Brandon Marshall weighs in on abuse
As is often the case, Brandon Marshall felt an urge to speak out.With his league spiraling through an unprecedented month of crisis and his own troubled past being dragged into the conversation, the...
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Jimmy Fallon appears to be getting smarter.The first time the "Tonight Show" host made a bet with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel about the reading prowess of Chicago schoolchildren, he ended up swimming in...
View ArticleJ-Lo and her 'Booty' are back
Look. We all know it. Butts are winning these days. The New York Times wrote about it. Vogue wrote about it. A RedEye columnist wrote about Vogue writing about it.And it seems everyone (Kim K. and...
View ArticleHealth, safety concerns divert study abroad programs
By Megan Crepeau | RedEyeKate Rooney nearly didn't make it to Israel this month.The 23-year-old was slated to fly there as part of a partnership between Northwestern, where she is a graduate student...
View ArticleBroke your iPhone 6 already?
People are so excited about the new iPhone 6 that they're dropping them.No, seriously: A man accidentally dropped his new iPhone 6 on live TV, right out of the box. The catch? Everyone has to wait a...
View ArticleNBA stars fight violence
It all started with a walk through the hood.Father Michael Pfleger, head of St. Sabina Parish on the South Side, and Isiah Thomas, a West Side native and NBA legend, tell the same story in slightly...
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RedEye Rundown: A sarcastic week-in-review
Hey sports fans! I said HEY SPORTS FANS!No, nothing? Oh, that's right. There's barely any left because this week had more terrible NFL headlines than Flaco's has tacos. (Flaco's has an irresponsible...
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Kanye steals the AAHH! Fest stage
The first annual AAHH! Fest, a community-focused concert effort between Common and his Common Ground Foundation and Donda's House Inc. (a creative arts foundation co-founded by Kanye West and Che...
View ArticleNFL good guy: Bears' Charles Tillman
The past few weeks have been rough on anyone who calls themselves a football fan.I won't bore you with the names that have become synonymous with what is wrong with the NFL. However, if we are going to...
View ArticleFighting campus sexual assaults
Barely one month into the new school year, six Southern Illinois University students are facing allegations that they were involved in two reported sexual assaults on the Carbondale school's campus...
View ArticleMonday night plans? We've got some ideas
EATChili Cook-Off at Bears TailgateLotties Pub1925 W. Cortland Ave. 773-489-0738Sample chili from six amateur cooks and vote for your favorite to win $200. Then stick around to watch the Bears play the...
View ArticleRide a Blackhawks Divvy bike
Starting this week, five of the city's Divvy bike-share bicycles are sporting the black and red team colors of the Blackhawks as well as the numbers of five players.The bikes, which are decorated in...
View ArticleAre you an ex-aholic?
So you've just split up with the love of your life/summer/week, and you're heart broken. I get it. I've been there. OK, let's be real: I am there, and so are many, many twentysomethings in this world....
View Article'Orphan': More to like than love
*** (out of four)Empires is a band that's easy to root for. The Chicagoans built a local following off of 2008's diverse "Howl," released for free and showing that rock unpredictability can be a good...
View ArticleBreaking ground on 95th Street station
It's the beginning for the end of the Red Line: The CTA and local officials broke ground Monday on a $240 million renovation of the 95th Street stop, the southernmost point on the Red Line and a hub...
View ArticleVergara, Fallon: JT is a 'papacito rico'
Was it Sofia Vergara or Jimmy Fallon who called Justin Timberlake a "papcito rico"? We're confused.Fallon hosted Vergara of "Modern Family" on Monday's airing of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy...
View ArticleChicago multi-unit building recylcing plan falls flat
Soon after Wilson Ramon Torres moved into a West Rogers Park condo last year, he went looking for the building's recycling-and couldn't find it."Recycling obviously is a form of habit, and once I got...
View ArticleKacey Musgraves rocks
Kacey Musgraves has won over a lot of people. But the Grammy-winning, breakout country star took particular delight in converting fans who were only there to see the headliner on Musgraves' recent...
View ArticleMetra's new bike policies
Easing its bicycle policy, Metra is making it more convenient for customers who ride as part of their commutes or when special events are held Downtown, officials said Tuesday.The first change will...
View ArticleEmanuel on pot
Mayor Rahm Emanuel today called on the General Assembly to decriminalize marijuana possession statewide and to reduce the penalty to a misdemeanor for those caught with 1 gram or less of any...
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