New Buffalo Township Volunteer Firefighters work to put out a grass fire that destroyed two lakefront homes in the exclusive subdivision of Grand Beach on April 24. The blaze was started near Mayor Daley's summer home. (M.B. Moriarty/New Buffalo Times/John H. White/Sun-Times)
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Jay Mariotti: The warmest ovation on a cold day wasn't for Ryan Dempster, who finally is living up to that Marisa Miller bear hug. Or Kerry Wood, who saved the six-hit shutout and 4-0 win.
Rick Telander: It's always worthwhile to take a peek into the amusement park known as ''Ozzie's World.'' And it's fitting to do it here, just a couple of mouse whiskers away from Disneyland. But if you think it's all balloons and bleeps and blow-up dolls in the White Sox manager's mind, I suggest you flip forward to fellow Sun-Times sportswriter Joe Cowley's column on Page 74 and read that first.
Greg Couch: Scott Skiles was fired five months ago, and where do things stand with the Bulls in finding a new coach? General manager John Paxson has his pencils and notepads squared off and perfect on his desk, and the phone all ready to dial, while one team after another keeps firing a coach, conducting a search, then hiring a new guy.
Brenda Bromfield of west suburban Woodridge has become such a skilled shopper, she can come up with a coupon or a bulk bargain buy on nearly everything.
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The expectant mom on the cover of the new, revised edition of the 25-year-old "bible" on childbirth, What to Expect When You're Expecting, is wearing jeans, standing up, showing off her belly with a proud smile. "She's off her rocker, finally!" author Heidi Murkoff wrote in an e-mail interview of the hot mama fronting the fourth edition of the influential book, which Murkoff first co-authored in 1984. The mom on that original cover was shown in a rocking chair, taking a load off her presumably aching feet.
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Pat Bruno: The cost of eating out keeps going up. Sure, you can hit one or two of the major chains and fill up for a bit less, but that's not going to do it in the long run (read: boring). So, you might ask, what are my options? Folks, take a fling at a neighborhood joint, where the food is more connected to fine than faux, the quality is high, and the prices are low.
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The Great Migration of Chicago traders is almost over and that means a new era begins for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Today is the final day of trading at the old Merc, its home for nearly 25 years at 20 S. Wacker. It will be left to the meat traders, stalwarts whose business goes back to the exchange's earliest days, to turn out the lights for good. They will mark the occasion with laughter and lumps in their throat and maybe smuggle in a flask or two to give the place a proper sendoff.
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