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No lotto, just great service at 'Becker's'
Becker Professional Pharmacy isn't for everyone. "No one comes here to find out what's new in barbecue," says owner Alvin Klein. "People come here because they're sick or someone at home is sick. You'll find very few impulse buys here. No one walks in and says, 'Ooh, I want one of those.' It's more like 'nobody wants one of those.' "
Becker Professional Pharmacy isn't for everyone. "No one comes here to find out what's new in barbecue," says owner Alvin Klein. "People come here because they're sick or someone at home is sick. You'll find very few impulse buys here. No one walks in and says, 'Ooh, I want one of those.' It's more like 'nobody wants one of those.' "
Dad said Cub fan was too young for '45 Series
Jerry Pritikin, a retired publicist and photographer, still loves his city, even though it wasn't a very nurturing place for him as a young man.
Sign here, please
Professional autograph hound Justin Wilkie has been arrested waiting for Paul McCartney, tossed through a glass door at a downtown hotel trying to catch baseball star Darryl Strawberry and kicked out of a swanky nightclub at the behest of singer Kevin Federline.
Professional autograph hound Justin Wilkie has been arrested waiting for Paul McCartney, tossed through a glass door at a downtown hotel trying to catch baseball star Darryl Strawberry and kicked out of a swanky nightclub at the behest of singer Kevin Federline.
Rising housing costs threaten Rogers Park's diversity
Virginia Hester's landlord slipped a note under the door -- it was time to move out. Her apartment building was going condo. It was the second time since 2002 that the 55-year-old, disabled nurse lost her lease on a modest apartment in Rogers Park that way.
Virginia Hester's landlord slipped a note under the door -- it was time to move out. Her apartment building was going condo. It was the second time since 2002 that the 55-year-old, disabled nurse lost her lease on a modest apartment in Rogers Park that way.
Hooray for Holly-Hood
Overnight, a blacktop stretch of Newport near Clark made an almost magical transformation into a Prohibition-era cobblestone street. The usual crush of SUVs and foreign compacts parked there vanished, and antique autos and 1930 streetlamps sprouted from the curb.
Overnight, a blacktop stretch of Newport near Clark made an almost magical transformation into a Prohibition-era cobblestone street. The usual crush of SUVs and foreign compacts parked there vanished, and antique autos and 1930 streetlamps sprouted from the curb.
What should Chicago's new motto be?
Chicago's city seal says, “Urbs in Horto.” It means “City in a Garden.” It might not say that for long if Mayor Daley has his way. How do the latin words, “Urbs of Liberi” sound? After launching an unprecedented study of youth violence by the University of Chicago, Daley said today he would like to change the city's motto.
Chicago's city seal says, “Urbs in Horto.” It means “City in a Garden.” It might not say that for long if Mayor Daley has his way. How do the latin words, “Urbs of Liberi” sound? After launching an unprecedented study of youth violence by the University of Chicago, Daley said today he would like to change the city's motto.
