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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert inspired a generation of future film critics. Matt Singer returns the favor in 'Opposable Thumbs,' his bio of the odd couple.

When Credibility Matters

If you want to understand why Americans have lost liberties in recent times, look to the churches. As morals decline, government power rises. That's because a society without virtuous people is a society that demands, nay, requires Big Government to control behaviors.

The city is reviewing a permit for the restaurant next to Huey Magoo’s along Old St. Augustine Road.

Haunted houses were once the domain of grade-school fundraisers. Now, companies are pumping thousands – even millions – into building the stuff of nightmares.

Good morning, Chicago. Illinois likes a good curse. We have plenty of cursed, and haunted, objects. The stuff of the damned, so to speak. The Field Museum owns screaming mummies and floating coats — supposedly. The Chicago History Museum has a mysterious stone carved by unknown hands — and, tempting fate for a second year, curators hid 13 “haunted dolls” throughout its galleries (a scavenger ...

South Second Street in Walkers Point has a string of great restaurants, with other neighborhood byways hosting others. At more than a decade old, Braise, 1101 S. 2nd St., is now one of the areas most long-lived eateries. It occupies a 1907 Miller tied house that was long home to the Marble Arcade tavern and bowling alley.

National University (NU) outlasted De La Salle University in an 80-77 win overtime thriller in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 86 Men's Basketball Tournament on Sunday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. The Bulldogs have now won back-to-back games to elevate their record to 4-1 in the standings for solo second.

When Credibility Matters

The GBI is continuing its probe into a shooting where officers say the suspect shot himself after a high speed chase ended in Greene County.