Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A 51-year-old Evanston man was charged today with a weekend bank robbery in the north suburb, authorities said. Patrick J. Slove was charged with robbery of a financial institution after the 2:30 p.m. Saturday robbery at the Bank of America branch at 1336 Chicago Ave. in Evanston, CBS-Chicago reports . Slove allegedly had his hands in his pockets as if to imply he had a weapon when he...
Starbucks Gossip (Free subscription) | yesterday
A barista at an Evanston store told me this morning he was surprised there wasn't a lot of chatter about the RED stuff on this blog. I could only shrug. What's there to say? I also got this e-mail: "My...
Jobs 4 Careers (Free subscription) | yesterday
SQL Developer - .NET Engineer - C# Programmer near Chicago, IL This job is open as of 12/1/2008. Apply Now! Not a fit for this job? Search other Software Engineer jobs! Are you an employer? Visit us for more info! Email this job to a friend - $1000 Location Chicago, IL; Evanston, IL Salary $45,000 - $70,000 Education Bachelor of Science Category Information Technology Experience Required At...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
EVANSTON, Ill. | Senior Alyssa Hollins scored her 1,000th career point, but the Missouri women’s basketball team fell in a three-overtime thriller 94-93 to Holy Cross in the DoubleTree White Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Hollins led the Tigers with 27 points and finished the game with 1,008 in her career.
Towleroad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gay rights advocates picketed another Cinemark-owned theater over the weekend, this one in Boulder, Colorado. They were joined by newly-elected Colorado congressman Jared Polis. Cinemark was the target of a recent protest in Evanston, Illinois. Both groups were protesting a...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Along with her late husband, Byrne, Joyce Piven co-founded several theater companies, including Second City Rep and Evanston's Piven Theater Workshop, where she and Byrne taught John, Joan and Ann Cusack, Aidan Quinn, Lili Taylor and her son, "Entourage" star Jeremy Piven. In the past, she has enjoyed trips with her late husband to London, France and Italy. She also travels to Los Angeles to...
NRA-ILA Site Updates (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Since the Supreme Court upheld the individual right to own guns last summer, one municipality after another with handgun bans has faced reality. Washington, D.C., which lost the case, changed its law. Morton Grove, Ill., repealed its ban. So did neighboring Wilmette. Likewise for Evanston. Last week, Winnetka followed suit. Then there is Chicago, which is being sued for violating the Second...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iParenting Media today announced the winners of the iParenting Media Awards Greatest Products of 2008, highlighting holiday gifts including high-tech toys, educational DVDs, safety gear
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Illinois has opened a center to study the causes of obesity and find new ways to treat it. In a major initiative aimed at addressing a local and national health epidemic, the Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity will aim at treatment, research, education and advocacy, officials said. This is the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
EVANSTON, Ill. - iParenting Media today announced the winners of the iParenting Media Awards Greatest Products of 2008, highlighting holiday gifts including high-tech toys, educational DVDs, safety gear to helpful books and audio CDs and more. Award-winning products were selected based on th
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
EVANSTON, Ill. - iParenting Media today announced the winners of the iParenting Media Awards Greatest Products of 2008, highlighting holiday gifts including high-tech toys, educational DVDs, safety gear to helpful books and audio CDs and more. Award-winning products were selected based on th
The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Steve Chapman : Since the Supreme Court upheld the individual right to own guns last summer, one municipality with handgun bans after another has faced reality. Washington, which lost the case, changed its law. Morton Grove repealed its ban. So did Wilmette. Likewise for Evanston. Last week, Winnetka followed suit. Then there is Chicago, which is being sued for violating the 2nd Amendment but...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial employment in New Hampshire dropped 1.5% over the past twelve months according to the 2009 New Hampshire Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI () reports New Hampshire lost 1,554 industrial jobs from October 2007 to October 2008, continuing the downward trend the...
Dr. Wes (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC is a board certified internist, cardiologist, and cardiac electrophysiologist (doctor specializing in heart rhythm disorders) practicing at , Evanston, IL and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. He entered the blog-o-sphere in November, 2005.
phaidimoi logoi (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
1) Largest difference between Chicago and Louisville: necessity of cars for getting from point A to point B. It’s such a weird thing, especially after spending almost all of the summer in Evanston/Chicago as well, to go to dinner and then get coffee with a high school friend, but to need to drive to both [...]
