Chicago Sun-Times back issues from November 2008:
Luminary for the little man
Nov 01, 2008; ... LOUIS 'STUDS' TERKEL - 1912-2008 Studs Terkel turned the voice of average Americans into a font of history. The Pulitzer-Prize winning author, television pioneer, theatrical actor, longtime radio host, unrepentant leftie and friend of the little man, died peacefully at his home ...
8 sent to hospital after ambulance, car collide
Nov 01, 2008; ... Edwin Martinez was in front of his Northwest Side home Friday morning, warming up his motorcycle, when he heard an ambulance blaring its siren and honking its horn -- a common event with Our Lady of Resurrection Medical Center just down the street. But the common turned terrible when the ...
Man's plunge for parakeet nearly fatal
Nov 01, 2008; ... Shawn Prate normally goes fishing with his son at Lindsay Lake in Wauconda several times a week. However, the father and son team never imagined they would reel in a man instead of fish. On Thursday, Prate used his fishing pole to save the life of Bruce Brown, 60, of Wauconda, ...
Clock Reminder
Nov 01, 2008 ... Turn your clocks back 1 ...
Gun tied to Hudson deaths
Nov 01, 2008; ... Tests have confirmed a .45-caliber pistol hidden in bushes on the West Side had been used in the slayings of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's brother, mother and nephew, officials said. Police Supt. Jody Weis told reporters he was "extraordinarily pleased" by the break in the ...
Aldermen, businesses say mayor's Dumpster fee stinks
Nov 01, 2008; ... Business groups, condominium associations and aldermen on Friday dumped all over Mayor Daley's plan to charge an annual fee as high as $300 for every one of their garbage Dumpsters. Daley wants to raise up to $9 million during part of 2009 -- and at least $25 million in subsequent years ...
No bail for Indiana man in murder
Nov 01, 2008; ... An Indiana man with an extensive criminal past was ordered held without bond Friday in the October murder of a Lake View restaurant manager. David Sidener, 50, of Evansville, Ind., was charged with robbing and strangling Randall Hilderbrand, 47, in the basement of Lucca's Restaurant, ...
Ex-mayor of Niles admits guilt
Nov 01, 2008; ... As mayor of Niles, Nicholas Blase steered local businesses to buy insurance from an agency that paid him $420,000 in kickbacks over the last 20 years. That's what the former mayor, 80, admitted Friday, when he changed his plea to federal corruption charges of mail fraud and tax evasion ...
City refunds $6.9 mil. in ambulance fees to Medicare
Nov 01, 2008; ... At a time when Mayor Daley is nearly doubling ambulance fees and struggling to raise dismal collection rates, Chicago taxpayers are giving back $6.9 million in fees already collected for ambulance transport. On Friday, the City Council's Finance Committee agreed to return $6.9 million in ...
Media irks Obama on Halloween: 'Leave us alone'
Nov 01, 2008; ... Barack Obama lost his famous cool Friday afternoon when he became annoyed at the press while out walking to a Halloween party in Kenwood with daughter Sasha. Obama briefly left the campaign trail to spend a few hours in Chicago as he entered into the last weekend of his almost two-year ...
When Grant Park is full, cops will turn you away
Nov 01, 2008; ... Revelers will be turned away from Grant Park Tuesday if too many show up for the Obama election night fest, city officials said Friday at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Ray Orozco, the emergency management office's executive director, wouldn't specify at what ...
Half-million in area voted early
Nov 01, 2008; ... About half a million city and suburban Cook County residents voted early in the November election. "This is something I've never seen," said Cook County Clerk David Orr. "We're breaking about every record one could imagine." Orr said he expects "a very big turnout" on Election ...
That other senator is running, too
Nov 01, 2008; ... Another U.S. senator from Illinois is running in a major race this year, but you would hardly know it. Dick Durbin is seeking his third term. But the race has been overshadowed by one involving his junior colleague -- Barack Obama. No major Republican even attempted to unseat ...
Boy, 14, 'stable' after shooting
Nov 01, 2008 ... A 14-year-old boy was shot and injured by police Friday night in the Hamilton Park neighborhood. At least one police officer was involved in the shooting in the ...
Verdict in at Gitmo war crimes trial
Nov 01, 2008 ... A jury at Guantanamo's second war crimes trial reached a verdict Friday on whether al-Qaida's alleged ''media secretary'' is guilty of war crimes that could put him in prison for life. But the decision will not be announced until Monday because defendant Ali Hamza al-Bahlul was already back in ...
Growth hormones not for normal kids
Nov 01, 2008; ... Water-cooler talk in a doctor's office often revolves around patients. Not long ago a colleague of mine, a pediatric endocrinologist, mentioned that she had met with parents who wanted to put their child on growth hormone, a drug used to treat short stature. The parents believed their ...
Are you ready for political football?
Nov 01, 2008; ... With all this talk of campaign strategy, tightening polls and the looming election of the most powerful person on Earth, it's important to remember the things that are really important in life. Like this week's "Monday Night Football" game, which features the Pittsburgh Steelers and the ...
Science has no place in Palin's world
Nov 01, 2008; ... In an election that has been fought on an astoundingly low cultural and intellectual level, with both candidates pretending that tax cuts can go like peaches and cream with the staggering new levels of federal deficit, and paltry charges being traded in petty ways, and with Joe the Plumber ...
The Greatest Chicagoan
Nov 01, 2008; ... So there wasn't a World Series here, and he missed the 2008 presidential election. Other than that, Louis "Studs" Terkel did everything possible in 96 years. Was he the greatest Chicagoan? I cannot think of another. For me, he represented the joyous, scrappy, liberal, generous, ...
'Rockford' is ground zero for new Cheap Trick disc
Nov 01, 2008 ... As they prepare to remember their breakthrough with the upcoming "Live at Budokan: 30th Anniversary" box set, Cheap Trick is also readying the release of their next studio album, which guitarist Rick Nielsen says is in the can and ready to go -- although no label, title or release date are set ...
Entertainment in Brief
Nov 01, 2008 ... SONG FOR HALLOWEEN THE BOSS SCARES UP 'JERSEY DEVIL' Bruce Springsteen has a Halloween treat for his fans. The rocker has posted a free download of a new song, ''A Night With the Jersey Devil,'' on his Web site. The song has a blues beat, and Springsteen sings about ''16 witches ...
Dutoit adept at relating 'Faust' story
Nov 01, 2008; ... Berlioz, as this week's brilliant Chicago Symphony performances of his 1846 "The Damnation of Faust" remind us, was about now. Georg Solti took up this two-hour-plus "dramatic legend" inspired by Goethe's "Faust" twice, in 1981 and in 1989. They were powerful, sit-up-and-take-notice ...
1 in 5 'Underwater'
Nov 01, 2008 ... Nationwide, almost one out of every five homeowners with a mortgage owes more to their lender than their properties are worth. That's according to a report released Friday by First American CoreLogic. Also on Friday, JPMorgan Chase & Co. became the latest major bank to beef up its ...
Windows Dressing: Fixing Vista's Image
Nov 01, 2008; ... I've been looking at Microsoft's commercials for the past few months and I wonder if the company isn't going through some sort of personal crisis. Does Microsoft have a clergyperson or close friend they could sort of talk things out with? First, Microsoft did those commercials with Bill ...
Motorola eliminates 4,800 jobs in '08, phone share 'light years behind Nokia'
Nov 01, 2008; ... Motorola, whose falling market share of cell phones has pushed it to No. 4 in the worldwide market, has more bad news to share, according to analysts and regulatory filings. ?The Schaumburg-based cell phone maker, which reported 66,000 employees at the start of the year, reported that ...
Business Brief
Nov 01, 2008 ... 5 WORKERS FIRED AT WLUP, WKQX Loop Program Director Bill Klaproth and Marketing Director Tommy King and three other employees at WLUP-FM (97.9) and WKQX-FM (101.1) were axed Thursday. Those let go from the two stations were among 36 staffers fired across more than 20 stations nationwide ...
Dentist, dental assistant 'worked hand in hand'
Nov 01, 2008; ... Francisco "Doc" Levinson and his wife, Geraldine, or Geri, celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary last month and worked side by side, he as a dentist, she as his dental assistant. Tuesday, the Merrillville couple died just hours apart. Doc Levinson was 98; Geri Levinson died the day ...
Overdue for Hall bid, Morgan's a winner
Nov 01, 2008; ... Tell me, how in the name of Niatross can Tony Morgan not be in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame? Morgan has been nothing short of a winning machine during his driving career, most of which was spent on the Chicago circuit. He stands fourth on the all-time list with more than 12,000 ...
Brown shoulders the load
Nov 01, 2008; ... Morgan Park quarterback DaRon Brown sat out 47 plays from the first quarter to the fourth after he felt his left shoulder pop early in the game. As he sat on the bench with an ice pack on his shoulder, Brown watched as the Mustangs slowly relinquished a double-digit lead and allowed ...
Starke, Stanek power Griffins
Nov 01, 2008; ... No. 8 Lincoln-Way East had 295 yards of offense in the first half and led by 32 after three quarters in a 35-17 win Friday over Waubonsie Valley in a Class 8A playoff opener in Frankfort. Kevin Starke (13 carries, 63 yards) scored on runs of two and nine yards and caught a nine-yard ...
Lancers escape with road victory
Nov 01, 2008; ... Host Plainfield Central had several chances to win its Class 8A playoff game Friday against Belleville East but fell short 17-15. The Wildcats (8-2) had a chance to take the lead in the final minute, but Evan Engelsen's 40-yard field goal was short, giving the Lancers (7-3) a pleasant ...
Ground game carries Vikings
Nov 01, 2008; ... Host Fremd used a little old-fashioned football to knock off crosstown rival Palatine 24-7 in a Class 8A playoff opener Friday. ''It was ground to pound,'' said Vikings guard Jim Norris, who along with Christian Lombard, Mark Colgan, Jeff Bobek and Brian Bobek pushed the Pirates off the ...
Corsairs rush for 506 yards
Nov 01, 2008; ... Wheeling quarterback Matt Holmes treated fans to an impressive airshow Friday night, but it wasn't enough to overcome a record-setting effort by Carmel's triple-option ground attack. Mike Taylor rushed 30 times for a career-high 260 yards and two touchdowns to spark host Carmel to a ...
Red Devils Roll Behind Whitelaw
Nov 01, 2008; ... Quarterback John Whitelaw sparked No. 16 Hinsdale Central to a 46-12 victory Friday at Downers Grove South in the first round of the Class 8A playoffs. The Red Devils (8-2) will play No. 3 Bolingbrook next weekend. Whitelaw was 11-for-13 for 197 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 98 ...
Super 25
Nov 01, 2008 ... 1 Maine South (9-0) Hosts Stevenson today 2 Naperville North (9-0) Simeon today at Benedictine 3 Bolingbrook (10-0) Won 62-13 vs. Curie 4 Glenbard West (9-0) Hosts Wheaton North today 5 Geneva (9-0) Hosts Rolling Meadows ...
Hawks' defense Stymies Dons
Nov 01, 2008; ... The defense came up big as No. 7 Bartlett edged Notre Dame 10-7 in a Class 8A playoff opener Friday at Streamwood. ''We just came out and played our defense,'' said Hawks defensive lineman Kyle Kirchoff, who was in on two sacks. ''We kept the run in check. Our defensive line didn't have ...
Heads-up Greer sparks Mt. Carmel
Nov 01, 2008; ... Milton Greer turned garbage into gold to spark a Mount Carmel rout Friday night. Greer picked up a loose ball after a botched handoff and ran 18 yards for a second-quarter touchdown that put the No. 11 Caravan ahead for good in a 42-21 victory over No. 23 Naperville Central in a Class 8A ...
2-point PAT with 1:39 left wins for DGN
Nov 01, 2008; ... At least one Downers Grove North player disagreed with his coach's decision to attempt a two-point conversion after pulling within one of No. 6 Wheaton Warrenville South with 1:39 left. ''I wanted to go for one,'' senior running back Jermal Jones said. ''But the coach is a ...
Celtics roll with Paty, Hanrahan
Nov 01, 2008; ... Providence safety Shane Paty could be excused for putting greater significance on his team's Class 6A first-round matchup against Oak Forest than most of his fellow Celtics. Paty played youth football with the Oak Forest Raiders and remains good friends with many of the ...
Cubs decline Blanco's option, want him back
Nov 01, 2008 ... Although the Cubs on Friday declined to exercise Henry Blanco's $3 million contract option for 2009, the team anticipates re-signing the backup catcher as a free agent for a lower guaranteed salary. Blanco, who turns 38 next summer, hit .292 with three homers in 120 at-bats in 2008, when ...
Chops, Ryan deny Wolves
Nov 01, 2008 ... Bobby Ryan redirected a blocked shot past sprawled-out Wolves goalie Ondrej Pavelec midway through the third period, and the host Iowa Chops held on for a 2-1 victory against the Wolves on Friday night. Wolves left wing Colin Stuart scored his third goal of the season early in the second ...
Timothy Christian shocks Gibault
Nov 01, 2008; ... There wasn't a player on Gibault's roster who ever lost an IHSA postseason game entering Friday's Class 1A state semifinal against Timothy Christian at North Central College. The Trojans had never finished higher than third in any team sport since the school opened in 1911. With ...
Wildcats on ball-security alert
Nov 01, 2008; ... Security monitoring will extend far past the gates of the Metrodome today. Northwestern wants ball security; No. 20 Minnesota is hoping for more ball insecurity from NU. That will be the essence of the scrum as the injury-riddled Wildcats (6-2, 2-2 Big Ten) try to begin a ...
Clock running on Illinois
Nov 01, 2008; ... Ron Zook, who likes to talk about the Illini finding out what they're made of, knows they haven't made much of this season yet. Illinois also knows it's running out of chances in its goal of posting back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1989-90. If Illinois can't get the ...
Irish have eye on national ranking vs. Pitt
Nov 01, 2008; ... Football is a complex game but today's matchup between Notre Dame and Pittsburgh seems simple enough. Notre Dame needs to contain Pitt's standout running back LeSean McCoy. The Panthers, on the other hand, must prevent Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen from torching their secondary like ...
Hawks Notes
Nov 01, 2008; ... Blackhawks winger Ben Eager missed the first three games of the regular season for swinging his stick from the bench in Dallas at Stars agitator Sean Avery in a preseason game. ''My fault,'' Eager said. ''[Avery] does his job well, but we've got guys who can do the same things.'' ... Eager had ...
A happy Hawks Halloween
Nov 01, 2008; ... Halloween has been kind to the Blackhawks -- especially when they play at home. Friday's 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars before another sellout crowd at the United Center improved the Hawks to 8-2-1 when playing at home on Halloween. Overall the Hawks are 13-8-3 when playing on ...
Bulls Notes
Nov 01, 2008; ... Glenn ''Doc'' Rivers believed it was a matter of when, not if, Vinny Del Negro would become a coach. ''I was surprised he hadn't been in it yet,'' Rivers said of his former San Antonio Spurs teammate. ''Sitting next to Vinny and Avery [Johnson] on the bench and on the planes, all we talked ...
Straight shooters? Nope
Nov 01, 2008; ... Bulls head coach Vinny Del Negro grew up in Springfield, Mass., basketball's birth place and home of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Dr. James Naismith might not have recognized his game the way the Bulls played it Friday night in a 96-80 loss to the defending-champion Boston ...
Source: Williams active vs. Lions
Nov 01, 2008; ... As one offensive tackle drafted in the first round goes out following back surgery, another prepares to enter the fold. Rookie Chris Williams is expected to be on the active gameday roster, according to one club source. This, after Atlanta Falcons left tackle Sam Baker, chosen seven ...
'Average' not good enough for Brown
Nov 01, 2008; ... Mike Brown has heard the whispers. At 30 and after three major injuries, he's not the same player. He's fixing to do something about it starting Sunday against Detroit. With seven starts this season, he's matched the number he had the last two years when a torn Lisfranc ligament and torn ...
Murder Weapon Identified
Nov 01, 2008 ... NO TEXT Color Photo: Tests prove pistol found in pizza box was used in murders of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. But now ...
That other senator is running, too
Nov 01, 2008; ... Another U.S. senator from Illinois is running in a major race this year, but you would hardly know it. Dick Durbin is seeking his third term. But the race has been overshadowed by one involving his junior colleague -- Barack Obama. No major Republican even attempted to unseat ...
Boy, 14, 'stable' after shooting
Nov 01, 2008 ... A 14-year-old boy was shot and injured by police Friday night in the Hamilton Park neighborhood. At least one police officer was involved in the shooting in the ...
Half-million in area voted early
Nov 01, 2008; ... About half a million city and suburban Cook County residents voted early in the November election. "This is something I've never seen," said Cook County Clerk David Orr. "We're breaking about every record one could imagine." Orr said he expects "a very big turnout" on Election ...
News in Brief
Nov 01, 2008 ... VERDICT IN AT GITMO WAR CRIMES TRIAL CUBA A jury at Guantanamo's second war crimes trial reached a verdict Friday on whether al-Qaida's alleged ''media secretary'' is guilty of war crimes that could put him in prison for life. But the decision will not be announced until Monday ...
Growth hormones not for normal kids
Nov 01, 2008; ... Water-cooler talk in a doctor's office often revolves around patients. Not long ago a colleague of mine, a pediatric endocrinologist, mentioned that she had met with parents who wanted to put their child on growth hormone, a drug used to treat short stature. The parents believed their ...
Are you ready for political football?
Nov 01, 2008; ... With all this talk of campaign strategy, tightening polls and the looming election of the most powerful person on Earth, it's important to remember the things that are really important in life. Like this week's "Monday Night Football" game, which features the Pittsburgh Steelers and the ...
Science has no place in Palin's world
Nov 01, 2008; ... In an election that has been fought on an astoundingly low cultural and intellectual level, with both candidates pretending that tax cuts can go like peaches and cream with the staggering new levels of federal deficit, and paltry charges being traded in petty ways, and with Joe the Plumber ...
The Greatest Chicagoan
Nov 01, 2008; ... So there wasn't a World Series here, and he missed the 2008 presidential election. Other than that, Louis "Studs" Terkel did everything possible in 96 years. Was he the greatest Chicagoan? I cannot think of another. For me, he represented the joyous, scrappy, liberal, generous, ...
'Rockford' is ground zero for new Cheap Trick disc
Nov 01, 2008 ... As they prepare to remember their breakthrough with the upcoming "Live at Budokan: 30th Anniversary" box set, Cheap Trick is also readying the release of their next studio album, which guitarist Rick Nielsen says is in the can and ready to go -- although no label, title or release date are set ...
Luminary for the little man
Nov 01, 2008; ... LOUIS 'STUDS' TERKEL - 1912-2008 Studs Terkel turned the voice of average Americans into a font of history. The Pulitzer-Prize winning author, television pioneer, theatrical actor, longtime radio host, unrepentant leftie and friend of the little man, died peacefully at his home ...
Entertainment in Brief
Nov 01, 2008 ... SONG FOR HALLOWEEN THE BOSS SCARES UP 'JERSEY DEVIL' Bruce Springsteen has a Halloween treat for his fans. The rocker has posted a free download of a new song, ''A Night With the Jersey Devil,'' on his Web site. The song has a blues beat, and Springsteen sings about ''16 witches ...
Dutoit adept at relating 'Faust' story
Nov 01, 2008; ... Berlioz, as this week's brilliant Chicago Symphony performances of his 1846 "The Damnation of Faust" remind us, was about now. Georg Solti took up this two-hour-plus "dramatic legend" inspired by Goethe's "Faust" twice, in 1981 and in 1989. They were powerful, sit-up-and-take-notice ...
1 in 5 'Underwater'
Nov 01, 2008 ... Nationwide, almost one out of every five homeowners with a mortgage owes more to their lender than their properties are worth. That's according to a report released Friday by First American CoreLogic. Also on Friday, JPMorgan Chase & Co. became the latest major bank to beef up its ...