Cubs fans who stayed up late Wednesday night will need to be awake and near a phone or computer by 10 this morning if they want tickets for the next round.
Olympics boss: Chicago in 3rd or 4th place
Chicago stands in “third or fourth place” in the race for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and it’ll take Chicago-style politicking—including more involvement by the private sector--to turn that around, the chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee said Thursday.
• Five injured in dump truck rollover crash
• Ex-Bears player's girlfriend found fatally shot
• Hired Monday, gone Wednesday
• Bank reportedly robbed in South Loop
• 'Murderer will be brought to justice'
• Prosecutor payments in clear
• Kraft recalls white chocolate because of possible contamination
• Toboggans out, sledding hills in
• Crystal Lake man sues priest who he says denounced him
• Daley told to add 100 police
• 'Feisty old guy' in his late 60s a 1st-time dad
• Burke tried to cut Rezko’s taxes
• Metra: 2 trains derailed due to wear, not sabotage
• Class of .08 T-shirts blow it
• 'Christmas is still Christmas' -- and Ramadan will be marked, too
• Family of man shot to death by cop awarded $3.9 mil.
• 50 city workers must reapply at less pay
• House votes against gov's property tax relief
• Cubs-Brewers to open '08
• A banner day
• Worker's embezzlement case has ties to gov's administration
• These three babies are 1 in 200 million
• Clout corner
• NLCS tickets on sale at 10 a.m. today
• Nursing home allowed abuse: suit
• Metro briefs
• 24/7 for Oct. 3
Obama won't wear U.S. flag pin
WATERLOO, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he doesn’t wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for ‘‘true patriotism’’ since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
• Clinton runs even with Obama among blacks
• Docs may stop going deep
• Thompson's Jeri: All anybody thinks is 'trophy wife'
• Democrats pounce
• Minister arrested in theft of wedding gifts
• Nation briefs
Cargo plane crashes into part of Congo's capital
KINSHASA, Congo -- A cargo plane crashed in a residential neighborhood near the main airport in Congo's capital of Kinshasa on Thursday, killing at least five people, police said.
• Poles won't back down
• Diana's driver appears steady in final hours before crash
• Firefighters cool Britannia after hot sauce hits London
• World briefs
Obama won't wear U.S. flag pin
WATERLOO, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he doesn’t wear an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for ‘‘true patriotism’’ since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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• 50 city workers must reapply at less pay
• House votes against gov's property tax relief
• Worker's embezzlement case has ties to gov's administration
• Democrats pounce
Class of .08 T-shirts blow it
The students portray it as a warning against teen drinking. But school administrators see it as closer to a beer commercial.
• Owned historic Englewood grocery
