Restaurant delivery guide: 20 fresh options for your next night in
It's been months since going outside seemed like fun, which means you've probably exhausted your go-to delivery spots and best slow cooker recipes by now. These fresh options are ready to deliver you...
View Article'Jupiter Ascending' disintegrates on impact
Much funnier to discuss than to watch, "Jupiter Ascending" stars Channing Tatum's misguided goatee as a half-man/half-wolf bent on saving Jupiter (Mila Kunis), or "Joop" to her friends, from an evil...
View ArticleNew Italian restaurant Formento's dazzles in the West Loop
New- and old-school sensibilities unite at Formento's.Review:Formento's925 W. Randolph St. 312-690-7295Rating:Â !!!! (out of 4) Already hotThere are a lot of things Chicago doesn't need more of:...
View ArticleTemperatures plunge after another snowy day
It snowed again in the Chicago area Wednesday, the city's 10th snowy day of the past 11. This time the city was spared the heaviest snowfall, with amounts ranging from just a dusting north to about an...
View ArticleUnshoveled sidewalks draw hundreds of complaints, but no tickets
When Jeff Heath walked from the Brown Line to his Lakeview home Monday night, he didn't like what he saw-or felt.Snow covered some areas of the sidewalk along Diversey Parkway, sometimes reaching his...
View ArticleOfficials: 'More cases' expected in measles cluster at Palatine day care...
Public health officials are warning that more measles cases are likely after five infants who attend a suburban day care center were diagnosed with the highly infectious disease.The outbreak at a...
View ArticleReport that Bobbi Kristina Brown is off life support 'false,' lawyer says
Bobbi Kristina Brown was reportedly still on life support Thursday, despite a story early in the day declaring artificial assistance had been removed - but it still looks as if the family's moment of...
View ArticleU.S. added 257,000 new jobs in January with strong wage gains
The economy produced another robust month of job gains last month, adding 257,000 net new positions and a strong gain in wages, the Labor Department said Friday.The unemployment rate ticked up to 5.7%,...
View ArticleChicago Park board to vote next week on handing over parkland for Obama...
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel works to land the Obama presidential library in Chicago, the park district is officially laying the groundwork to hand over greenspace for the project. On Wednesday, the Chicago...
View ArticleComcast changes customer's name - unflatteringly - on bill
Mary Bauer of Addison got quite a shock when she received her Comcast cable bill this week, and it wasn't the amount.The bill was addressed to Super Bitch Bauer."I did not open it up, because I'm not a...
View ArticleShould I date outside my race?
Dear Anna,I'm a black woman who's attracted to a white man. I like him and he feels the same way about me, but I've never dated outside my race before. I come from a very black-power-oriented family...
View ArticleBusiness is blooming at Forget Me Knodt flower shop
The proof is in her genes. Chicago florist Janessa Knodt comes from a bloom-obsessed family-most notably, her grandparents, August and Doris Knodt, who opened a flower shop out of their apartment in...
View ArticleKerry Washington's lighter skin on cover of InStyle prompts complaints
Handle it, InStyle.Kerry Washington took to social media late Wednesday to gush about her March cover for the magazine, but her skin tone in an image she posted on Instagram and Twitter appeared...
View ArticleBrian Williams' credibility questioned after fake Iraq story
NBC News anchor Brian Williams found himself the story Thursday, his credibility seriously threatened because he falsely claimed he had been in a helicopter hit by a grenade during the Iraq war.NBC...
View ArticlePenis-looking Toronto bus route sign removed after Tweets pointed it out
Poop trains? Bus delays from the Blizzard? None of our Chicago Transit Authority complaints can compete with the chatter about the Toronto Transit Commission this week.On Monday, a transit rider on the...
View ArticleGuess the name of Brad Pitt's new movie
Sometimes Hollywood news has only very limited information.Today a press release announced that Brad Pitt would star in a movie directed by Robert Zemeckis ("Flight,""Forrest Gump") and written by...
View ArticleChicago pedestrian fatalities on the rise: data
Seven pedestrians have been struck and killed by vehicles in Chicago this year, continuing a 2014 trend that saw an increase in pedestrian fatalities compared to 2013, city transportation officials...
View ArticleCPS teacher allegedly impersonates cop
A CPS teacher was charged with impersonating a peace officer after he hassled an off-duty police officer and claimed to be a cop from Wisconsin, prosecutors said in Central Bond Court on Friday.Mark...
View ArticleChicago area haunted houses opening for Valentine's Day
Picture this: It's Valentine's Day. You're with that special someone. The dimly lit room is decorated with candles. The two of you are holding hands even though you're usually not one for P.D.A. Who...
View ArticleMan thinks dog is driving squad car while he is being transported after DUI...
A 27-year-old Orland Park man being transported by police after an arrest for DUI/drugs momentarily thought it was he who was driving the squad car and later thought his dog was behind the wheel,...
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