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Oprah Says Discover Your Best Life Perhaps it was no mistake that a month before Oprah announced plans to end her wildly successful talk show, she released ‘Dream Big! O’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Life.’ Was she signaling plans to pursue another big dream of her OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network)? Whatever the purpose or the timing of its release, ‘Dream Big!’ is truly inspiring. “How fantastic would your life look if nothing were holding you back?’’ Oprah writes in the introduction. “That’s the milliondollar question, and we’re here to help you answer it with ‘Dream Big: O’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Life.’ With more than 75 articles drawn from the pages of O, The Oprah Magazine, this best-ofthe best collection of inspiration and advice gives you our recommended daily allowance of break-

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throughs, insights, and laughter-and of course, for all of you big dreamers, a triple dose of ‘wow.’ “ As always, Oprah encourages readers to dream big! The article, Great Moments in Self-Esteem, is a reminder “that you’re already far more fabulous that you think,’’ she writes. Urgent! Urgent! Or Is It? brings to the fore irrefutable evidence that it really is okay to make room in your world for the things that truly matter. “I’ve always believed that becoming your best self involves looking beyond yourself; so this book also includes stories-you’ll want some tissues handy-about everyday heroes and the extraordinary things that ordinary women can do when they put their minds to it,’’ she writes. “Finally, you’ll get to meet some of the people who have expanded my own horizons: Eckhart Tolle, who has taught so many of us so

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By Shanita Bigelow Democrat Dan Hynes on Thursday is expected to announce the fate of his campaign against Gov. Pat Quinn as political allies privately acknowledged tonight that a drawn-out recount doesn’t appear viable. Republicans, however, are gearing up for the possibility of a recount as little more than 400 votes separate state Sens. Bill Brady of Bloomington and Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale. More than a day after voters delivered two of the closest governor primaries in Illinois history, the dynamics of the fall campaign for the state’s top job remained far from settled. Instead of Democrats and Republicans attacking the other party’s nominee, they found themselves dealing with unfinished business inside their own camps. Hynes, the three-term comptroller had vowed to “continue fighting” when he addressed supporters shortly before midnight Wednesday, and to wait until all

the Democratic votes were counted following a close and often bitter contest against Quinn. But Quinn claimed victory, and in the ensuing hours his lead grew to nearly 8,100 votes — an almost insurmountable number for Hynes to overcome and a margin that made it difficult to press for a recount. Hynes spent Wednesday out of the public eye as he pondered his next move. Quinn called on Democrats to come together, but did not publicly push Hynes to end his campaign, saying he’s “not going to tell anybody what to do.” “I think Dan Hynes will do what’s right for the Democratic Party,” said Quinn, who praised his rival for putting his “heart and soul” into the contentious race. Several of Hynes’ political backers said the comptroller was finding little support for an extended recount push. They asked not to be identified so as not to pre-empt Hynes’ announcement.

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University of Illinois orders furloughs Fly to London, fly to France, you may have to show your underpants in a “full-body scanner,” a term that the average American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -- coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women.

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magnet and selective enrollment schools,” they continued. Their concerns have echoed around the city as other community members have also voiced their concerns. The new admissions policy will use socioeconomic status (SES) based on census data in place of the former racebased policy to promote diversity. “We are committed to a fair process for all families who seek admission to our selective enrollment and magnet programs, and we believe that economic diversity in our schools will promote equitable educational outcomes for applicants in all communities of our city. To address a potential burden on families with more than one child in CPS, these proposed policies also ease access into these schools for the siblings of students who are already enrolled,” Huberman said in a Nov. 10 press release outlining the, then, proposed policy changes.

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“We want quality— and equal—educational opportunities for all Chicago Public School (CPS) students,” State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie (25th), State Representative William D. Burns (26th) and Sate Senator Kwame Raoul (13th) wrote, to begin their December 11 letter to CPS CEO Ron Huberman, addressing the new CPS admissions policy, effectively taking race out of the equation. “The federal court has ended the consent decree under which CPS was required to guarantee specific racial and ethnic enrollment goals for magnet and selective enrollment schools. And a recent United States Supreme Court decision cast doubt on the ability of a school system to take race into account in individual cases. But we have grave concerns that your new admission policy will undercut minority enrollment in our high-performing magnet and selective enrollment schools,” they continued. Their concerns have echoed around the city as other community members have also voiced their concerns. The new admissions policy will use socioeconomic status (SES) based on census data in place of the former race-based policy to promote diversity. “We are committed to a fair process for all families who seek admission to our selective enrollment and magnet programs, and we believe that economic diversity in our schools will promote equitable educational outcomes for applicants in all communities of our city. To address a potential burden on families with more than one child in CPS, these proposed policies also ease access into these schools for the siblings of students who are already enrolled,” Huberman said in a Nov. 10 press release outlining the, then, proposed policy changes.

“This was a screw-up that could have been disastrous,”

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Yemen poet has a line on the region Abdel Aziz Maqalih blames the afflictions of the Arab world on the U.S., but as an advisor now to his country’s president, he is more circumspect in his criticisms closer to home than he once was. Special to the NNPA from GIN (GIN) -The family of a young Nigerian traveller who allegedly attempted to detonate a powerful explosive while travelling to Detroit from Amsterdam, has issued a statement that provides more details of the alleged conversion of their son to extremist beliefs. The statement was prepared by the suspect’s father, Dr. Alhaji Umaru AbdulMutallab, a banker and a member of Nigeria’s powerful ruling elite. He had been identified early in the course of the neardisaster by a Nigerian website. According to the story as it first appeared on SaharaReporters.com, an anti-corruption website produced by Nigerians, Dr. AbdulMutallab said he had warned U.S. embassy officials of his son’s possible links to an al Qaeda organization that grew out of a visit to Yemen and his studies in London.

Although his son, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was added to the terrorist watch list, he was not denied boarding privileges on the Amsterdam-Chicago Northwest Air flight. He reportedly paid cash for a one-way ticket and was allowed to board. But shortly before arrival, Umar Farouk attempted to ignite a fire which would have set off explosives he was carrying in his underwear. It is believed these explosives were strong enough to blow a hole in the plane’s fuselage. At the sound and smoke from the fire being ignited, Umar Farouk was wrestled down by passengers and attendants who successfully doused the flame. The first official response by the Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano, was that “the system worked really very, very smoothly over the course of the past few days,” but she retracted that assessment and now admits that there were failures with airline security.

As to the al-Qaeda connection, as late as last August, experts said they were unable to find evidence of Osama Bin Laden’s group in Nigeria, despite several arrests by the government and two warnings from the US about potential attacks on its interests in the country in as many years. Analysts remain sceptical about any link between Nigerian radical Muslims and global jihadists. Today Dr. AbdulMutallab released the following letter: “Our family, like the rest of the world, were woken up in the early hours of Saturday, 26th December, 2009 to the news of an attempt to blow up a plane by a young Nigerian man, who was later identified as Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab. Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is the son of Alhaji (Dr.) Umaru AbdulMutallab, the head of this Family.

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Iraq frees Shiite militant in exchange Briton, followers say Fly to London, fly to France, you may have to show your underpants in a “full-body scanner,” a term that the average American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -- coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women.

U.S. to halt Guantanamo detainee transfers to Yemen Fly to London, fly to France, you may have to show your underpants in a “full-body scanner,” a term that the average American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -- coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women.

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Chicago immigration business subject of terror investigation Fly to London, fly to France, you may have to show your underpants in a “full-body scanner,” a term that the average American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show.

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Opposing plans to fix McPier ills By Natalie Fox

fforts to whip Chicago’s ailing convention business into shape came flying Monday, with strongly divergent proposals coming out of Chicago and Springfield. The mayor and governor want to reshape how McCormick Place operates, while a group of powerful legislators wants to elbow aside the officials in charge. Mayor Richard Daley and Gov. Pat Quinn unveiled a legislative agenda at City Hall that would give McCormick Place managers greater control over the unions that work at the city’s largest and most important exhibition hall. Chicago has lost two major trade shows this fall, in part because exhibitors were outraged at labor union work rules that ratcheted up their costs. But in Springfield, lawmakers threw cold water on the idea of giving any more authority to

briefly Cadbury hopes to block Kraft with

Wal-Mart agreement falls apart

the current officials, appointed by the mayor and governor. Instead, a House committee sent a bipartisan message with an 11-0 vote for a bill that would dump the current board of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority,

known as McPier, and put in place a smaller interim panel to examine the growing expenses and loss of convention business at McCormick Place. That measure, sponsored by House Majority Leader Barbara

Mayor Richard Daley and Governor hhsjah sanmslaj

the tally Stocks Give Up Gains, But Most Leaders Hold Up OK Stocks tumbled Monday as a rebounding dollar erased morning gains. The NYSE composite and the Dow each lopped off 1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq surrendered 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively. Volume on both major exchanges was well below Friday’s above-average levels. The major indexes closed at session lows. Most of the day’s activity appeared to follow Stocks tumbled Monday as a rebounding dollar erased morning gains. The NYSE composite and the Dow each lopped off 1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq surrendered 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively. Volume on both major exchanges was well below Friday’s above-average levels. The major indexes closed at session lows. Most of the day’s activity appeared to follow

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Stocks tumbled Monday as a rebounding dollar erased morning gains. The NYSE composite and the Dow each lopped off 1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq surrendered 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively. Volume on both major exchanges was well below Friday’s above-average levels. The major indexes closed at session lows. Most of the day’s activity appeared to follow Stocks tumbled Monday as a rebounding dollar erased morning gains. The NYSE composite and the Dow each lopped off 1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq surrendered 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively. Volume on both major exchanges was well below Friday’s above-average levels. The major indexes closed at session lows. Most of the day’s activity appeared to follow

Toyota’s Pain Will Be Rivals’ Gain With Little Net Economic Impact

Stocks tumbled Monday as a rebounding dollar erased morning gains. The NYSE composite and the Dow each lopped off 1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq surrendered 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively. Volume on both major exchanges was well below Friday’s above-average levels. The major indexes closed at session lows. Most of the day’s activity appeared to follow Stocks tumbled Monday as a rebounding dollar erased morning gains. The NYSE composite and the Dow each lopped off 1%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq surrendered 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively. Volume on both major exchanges was well below Friday’s aboveaverage levels. The major indexes closed at session lows. Most of the day’s activity appeared to follow

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McDonald’s president Fly to London, fly to France, you may have to show your underpants in a “full-

body scanner,” a term that the average American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women.a peep show. prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -- coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now

American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -- coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women. images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women. images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women.

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exits Ch. 11

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n U.S. trade deficit

jumps to 10-month high

Worried Toyota dealers add to PR push WASHINGTON (AP) — How rattled are Toyota dealers about the company’s problems? Some dealerships nearly hired the same crisis public relations firm that handled the travails of socialite Paris Hilton, singer Chris Brown and a company

that California called the state’s worst inland polluter. With Toyota waging a furious lobbying and advertising battle to protect its name following the recall of 8.5 million vehicles, many of its 1,200 dealers are taking matters

into their own hands. A group in Southern California almost retained the PR firm Sitrick and Co. of Los Angeles. Insiders said the idea was nixed after Toyota officials said the company should speak with one voice — theirs.

Opposing plans to fix McPier ills By Natalie Fox fforts to whip Chicago’s ailing convention business into shape came flying Monday, with strongly divergent proposals coming out of Chicago and Springfield. The mayor and governor want to reshape how McCormick Place operates, while a group of powerful legislators wants to elbow aside the officials in charge. Mayor Richard Daley and Gov. Pat Quinn unveiled a legislative agenda at City Hall that would give McCormick Place managers greater control over the unions that work at the city’s largest and most important exhibition hall. Chicago has lost two major trade shows this fall, in part because exhibitors were outraged at labor union work rules that ratcheted up their costs. But in Springfield, lawmakers threw cold water on the idea of giving any more authority to

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Airbus held lead over Boeing in 2009

Mayor Richard Daley and Governor hhsjah sanmslaj

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> Commentary > Letters > Point of View

Kass: GOP debate for governor isn’t conservative on tension

ndy McKenna cracked like a twig in Country- angry that gives a little insight. It was somewhat more revealing than his TV comside on Tuesday at a forum for Republicans mercials casting the former chairman of the Illinois Rerunning for governor of Illinois. The other Republicans couldn’t help publican Party, who is as connected as connected gets, as smirking, and several in the audience began tittering at some outsider. As McKenna sat enraged, Brady smirked, as did the entertaining forum hosted by the West state Sen. Kirk Dillard, of Hinsdale. Other candidates Suburban Chamber of Commerce. State Sen. Bill Brady, of Bloomington, enjoying it all were the movement conservatives, Dan COMMENTARY: began peppering McKenna, of Chicago, Proft, of Chicago, and Adam Andrzejewski, of Hinsdale, Jennifer Lee with questions about McKenna’s late sign- and the practical pol, DuPage County Board President Robert Schillerstrom. ing of an anti-incomeCandidate Jim Ryan, of Elmtax pledge. But when a Democrat hurst, the presumptive front-runner, Brady also offered blunders the same way, the was missing. If he’d been there, he a few digs at McKliberal establishment goes would have been asked questions enna’s recent editorial about his longtime friend and politiendorsement by the into overdrive explaining cal supporter Stuart Levine, the conChicago Tribune, with why it’s no big deal. victed influence peddler. With many Brady -- clearly revoters undecided, Ryan may have sentful that he wasn’t endorsed -- saying his own father never determined that discretion is the better part of valor. Afterward, Brady wore a wistful smile. It looked exserved on the Tribune Co.’s board, as did McKenna’s father, businessman Andrew actly like the one worn by Robert Duvall’s character in “Apocalypse Now,” Duvall as the lieutenant colonel who McKenna Sr., years ago. Rather than say when he changed po- loved the scent of napalm in the morning because it sitions, from not ruling out a tax increase smelled like victory. “You’d have to say he cracked,” Brady said. “I don’t to signing a no-tax pledge, McKenna grew quiet. His chin got pointier. He began blinking. After much peeved care about his respect. But he does owe voters some answers.” blinking, he shot back. Later, McKenna spokesman Lance Trover said the “Sen. Brady, I don’t respect you enough to answer episode proved nothing. that question!” McKenna said. “It was politics as usual,” Trover said. “It was supThere was a long silence. All that filled it was McKenna, up there on the stage posed to be a forum to discuss the issues so important to at the William Tell banquet hall, blinking and swallow- voters. Unfortunately, Andy’s opponents turned it into a ing quietly. We all lose our tempers, but it’s the way he got personal attack against Andy.”

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Unfinished business EDITORIAL: Billy Ledford

The timing of Wednesday’s bill-signing party wasn’t lost on anyone. Happy anniversary, defendant Rod Blagojevich! One year since your arrest! But Gov. Pat Quinn mostly wanted to talk about Paul Simon, who died on the same date six years ago. A champion reformer, the former state lawmaker/congressman/U.S. senator/lieutenant governor is one of Quinn’s personal heroes. As the governor prepared to sign into law the state’s first limits on campaign contributions, he noted that Simon had campaigned for such caps in Illinois, without success. “We are at that point today, in 2009,” he said. And it’s true, sort of. Illinois now has caps on campaign contributions -- except on the contributions that can have the most influence. Legislative leaders flatly refused to limit how much they could spend to promote their favored candidates in a general election. That’s an age-old way to command the members’ fealty, and it’s not going to change. Quinn signed the bill anyway. It’s “half a loaf,” he said Wednesday. He promised to push for the other half next year. The governor is fond of remarking on such occasions that Abraham Lincoln would be proud. He

didn’t claim to speak for Simon. But Simon’s daughter, Sheila, a Southern Illinois University law professor who served on Quinn’s blue-ribbon reform panel, spoke up for it at the signing ceremony. “This is a big step,” she said. “This is not the last step.” Also joining Quinn were a dozen members of CHANGE Illinois!, the coalition that fought to get the bill passed, and a dozen lawmakers who helped make it happen. House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton weren’t among them. There were speeches all around, most of them filled with phrases like good start, first step and long road. The new law “achieved 80 percent of what we set out to do,” said George Ranney, co-chair of CHANGE Illinois! Two months ago, the group declared that it would not, could not support a measure that didn’t cap party leaders’ campaign spending, and it’s still a sore subject. So it was a good day to talk about enhanced disclosure and strengthened enforcement, a good day to promise to keep fighting the good fight. We fear that the reformers have lost all the momentum that was prompted by the startling arrest of Blago

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Kass: GOP debate for governor isn’t conservative on tension

ndy McKenna cracked like a twig in Country- angry that gives a little insight. It was somewhat more revealing than his TV comside on Tuesday at a forum for Republicans mercials casting the former chairman of the Illinois Rerunning for governor of Illinois. The other Republicans couldn’t help publican Party, who is as connected as connected gets, as smirking, and several in the audience began tittering at some outsider. As McKenna sat enraged, Brady smirked, as did the entertaining forum hosted by the West state Sen. Kirk Dillard, of Hinsdale. Other candidates Suburban Chamber of Commerce. State Sen. Bill Brady, of Bloomington, enjoying it all were the movement conservatives, Dan COMMENTARY: began peppering McKenna, of Chicago, Proft, of Chicago, and Adam Andrzejewski, of Hinsdale, with questions about McKenna’s late sign- and the practical pol, DuPage County Board President Lisette Livingston Robert Schillerstrom. ing of an anti-incomeCandidate Jim Ryan, of Elmtax pledge. But when a Democrat hurst, the presumptive front-runner, Brady also offered blunders the same way, the was missing. If he’d been there, he a few digs at McKliberal establishment goes would have been asked questions enna’s recent editorial about his longtime friend and politiendorsement by the into overdrive explaining cal supporter Stuart Levine, the conChicago Tribune, with why it’s no big deal. victed influence peddler. With many Brady -- clearly revoters undecided, Ryan may have sentful that he wasn’t endorsed -- saying his own father never determined that discretion is the better part of valor. Afterward, Brady wore a wistful smile. It looked exserved on the Tribune Co.’s board, as did McKenna’s father, businessman Andrew actly like the one worn by Robert Duvall’s character in “Apocalypse Now,” Duvall as the lieutenant colonel who McKenna Sr., years ago. Rather than say when he changed po- loved the scent of napalm in the morning because it sitions, from not ruling out a tax increase smelled like victory. “You’d have to say he cracked,” Brady said. “I don’t to signing a no-tax pledge, McKenna grew quiet. His chin got pointier. He began blinking. After much peeved care about his respect. But he does owe voters some answers.” blinking, he shot back. Later, McKenna spokesman Lance Trover said the “Sen. Brady, I don’t respect you enough to answer episode proved nothing. that question!” McKenna said. “It was politics as usual,” Trover said. “It was supThere was a long silence. All that filled it was McKenna, up there on the stage posed to be a forum to discuss the issues so important to at the William Tell banquet hall, blinking and swallow- voters. Unfortunately, Andy’s opponents turned it into a ing quietly. We all lose our tempers, but it’s the way he got personal attack against Andy.”

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Helping Haiti By James cameron The devastation in Haiti looks unimaginable. The impoverished people of that country do not have the means to cope with such a large-scale calamity, so the United States, as we are always ready to do, has sent money, troops and supplies to aid the people of Haiti. And it’s not only the U.S. government helping; Millions of private American citizens helped and are helping with donations. Many more are already in Haiti or on their way to assist with immediate needs. I am sure many more will follow in the coming months to help rebuild the country. The United States is the most benevolent country in the world, and I could not be more proud to see so many of us helping. It troubles me when I see movies like “Avatar” (and others before it) that portray the people of the United States as a bunch of power-hungry and natural-resource-consuming hogs who will only go places to steal resources and take advantage of people. When will a James Cameron or a Michael Moore or someone in Hollywood makes a movie portraying the people of the United States as what we truly are — a compassionate, caring and noble people who always stand ready to help those in need, regardless of what we may get in return? Illinois is circling the drain. This is what we emergency physicians say when our patients are not doing well — like when their blood pressures drop like a stone, their cardiac monitor alarms sound and the lines on the screen get all wavy and they stop talking to us because they are comatose.

Unfinished business EDITORIAL: William Garth

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By Lisette Livingston

How we can face a foreclosure? A record 2.8 million households were threatened with foreclosure last year, and that number is expected to rise this year as more unemployed and cash-strapped homeowners fall behind on their mortgages. The number of households that received a foreclosure-related notice rose 21 percent from 2008, RealtyTrac Inc. reported Thursday. One in 45

November. That increase was likely due to lenders working to clear their books at the end of the year, RealtyTrac said. Stemming the tide of foreclosures is an important step for the real estate market and the economy to recover. Because foreclosures are usually sold at heavy discounts they can lower the value of surrounding properties. Cities lose property tax dollars from empty foreclosures and declining home values, straining local economies. Home prices have stabilized in some cities, but are still down 30 percent nationally from mid-2006. The foreclosure crisis isn’t letting up. Between 3 and 3.5 million homes are expected to enter some phase of foreclosure this year, said Rick Sharga, senior vice president of Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac, which began tracking the data five years ago. High foreclosures forced the federal government and several states to come up with plans to prevent or delay foreclosures to help troubled borrowers. “It was bad, but it could have

It was bad, but it could have been much worse, and it probably should have been worse” homes were sent a filing, which includes default notices, scheduled foreclosure auctions and bank repossessions. In December, more than 349,000 households, or one in 366 homes, were hit with a foreclosurerelated notice. That represents a 14 percent spike from November and a 15 percent jump from December 2008. Banks repossessed more than 92,000 homes, up 19 percent from

been much worse, and it probably lowering the interest rate, to make should have been worse,” Sharga the monthly payments more affordable. said. As of November, just 31,000 One plan intended to help homeowners is the Obama admin- of them had been made permaistration’s loan modification pro- nent. Nearly the same number had gram known as Making Home Af- dropped out of the program or were fordable. Lenders participating in found to be ineligible. The Treasury the program have offered trial loan Department will release updated figmodifications to 760,000 eligible ures Friday. Economic issues, such as unborrowers since it was launched in March. A loan modification chang- employment or reduced income, are be the main1 catalysts for esntIL0609_Ctzns_6x9:ad the terms of the loan, such as expected 10/29/09 12:33toPM Page

foreclosures this year. Homeowners with good credit who took out conventional, fixed-rate loans are the fastest growing group of foreclosures. The Mortgage Bankers Association on Wednesday recommended changes to the government’s program to account for borrowers who’ve lost their jobs. The program, for example, should include a suspension of payments as the first step for borrowers with a temporary loss

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Women start businesses despite recession By C, Virginia Fields

Kellie Scott was a lawyer in a litigation firm in Chicago for 16 years before turning her love of home design into her full-time job. In September, she opened Divine Consign, an Oak Park store that sells used, midpriced home furnishings in good condition. Scott said she opened the store at 111 N. Oak Park Ave. after recognizing a need for used furniture that’s a cut above thrift store finds but less expensive than items sold in antique stores. Her business exceeded expectations, and by November Scott expanded it to include another storefront a half-block away. Despite the economic downturn, Scott, 41, is one of a growing number of area women

who are opting to open their own small business -- a feat not many of their mothers or grandmothers could have taken on 40 or so years ago. According to Angelika Coghlan, president of the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, membership is up this year to about 600 area women, even though starting a small business in the current economy is anything but simple. The organization connects women with other business owners through networking events and a frequently updated online message board. Because gaining access to capital through loans or other means is the “No. 1 issue that everyone is fighting for right now,” networking has become more important than ever, Cogh-

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St. Isidore School in Bloomingdale, IL is selling tickets for their Grand Raffle to be announced at their annual Auction Dinner/Dance held February 27, 2010 at Medinah Banquet Center in Addison, IL. The Grand Raffle winner will have their choice of a 2010 Hydundai Genesis Coupe or $25,000 cash. Tickets are $100 each and a limited number of 750 are being sold. Please contact the school office at 630-529-9323 to purchase your ticket today! For your convenience, Visa and Mastercard are accepted. Please visit the parish website (www.stisidoreparish.org) to purchase tickets and see how this fundraiser benefits the school. These 750 tickets will sell out so purchase yours today! 6748063

The Aurora Youth Symphony Orchestra proudly invites you to attend the 3rd Annual AYSO Fundraising Dinner and Raffle CASINO ROYALE Friday, March 5th, 2010 6:30p-11:00p Pipers Banquest 1295 Butterfield Road Aurora, IL 60504 Tickets $75 (per person) Ticket price includes: Food, wine, champagne, soft drinks, and ‘money’ for gambling To purchase tickets please contact: Deborah Hensley at 630-208-8944 Jennifer Richardson at 630-879-9249 If you cannot attend, but would like to make a monetary donation please mail a check to: Aurora Youth Symphony Orchestra 1023 Roslyn Road Olympia Fields, IL 60461 All monies raised benefit the members of the Aurora Youth Symphony through the purchase of new equipment, scholarships and financial assistance Thank you for your support! www.aurorayouthsymphony.org

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Symphony is holding its 3rd Annual Fundraising Event - Casino Royale and Buffet Dinner, and will include raffle items and a Silent Auction. The Aurora Youth Symphony Orchestra Chicago, IL. The Young Professionals is a non-profit orchestra program for Development Board of Special young elementary and secondary Olympics Chicago is hosting the 5th school musicians. All proceeds from Annual Pub Crawl on Saturday, March the night’s fundraiser will support 6. Guests can join the festivities at scholarships, equipment, and tuition any of ten pubs located on Southport for young musicians in Aurora, the Fox Avenue. The first stop of the day will Valley, and surrounding communities. be at 2:00 at Schoolyard, 3258 N. True to the orchestra’s philosophy of Southport Avenue. Guests will continue “Enriching Life Through Music,” the stopping at locations including orchestra performs two major concerts Southport Lanes, Justin’s, SoPo, Mystic a year at the Paramount Theater in Celt, Messners, D’Agostinos, Hye Bar, Aurora. The final concert of this season and Blue Bayou. The final stop of the will be held Sunday April 18, at 3:00. day will be at Toons, between 7:00 p.m. Tickets for the concert are available and 9:00 p.m. at 3857 N. Southport from the musicians or by contacting our Avenue. Admission is $15 and will website at www.aurorayouthsymphony. provide a variety of food and drink org. Deborah Hensley - Event specials at the ten pub stops. Raffle Coordinator tickets will also be sold for prizes which 1845 Southampton Ct. include gift cards for restaurants and Geneva, IL 60134 entertainment. 630-208-8944 About the Young Professionals deborahsdesigns@sbcglobal.net Development Board www.aurorayouthsymphony.org For information, contact Kathy 6786984 MOS-09_BW_6x7_English 6/30/05 McLaughlin 2:43 PMat 773-289-2178 Page 1 or email at

Bowl for a great cause! Warrenville Youth & Family Services (WYFS), a multi-purpose community service agency serving residents of the greater Warrenville area, is holding their annual bowlathon on Saturday, March 13, at Bowling Green Sports Center in West Chicago. The mission of WYFS is to restore hope and provide opportunities for people by providing a full range of charitable, educational, and community development activities. Services are available without preference and, where fees apply, based on one’s ability to pay. Support some of the most vulnerable in our communities by coming out and bowling! Gather your friends or family, assemble a team, and sign up at http://www. bowlathon.net/event/wyfs_bowlathon/ home. For more information, call 630682-1910.

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Harder to get credit when under 21

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Other issuers declined to offer details. Be an authorized user: If your parents or guardian have a credit card, ask to be added to the account as an “authorized user.” There are a few advantages to this arrangement. For one, account history is added to your credit report, helping you build a credit history. “It’s a good way to help a son or daughter establish credit,” Arnold said. And considering your parents receive the statements, and can see your charges, you may be less tempted to overspend. “Anyone is a bit more restrained when someone is looking over your shoulder,” said Adam Levin, chair-

man and co-founder of Credit.com, a consumer resource on borrowing. But being an authorized user is not always a good option. For one, your parents may not agree to it because they are on the hook for repaying the card. In addition, if the account has negative history, such as late payments, your credit record could suffer. In that case, the only solution may be to use a bank debit card, which is linked to your checking ac-

can no longer marIf you’re youngket on campus or er than 21, the rules COMMENTARY: at school-sponsored for getting a credit events. card are about to get By Shanita Bigelow What’s more, a lot tougher. if you’re not 21, you Starting Monwon’t qualify for a day, the second credit card unless phase of the Credit you apply with a coCard Accountabilsigner who is 21 or ity, Responsibility older, such as your and Disclosure Act mom or dad. of 2009 takes efAnd finding a fect. The law, which co-signer may not Congress passed last be easy. For one, if year to curb abusive the co-signer has card practices, repoor credit, you still stricts issuers from may not qualify for raising interest rates the card. and imposing cerSecond, your parents may not tain fees. The law also limits the ease want to co-sign because they would with which anyone younger than 21 be liable for the card’s repayment. You need sufficient income: If can open a credit card, a change that is expected to have a big effect on you don’t have a co-signer, you must college students, who often get their prove you have income to pay the debt. first card while in school. The Credit Card Act does not “I don’t think there’s another group that will be more affected,” specify what qualifies as sufficient said Curtis Arnold, founder of Car- income, and the rules are likely to dRatings.com, which tracks the vary by issuer. Discover, for example, requires credit card industry. If you’re not 21, here’s what you that full-time students have an annual income of at least $2,000, a need to know: You need a co-signer: Gone are threshold easily reached with a partthe days when banks handed out time job. If you’re not a full-time stucredit card applications (and free dent, the minimum annual income T-shirts) on campus. By law, issuers is $15,000.

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REITsmight not be right other storefront a Kellie Scott half-block away. was a lawyer in EDITORIAL: Despite the a litigation firm economic downin Chicago for 16 Gary Coles turn, Scott, 41, is years before turnone of a growing her love of ing number of home design into area women her full-time job. who are opting In September, she to open their own opened Divine small business -Consign, an Oak a feat not many Park store that of their mothers sells used, midor grandmothers priced home furcould have taken nishings in good on 40 or so years condition. ago. Scott said Accordshe opened the ing to Angelika store at 111 N. Oak Park Ave. after recognizing Coghlan, president of the Chia need for used furniture that’s cago chapter of the National a cut above thrift store finds but Association of Women Business less expensive than items sold in Owners, membership is up this year to about 600 area women, antique stores. Her business exceeded ex- even though starting a small pectations, and by November business in the current economy Scott expanded it to include an- is anything but simple.

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community Diversity makes the Differnece in Skokie The law also limits the ease with which anyone younger than 21 can open a credit card, a change that is expected to have a big effect on college students, who often get their first card while in school. “I don’t think there’s another group

that will be more affected,” said Curtis Arnold, founder of CardRatings.com, which tracks the credit card industry. If you’re not 21, here’s what you need to know: You need a co-signer: Gone are the days when banks handed out credit card applications (and free Tshirts) on campus. By law, issuers can no longer market on campus or at school-sponsored events. What’s more, if you’re not 21, you won’t qualify for a credit card unless you apply with a co-signer who is 21 or older, such as your mom or dad. And finding a co-signer may not be easy. For one, if the co-signer has poor credit, you still may not qualify for the card. Second, your parents may not want to co-sign because they would be liable for the card’s repayment. You need sufficient income: If you don’t have a co-signer, you must prove you have income to pay the debt. The Credit Card Act does not specify what qualifies as sufficient income, and the rules are likely to

Fly to London, fly to France, you may have to show your underpants in a “fullbody scanner,” a term that the average American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -- coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women.

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American had surely never spoken until Christmas Day, when a Nigerian allegedly tried to detonate explosives on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

Now the world’s atwitter over the prospect of the airport security line as a peep show. Full-body scanners -- coming soon to O’Hare -- capture images that go way beyond the naked feet we now flash in the airport, and this latest level of exposure perturbs a lot of people, especially women.

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Lesson from the street: Don’t back down Brandon Barnes and Derri it go. After 15 minutes, the pair Enoch squared off in the center settled against a parked car, their heavy breath sendof the street, their ing clouds into the faces knotted with icy air. anger. Barnes, tall Later that and slender, raised evening, sitting his fists and promtogether in the ised to level his community cenclose friend with ter’s computer lab, a shot to the jaw. Enoch dropped his The fight, which Barnes and Enoch they never hands and dared began as boyish said considered walkhim to do it. horseplay ing away. The teens, The fight, which began as outside a West students at Marshall High School, have boyish horseplay Side community learned a maxim outside a West Side community center, had turned on the streets: Back down at your own center, had turned serious. peril. serious. A crowd Youth violence has claimed of friends tried unsuccessfully to intervene. The grabbing, choking the lives of 18 city students this and slamming continued, neither school year and left more than Barnes nor Enoch willing to let 110 shot.

If you’re younger than 21, the rules for getting a credit card are about to get a lot tougher. Starting Monday, the second phase of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 takes effect. The law, which Congress passed last year to curb abusive card practices, restricts issuers from raising interest rates and imposing certain fees.

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were integrated long before any other public places. I believe that good barbecue requires no decor, and that the best barbecue exists despite its trappings. Paper plates are okay in a barbecue joint. And paper napkins. And plastic silverware. And I believe that any place with a menu longer than can fit on a single page -- or better yet, just a chalkboard -- is coming dangerously close to putting on airs. I believe that good barbecue needs sides the way good blues need rhythm, and that there is only one rule: Serve whatever you like, but whatever you serve, make it fresh. Have someone’s mama in the back doing the “taters” and hush puppies and sweet tea, because Mama will know what she’s doing -- or at least know better than some

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1 large onion, chopped 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup FRANK’S RED HOT Sauce 1/4 cup FRENCH’S WORCESTERSHIRE Sauce 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

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best BBQ your fingers red, to the most authentic product of the tarpaper rib shacks of the Deep South. I believe that like sunshine and great sex, no day is bad that has barbecue in it. I believe in the art of generations of pit men working in relative obscurity to keep alive the craft of slow smoking as it’s been practiced for as long as there’s been fire. A barbecue cook must have an intimate understanding of his work: the physics of fire and convection, the hard science of meat and heat and smoke -- and then forget it all to achieve a sort of gut-level, Zen instinct for the process. I believe that barbecue drives culture, not the other way around. Some of the first blows struck for equality and civil rights in the Deep South were made not in the courtrooms or schools or on buses, but in the barbecue shacks. There were dining rooms, backyards and roadhouse juke joints in the South that

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Taste our fter listening to the results of this project for several weeks, I knew I could do three minutes, too. Certainly not on world peace or the search for meaning in an increasingly distracted world or anything as grave and serious as all that, but on a belief just as true. I believe in barbecue. As soul food and comfort food and health food, as a cuisine of both solace and celebration. When I’m feeling good, I want barbecue. And when I’m feeling bad, I just want barbecue more. I believe in barbecue in all its regional derivations, in its ethnic translations, in forms that range from white-tablecloth presentations of cunningly sauced costillas, to Chinese takeout spareribs that stain

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Heat 2 tablespoons oil in medium saucepan; cook onion until tender. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, over

medium-low heat for 20 minutes or until thickened, stirring often. Baste on grilled chicken or ribs last 10 minutes of cooking. Refrigerate any leftover sauce or serve as a dipping sauce.

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soul food and comfort food and health food, as a cuisine of both solace and celebration. When I’m feeling good, I want barbecue. And when I’m feeling bad, I just want barbecue more. I believe in barbecue in all its regional derivations, in its ethnic translations, in forms that range from whitetablecloth presentations of cunningly sauced costillas, to

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ing as it’s been practiced for as long as there’s been fire. A barbecue cook must have an intimate understanding of his work: the physics of fire and convection, the hard science of meat and heat and smoke -- and then forget it all to achieve a sort of gut-level, Zen instinct for the process. I believe that barbecue drives culture, not the other way around. Some of the first blows struck for equality and civil rights in the Deep South were made not in the courtrooms or schools or on buses, but in the barbecue shacks. There were dining rooms, backyards and roadhouse juke joints in the South that were integrated long before any other public places. I believe that good barbecue requires no decor, and that the best barbecue exists despite its trappings. Paper plates are okay in a barbecue joint. And paper napkins. And plastic silverware. And I believe that any place with a menu longer than can fit on a single page -- or better yet, just a chalkboard -- is coming dangerously close to putting on airs.

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If hot colors leave you cold, you can warm up with shiny clothes made with sequins, lame or metallic fabrics. Increasingly, night and day are intersecting in women’s attire. At the showings in London, many morning attendees wore sequined cocktail dresses or delicate strappy silk stilettos. Stateside, Ralph Lauren poured shine onto a pair of distressed jeans that should freshen up this year’s boyfriend jacket for daytime or accompany a beaded top for dinner.

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Short dresses, short shorts, short skirts — baring the leg was a favorite way to declare it’s time for fun and fantasy. Skyscraper heels on chunky shoes or peep-toe shoe boots, like those at Matthew Williamson in England, drove home the point: Designers like lots of leg for spring. Carolina Herrera showed chic shorts for evening in metallic fabrics. For those who are more goth than glam, Yigal Azrouel’s shorts are worth a swipe of the credit card. Sun-kissed legs (OK, bronzer-kissed legs) poured out from under peppy trapeze dresses in green and black tie-dye at Proenza Schouler.

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hile the bleak economy has sent some designers scurrying into foxholes, others have sauntered bravely into the daylight, searching for something that will embolden women to open their wallets again. “It was an optimistic season,” said Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, suggesting that the new spring offerings aimed to inspire. “Designers who really looked at what the consumer wants were very successful.” From New York to London, the prevailing look showcased leg-loving clothes that embraced color, shine and florals.

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Designers turn to mood-altering color, hoping to wake shoppers out of the seasonal and economic colors

The shocking shades of blue and citrus yellow will lift even the most depressed winter spirit. With a new lower-priced line selling at Macy’s, Rachel Roy broadened her collection with flowing shapes and urban colors. She played with bright yellows and blues and dabbled in the season’s neutrals. Dusty rose, peach, mint, yellow and orange were some of the shades Tommy Hilfiger used in an ode to California. At Marc by Marc Jacobs, intense shades poured one upon the other in stripes, animal prints and plaids, sometimes worn together in a fashion bouillabaisse.

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Fashion Rules You Can Break n Be Seasonless

Today show beauty editor, Bobbie Thomas, says the key to pulling off an anything-goes fashion attitude is to bargain hunt. Hit stores like Filene’s Basement or Loehmann’s for dirtcheap buys. And don’t feel like you have to wait nine months to wear those purchases. Winterize summer dresses with heavierweight accessories and stylish outerwear—just look to Chloe Sevigny for seasonless style inspiration. Or, when spring and summer roll around, beach-ify your winter look with jewelry made of wood or shell accents. So even if you can’t afford that Caribbean getaway, you can still get into a vacation vibe! “Never pay full price [by] shopping off-season,” suggests Thomas. “Those are a celeb stylist’s secrets.” Read More http://beauty.ivillage.com/slideshow/beautystyle/fashion-rules-you-can-break/be_seasonless.

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Spring will be, shiny and short

were very successful.” From New York to London, the prevailing look showcased legloving clothes that embraced color, shine and florals.

With a new lower-priced line selling at Macy’s, Rachel Roy broadened her collection with flowing shapes and urban colors. She played with bright yellows and blues and dabbled in the season’s neutrals. Dusty rose, peach, mint, yellow and orange were some of the shades Tommy Hilfiger used in an ode to California. At Marc by Marc Jacobs, intense shades poured one upon the other in stripes, animal prints and plaids, sometimes worn together in a fashion bouillabaisse.

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8th Ward Democrats Celebrate 40 years 8th Word Community service award winners named after past leaders in the 8th Ward > to R. Laroy Tauylor, Lifetime Achievement: Greg Carney, Orlando Jone; Dr. Jondelle Jenkins, Keith Caldwell, leonard White, Ezequiel Johnson, and Odell Reed

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entertainment ABC to air Rihanna

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interviews on assault

Do You Believe Levi Johnston? What Side Are You On?

On “ The Insider” tonight, Levi Johnston is dropping some bombshells about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and her family. No question was off. On “ The Insider” tonight, Levi Johnston is dropping some bombshells about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and her family. No question was off.

Is Kate Gosselin Trapped by Her Own Fame? On “ The Insider” tonight, Levi Johnston is dropping some bombshells about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and her family. No question was off. On “ The Insider” tonight, Levi Johnston is dropping some bombshells about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and her family. No question was off.

Jon Gosselin: Rabbi Shmuley Opened ‘Up the Doors to my Emotions’

LOS ANGELES – The first interview with Rihanna about Chris Brown’s assault on her is airing this week on ABC. The network says the pop star’s one-on-one with Diane Sawyer will air Thursday and Friday on “Good Morning America” and Friday evening on the news magazine “20/20.” Brown’s attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna occurred in February. He was sentenced in August to five years’ probation, six months of community labor and a year of domestic violence counseling after he pleaded guilty to felony assault. Rihanna’s ABC interview coincides with the debut of her new single, “Russian Roulette,” from her upcoming album, “Rated R.” It’s her first CD since 2007’s multiplatinum “Good Girl Gone Bad.”

Brown was sentenced for Rihanna assault LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Pop singer Chris Brown was sentenced to serve five years probation and to spend more than 1,400 hours in “labor-oriented service” for assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna. Chris Brown received an expected sentence on Tuesday of probation and community service. Chris Brown received an expected sentence on Tuesday of probation and community service. Also Tuesday, CNN obtained a probation report for Brown that says the pair were involved in at least two other domestic violence incidents before the February attack for which Brown was sentenced.

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“Shutter Island”

Slumming Scorsese strands his cast on a madly overheated island By design “Shutter Island” is as hermetic and artificial a construct as the director Martin Scorsese’s own “New York, New York,” though the Scorsese film it most resembles in texture and sheer pulp hysteria is his remake of “Cape Fear.” Recall the tempest-tossed houseboat climax of “Cape Fear”? “Shutter Island,” set in 1954, starts at roughly that pitch, with U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, played as a simmering kettle of violence by Leonardo DiCaprio, arriving at the Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. The most murderous patient on the island has escaped, and with his amiable new partner (Mark Ruffalo) in tow, Daniels investigates. DiCaprio brings a kind of generalized anguish to the role. Scorsese’s job here isn’t direction: It’s redirection and misdirection. That’s all there is to this thing: mazelike fun and games, without the fun.

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chicago on the go 8th Ward Democrats Celebrate 40 years

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horoscopes HOROSCOPES FEB 25 –MAR 3

ARIES

It wouldn’t hurt to be a little less independent. Depend on someone. Declare a truce. Decide that you are not right. Elevate a friend’s opinion to your guiding principle for this week. Compromise. Be a team player and watch the reward unfold.

VIRGO

Your intuition is very high this week. You see where things are going even before they start. This will keep you from making false moves. Be careful not to let your suspicions keep you from making the moves that are definitely called for.

Soul Affirmation: I calm my emotions by forgetting about the past. Lucky Numbers: 24, 26, 54

Soul Affirmation: My mood is created by the company I keep. Lucky Numbers: 18, 44, 51

TAURUS

LIBRA

You won’t have enough time to get as far away as you want to go, but you’ll have enough time to do some shopping for the trip. Your focus on what you need is keener now than closer to trip time. Get to the mall and buy your miscellaneous items.

Beware of financial pitfalls. Your thinking on money matters is not as clear as it could be this week. Someone will try to catch you off guard. This week your luck turns for the better, so spend it with the one you love or want to love!

Soul Affirmation: High energy and clear mind gives me the winning edge. Lucky Numbers: 11, 16, 18

Soul Affirmation: A slowing of pace is just what I need this week. Lucky Numbers: 3, 41, 49

GEMINI

SCORPIO

Don’t waste time thinking about the past. Sure they were wrong, but what does it matter now. Enjoy the present. Find something good to do for the rest of the week. Avoid conflict. Nothing is so important that it needs to be resolved this week. Soul Affirmation: I find comfort in the familiar. Lucky Numbers: 3, 16, 37

CANCER

You face a big challenge that allows you to take big steps toward your career goals. It’ll be on your mind for the next few weeks. Spend some time planning. Life is not always for fun and games. Games are not your biggest satisfaction anyway. Soul Affirmation: The key to my happiness lies in my sympathy for others. Lucky Numbers: 42, 46, 54

LEO

Reconsider a business offer, it might be a good one. You’ve got time so sit down and weigh the pros and cons. Doing it alone is not best. Make a phone call. Talk to someone who knows you well. Get an objective opinion. Soul Affirmation: I graciously anticipate joy and this gives me the ability to give. Lucky Numbers: 13, 31, 40

Your mate has a sweet surprise. He or she might be a little timid about revealing it unless you present a very receptive mood. Choose your words carefully. You will receive good news about a loan or financial investment. Soul Affirmation: I look to distant horizons to find truth this week. Lucky Numbers: 1, 2, 16

SAGITTARIUS

You and your mate should start saving for a joint project. It will make you feel closer to each other. It’ll give you something with which to bind the relationship. Otherwise you might feel that you are drifting apart. Soul Affirmation: Self confidence is the key to my success this week. Lucky Numbers: 17, 37, 45

CAPRICORN

Challenges will be ever present for you this week. Work at it calmly knowing that you are getting some things out of the way. Tackle tasks using your famous self-control rather than your passion. Use your passion on the weekends. Let loose! Be free! Soul Affirmation: The sunlight of my spirit shines in the land beyond the horizon.

Lucky Numbers: 23, 34, 51

AQUARIUS

Harmonious communications are part of your charm, and you’ll get far this week by speaking your word in an easygoing way. You’ll find that your domestic arrangements are very comfortable to you. Soul Affirmation: I let my words reveal the not-sohidden truth about my being. Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 12

PISCES

This week is a good week to get in touch with your emotional self. You will respond well to what people close to you will ask from you. Your loved ones will appreciate your kindness when they find out how highly sensitive you are to their needs. Soul Affirmation: My life itself is my greatest creation. Lucky Numbers: 8, 19, 54

Pisces is the twelfth astrological sign in the Zodiac, which originates from the Pisces constellation. In western astrology this sign is no longer aligned with the constellation because of the precession of the equinoxes. In astrology, Pisces is considered a “feminine”, negative (introvert) sign.[2] It is also considered a water sign and one of the four mutable signs. Pisces has been traditionally ruled by the planet Jupiter, but since its discovery, Neptune has been considered a modern ruler of this sign. Being the twelfth sign, Pisces is associated with the astrological twelfth house. Individuals born when the Sun was in this sign are considered Pisces individuals. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun is in Pisces roughly from February 20 to March 20, ending on the moment of vernal equinox by definition. Under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently there roughly from March 15 to April 13. The Sanskrit name of Pisces in Hindu astrology is Mīna.

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Evergreen Park a stable suburb with enduring values I t was the affordable Cape Cod home, peaceful ambience and accessibility to Chicago that seven years ago attracted Robert and Elizabeth Raymondo to Evergreen Park. Soon, the couple realized there were many other attributes to this suburb, including a Public Works department that is prompt about keeping snowy side streets well-plowed, free blue recycling bags at the village hall and relatively inexpensive water, sewer and garbage pick-up. The Raymondos, who used to live in Rogers Park, also feel safe living in between the village fire and police departments, with officers often seen patrolling residential streets and businesses. There’s also a spirit of cooperation and compassion, with neighbors snow-blowing the entire block and taking in packages and flowers for one another, said Robert. When Elizabeth was in a car accident near their home last fall, neighbors were there to help her and call the police. The police officer on the scene later went to Little Company of Mary Hospital, where Elizabeth was being treated, to be sure she was OK. “There’s value to that,” said Robert. “I love this place, I really do.” “It almost feels like you’re away from the city enough you don’t have to worry about the evils of the city,” said Robert, who commutes daily via Interstate Highway 55 to Hyde Park, where he owns The Third World Café. Most residents live in single-family homes in this bedroom community 12 miles south of the Loop, though

about the southwest suburb. “It’s a great area to raise a family because the schools are good, there are great parks with a lot of activities and the village is constantly making improvements,” said Biros. The improvements include the redevelopment of 95th Street from Western to Pulaski Avenues with new sidewalks and landscaping, and the the transformation of Eukich Fields at 89th Street and Kedzie Avenue from grasslands to walking trails, sports fields and an ice skating rink, both in the last decade. “The village has always been very attentive to the citizens, and I know that from a business viewpoint. If I talk to the village (about renovations), the first thing they want to know is how it’s going to impact the citizens,” said Biros. The strong public schools are a perk for residents. Ruth and Brian Hector, residents since 1986, sent their son and daughter through the system and have not regretted that choice. The Hectors were interested in schools with strong academics and a focus on extracurricualr activities. “My kids have been very successful there doing a wide range of things,” said Ruth Hector. The couple’s son, David, is a sophomore at Evergreen Park Community High School, where on top of being a strong student he participates in the scholastic bowl team, mathletes, band and swim team. Schools include Evergreen Park elementary district 124, community high school district 231 as well as parochial schools Most Holy Redeemer, Queen of Martyrs and St. Bernadette.

“It almost feels like you’re away from the city enough you don’t have to worry about the evils of the city” there are also town homes, condos and apartments. There are a variety of affordable and upscale residences, including brick ranches, Georgians and Cape Cods built in the 1950s and 1960s and newer, larger two stories. Recent sale prices have been in the $180,000 to $190,000 range, according to Bill Biros, broker/ owner of Prudential Biros Real Estate in Evergreen Park, down from the lower $200,000s before the economy slumped. Biros, who lives in nearby Beverly but has worked in Evergreen Park since 1977, said there is much to like

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