Chicago Sun-Times back issues from March 2008:
Seeing red, Rezko in Texas
Mar 01, 2008; ... The trial of alleged influence peddler Tony Rezko starts Monday in Chicago, and the Clinton campaign Friday said the number of questions still unanswered about the relationship between Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Rezko are "staggering." Clinton campaign communications director Howard ...
Clinton or Obama safer? Ads go after 'scare' votes
Mar 01, 2008; ... Sen. Hillary Clinton sparked a war of words with rival Sen. Barack Obama by launching a striking new TV spot here that says voters' children would be safer with her answering the "red phone" that could ring at 3 a.m. in the White House with news of a national security threat. Obama ...
Area black leaders agree with Cosby-like speech
Mar 01, 2008; ... Black leaders in Chicago said Friday that Sen. Barack Obama was absolutely right when he told a mostly African-American audience in Texas on Thursday that parents need to help their kids with their homework, turn the TV off after school and stop feeding them cold fried chicken for ...
24 Seven: A day on the Chicago crime and fire beats
Mar 01, 2008 ... 1. THURSDAY 9:30 P.M. GRAND BLVD. Woman fatally stabbed Police were searching for a man suspected of stabbing his girlfriend multiple times as they celebrated the first anniversary of his release from prison. He allegedly confessed to a friend of the victim, ...
You're gonna pay
Mar 01, 2008; ... A drink at the bar, a fast-food meal and back-to-school shopping are among the things about to get a bit more expensive in Cook County. Late Friday, sources said, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger struck a deal with county commissioners, who are set to approve a 134 percent ...
Panel clears Medill dean
Mar 01, 2008; ... A three-member committee cleared the dean of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism of charges he made up quotes in articles for an alumni magazine, the school said Friday. Dean John Lavine came under fire for the quotes praising an advertising class offered at Medill. The ...
Gov's office releases 2 U.S. subpoenas
Mar 01, 2008; ... Gov. Blagojevich's office late Friday released two federal subpoenas it received last year that sought hiring information and computer data. But it is unclear from the documents why federal investigators requested the information. The release of the subpoenas came just before a ...
News in Brief
Mar 01, 2008 ... BOND DENIED IN SEX ASSAULT OF 3 MALES A South Side man was charged Friday with sexually assaulting three men and is suspected of raping other male victims, prosecutors said. Anjenai Bolden, 24, met his most recent victim, 16, in an online chat room, prosecutors said. Wednesday, the ...
Glitch takes its toll on rush
Mar 01, 2008; ... Motorists who use the Chicago Skyway were stuck in traffic Friday after a tollbooth computer glitch -- the first of its kind since the roadway was privatized -- during the morning rush. Tammy Fagan, a spokeswoman for Chicago Skyway Concession Co. LLC, said the problem occurred at 6 a.m., ...
Man allegedly shot 3, sent taunting text
Mar 01, 2008; ... He asked who wanted to die first. Then -- having raped his cousin and shot three people -- Delano Horn sent a text message to a relative saying, "They all dead. Ha ha ha," prosecutors alleged Friday. Horn, 21, is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and three counts of ...
In Brief
Mar 01, 2008 ... BUSH AIDE RESIGNS IN PLAGIARISM FLAP A White House official who serves as President Bush's middleman with conservatives and Christian groups has resigned after admitting to plagiarism. Twenty columns he wrote for an Indiana newspaper were determined to have material copied from other ...
Serbia has lost nothing with Kosovo split
Mar 01, 2008; ... Someone with a good memory of the conversation once told me how Lord Carrington, then one of the "mediators" of the incipient post-Yugoslavia war, came to the conclusion that Slobodan Milosevic was a highly dangerous man. Well-disposed toward Serbia (as the British establishment has ...
'Barack Hussein Obama' an all-American name
Mar 01, 2008; ... In Cincinnati, Bill Cunningham, according to the Los Angeles Times, introducing presidential candidate John McCain at a rally Tuesday, "ridiculed Democratic contender Barack Obama for his intention to meet with 'world leaders who want to kill us' and pointedly referred to the Illinois senator ...
Splashy debut
Mar 01, 2008; ... Spring may be right around the corner, but the summer surf is already up at KeyLime Cove Water Resort, a sprawling new waterpark and hotel having its grand opening this weekend in Gurnee. Think Las Vegas wonderland at the beach and a Willie Wonka factory in the Caribbean, and you'll get ...
Entertainment in Brief
Mar 01, 2008 ... IT'S NO SCANDAL: DIABLO KNOWS WHO POSTED RACY PHOTOS Oscar winner Diablo Cody does not mind if you run across topless photos of her on the Internet -- because she put them there. "Seriously, I thought nudity was only a scandal if ... the photos were leaked by some crumb-bum rat or ...
2 Joffrey stars making exit
Mar 01, 2008; ... Michael Levine and Maia Wilkins -- two of the Joffrey Ballet's most accomplished and visible dancers, who also are husband and wife -- have been told by artistic director Ashley Wheater that this will be their final season with the company. The two, who are dancing prominent roles in the ...
Unfunny 'Unhitched'
Mar 01, 2008; ... Do not be fooled by cheap imitations. While Fox is pitching "Unhitched" (premiering Sunday) as the latest comedic effort from Bobby and Peter Farrelly, this mostly unfunny and frequently unwatchable sitcom has as much to do with "There's Something About Mary" as Cameron Diaz's unique hairstyle ...
Scissors loom for the mayor of Barrington
Mar 01, 2008 ... Barrington Mayor Karen Darch is all for cuts -- haircuts, that is, to help the Jeffrey Pride Foundation collect real hair for cancer patients' wigs created by the Pantene Beautiful Lengths ...
Firm's stock tanks after trader's $141.5 mil. loss
Mar 01, 2008 ... On a down day for the stock market, the shares of MF Global were one of the biggest downers of all Friday. For the second straight session, shares of the futures brokerage took a beating because of a trading scandal. Bermuda-based MF, the largest brokerage at the Chicago Board of Trade ...
Putting on the hard cell
Mar 01, 2008; ... The poor landline home phone is getting less and less respect. Increasing numbers of people don't even have traditional landline phone service anymore. These folks prefer to rely on their cell phones, which can be cheaper to use and carry a number that travels with a person instead of being ...
Tidbytes
Mar 01, 2008 ... LEAP DAY CRASHES UNITED'S 'EASY CHECK-IN' Passengers using United Airlines' ''Easy Check-In'' found it anything but that on Leap Day when the automated system crashed, resulting in longer lines. The nation's No. 2 carrier blames the service interruption on software issues related to the ...
AIG leads Dow down
Mar 01, 2008 ... American International Group Inc. tumbled the most in the Dow Jones industrial average Friday, losing 6.6 percent to $46.86. The world's largest insurer posted the ...
Mount Carmel shocks Farragut
Mar 01, 2008; ... Mount Carmel had made small steps over the last few years to work toward returning to the dominant Caravan of the early '90s. It had won more games, become competitive again in the Catholic League and been able to stick with the elite teams. But the Caravan lacked a statement-type ...
Sophomore Starks keys Dolphins' romp
Mar 01, 2008; ... Most sophomores as talented as Young's Ahmad Starks would find a reason to complain about coming off the bench. Starks isn't your typical sophomore. ''I know if I play well, I will stay in,'' Starks said. ''Sometimes I can be laid-back. This keeps me at the top of my ...
Sanni helps Vikings hold off Steelmen
Mar 01, 2008; ... Nobody on Homewood-Flossmoor's bench panicked when Kevin Dillard fouled out with 2:29 left to play. Supo Sanni and Russell Ellington stepped up to help stem Joliet's momentum and lead the Vikings to a 66-59 victory in a Class 4A regional final at H-F. ''Supo's taken over all year ...
Phoenix puts it away after Waddell exits
Mar 01, 2008; ... The game between North Lawndale and Englewood was everything it was supposed to be, and then some. North Lawndale rallied in the final minutes to escape with a 70-68 victory Friday night in the Class 2A Luther North sectional final. Englewood led 66-59 with 2:31 to play when ...
Brown hits clutch FTs to fend off the Lions
Mar 01, 2008; ... Elliott Brown never changed the way he approached the game. The De La Salle senior guard watched his team miss 11 of its first 19 free throws, but the Meteors converted four consecutive free throws in the final 57 seconds to earn a 60-54 win over Lincoln Park on Friday in the Class 4A ...
Underdogs upset top-seeded Bulldogs
Mar 01, 2008; ... After his team fell behind, Batavia coach Jim Roberts burned a timeout only 45 seconds into Friday's Class 4A regional title game with host Bartlett. But nothing Roberts said helped, and he could only watch helplessly as his top-seeded Bulldogs were blown out 86-63 by a Bartlett team ...
Fabrizius' big game spurs Huskies' upset
Mar 01, 2008; ... Luke Fabrizius was due. The 6-9 Hersey senior has endured an uneven, if not outright difficult, season. But he played his best when it mattered most in a well-earned marquee performance to lead the Huskies to a 72-59 upset of New Trier on Friday night for the Class 4A Wheeling regional ...
Dolphins win away from title
Mar 01, 2008; ... It's going to be a big day for the Public League today at Redbird Arena when Marshall and Young vie for state championships in Class 3A and 4A, respectively. The Dolphins (28-3) came from behind to beat Buffalo Grove 38-32 in a 4A semifinal Friday and will face Bolingbrook in the ...
Experience pulls Raiders through
Mar 01, 2008; ... Bolingbrook has been here before; Marist has not. In fact, Marist's program is only six seasons old, so every experience at Redbird Arena is a new one. Bolingbrook's experience won out in a 56-47 overtime victory in a Class 4A semifinal Friday at Redbird Arena. The Raiders (28-3) ...
Commandos survive at line
Mar 01, 2008; ... Jennifer Jones, the star of Marshall's 1982 state champions and now an assistant, smiled as she walked off the floor of Redbird Arena and said, ''There's no quit in the Commandos.'' There was no room for quit. Two free throws by Tatiana Walker and one by Meelun McCray in the last 3.7 ...
Poor shooting sinks Broncos
Mar 01, 2008; ... Montini coach Jason Nichols admitted, ''My one fear was our outside shooting is all over the place.'' In Friday's Class 3A semifinal, the Broncos' outside shooting was everywhere except in the basket as Freeport prevailed 41-35 at Redbird Arena. The Pretzels will face Marshall ...
Roll-off will strike one from the finals
Mar 01, 2008; ... Four more games. That's all that 31 of the 32 women bowling in the Beat The Champions finals Sunday at Habetler Bowl have left. Four more games to try to win the 2008 Ford Focus first prize. The 32nd bowler? She gets four plus one, because first she needs to win a ...
Shoulder MRI leaves Havlat's status on hold
Mar 01, 2008; ... The Blackhawks delayed a decision Friday on the treatment of winger Martin Havlat's injured left shoulder, and they expect to know more about goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin's availability today. Khabibulin has sat out four games since developing back spasms. He is expected to skate today ...
Wolves suffer first SO loss
Mar 01, 2008 ... Al Montoya stopped Jason Krog, Joe Motzko, Jesse Schultz and Kevin Doell in the shootout, and Brian Bell and Mike Zigomanis scored, lifting the San Antonio Rampage over the Wolves 3-2 on Friday night. Colin Stuart and Schultz scored in regulation for the Wolves, who suffered their first ...
Tender topic: Sore shoulder sidelines Ramirez
Mar 01, 2008; ... In addition to second baseman Mark DeRosa's treatment for a heart arrhythmia that is expected to keep him sidelined another week or so, the Cubs scratched third baseman Aramis Ramirez from the lineup Friday. Ramirez has a sore shoulder, and his playing status is ...
Slow pace fast enough for Hall
Mar 01, 2008; ... Toby Hall is still on the White Sox roster. It may seem like he'll show up on the side of a milk carton before he's actually seen in a Cactus League game, but the backup catcher said Friday that the plan is to get him ''up and running'' by mid-March. Hall, who was hampered with a ...
Mystery on mound
Mar 01, 2008; ... You want to see even the most talkative members of the White Sox organization shrug their shoulders in a complete loss for words? Ask them one simple question: Why is Mike MacDougal not a better pitcher? Pitching coach Don Cooper has offered up ''mechanics.'' Manager ...
White Sox Recap
Mar 01, 2008; ... Sox 7, Diamondbacks 5 FRIday in tucson WHITE SOx 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 13 1 D-backs 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 1 Full box score: Page 37 Records: White Sox 2-1, Diamondbacks 0-1-1 The count 1 The number of earned runs allowed by the Sox' ...
Seriously, Zambrano says he's on target
Mar 01, 2008; ... Something strange is happening, and only part of it has to do with Carlos Zambrano. Actually, most of it does. It was a year ago that the Cubs' enigmatic ace pitched well in his spring-training debut and predicted a Cy Young Award for himself and a World Series championship for the ...
Cubs Recap
Mar 01, 2008; ... Giants 8, Cubs 6 FRIDAY IN MESA GIANTS 1 0 1 010 140 8 9 2 CUBS 3 0 1 0 0 0 101 6 9 2 Full box score: Page 37 Records: Cubs 2-0, Giants 0-2 The count 17? Consecutive spring-training innings without a walk pitched by Rich Hill, ...
Boo-worthy performance
Mar 01, 2008; ... Coach Jim Boylan's silence should have been deafening for the Bulls as the boos rained down on them from fans at the United Center after an inexcusable 97-91 loss to the injury-depleted Washington Wizards on Friday night. A seething Boylan called timeout 105 seconds into the second half ...
Hit to Nocioni's face earns Pacers' Granger game off
Mar 01, 2008; ... The referees may have missed the foul, but the NBA still suspended the Indiana Pacers' Danny Granger for hitting Bulls forward Andres Nocioni in the head Wednesday. Granger served his one-game suspension without pay Friday after striking Nocioni in his left cheek, which was still swollen ...
Bears hold out hope
Mar 01, 2008; ... For all the talk about the Bears low-balling their free agents, 24 hours into free agency it looked like they were right on the money. Wide receiver Bernard Berrian visited Minnesota on Friday but has yet to sign a contract, an indication the Vikings were not outbidding the Bears ....
Gilmore set to sign with Bucs for 3 years
Mar 01, 2008; ... John Gilmore was so excited to get to Tampa, Fla., to sign a free-agent deal with the Buccaneers on Friday that he was en route to the airport in Philadelphia more than three hours before his flight. Then, he had to sit through a long delay, pushing back the important business of a ...
Loss record in sight, Weber stays low-key
Mar 01, 2008; ... Coach Bruce Weber didn't try to put lipstick on Illinois' trip to Iowa today. ''It might be the first team to 40,'' Weber said. Win or lose, don't be surprised if he trots out the ''we're no offensive juggernaut'' comment heard after the Illini lost 51-41 at Michigan State and ...
Gold prices set record, settle at $975 an ounce
Mar 01, 2008 ... Gold prices shot up, settling at $975 an ounce in New York after surging to a record $978.50 an ounce ....
Cubs recap
Mar 01, 2008; ... GIANTS 8, CUBS 6 FRIDAY IN MESA GIANTS 1 0 1 010 140 8 9 2 CUBS 3 0 1 0 0 0 101 6 9 2 Full box score: Page 37 Records: Cubs 2-0, Giants 0-2 THE COUNT 17% Consecutive spring-training innings without a walk pitched by Rich Hill, ...
Third time still charms
Mar 01, 2008; ... The third-generation Honda CR-V continues as a refined, roomy, highly competent compact SUV, which really qualifies as a carlike crossover vehicle. The CR-V was redesigned for 2007, getting such things as sharper styling and more power from its four-cylinder engine. The changes paid off ...
Splashy debut
Mar 01, 2008; ... Spring may be right around the corner, but the summer surf is already up at KeyLime Cove Water Resort, a sprawling new waterpark and hotel having its grand opening this weekend in Gurnee. Think Las Vegas wonderland at the beach and a Willie Wonka factory in the Caribbean, and you'll get ...
Ramp Up the Pain?
Mar 02, 2008; ... Now that the Cook County Board has raised Chicago's sales tax to one of the nation's highest, commissioners say they plan to consider hiking the parking tax, too. A parking tax increase was discussed as a possible option ahead of Friday's budget meeting, but it didn't come up for a vote ...
Corrections
Mar 02, 2008 ... - A story in Saturday's Sun-Times about Delano Horn, 21, used an incorrect photo, which had been provided by Cook County officials. At left is the correct photo, according to Chicago Police. In the story, the rape victim should have been identified as a cousin of Horn's ex-girlfriend. - ...
$4 a gallon for gas would be 'tipping point,' study predicts
Mar 02, 2008; ... Chicago building engineer Ron Morgan said he and his wife will probably skip a driving vacation this year because of gas prices. "Gas prices aren't the only reason, but they're part of the reason," said Morgan, 37, filling up the tank on his blue Jaguar at a BP Amoco at La Salle and ...
Problems back home?
Mar 02, 2008; ... With increasing frequency, Republicans are taking aim at Sen. Barack Obama as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton faces an uphill fight to keep her presidential hopes alive. And several people from Chicago connected to Obama -- with the major figure being the indicted Tony Rezko -- could provide ...
Dem contenders prod backers to do the 'Texas two-step'
Mar 02, 2008; ... Presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton are trying to teach their supporters here to dance the "Texas two-step," reminding them to vote twice -- the state has an unusual election system -- and stick with the candidate who brought them to the dance. Texas is the ...
Maybe we should celebrate Kosciuszko Day
Mar 02, 2008; ... Far be it from me to try to get an argument started. But as we close government offices and schools in Illinois on Monday to honor a great Polish hero of the American Revolutionary War, have you ever considered that we picked the wrong one? As always, the swashbuckling cavalry ...
Driver accused of crashing into cop car while drunk
Mar 02, 2008; ... Ramiro Salgado allegedly broke at least four laws when he jumped into his GMC Suburban late Friday night: He was drunk, he had an open bottle of liquor with him, he had no insurance, and his driver's license was suspended, according to authorities. It got worse after that --Salgado lost ...
Man stabbed girlfriend to death: police
Mar 02, 2008; ... A South Side man celebrating the first anniversary of his release from prison allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death after accusing her of seeing another man, police and prosecutors said at his bond hearing Saturday. John Small, 54, was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly ...
Mother claims leave denied
Mar 02, 2008; ... Lynn Dooley says all she wanted to do was to take care of her son. And, as a medical billing coordinator, Dooley expected her bosses to be extra-sensitive when Liam, then in fourth grade, became gravely ill and had to undergo a heart transplant on Christmas Day 2005. They ...
Is 21st century city keeping the faith?
Mar 02, 2008; ... In John R. Powers' Chicago of the mid-20th century, there were two religions in the city: Catholics and "publics.'' "Publics went to public school, were subjected to 'what-can-you-expect-from-public-school-kids' glares from adults and went to different churches, which were all the same ...
Church failed to adapt in new era
Mar 02, 2008; ... Immigrant Catholicism flourished until 1965. The churches were filled with worshippers, the rectories were filled with priests, the schools were filled with students. Novitiates and seminaries were filled with vocations. New parishes, new schools and new high schools sprung up all around Cook ...
Pulaski Day
Mar 02, 2008 ... Monday is Casimir Pulaski Day. These public services are affected: Schools: Chicago's public schools are closed. Suburban school and Catholic school closings vary. Garbage ...
24 Seven
Mar 02, 2008 ... 1. SATURDAY 12:25 A.M. LITTLE VILLAGE MASKED MAN OPENS FIRE A masked man opened fire on a passing car in the 2500 block of South California Avenue, badly wounding the 28-year-old male driver, who was struck in the chest. 2. SATURDAY 5:30 A.M ....
Why Obama 'denounced' Farrakhan
Mar 02, 2008; ... When Sen. Barack Obama "rejected" and "denounced" the support of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan during the MSNBC debate last week, it wasn't his finest hour. Fortunately for Obama, most black people understand the game. No matter how many times Farrakhan explains, defends ...