Why Paolo Pasco, a Brooklyn crossword champion, thinks the puzzles are blowing up
As the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament moves to a bigger space in Philadelphia, Pasco says the puzzle has never been more popular. [ more › ]

Certain issues just seem to belong to Chicago. Dibs, for instance. That peculiar tradition of trying to claim a parking space with a few scattered chairs, or dinette tables, or whatever, just because you took the trouble of shoveling it out. A weird blend of private effort and public display, these
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BEVERLY VIEW — The city’s health department has temporary shuttered a Beverly View grocery store Friday over what health officials called a “serious asbestos risk.” The Chicago Department of Public Health said Friday evening that it issued emergency cease and desist and abatement orders to the owner
