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Jesse Jackson Jr. charged with misusing $750,000 in campaign funds

2013-02-15 15:30:00

Federal prosecutors in Washington on Friday charged both Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, alleging the former congressman misused $750,000 in campaign funds while she understated their income on� tax returns for six years. Attorneys for Sandi...

So, if Obama was like a dog, what kind would he be?

2010-09-08 04:35:41

Obama's kind of town

2009-01-06 14:15:30

Not everyone can make it to Washington for the inauguration, but can we find another way to pass a winter weekend and still feel some of that presidential pizazz? Yes we can. And Chicago is just the place to do it. As President-elect Barack Obama...

Judith F. Krug dies at 69; advocate for librarians battled censorship

2009-04-15 00:00:00

Judith F. Krug, a forceful advocate for the right of librarians to stock their shelves without fear of censorship, died of stomach cancer Saturday at a hospital in Evanston, Ill., where she lived. She was 69. Director of the American Library Assn.'s...

Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Obama

2008-04-10 00:00:00

It was a celebration of Palestinian culture � a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was...

Let your conscience be your tour guide

2005-09-11 00:00:00

WHEN travelers visit great cities for the first time, they usually include art museums on their itineraries — London's National Gallery; Washington, D.C.'s Hirshhorn; the Uffizi in Florence, Italy; the Louvre in Paris; or Kunsthistorisches in...

Chicago, city of the uplifted gaze

2004-08-22 00:00:00

By 8:50 a.m., they temporarily had to close the women's restroom at the Chicago ArchiCenter. "There were so many people here already, they had to restock all the toilet paper," said Elaine Rosen, a retired biology teacher from the Streeterville area of...

A refresher course on murals

2004-03-07 00:00:00

One of the nation's great troves of Progressive and New Deal murals is the subject of new tours led by the woman who wrote the book on them. Most of the more than 400 murals, which are found throughout Chicago public schools, have been restored in an...

Shootings on South, West sides leave 3 dead, 9 wounded

2013-05-25 06:01:00

A 17-year-old boy and 22-year-old man were killed within hours of each other in separate West Side attacks Friday night, and a 29-year-old man was killed on the South Side, officials said.� The youngest of the three killed was with an 18-year-old...

More dog parks means greater need for dog training

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Kevin Tan and his wife, Felecia, knew Jersey, their 2-year-old mixed breed dog, had a problem getting along with other canines at a dog park in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. "Jersey would get hold of a ball and lash other dogs that tried to take...

Red Line rides out first weekday of construction project

2013-05-21 11:40:00

Commuting on the South Side changed fundamentally Monday. Yet at the same time, nothing changed. CTA Red Line trains were absent from the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway for the first weekday since the south branch opened almost 44 years ago, except...

U.S. Bank gains naming rights to LaSalle Street building

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Trying to raise its profile in Chicago, Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank said it has secured naming rights to the 190 S. LaSalle St. building, where it will boost its square footage by 65 percent. The street-level U.S. Bank Building signage should go up this...

Jessie Newton reads a book at Promontory Point in Hyde Park in Chicago last week.

2013-05-14 06:09:00

A family enjoys Chicago skyline from the Promontory Point in Hyde Park on Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Tim Guang, 19, is rides his unicycle along Lake Michigan near the 57th Street Beach in the Hyde Park area of Chicago.

2013-05-08 00:00:00