How does it feel to be rich?

10/06/2010

WITH A GUN TO MY HEAD, held by a young robber who invaded my townhouse at Burton and Clark many years ago, I answered his question, "How does it feel to be rich"? "I'M NOT RICH," I PROTESTED, "I've worked hard for everything I have. Being rich means never having to worry about paying your bills, and I must keep working to pay my rent, buy food, clothes and everything else."
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'Hellish heliport' haunts neighbors

09/29/2010

It is still up in the air with no decision from the Illinois Department of Transportation expected until 2011. But some fearful neighbors of the Children's Memorial Hospital proposed heliport atop the Chicago Avenue medical center, east of Michigan Avenue, tell us the plan haunts and disturbs them.

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Cheating mates not to blame?

09/22/2010

THE NEXT TIME HUBBY SLINKS HOME after an affair he could use as an excuse the conclusion of authors Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha that we humans were never meant to be monogamous!
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Who lives here with 5,000 pigs?

09/15/2010

YES, RIGHT HERE ON THE GOLD COAST lives the now famous “PIG MAN” and he surprised us with his porky fixation. IF YOU’VE NEVER GLIMPSED HIM, keep an eye out for a porcine experience. ATOP HIS PROUD HEAD is a hat covered with a stuffed toy pig. His shirt bears a huge piggy face and his silver belt buckle is a glittery porker.
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No joke; laughter is healing

09/08/2010

HUMOR THERAPY, LAUGHING AND GIGGLING can lower blood pressure, ease stress, boost immune function and make life more manageable for cancer patients, if you believe in the Laughing Guru who practices laughter yoga.
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Saintly billionaires are priceless

09/01/2010

GIVING AWAY HALF OF THEIR BILLIONS to charitable endeavors will surely open Heaven’s Gates for the super rich men and families who join Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in their amazing “Can’t take it with you” pledge. More than 40 billionaires have joined Buffett, who is worth $47 billion, and Gates, worth $53 billion, promising to donate at least half their fortunes to further medicine, education, arts and poverty eradication around the world.
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When Hughie met Engie

08/25/2010

IT IS A LOVE STORY WITH AN UNHAPPY ENDING, but when Hughie, former New York Gov. Hugh Carey, spied Evangeline Gouletas at the Reagan inaugural, it was love at first sight. And so they married in 1981, when Hugh was 62 and swallowed Engie’s story of being a widow. But Chicago’s real estate tycoon Engie, 44, was wed three times, divorced all of her husbands, and had a daughter, Maria.
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Are cellphone dangers on hold?

08/18/2010

LIKE A TINY BLACK CLOUD above the sunny outlook for our handheld servants of sound and sight, the issue of radiation and cellphone use is "on hold."
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Do tacky tabloids hate Oprah?

08/11/2010

WHEN TACKY TABLOIDS UNEARTH A TINY BIT of dirt about talk show super star Oprah Winfrey it becomes a front page dumpster of information.
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Violent porn ruins sex lives

08/04/2010

IT IS EASY TO VIEW PORN on the Internet, and much of it is violent, debasing to women, and gives young men a dangerous role model for their future sex lives.
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