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10 things you might not know about #^%@!! profanities

December 24, 2018 at 8:46 p.m.

Two months ago, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary embraced the word "f-bomb." But that euphemism hasn't stopped people from dropping actual swear words with frequency. Among recent examples: Samuel L. Jackson's...

10 things you might not know about debt

December 24, 2018 at 6:02 p.m.

Deficit spending is a nagging issue in the presidential race, and in many Americans' everyday lives. The city, state and nation are awash in debt. (And so is Tribune Co.,...

10 things you might not know about juries

May 23, 2019 at 12:23 p.m.

The Drew Peterson jury made news recently with its guilty verdict — and with its unusual note to the judge asking for the definition of "unanimous." And jury deliberation is...

Zoom town

August 18, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

At one time, a motor-sport loving Chicagoan could catch a race at tracks on Addison Street, Mannheim Road, Fullerton Avenue, Peterson Avenue or in suburbs like Waukegan, Maywood, Cicero, Melrose...

10 things you might not know about juries

December 24, 2018 at 3:54 p.m.

The Drew Peterson jury made news recently with its guilty verdict — and with its unusual note to the judge asking for the definition of "unanimous." And jury deliberation is...

Deadly passion

August 18, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

One man killed his wife's lover — and walked. Another man killed his ex-wife, but claimed he didn't remember. And a third was charged with poisoning his wife in order...

10 things you might not know about political ads

December 23, 2018 at 2:35 p.m.

The presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have pledged not to run political ads Sept. 11, out of respect for the terrorism victims. Which means there are 64...

"Blow! Blow! Blow!" shouts Dr. Cureton as he measures the amount of air Ted Erikson's lungs can hold in 1965.

Marathon swimmers were mere minnows against mighty Lake Michigan

December 23, 2018 at 2:51 p.m.

Joe Griffith thought he could get the better of Lake Michigan. In the late 1950s, the lifeguard tried four times to swim the 38 miles from Chicago to Michigan City,...

Marathon swimmers were mere minnows against mighty Lake Michigan

December 24, 2018 at 11:26 a.m.

Joe Griffith thought he could get the better of Lake Michigan. In the late 1950s, the lifeguard tried four times to swim the 38 miles from Chicago to Michigan City,...

10 things you might not know about beards

May 23, 2019 at 12:23 p.m.

There's been a lot of beard news to comb through this summer: Egypt elected Mohammed Morsi, its first bearded president. In Ohio, the big news is a series of beard-...

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