St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929)

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OK, so Congress hasn't managed to pass a budget, fix the tax code or avert the automatic spending cuts of the dreaded "sequester." Are they getting anything done on Capitol Hill? Yes, and you'll probably be surprised to hear where progress is being...

'Gossip Girl' recap: St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Upper East Side-style

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Blood weed

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Today, Stimson and Sullum address the relationship between drug laws and violence. Previously, they compared drug legalization and decriminalization, debated the federal government's authority to raid local marijuana dispensaries, and discussed past...

'P.S.: Further Thoughts From a Lifetime of Listening' by Studs Terkel

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Studs Terkel, who died last month at the age of 96, was America's most popular oral historian. Though never a "writer" of the first rank, he nevertheless was a unique contributor to American letters and a vital link to the current of idealistic...

Summer Roadtrip Reading

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Summer road travelers in the Midwest who prefer exploring offbeat attractions along the way rather than simply driving from point A to point B can find some treats in the following books. -------------------- This piece first ran in Printers Row...

Camp Douglas effort stirs ghosts of the Civil War

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If you are among those who believe in ghosts, you've got it made. According to various surveys and studies, something in the neighborhood of 45 percent of adults in this country believe in ghosts. That number is almost certainly higher here, since we have...

Capone letter, set for auction, is rare glimpse of crime syndicate mastermind's mental collapse

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MIAMI "Here is your friend Al Capone, writing you this letter from here." That's the opening line in a letter written by the infamous mobster postmarked Aug. 25, 1941, to his doctor. Capone wrote the letter from his sprawling Palm Island estate in the...

CT.com Q&A: WWE Wrestler Fandango

2013-05-29 10:35:00

For more on Johnny Curtis' past and the Fandango character, read our feature article "Hitting the Floor with Fandango, WWE's Latest Craze-Inducing Sensation." � Correct me if I'm wrong: One of the main sources that got you into wrestling as a child...

Al Capone's descendants get Chicago-based reality TV series

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10 things you might not know about razed Chicago

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Ever since the Great Fire of 1871, a cycle of destruction and rebuilding has been central to the Chicago story. This month, Northwestern University secured a permit to tear down Prentice Hospital so that it can build a biomedical research facility. Also...

Deirdre Capone softens a notorious icon

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What's in a name? If you're a Chicagoan and your surname is Capone, everything. There is perhaps no more notorious name associated with the city (except perhaps Gacy, or for a time, Bartman). Growing up, Deirdre Marie Capone lived what she calls a "shame-...

Column: Do-nothing Congress does something

2013-03-05 06:49:00

In Chicago in 1929 - this was Prohibition - Al Capone's men, dressed as cops, lined up and shot and killed members of a rival gang. Seven men died that day. A video is projected on a piece of the brick wall from the February 14, 1929, St.

2012-02-13 00:00:00

A video is projected on a piece of the brick wall from the February 14, 1929, St. Valentine's Day Massacre as part of a display at The Mob Museum. Bullet holes are marked on the wall from where seven mob associates were gunned down in a Chicago garage.

2012-02-13 00:00:00

Berrien County Sheriff's Department Lt. Mike Kline displays one of the Tommy guns used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre on Clark Street in Chicago, February 14, 1929.

2011-06-16 11:37:54