|
By
Charlie Meyerson, Daywatch columnist
|
MICHELLE OBAMA'S NIGHT. The candidate's wife headlines the Democratic convention opening with a speech to be beamed to millions tonight. Dahleen Glanton reports:
MORE »
Democrats you probably won't see at the convention this week:
MORE »
Black Clinton delegate says Obama's "mentor," Emil Jones, called her an "Uncle Tom" (suntimes.com):
MORE »
John McCarron: Some outrageous advice for Obama.
MORE »
Vice presidential pick Joe Biden has deep ties to key figure in Tony Rezko corruption trial -- a man awaiting sentencing in a federal extortion charge in Chicago (suntimes.com):
MORE »
Mary Schmich on that Obama text message about Biden: "If they had genuinely wanted to give something special to the people who signed up ... they would have done it at 3 p.m., not 3 a.m."
MORE »
25 things you might not know about Obama -- including what he considers his worst habit:
MORE »
'HE WANTED MY DAD TO SUFFER BY SETTING HIM ON FIRE.' The daughter of a Chicago landlord who died Sunday describes the former tenant charged in the crime. Jeff Long reports:
MORE »
One dead, one wounded in West Side shooting last night:
MORE »
COOK COUNTY CHARITY CAUTION. County employees can pick from a list of charities to support with paycheck deductions. But the county is skimming 3 percent (suntimes.com):
MORE »
Carol Marin: Former Chicago schools chief Paul Vallas considering run for County Board presidency -- as a Republican (suntimes.com).
MORE »
TV ANCHOR'S APOLOGY. Channel 9's Allison Payne says she "wasn't drunk" on the air last week. "She was way overtired," her boss says. Phil Rosenthal reports:
MORE »
Fox News Channel ad in today's Tribune slams CNN(Acrobat file):
MORE »
BIZARRE WIN. A.J. Pierzynski scored the winning run after controversial base-running play that Dave van Dyck says only the baseball gods could have designed:
MORE »
Cubs have now won 22 of their last 30 games:
MORE »
Chicago Triathlon winner goes from ER to finish line overnight:
MORE »
THE 'JEWISH CLAUSE.' Lawsuits call into question a Chicago dentist's will, which would disinherit any descendant who married a Gentile. Ron Grossman reports:
MORE »
Italian priest organizing beauty pageant for nuns:
MORE »
'I AGREE THAT THIS IS FAIRLY CREEPY.' "Ask Amy" sympathizes with a reader whose online date refuses to go away:
MORE »
Dear Abby: Couple hopes first meeting of friend's date is the last.
MORE »
WEATHER. Latest forecast, continually updated radar pictures and Tom Skilling's seven-day outlook:
MORE »
Chicago man drowns off Indiana beach:
MORE »
Farmers' Almanac has chilly, snowy forecast for Chicago region:
MORE »
| |
 |
|