In search of Chicago's 'Bad Girls'
It's that time of year again: Oxygen needs you to be bad, girls, Casting directors from Bunim/Murray Productions are coming back to Chicago on Saturday to conduct an open casting call for Oxygen's hit...
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From die-hard fans to national media, it seems like everyone's following the Blackhawks these days.The hype has waned since the 24-game points streak to start the season ended, but the Hawks are atop...
View ArticleBoys to men
Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump wants to make something clear."In no world did my [solo] record not sell and my thing flopped and then I go, 'OK, well, I'll go back to Fall Out Boy,'" the 28-year-old...
View ArticleWill we recognize Wrigley anymore?
It's the kind of story you might see on a "Real Housewives" reality show.Rich Guy isn't satisfied with his wife anymore. She's aging naturally and the wrinkles are setting in. Sure, she's popular and...
View ArticleCasualty count climbs
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two bombs ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people, maiming others and injuring more than 100 in what a White House...
View ArticleTuesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATNew Lunch ServiceEmbeya564 W. Randolph St. 312-612-5640Chef Thai Dang debuts lunch service with a la carte entrees including stuffed quail with black rice, onion and ginger ($15) and ribs with...
View ArticleThe pop star and the transit chief
What do CTA President Forrest Claypool and teen pop sensation Justin Bieber have in common? They're both track stars who are offering prepaid debit cards.Bieber last week began a video campaign for...
View ArticleCharity sprouts at floral shop
The phrase "two guys opened a floral shop" sounds like the punch line to a bad joke. But helping low-income students in Chicago is a serious mission for entrepreneurs Steven Dyme, 22, of Wilmette, and...
View ArticleUIC to go tobacco-free
Students, faculty and other employees of the University of Illinois at Chicago will have to kiss their tobacco products--and their electronic cigarettes--goodbye this summer thanks to a new...
View ArticleJay Chandrasekhar makes us laugh
Broken Lizard co-founder Jay Chandrasekhar admits that when writing jokes, it's much easier to get raunchy than to avoid it."We try mightily to come up with bits that are clean because it's the only...
View ArticleCTA seeks opinion on rail seats
The CTA is asking for rider opinion on rail car seating arrangements as it gathers information before selecting a manufacturer for the upcoming 7000-series cars.In a survey e-mailed to some CTA riders...
View ArticleSports help us heal
For as long as we've held major sporting events in this country, they've served one single purpose--to allow us to lose ourselves in revelry for a couple of hours and help us to forget that sometimes,...
View ArticleDon't believe it
In the aftermath of dramatic events like Monday's bombing attack at the Boston Marathon, it's a truth of our times that millions of people will get early bits of news via social media.To be sure, sites...
View ArticleRunning for Boston
After Kate Napleton heard about the explosions at the Boston Marathon, all she could think was so many people had to be hurt. That's because she knows there always are hordes of people at the finish...
View ArticleSo much for love
Alex hearts Melissa. The message was innocent enough. But because it was etched into the window of an Orange Line rail car, it got Burbank, Ill., resident Alex Gutierrez arrested yesterday.Gutierrez,...
View ArticleCall him 'The ice cream burglar'
A Chicago teenager was looking for money, officials said, when he allegedly broke into an ice cream store in Belmont Cragin on April 7.But before he took money from the cash register of the West...
View ArticleDrinking on deck
"Do you remember when it was 80 degrees in March last year?"Yup, that might be the most common complaint muttered by coat-clad Chicagoans this spring.Sure, summer didn't come early this year as it did...
View ArticleDate with the Bliss
The Chicago Bliss are bringing a little less sexy back.The women's football team-which kicks off its season Friday with a home game at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates-took a year off after the 2011...
View ArticleThursday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATExpansion Grand Opening PartySmoke Daddy1804 W. Division St. 773-772-6656The barbecue joint celebrates its new expansion-which includes doubled space, an atrium roof and weekend Southern brunch-with...
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