Thick dust covers the gold lame shirt and silver leather coat in Pedro Bell's closet. The clothes are remnants from a brighter time when Bell, a rainbow Afro wig on his head and platform shoes on his feet, strutted through Chicago as a charter member of the '70s funk revolution whose sound is heavily sampled in rap songs today. "It was psychedelic from a black perspective," Bell said.
You're next, Ike: resurfacing to begin in April
Eisenhower riders, you knew your day was coming. Construction has snarled traffic on the Dan Ryan, the Edens, the tollways and the Bishop Ford in recent years, and next spring it's the Ike's turn. The Illinois Department of Transportation plans a resurfacing project for I-290 between Thorndale and the Circle, tentatively scheduled to start in April 2010.
• Beyonce expected to testify in copyright trial here • Wounded GI's first words to mom: 'I'm sorry'
• Davis pulls out of County Board President's race
• Prosecutors: Chicago man had al-Qaida video
• Meeting for sales-tax roll back called
• Daley: Bad economy makes police retirements 'questionable'
• Daley defends suburbanites' right to concert seats
• Woman accused of stabbing boyfriend over bounced check
• Investigators too educated to relate: alderman
Ft. Hood shooting suspect awake, talking
FORT HOOD, Texas -- The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 at Fort Hood is able to talk, a hospital spokesman said Monday, but it's unknown when investigators might take advantage of his improving health to press forward with their probe into the shooting spree.
• Authorities: 4 bodies found inside burned home
• Md. man killed, 6 hurt in Pa. speakeasy shooting
• Man confesses to shooting Kan. abortion provider
• Supreme Court refuses to block D.C. sniper's execution
• Transit moving again in Philadelphia after 6-day strike
• Claims of suspect's extremism spur probe
• Fort Hood soldiers ready for return
• Gulf Coast bracing for arrival of Hurricane Ida
Germany celebrates anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall
BERLIN -- With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification.
• Mini-dress causes uproar at Brazilian University
• With 134 dead, rescuers seek Salvador survivors
• Brown: Sorry for hastily written condolence letter
• Vatican on Anglicans: celibacy rule unchanged
• Prosecutors: Chicago man had al-Qaida video
• Refugee returns to Vietnam as U.S. naval commander
• Iraq electoral law passes, setting up national vote
• Pakistan suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others
AFTERNOON SPORTS CLUB 10 thoughts after another ugly loss by the Bears
For the second time in three weeks, the Bears have been completely outschemed and totally outplayed. Unprepared? It would be hard for them to make a case that they were ready.
• Bears clawless, clueless• Notre Dame's Clausen good to go
• Hard work gives Noah a real shot
• Sox, Williams have to-do list
• Sammy Sosa pictures reveal lighter face
• SPORTS WIRE: Mickelson wins in Shanghai
• A Fedor in Chicago's cap
• Harry Potter's Quidditch magically appears at NU
There's still hope for those trying to buy, keep a house
Terry Savage: While mortgage foreclosures continue to rise along with the growing unemployment rate, there are a few small rays of hope for homeowners in trouble -- and those looking to buy a home. Last week, Congress approved the extension of the current $8,000 First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit. Instead of expiring Nov. 30, it will be available for purchase contracts signed by April 30 (with closings by June 30).
• Joyful lottery ad a winner • Bright ideas: Making daily life easier for elderly
• Stocks jump after G-20 pledge to aid economies
• Ill. home sales mark first positive year-over-year increase
• Cadbury rejects Kraft's hostile takeover bid
• McDonald's October sales comparison up
• Maclaren stroller recall announced over amputation concern
• Daley: Bad economy makes police retirements 'questionable'
• Stocks jump after G-20 pledge to aid economies
Ciao, Bella: 'New Moon' stars talk about breakup
"I know what it's like to be broken up with in real life," Kristen Stewart says. "I don't know what it's like to be broken up by with a vampire." Ah, the perils of having a significant other who's a glowing immortal hunk ... and a protective one. In the "Twilight" sequel "New Moon," out Nov. 20, teenage Bella (Stewart) is dumped by her vampire love Edward (Robert Pattinson). You know how it goes: I love you, but I'm a vampire and it's really not safe for us to date anymore because members of my family want to eat you, so I'm going to disappear.
• On talk show, Sykes has wrong target in her sights • Those flitting around Isadora
• Brown wants privacy on fight details
• In Hyde Park, Upshaw roots poetry in emotion
• Beyonce expected to testify in copyright trial here
• Chimpanzee attack victim to appear on Oprah show
Bright ideas: Making daily life easier for elderly
If technology has its way, getting old will get easier. That's the vibe running throughout the "idea house" for the elderly on display at the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging's annual exposition at McCormick Place. The house displays groundbreaking technologies and design innovations that make it possible for older adults to remain independent and in their homes.
• Harry Potter's Quidditch magically appears at NU • Artist behind iconic album art struggling to get by
• You're next, Ike: resurfacing to begin in April
• Maclaren stroller recall announced over amputation concern
TODAY'S COMMENTARY
• Letters to the Editor
• Editorials
• Esther J. Cepeda : Lack of info -- not fear -- hurts census
• Neil Hayes : Tossed for a rattling loss
• Horoscopes : Eugenia Last horoscopes for November 9
Georgia Nicols horoscopes for November 9
• John Jackson : Hard work gives Noah a real shot
• Cheryl Lavin : Single mom refuses parents' help
• Lewis Lazare : Joyful lottery ad a winner
Pitch for Jeep laughably bad -- Ram ad fares a bit better
Tribute to troops gets it just right
• Letters to the Editor : 'Cash for Clunkers' conclusion takes self-serving pap for a spin
Restore funds for Poison Control
• Mike Mulligan : The buck stops here
• Cindy Pearlman : Ciao, Bella: 'New Moon' stars talk about breakup
• Quick Hits/Elliott Harris : MONDAY MEANDERINGS: BEARS + CHORES = GUTTER BALL
Monday in Quick Hits
• Richard Roeper : Holy jailbreak! Brother's plot no match for these 2
• Terry Savage : Hope for those trying to buy, keep a house
• Brad Spirrison : Online networking the latest fashion in career building
• Neil Steinberg : Berlin Wall's end was new beginning
• Rick Telander : Harris' punch KO's own team
• Laura Washington : New CEO, new start for DuSable Museum
• Hedy Weiss : Those flitting around Isadora
• Paige Wiser : On talk show, Sykes has wrong target in her sights
• The Fixer : Owner of defective tree will see the lights at last
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• Bill Zwecker : Dating like it's 1989
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