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For Immediate Release No. CHICAGO The 2005 National Environmental Partnership Summit, a conference spotlighting pollution prevention, environmental compliance assistance and leadership will take place in ...

VIDEO: Vince Gerasole reports. Apr 8, 2005 4:04 pm US/Central CHICAGO For many, Indian cuisine may be a new taste sensation.

What was conceived as a dream marriage is starting to look like an episode from Divorce Court.

In the wee final moments of Thursday night, Chicagoist received an e-mail from Chicagoist's favorite professional blogger and columnist Mr.

CHICAGO-The first deal at 108 N. State St., the $336-million-plus mixed-use project formerly known as "Block 37," is done.

By PAUL WIEDER Sure, you could whistle while you work... but when the work is scrubbing the entire house for Passover, you might give your whistler a break and pop in an energetic Jewish CD or two: Shout! ...

Applications are being accepted for the position of Internet Services Manager as part of the Department of Communication of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Loudspeakers broadcast a Catholic mass in Polish as the marchers and congregants filled Holy Trinity Mission, 1118 N. Noble, and spilled into the parking lot outside.

The famed Chicago-based Second City sketch comedy group, alma mater of John Belushi, Bill Murray and others, will present two shows at Kirkland Performance Center this week.

LOUISIANA, Mo. - Antiques aficionado George St. Pierre took a small gamble in handing over $10 for a framed scrap of cloth at a secondhand store.

Officer Dies Trying To Save Pedestrian Apr 8, 2005 10:37 am US/Central NILES They sign on to protect and serve.

It lies twenty miles west of Chicago, on the old Burlington commuter line, along which trains stop every twenty minutes or so during evening rush hour, coming to rest at Victorian stations with gingerbread trim ...

Oh, this is terrible. Seriously this is just the worst possible thing ever. On this their 3rd anniversary, Loyola University - -s independent radio station WLUW has extended their usual one-day record fair to ...

A city panel is moving to place the Marshall Field's store at State and Washington Streets, one of Chicago's most beloved buildings since it was built in 1892, on its list of landmarks.

There's something to be said about being persistent. Just ask Ted Gladson. More than three decades ago, he came up with a plan to help retailers drive up sales of their best-selling products and streamline the ...

Emy Baysic, left, stars as Kim in "Miss Saigon" at the 5th Avenue Theatre. The musical is nearing its 30th anniversary, and many of the cast were not born at the time in which the musical is set.

Cook County Board President John Stroger has selected beleaguered businessman and political powerbroker Antoin "Tony" Rezko as one of the honorary chairs of his campaign fundraiser next month.

It just doesn't get much better than this -- the perpetual motion, the fascinating rhythms, the riveting riffs on relationships and the dancers whose bravura technique is matched by an astonishing emotional ...

A Pittsburgh company has paid $30.9 million for The Cumberland Apartments, which, when it opened in 1998, was one of the first residential buildings constructed in the heart of downtown in decades.

SE winds are likely to flow onshore Saturday--and to a lesser extent Sunday--a development expected to deny lakeshore areas the level of warming predicted in Chicago's south and western suburbs.

No Irish traditional band in the last dozen years has had a wider impact on audiences throughout the world than Altan.

Dan Kaercher thinks it's time Midwesterners start tooting their own horn -- and if they won't do it, he will.

The Chicago Transit Authority Board asked riders Thursday to pick their punishment from among five odious options to cut service and raise fares this summer if the legislature does not approve new subsidies to ...

Recently reviewed restaurants by dining critic Pat Bruno. Kitsch'n, 600 W. Chicago; 644-1500. Casual, retro, cafeterialike.

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By Jodi S. Cohen, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporters Darnell Little, Tracy Dell'Angela and Diane Rado contributed to this report Published April 8, 2005 In what could lead to broad changes in the ...

The Chicago City Council unanimously passed the dreaded 12 percent increase in cab fares on Wednesday.

A stubborn extra alarm fire has damaged an apartment building in northwest suburban Norridge.

Years ago, when his name was first floated as a prospect for higher political office, Elmhurst Mayor Tom Marcucci was flattered.

The Bookworm of Edwards 1. "Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini: This is the story of a friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.

Torture and abuse are two examples of society's most vulgar concepts. Yet the vulgarity continues as Falun Gong practitioners in China are mercilessly abused with some of the most severe forms of torture ever ...

The American Floral Endowment is currently mailing a questionnaire to all current donors asking: What market and/or consumer information would help you grow your business? The objective of this questionnaire is ...

Carlson Hotels Worldwide today announced that it is has reached an agreement with Hospitality Properties Trust , a major hotel industry real estate investment trust , to take over management of 12 hotels ...

Chicago's city council unanimously voted in favor of the proposed Wrigley Field expansion .