April 17--The James Beard Foundation will stage its annual celebration of cuisine and culinary appreciation in Chicago through 2017. It's a perfect complement to the NFL Draft. One involves fresh meat. The other is about food.
Hillary Clinton is wasting her time on an Iowa van trip. If she really wants to reach the White House, she should find a way over the fence like everyone else.
George Lucas is offering to fund a 224-unit affordable housing complex on his own Northern California property while awaiting public land for a museum in Chicago. Backward, this is.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has agreed to become a senior adviser to Citadel, Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin's hedge fund. Advice to Bernanke: Don't sign the prenup.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law to keep poor families from spending state assistance cash on dozens of items seen as luxuries. It appears weapons are still OK, however, so here's hoping there are no hard feelings.
On top of all the other health risks associated with apnea, a new study suggests the breathing issue that keeps sufferers from sleeping soundly may speed the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Which is enough to keep you up at night.
Frederick's of Hollywood is closing the remainder of its stores and moving what's left of its lingerie business online. For those too young to remember Frederick's in its heyday, it's like Victoria's Secret -- but, lately, a lot more secret.
William Dawes, a tanner, raced to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams the British were coming 240 years ago Saturday. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow obscured many heroes of "the 18th of April in '75" with "Ride of Paul Revere." Immortality requires a poet in your corner.
philrosenthal@tribpub.com
