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  • Overheard in Chicago ‘Three pork-brain tacos please’

    features a bit of braised tripe, skin and stomach folded in with the customary pork meat."I'll take that, and three pork-brain tacos, please," I said, to my wife's visible dismay.According to local chef Rick Bayless, the best-know proponent of Mexican cookery in the United States, and the owner and executive chef of the Michelin-recommended Frontera Grill, his city offers ...

  • Defense attorney Victim recants statement in human trafficking case

    A downstate woman who told police she was the victim of human trafficking, has recanted her statements against two Chicago men charged in the case, a defense attorney said Monday. Defense attorney Eric F. Rinehart told Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti that the unidentified female now says in video and on her Facebook page that she was never forced to work as a prostitute by Aaron Thurmond, ...

  • 87-Year-Old Accusing Trump Chicago Woman Playing Age Card

    Jackie Goldberg, 87, is suing the business magnate in federal court under allegations that he ripped her off when he sold her two $1 million hotel condo units within downtown Chicago's Trump Tower. After the deal, Trump reneged on financial incentives promised to early investors.During a tirade in the lobby of the Dirksen Federal Court building on Wednesday, Trump touted that Goldberg was ...

  • Property owner asks Northbook to annex

    The Village of Northbrook may soon grow by a couple acres. The owners of a two-acre property at the northwest corner of Pfingsten and Highland roads have requested annexation by the village, and trustees discussed it at a recent meeting. The land in unincorporated Cook County belongs to John and Kathy Di Tomasso, and is where their house and business is located. The business, Wilson Lawn & ...

  • Spring sports teams performing well

    From mid-May through early June, state spring sports are winding down in Illinois and every day brings that win-or-go-home excitement. Here is a wrapup on how some of the area teams have fared in recent ...


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Django Unchained

Django Unchained

In Sergio Corbuccis Django, the 1966 spaghetti Western from which Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained draws its protagonists name, the titular gunslinger (played by the indomitable Franco Nero, who makes an amusing, wink-wink cameo in Tarantinos film) is first seen ... ...

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  • Spring Sporst teams perform well

    From mid-May through early June, state spring sports are winding down in Illinois and every day brings that win-or-go-home excitement. Here is a wrapup on how some of the area teams have fared in recent ...

  • Batavia considers options for Thomle building

    An upscale martini lounge and a residential and retail/restaurant development are two of the proposed uses for the city-owned Thomle building in Batavia's downtown. The Batavia City Council heard details at its most recent committee meeting about two proposals. One came from Michael Grudecki, who owns Batavia-based Vignette Home Decor, and the other from Batavia Enterprises. The city has ...

  • Chicago runners to help Boston bombing victims

    "Gloria Steinem once said, 'Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it,'" said Jothy Rosenberg, who lives near Boston and was diagnosed with bone cancer at 16 and had to have his right leg amputated. Three years later, doctors told Rosenberg the cancer had spread to his lung. After removing about 40 percent of his lungs, doctors ...

  • Video 787 Dreamliner lands at Chicagos Ohare

    United Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on ...

  • School Protesters Arrested At City Hall

    CHICAGO (CBS) — More than a dozen people protesting the plans to close more than 50 Chicago public schools were arrested on Monday at City Hall. About 18 protesters, who were blocking the elevators on the first floor, had gone to City Hall to deliver petitions opposing the planned closing of schools that the city says are underutilized or underperforming. The group was led in plastic ...

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