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  • Man breaks world record by riding Ferris wheel at Chicagos Navy Pier for more than 48 hours

    FILE - In this June 13, 2012 photo, visitors ride on the Ferris Wheel and Wave Swinger at Chicago's nearly century-old Navy Pier. Clinton Shepherd, park operations manager at the Navy Pier, rode the tourist spot’s Ferris wheel for more than 2 days over the weekend of May 18-19, 2013, bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite. (AP ...

  • Made In Chicago New Era Windows Co-Op

    CHICAGO (CBS) — Some of the workers who staged a sit-in until they obtained severance checks from the old Republic Windows and Doors are back in business as owners. WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Roberts with Made In ...

  • Two days on a Ferris wheel No problem for Chicago man

    CHICAGO oA manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days, bringing the world record for the ...

  • Treasurys rise before Chicago Fed president speech

    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices moved higher Monday ahead of a speech by Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans at 1 p.m., which kicks off a week full of Fed speakers. The 10-year ...

  • Chicago Fed national activity index falls in April

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Chicago Fed's national activity index worsened in April, falling to negative 0.53 from negative 0.23 in March. The three-month moving average meanwhile was at negative 0.04 from negative 0.05 in March. The three-month average of the index, which is a weighted average of 85 different economic indicators, is designed so that a zero reading equals trend growth ...


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Movie Review

The Haunted Strangler [DVD]

The Haunted Strangler [DVD]

By the late 1950s, Boris Karloff, one of the great icons of the horror cinema, was falling on hard times. Part of the problem was that the genre with which he was so completely associated was fast becoming a joke, plagued by artless, quickie B-movie garbage and goofy parod ... ...

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  • Monday profile Welsh focuses on promoting Chicago

    Don Welsh, Chicago's top convention and tourism salesman, early this month embarked on one of the most high-wire sales trips of his tenure here — flying to rival Las Vegas in an attempt to win back the National Hardware Show, once a cornerstone exhibition at McCormick Place.Unlike most roadshows, where Welsh makes pitches in hotel meeting rooms or restaurants, this mission played out ...

  • CTA Commuters Get First Rush Hour Test Of Red Line South Shutdown

    CTA riders prepare to board a Red Line train running on the Green Line tracks at the Garfield station on May 20, 2013, after the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line was shut down for a five-month track replacement project. (Credit: ...

  • Three Teens Arrested After Large Fight On Lakefront On South Side

    Chicago police block the entrance to the 63rd Street Beach, after responding to a large fight that started at 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, and ended at 63rd Street. Three teens were arrested, and one officer was hurt responding to the brawl. (Credit: ...

  • Medicinal marijuana passes state Senate awaits Quinns signature

    Medical marijuana buds, or flowers as they are also known, are displayed for an arranged photograph. Should Illinois pass a medicinal-marijuana law, it will be the second-most-populous state to allow the drug's use. The Illinois state Senate has approved a bill that would allow medicinal use of marijuana, pending Governor Pat Quinn's signature. According to a report by the Chicago ...

  • Allied Specialty to close Monaco RV factory in northern Indiana

    Allied Specialty Vehicles is taking over Navistar's production of the Monaco RV and closing the plant in Wakarusa, Ind. Allied Specialty Vehicles Inc., which has bought Navistar International Corp.s recreational vehicles business, is planning to close a 520-worker RV factory in northern Indiana. Orlando, Fla.-based Allied plans to sell the plant in Wakarusa, Ind., and move production of the ...

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