Chicago Sun-Times back issues from October 2007:
Chicagopedia
Oct 01, 2007 ... alley /ael-ee/ n. 1. a narrow passage behind buildings that spares Chicago sidewalks from being piled with garbage like those in less hospitable cities, such as New ...
Double tax trouble; Stroger speaks out for higher sales levy to stave off health cuts; gov rips plan up for vote today
Oct 01, 2007; ... Speaking at a church full of supporters wearing yellow buttonssaying "Save the Cook County Health System," County Board PresidentTodd Stroger on Sunday revealed his support for a controversial 2percentage-point bump in the county sales tax.Stroger said the tax hike would ...
Soviets on Sputnik: What's the big deal?; Khrushchev more concerned with missiles, son says
Oct 01, 2007; ... As the son of the Soviet president Nikita Khrushchev, he wasthere at the start of the Space Race 50 years ago. Not that SergeiKhrushchev or his father fully understood the significance of thatlate-night phone call that told them the Soviets had successfullylaunched Sputnik, the first ...
Facing the fear; One of Little Rock 9 warns that 50 years after they integrated an all-white high school, racial injustice still smolders
Oct 01, 2007; ... Fifty years after federal troops escorted nine black kids into anall-white Arkansas high school, America remains in a "state ofsmoldering racial injustice," said Minnijean Brown Trickey, one ofthe students now known as the Little Rock Nine.On Sunday, Brown Trickey spoke at St ....
Good sign for couple who took the plunge; Message found by pair with same anniversary
Oct 01, 2007 ... Melody Kloska and Matt Behrs take it as a sign they were meant toget married.After they got married on a Lake Michigan beach Aug. 18, 2007,they released a bottle that contained their wedding vows. A fewweeks later, it was found by Fred and Lynette Dubendorf from Mears,Mich., ...
Novel idea: Let most popular candidate win; Instant runoff voting is simple and effective
Oct 01, 2007; ... Ross Perot. Ralph Nader. Like theirs, my face is pinned up on thedart boards of angry partisans everywhere. I was bitterly accused ofspoiling the 1980 election and helping Ronald Reagan beat JimmyCarter.But the real culprit is America's practice of plurality voting,by which ...
Double tax trouble; Daley looking at socking us on bottled water, gas and property to close budget gap
Oct 01, 2007; ... Mayor Daley is poised to raise property taxes for the first timein four years -- and tax bottled water, gasoline and restaurantmeals -- to close a $217 million budget gap, City Hall sources say. The mayor can either raise property taxes by the $30 millionallowed by the city's ...
Lightning Rod: Four takes on aldermen getting playoff tickets
Oct 01, 2007 ... CUBS HOOK UP ALDERMENLast week, Fran Spielmen reported that the Cubs offered all 50aldermen and a handful of state representatives who represent thearea around Wrigley Field the chance to purchase a pair of ticketsat face value to each postseason game.Here are some ...
Sale wasn't worth the paper it was printed on; Company sent the wrong size photo paper -- and wants her to pay for it
Oct 01, 2007; ... Dear Fixer: Last November, I ordered a roll of 8.5-inch photopaper from Digital Art Supplies of San Diego. It came a few dayslater, marked in several places that it was 8.5-inch paper.However, when I cut a few feet off and fed it into my printer, Ifound that it was not 8.5-inch, ...
Prof who wrote nasty note sues; He says he shouldn't have been fired
Oct 01, 2007; ... The note affixed to the office door handle of a Columbia Collegeprofessor was short, simple and to the point."Jack sucks donkey c---."It wasn't a student prank.It was, school officials contend, the workings of anotherprofessor who was embroiled in a dispute ...
'A real violation of the public's trust'; Not all commissioners cut their budgets as required
Oct 01, 2007; ... The mandate to Cook County officials last year was clear:Cut 17 percent from your budgets, or the County Board will do itfor you.But records show not all County Board members followed that edictthemselves.While most made sacrifices by cutting thousands of ...
24 Seven: A day on the Chicago crime and fire beats
Oct 01, 2007 ... 1. SUNDAY 3:39 A.M.AUBURN GRESHAMMAN KILLED, BUT GUNMAN, MOTIVE A MYSTERYLeonard Black, 43, was fatally shot in the 7800 block of SouthSeeley Avenue. Police had no one in custody, and no motive had beenestablished.2. SUNDAY 3:56 ...
New route into O'Hare?; IDOT study is a 'fresh start' on an old idea
Oct 01, 2007; ... After languishing for years on transportation planners' wishlist, efforts to build a western access route to O'Hare Airport areramping up again.The Illinois Department of Transportation is conducting amultiyear environmental and engineering study as a prelude toapplying for ...
Curses on you for going down that road; It's far too easy to conjure up the Bartman boogeyman
Oct 01, 2007; ... Even before the first pitch of the first game of the playoffs,the Steve Bartman nonsense is all over the media.Chicago Tribune editorial: "Steve Bartman, come home, all isforgiven."Dallas Morning News: "What are the chances Steve Bartman getstickets for potential ...
Noon Loop rally today for Cubs
Oct 01, 2007 ... A downtown Cubs rally is planned for today when fans cancelebrate with the National League Central champs from noon to 12:45p.m. at Daley Center Plaza, 50 W. Washington."We encourage all of our fans throughout the Chicagoland area towear Cubbie blue on Monday and celebrate with ...
India's Jewish leaders blast 'Nazi' tag on bedspread line
Oct 01, 2007 ... Leaders of India's Jewish community expressed outrage Sunday overa new line of bedspreads called "The Nazi Collection" from a Mumbaihome furnishing company that used swastikas in its promotionalmaterial.The furnishing dealer said the name stands for "New Arrival Zonefor India" ...
His way is the highway; If being an IDOT Minuteman has taught Brian Suchy anything, it's that things can change in a Chicago minute
Oct 01, 2007; ... Brian Suchy wanted to be a police officer, but being an IDOTMinuteman is a pretty close second, he says.Sort of like beat cops in neon yellow tow trucks, Suchy and hisfellow Minutemen patrol Chicago area expressways 24 hours a day,working to clear stalled cars and overturned ...
News in Brief
Oct 01, 2007 ... SUSPECT IN MICHIGAN MURDER ARRESTED HEREChicago Police arrested a man at Union Station on Saturday whowas wanted in connection with the murder of a Michigan store clerk.Isaiah Mayweather, 25, allegedly was caught on tape robbing andshooting two store clerks Thursday at Buscemi's ...
Ornish diet tops for heart: study; But it's tough to stick with, AMA finds
Oct 01, 2007; ... A new study has found that among leading weight-loss plans, theOrnish diet is the best one for your heart.Weight Watchers finished second, while Atkins finished last."Although many plans work equally well for weight loss, dietaryquality should be considered when selecting ...
Rural Illinois man blows away energy costs
Oct 01, 2007; ... A 35-foot high wind turbine 12 feet in diameter on Troy Rudy'sproperty saved him $80 in electrical bills the first month he had itrunning.But economics wasn't the only driving force behind setting up thedevice. Rudy said he's "always been intrigued by old windmills." ...
Man accused of mistreating his hunting dogs
Oct 01, 2007 ... A Lincoln County man accused of abandoning his two hunting dogshas been charged with animal neglect after the canines were foundstarving and dehydrated in his vacant home.Matthew Ryk, 35, was charged Friday with two counts of failing ...
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GI deaths drop in Iraq; General says al-Qaida on defense, but we're not high-fiving
Oct 01, 2007; ... American fatalities in Iraq in September appear to have reachedthe lowest levels in more than a year. It was the third consecutivemonth of declines.Overall last month, 62 Americans died, according to the latestDefense Department releases. If no more deaths are reported, ...
Chinese officials bust advertisements for push-up bras, sex toys
Oct 01, 2007 ... China has banned television and radio ads for push-up bras,figure-enhancing underwear and sex toys in the communistgovernment's latest move to purge the nation's airwaves of what itcalls social pollution.Regulators have already targeted ads using crude or suggestivelanguage, ...
Hotspots: Breaking News around the World
Oct 01, 2007 ... MASSIVE VOLCANIC ERUPTION ON TINY YEMEN ISLANDTORONTO - A volcano has erupted on tiny Jabal al-Tair island offthe coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into theair, a nearby Canadian naval vessel reported Sunday. There were noreports of deaths, but at least eight ...
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Man that a Stadium built: They rightly called him 'Dollar Bill' Wirtz, but the old West Side arena made him who he really was
Oct 01, 2007; ... Bill Wirtz was all red meat, smoked and tanned from cigarettesand sun. He didn't act like a rich man, just like a guy with money. The tailored suits said Winnetka, but the pinky ring said ChicagoStadium. He learned French at the Latin School, but picked upChicagoese at the Friday ...
News in Brief
Oct 01, 2007 ... WRECK VICTIM IMPROVINGA woman who spent more than a week trapped in the wreckage of hervehicle has been upgraded to serious condition, a hospitalspokeswoman said Sunday. Tanya Rider, 33, was admitted in criticalcondition Thursday with kidney failure and other injuries after ...
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Woman dies trying to escape handcuffs
Oct 01, 2007; ... A traveler who may have accidentally choked herself to deathwhile handcuffed in an airport holding cell was a "wonderful" womanand mother, according to New York City's public advocate, who is herrelative.Carol Anne Gotbaum, 45, was arrested Friday at Sky HarborInternational ...
Can I get some help here?
Oct 01, 2007 ... A 250-pound bear stranded under a bridge was saved by an army ofrescuers, a tranquilizer dart and a nylon net.The bear was on the bridge on Highway 40 on Sept. 15 when carsspooked it, causing it to jump over the railing.At one point it was dangling over ...
Generals 'believe they have done right'
Oct 01, 2007 ... Hunkered down in their war rooms hundreds of miles from massprotests, the aging, hard-line generals in Myanmar are known as asuspicious lot who view the West with disdain and depend onbrowbeaten advisers and astrologers to guide them.Much like Myanmar's former kings, they see ...
Myanmar rebellion fizzling out; Strongmen reject U.N. as troops dominate streets
Oct 01, 2007 ... A U.N. envoy was unable to meet with Myanmar's top two juntaleaders in his effort to persuade them to ease a violent crackdownon anti-government protesters, but was allowed a highly orchestratedsession Sunday with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.The military ...
Crackdown on off-roaders protects land, irks riders
Oct 01, 2007; ... The federal government is stepping up efforts to curb off-road-vehicle damage to national forests and other public lands byrestricting all-terrain vehicles to assigned routes.The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management aredrawing maps of roads, trails and tracks ...
McCain: I'd prefer a Christian president
Oct 01, 2007 ... Sen. John McCain said in an interview published Saturday that hewould prefer a Christian president over someone of a differentfaith, calling it "an important part of our qualifications to lead." In an interview with Beliefnet, a multi-denominational Web site,the Republican ...
Banking by cell phone catches on
Oct 01, 2007; ... It's Thursday, so 18-year-old Dennis Tiangco is off to a bank tocollect his weekly allowance, zapped by his mother -- who's workingin Hong Kong -- to his electronic wallet: his cell phone.Dennis fills out a form and sends a text message via his phone toa bank line dedicated to ...
Israeli's bees can cross Syrian border, even if he can't
Oct 01, 2007; ... Under a fortified outpost where Israeli troops peer out at theirSyrian enemies, Efraim Ezov sends his Israeli honeybees on dailysorties into Syrian airspace.The result -- dark, herb-flavored and reputed to enhance virility-- is a unique honey from two countries that have been ...
'True and real': Kids can get heart attacks
Oct 01, 2007 ... Beth Meter is a cardiac nurse who has seen plenty of heartattacks, so when her son complained of sudden crushing chest painthat spread to his arm, she was certain he was having one.Doctors at first didn't believe her. That's because her son hadjust turned 13.A report ...
Stone skipping now a competitive sport?
Oct 01, 2007 ... A Pennsylvania man cast a stone that skipped on water a whopping51 times, shattering the old world record of 40.Russell "Rock Bottom" Byars' feat happened July 19, where theAllegheny River meets French Creek in Franklin, about 70 miles northof Pittsburgh. He estimated his stone ...
Revisionist history; Constitution makes us solemnly swear to keep religion out of government
Oct 01, 2007; ... OPENING SHOTThis is not a Christian nation. The Constitution never mentionsGod, nor church, nor Jesus. There is a reference to religion in theFirst Amendment, but it forbids the government from establishingone: "Congress shall make no law . . . "What this is, rather, is ...
Surrogate mom gives birth to own grandkids
Oct 01, 2007 ... A 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter has given birthto her own twin grandchildren in Brazil.Rosinete Palmeira Serrao, a government health worker, gave birthto twin boys by Caesarean section. Press reports said thegrandmother and twins were discharged on ...
Millionaire to city: Pay my son's tuition; Ex-CEO's kid goes to private school for learning disabled
Oct 01, 2007; ... There is no question that Tom Freston can afford to give hischildren the best education money can buy. The former Viacom CEO wasamong the country's most richly paid TV executives and got an $85million severance deal when he was forced out of his job last year. Nevertheless, he is ...
Cops: Man showed off tape of little girl's rape: Suspect accused of abusing her still sought
Oct 01, 2007; ... A man accused of holding and showing off a tape depicting thesexual assault of a 3-year-old girl was taken into custody Sunday,authorities said.Darrin Tuck, 26, arranged to surrender after evading arrest sinceFriday, said Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo. Prosecutors are set ...
'I understand the frustration over the war': New Joint Chiefs chairman says Iraq may overstretch military
Oct 01, 2007; ... Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, is troubled by the Iraq war. He thinks it has become such aconsuming focus of U.S. attention that it may be overstretching themilitary and distracting the nation from other threats.When he steps into his new ...
Try Cooperating; State's leaders need to lose egos, work together to fix problems
Oct 01, 2007 ... Having breezed their way to a new budget before going on recess,our lawmakers in Springfield are sure to come up with ways toaddress the state's pressing needs when they return to work today.Funding for the CTA? Property tax relief for Cook County homeowners?Money for a major public ...
Facebook may face charges in N.Y. state
Oct 01, 2007 ... The social networking Web site Facebook has been warned that itcould face a consumer fraud charge for failing to live up to claimsthat youngsters there are safer from sexual predators than at mostsites and that it promptly responds to concerns, a spokesman for NewYork Attorney General ...
Chess champ makes next move: running for Russian president
Oct 01, 2007 ... The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered Russia'spresidential race Sunday, elected overwhelmingly as the candidatefor the country's beleaguered opposition coalition.Kasparov has been a driving force behind the ...
Girlfriend Makes More Than You? Here's How to Cope; Get used to thinking twice about ordering the most expensive item.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Of all the things young adults have to worry about, a new tenderspot emerges: women who earn much more money than the guys theydate.Guys can't hack it, a recent report suggests. They can't dealwith the pressure of knowing the independent, vibrant young womanwho caught their ...
Cute little Cubbie fan
Oct 01, 2007; ... I loved the article Sunday [Sept. 23] about the new parents, withthe last name of Fields, naming their adorable baby boy ...
Sickening introduction
Oct 01, 2007; ... I recently saw Lee Bollinger, the reactionary coward serving aspresident of Columbia University, introduce the president of Iran,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Bollinger was sickening. At first I thought hewas reading a question from ...
O'Hare parking, exit lanes prove challenging
Oct 01, 2007; ... While Fran Spielman's report on parking rates at O'Hare [Sept.22] did not dwell on parking at the airport in general, thesituation at O'Hare is dismal compared with other major airports.For anyone that wants to park in the airport garage, it is catch ascatch can during the week, yet the ...
Proposed cap hurts many
Oct 01, 2007; ... The Chicago Sun-Times' assessment of Gov. Blagojevich and CookCounty Assessor Jim Houlihan's extension of the 7 percent assessmentcap legislation [editorial, Sept. 26] accepts an overly optimisticand skewed view of the tax savings promised under the governor'sproposal for a permanent ...
Talk back
Oct 01, 2007 ... SUBURBAN RIDERS COULD KEEP CTA, RTA ROLLINGIf the people in the suburbs are that concerned about the CTA andRTA being self-sufficient, maybe more of them could take the trainor other means of public transportation into the city. Are thesepeople too good to ride the train? The ...
Jena nooses force us to revisit our grisly past
Oct 01, 2007; ... There's a glaring omission in most of the Jena Six stories, andthe silence shrouds an ugly part of American history that most of uswould like to forget.Reporters frequently note that as many as three nooses were founddangling on a schoolyard tree in Jena, La., but there was ...
Bush's Treasury chief lacks strong GOP ties
Oct 01, 2007; ... Eyebrows were raised at the Treasury last Tuesday when SecretaryHenry M. Paulson Jr. named a major Democratic fund-raiser to animportant advisory role. On the next day, eyebrows were stillelevated when Undersecretary Robert K. Steel participated in anevent spearheaded by Bill Clinton's ...
Countries push for world gun control; NRA sees threat, wants U.S. out
Oct 01, 2007; ... Britain, Japan, Australia and others are pushing for anunprecedented treaty regulating the arms trade worldwide, in acampaign sure to last years and to pit them against a determinedAmerican foe, the National Rifle Association.In what United Nations officials say is an ...
We owe a debt of gratitude
Oct 01, 2007; ... News Item: "The Senate on Thursday voted to give finalcongressional approval to raise the debt limit ceiling to $9.815trillion from $8.965 trillion, allowing the government to keepissuing debt."That was close.We were almost in trouble there for a while.Look ...
Britney tracks the paparazzi; She checks hot spots for stars, shares the flash
Oct 01, 2007; ... Britney Spears has totally rejected the advice from virtually herentire management team, including her mother, Lynne, and isfollowing her own, somewhat unconventional approach to ensuring shewill continue to grace the covers of the celebrity magazines andsupermarket tabloids she likes to ...
The Rock's 'Game Plan' beats out 'Kingdom'
Oct 01, 2007; ... Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had the winning game plan at the boxoffice.Disney's "The Game Plan," starring Johnson as a footballquarterback whose bachelor lifestyle is disrupted by the arrival ofa daughter he never knew he had, opened as the top weekend flickwith an estimated ...
Scurrilous: Chicago's No. 1 Couch Potato
Oct 01, 2007 ... 'SEX' STARS SQUABBLEDuring shooting of that "Sex and the City" movie, the ladies arefeuding and fussing again just as they did back in TV says, says theN.Y. Daily News.Kim Cattrall apparently marched "scowling" out of a reuniondinner as soon as Sarah Jessica Parker ...
Those warring brothers, at it again; A new/old take on sibling rivalry in blood-curdling 'Thyestes'
Oct 01, 2007; ... 'THYESTES'Highly RecommendedWhen: Through Oct. 21Where: Court Theatre, 5535 S. EllisTickets: $38-$54Phone: (773) 753-4472- - -It was ever thus. Look no further than the story of Cain andAbel. Or the homicidal tales of ...
Taylor to get special Jeff Award
Oct 01, 2007; ... Jackie Taylor, founder and artistic director of the BlackEnsemble Theatre (which has specialized in charting the history ofAfrican-American music and its roster of stars), will receive aspecial Jeff Award when the 39th annual Jeff Awards ceremony is heldOct. 29 at the North Shore Center ...
Chilling out with 'women-only' time; Ancient 'tend-and-befriend' response still helps females cope with stress
Oct 01, 2007; ... How do you relax after a bad day at work? What do you do to calmdown after a fight with your spouse?Your response will probably depend on your gender. When men areunder stress, the hormones in their bodies prompt the "fight-or-flight" response. This response was important for ...
Ten years later, Hanson brothers have grown up; And so have the fans, who still can't get enough catchy pop
Oct 01, 2007; ... A sold-out crowd partied like it was 1997 with Hanson Saturdaynight at the House of Blues.Ten years after "MMMBop" got stuck in America's head for thefirst time, Isaac, Taylor and Zac have matured and evolved whileremaining comfortable in their past.The 25-song, ...
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