stern-faced zealot from Chicago who nearly succeeded in achieving a statewide ban on cigarettes. Now, as a new antismoking law takes effect in Illinois, her nearly forgotten story gets a fitting coda. Read more
Inside Job
By Michael Stone
As a U. of C. grad student, Sudhir Venkatesh talked his way inside a crack-dealing gang at the notorious Robert Taylor Homes and befriended its charismatic leader. Now, in a new book, this "rogue sociologist" tells of his up-close—at times perhaps too close—encounter with gang life Read more
The Transformers
Our Chicagoans of the Year for 2007 are a champion of the disabled, an African American publisher, a world-renowned chef, a mother who turned loss into hope, a lifesaving animal lover, a kid helping other kids, and a longtime advocate of tolerance and diversity. Read more