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May 2011
Blagojevich Lawyer Sheldon Sorosky Answers (Sort Of) the Questions Everyone's Asking
By Carol Felsenthal
After the prosecution rested its case in the Blagojevich retrial last week, I called Rod’s old friend and lawyer Sheldon Sorosky to ask him whom the defense was going to call as a witness today. Sorosky would not give me names, and he had not decided (as of last Friday) whether Blago would take the stand. But he dismissed rumors that Blago would be delivering... Read more
Hyde Park’s Restoration Drama
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.7 million
Sale Price: $2.35 million
The Property: Last spring, the couple who were in the midst of restoring this Hyde Park house moved into it after they unexpectedly sold their own home two blocks away... Read more
Randy "Macho Man" Savage's Macho Dad
By Whet Moser
Randy "Macho Man" Savage, who died today, was born Randy Mario Poffo, a Downers Grove native who found fame in the WWE. But he wasn't the first wrestler in the family: that would be his dad, Angelo Poffo, a DePaul grad who wrestled in Chicago during the sport's infancy. Read more
Reality Revamp: The Abbey Pub on Spike TV’s ‘Bar Rescue’
By Amalie Drury
The Abbey Pub’s office manager, Leslie Galambos, spotted the casting call on Craigslist and thought, Why not? The next thing she knew, film crews and producers from the new Spike TV show Bar Rescue (brought to you by the makers of The Biggest Loser and hosted by the bar and restaurant consultant Jon Taffer) had descended on the ripe-for-revamping pub and live-music venue in Old Irving Park... Read more
Today in Open Government
By Whet Moser
The Emanuel administration pulls TIF data out of its inflexible PDF jail, making it sortable and downloadable; meanwhile, the Illinois Senate Redistricting Committee puts the process on Google Earth. Read more
Polynesian Party! The Terrace at Trump Opens for the Season Tonight
By Amalie Drury
What would I do right now if I worked downtown? I’d knock off a little early and head over to The Terrace at Trump, where I’d be among the first drinkers of the year—on an almost-gorgeous afternoon, no less—to take in the best views in the city. Today is the Terrace’s soft opening for the spring and summer season, and in a phone call this morning to the bar’s manager, Kamilah Mahon, I got the scoop on its new Polynesian-chic theme... Read more