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Gene R. Summers dies at 83; architect renovated L.A. Biltmore

2011-12-22 00:00:00

Gene R. Summers, an architect and developer who undertook the first major renovation of the historic Biltmore Hotel, reviving interest in downtown Los Angeles and helping to spark its revitalization, has died. He was 83. Summers, who retired to the...

Reinventing the brownie

2013-05-22 14:52:04

Baking brownies has made Sheila G. Mains more than popular among friends and family. It has turned her into an entrepreneur as founder and chief executive officer of Sheila�G Brands, LLC,�based in West Palm Beach.� Mains grew her passion into a food...

For candy-maker, Nelly endorsement could be sweet or sour

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Hip-hop endorsements have taken a couple of high-profile hits lately, with major companies cutting ties to artists whose work has been criticized as degrading to women. But Just Born Inc. is embracing the culture, touting on Tuesday its new marketing...

National Restaurant Association show: Samples, swag draw thousands

2013-05-21 00:00:00

The National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show (or as convention-goers say, "No, not that NRA ...") is the yearly confab of food and hospitality professionals at McCormick Place that began Saturday and ends Tuesday. As national...

Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform

2013-05-21 04:15:00

Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...

McPier: DePaul events to bring in one-third of operating income at new arena

2013-05-21 00:00:00

DePaul University's use of a proposed $173 million McCormick Place arena for Blue Demons basketball and other events would generate about one-third of the nearly $3.6 million in event-related proceeds expected in the first year, convention officials...

First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope

2013-05-21 00:00:00

As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...

The tale of 'Elevate Chicago' and foreclosure blight in the neighborhoods

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Thirty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-three. That's the number of properties in Chicago listed last week in some stage of mortgage foreclosure. This is a disaster. This is a crisis. And though you wouldn't know it from the amount of news coverage...

Casino bill would give city unparalleled control

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...

Voice of the People, May. 18

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....

Hotel workers protest Pritzker Commerce nomination

2013-05-20 16:04:00

Hundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place. The timing was a...

Don Welsh focuses boundless energy on promoting Chicago

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone...

The musician and actor known as Nelly, center, appears at the Mike and Ike candy booth at the Sweets & Snacks Expo at McCormick Place Convention Center, in Chicago. Nelly will promote the candy for the Just Born Candy company. At left is David Yale, president and CEO of the company.

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Skyler Mason whose father owns Honey Smoked Fish Co. out of Colorado puts a t-shirt for the company on Eileen Stillwell of New Lenox as a line of customers wait their turn. Thousands of people from all over the world wandered the National Restaurant Association Show at McCormick Place in Chicago.

2013-05-20 15:03:23

The Famous Idaho Potato booth featured large potato people as well as a green screen for making a music video. THousands of people from all over the world wandered the National Restaurant Association Show at McCormick Place in Chicago where purveyors of all kinds showed their goods.

2013-05-19 00:00:00