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Updated / Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 10:22 Whats in a name? They say that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, which is just as well, because many of world’s premier marvels have official titles you may not even have heard of. From the currently-undergoing-renovations Big Ben to the domes of Moscow’s Red Square, these are the wonders of the world that aren’t actually called what you think… Perhaps the ultimate in misnamed landmarks, pub quizzers everywhere would do well to rememb...

SHARE 28 of the worlds most famous skyscrapers: from Dubais Burj Khalifa to New Yorks Empire State Building These are the buildings that have redefined their respective cities skylines Dubais Burj Khalifa is arguably the most famous property on this list as its the worlds tallest building at 829.8 metres high. AFP Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, was the tallest building in the world until 1998. To this day, it is the tallest property in Chicago. AFP A view of the Transamerica Pyramid buildi...

SHARE 29 of the worlds most famous skyscrapers: from Dubais Burj Khalifa to New Yorks Empire State Building These are the buildings that have redefined their respective cities skylines Dubais Burj Khalifa is arguably the most famous property on this list as its the worlds tallest building at 829.8 metres high. AFP Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, was the tallest building in the world until 1998. To this day, it is the tallest property in Chicago. AFP A view of the Transamerica Pyramid buildi...

MHJ/Getty Images The foods we choose to put on our plates — or toss away – could have more of an ecological impact than many of us realize. On Earth Day, here are some ways to consider how our diet impacts the planet. Waste not, want not Youve heard the numbers on food waste. More than 30 percent of available food is tossed each year in America. Its enough to fill Chicagos 1,450-foot-tall Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) 44 times over. The U.S. has set an officia...

9 hours ago Share Officials are exploring opportunities to revise the city’s building regulations outside of predominantly residential areas. What could this mean for Sarasota’s future?  It’s been more than two decades since the city adopted a comprehensive overhaul of its zoning code, but that could change next year. On Monday, the City Commission voted 3-2 to move forward with a plan to develop options for revising the building regulations in nonresidential areas of Sar...

AJ Mast Edward Schimenti of the Chicago suburb of Zion, Illinois, wants you to know that he’s “just a big teddy bear”: he said so during his sentencing hearing on Friday, when he got thirteen and a half years for aiding the Islamic State (ISIS) and joined the long and ever-lengthening list of converts to Islam who turn to terrorism, even in the United States, and are largely ignored by the establishment media, which as everyone knows or should know by now, is interested only in shoring up...

10 Apr 2021 An Illinois man who thought he was providing phones to help the Islamic State commit attacks was sentenced Friday to 13 and a half years in prison. “U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood said Edward Schimenti was more culpable of the two men convicted by a jury in 2019,” the Associated Press (AP) reported. According to prosecutors, Schimenti was unaware he was dealing with a government informant when he said he would collect phones to be used as detonators. In a press release Friday, ...

An excerpt of Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune © Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Chicago detective Jim Sherlock and "Murder in Canaryville" author Jeff Coen. There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago’s collective memory. There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to history without a closer look into what really happened. One of those was the 1976...

Tallest Buildings Under Construction in the World The 2,722-foot-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has basked in the glory of being the tallest building in the world since it was opened in 2010 as part of a project called Downtown Dubai. But its days as a superlative are numbered. It would have been surpassed by now in fact, if construction delays had not beset the up-and-coming contender, the Jeddah Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Plans call for the Jeddah Tower to be 3,281 feet tall, becoming the fir...

Read an exclusive excerpt from “Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up” and hear from the author at a free subscriber-only event Jeff Coen, Chicago Tribune © Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Chicago detective Jim Sherlock and \"Murder in Canaryville\" author Jeff Coen. There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago’s collective memory. There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to ...