Landlord has become way too handy toward tenant
Dear Amy: My husband and I have been married for 40 years. He owns rental property, and last year a married woman moved into one of his houses. Her husband lives out of town and is expected to move...
View Article'Heart sisters' bond lives on, even after one's death
Niki Glass and Karen Tompkins formed an unbreakable bond while awaiting heart transplants at Northwestern Memorial Hospital three years ago. Nicknaming themselves the “heart sisters,” they supported...
View ArticleLINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES for 2/4/18
Today's Birthday (02/04/18). Good fortune blesses your career and professional standing this year. Disciplined planning and scheduling are required. Stay true to yourself, and your confidence grows....
View ArticleSouth Carolina train crash leaves at least 2 dead, 70 hurt
A crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a CSX freight train in South Carolina has left at least two people dead and about 70 people injured. Lexington County spokesman Harrison Cahill said the...
View Article2 dead, 8 wounded in Chicago shootings, including 3 shot in West Pullman
Ten people have been shot, two fatally, in city attacks Saturday and early Sunday, including an 18-year-old man who was killed in a triple shooting on the Far South Side. The man was among three...
View ArticleMan found fatally shot in snowy lot: 'It was so wrong'
The sounds of seven gunshots jolted the woman awake in her Far South Side home early Monday. But she debated with herself about calling police. Then she saw a man lying face up in a snowy lot in the...
View ArticleBrandon Graham's strip-sack of Tom Brady hands Super Bowl to Eagles
The stage was set for another dramatic Super Bowl comeback for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. That's when Brandon Graham delivered one of the few defensive highlights in the most prolific...
View ArticleDodge Super Bowl commercial draws backlash for using Rev. Martin Luther King...
Dodge aired a commercial for its Ram truck series during Sunday's Super Bowl featuring a portion of a sermon from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that has drawn a backlash on social media. The...
View ArticleEagles win first Super Bowl, holding off favored Patriots 41-33 in a game...
As their delirious fans sang their theme song and their owner lifted the Lombardi Trophy, the Philadelphia Eagles' finally could breathe freely. Yo, Philly, you really did beat Tom Brady and the New...
View Article2018 Super Bowl ads: 5 best and worst
Dozens of ads aired during the 2018 Super Bowl, the great majority of them safe and competent rather than outstanding, risk-taking or appalling. There are the ten that really stood out, the best and...
View ArticleSuper Bowl MVP Nick Foles makes case as Philadelphia's favorite underdog
As confetti flew inside U.S. Bank Stadium and Eagles teammates held up front pages with the headline “TOP DOGS” over a giant photo of No. 9, quarterback Nick Foles tried processing the news that...
View ArticleEvery 2018 Super Bowl ad, from best to worst
In the Ad Bowl accompanying Super Bowl LII, there were some surprises this year: A car company decided it was okay to use a Martin Luther King Jr. speech to sell its trucks. Budweiser left the...
View ArticleAfter tough Super Bowl loss, Patriots face some tough questions
Two minutes, 21 seconds was an eternity to give Tom Brady and the Patriots in Super Bowl LII, one of the most insane postseason games of all time. Trailing by five points in a shootout that featured...
View ArticleIllinois receives commitment from California QB Matthew Robinson, two others
Three days before national signing day, Illinois received commitments Sunday from three players, including quarterback Matthew Robinson. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Robinson — a three-star recruit from J...
View ArticleCan a new 'L' construction project turn a dark Woodlawn intersection into a...
Novelist Nelson Algren wrote that “Every day is D-Day under the ‘L.’ ” The space under the “L” station at 63rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue has that battlefield vibe — noisy, dark, gritty and...
View ArticleNation's deeply divided views on Trump mirrored in rural Henry Co.
KEWANEE, Ill. — Encouraged by President Donald Trump’s conservative choices for the judiciary, the overall ascent of stock market values and setbacks for the Islamic State group, Marshall Jones has...
View ArticleBoyfriend wants 'drunken one-night stand' in Vegas
Dear Amy: My boyfriend of two and a half years told me that he wants to have a "drunken one-night stand" in Las Vegas. What should I do? -- Upset Girlfriend Dear Upset: I'm assuming from your question...
View ArticleWe've waited for this
Veteran travelers know the drill: Arrive hours early at the airport, scramble to the security checkpoint, mutter prayers that the line doesn’t snake down the terminal concourse and disappear into the...
View ArticleSouthern accent can get lost in translation overseas
I speak with a pronounced Southern accent. Anywhere outside the South, that’s considered a serious speech impediment. On a recent trip to Southeast Asia, my drawl seemed to compound the language gap,...
View ArticleFeds reach plea deal amid allegations of white supremacist postings involving...
Federal prosecutors have reached a last-minute plea deal with a man facing drug and weapons charges after his attorneys uncovered alleged white supremacist Facebook posts involving a potential key...
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