Metro & Tri-state Trib redesign shrinks paper to 3 sections Alton Logan cleared after 26 years in prison IMSA employee faces child porn charges Mom delivers baby in front seat of car Cops capture 'Second Hand Bandit' suspect Phelps visits local swimmers Bail denied for two suspected of shooting 10-year-old 1-year-old girl dies in Zion crash Suspect in Glenview slaying charged in 2 fatal Calif. stabbings Meeks calls off school boycott Daley blasts Giuliani convention speech Woman dies after clothes caught fire while smoking Man fatally shot in Austin community Ex-IRS aide accused of $850K tax scam

STNG Video View more local videos Chicago 24/7 Crime Suspect in Glenview slaying charged in 2 fatal Calif. stabbings IMSA employee faces child porn charges Cops capture 'Second Hand Bandit' suspect Bail denied for two suspected of shooting 10-year-old Ex-IRS aide accused of $850K tax scam Man fatally shot in Austin community Man accused of tossing kitten off porch Education Meeks calls off school boycott 'I know why kids are killing. They're hurting'

Sports Hendry relieved by Z news; could miss just 1 start Cubs Nation can stop panicking — at least for the moment — as today's news is good on Carlos Zambrano. Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said today's MRI confirmed his theory that Zambrano has rotator cuff tendinitis.

Biggs' Blog: If Hester catches on, will No. 23 go? When Devin Hester joined the Bears in 2006, he was assigned No. 23 because he was a cornerback. Provided he remains primarily a returner, at least according to the club's latest roster, he's perfectly fine wearing No. 23.

For ND, two decades is too long It has been 20 years since Notre Dame last won a national championship, two decades since college football's most storied program sat atop college football's gilded throne. The Irish have won eight Associated Press national titles since 1936, an average of one every nine years, making this the longest drought in the school's rich history.

Lifestyles Fall fashions feature the new '80s girl This won't be easy to read, but shoulder pads and collar-free leather jackets (think Eddie Murphy from his 1983 special "Delirious") are back in style this fall, along with many other influences from the '80s. I mean, I love "Pretty in Pink" as much as the next girl, but who knew if the cardigans and lacy turtlenecks that Molly Ringwald used to seduce Andrew McCarthy could be re-created?

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Entertainment Vince's 'Entourage' is put to test You're only as good as your last film. One turkey and you can go from being a hot commodity to a hot potato that nobody in Hollywood will touch even with Teflon-coated oven mitts. That's the situation that Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) finds himself in on Sunday's season opener of "Entourage" after "Medillin," his independent film about Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, bombs.
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Business Trib redesign shrinks paper to 3 sections Chicago Tribune readers accustomed to stand-alone news sections could see drastic changes when the paper introduces its redesign in a few weeks. Sources said the space devoted to news will be significantly reduced, with the paper's front section including national and international news, the local and business reports and the editorial page.

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