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"American Idol" judges Simon Cowell (from left), Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson arrive at a promotional event for the show in August in New York. (AP file) New "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi says the singing contest's...

Steve Rhodes reminds us all of more great moments in Rolandland with Burris not bothering to turn in his handgun at an event for turning handguns in that he organized. Awesome.

Shitty O’Kea’s, as Dolan affectionately calls it, has become the traditional gathering place on the Friday night of the Cubs Convention for all of you anti-social mutants to make your yearly journey outside of your dank apartments. Since there might be four of you who read HJE and not Desipio who might not know [...]

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. —Phil KarltonKarlton’s quote isn’t just for techies. Interface designers are in the business of naming things too. We’re copywriters. It matters if we call something an Event or a Milestone or a Deadline. And it also goes deeper than that. The names we choose shape our software. They define the way we think about it and the way our customers interact with it. To understand why this all matters, you should me

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Last week's Winter Classic produced a better, if weirder event than anyone could have expected.

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The Year of the Ox will soon be upon us. I was thinking it might be even better if he were a bull, but I'm not going to push it....

For entertainment purposes only. And office pools. Updated as events warrant.The chance that . . . Roland Burris is the junior senator from Illinois: 50 percent. The Democrats botched this by putting party first.Roland Burris will run for re-election in 2010: 90 percent. Unless he's in bad health, regardless of what he says today. Dems will find him a useful primary spoiler anyway.Rod Blagojevich is impeached by state House: 50 percent. Only open to chance because state pols are so inept.Rod Blag

Just down the road from Disneyland. This is Anaheim. Charming. Via LGF. Plus staged photos pouring out of Gaza. UPDATE: Terrorists explode two car bombs at French synagogue. UPDATE: Rally for Israel in LA tomorrow, Tuesday:Event: URGENT!! ANTI-HAMAS PROTEST TOMORROW!!! "NO HAMAS! = NO TERROR!"What: ProtestHost: I support Israel against Gaza!Start Time: Tomorrow, January 6 at 4:30pmEnd Time: Tomorrow, January 6 at 7:30pmWhere: LOS ANGELES ISRAEL CONSULATE

UPDATE: Event: Pro-Israel Rally "Because they need all the help they can get"What: RallyHost: I support Israel against Gaza!Start Time: Tomorrow, January 6 at 12:30pmEnd Time: Tomorrow, January 6 at 3:30pmWhere: Israeli Embassy, Washington, DC***Support Israel, break Hamas. David Warren:An organization that persistently declares Israel has no right to exist, and persistently acts upon this premise, cannot be negotiated with. The Israelis have the material means to destroy Hamas, and therefore the

Except for one thing, one minor detail, it was a perfect event! You couldn’t have asked for a better day and a better matchup. The Hawks and the Red Wings at Wrigley Field in the 2009 Winter Classic was phenominal. As a long time Blackhawk fan living in Florida now, I wish that [...]

Yelp's Hook and Needle events have become my beer gardens of the winter. Instead of downing brews in beautiful beer gardens in the hot summer sun, I'm drinking coffee or tea, knitting, and kvetching…

In these recessionary times, galleries are closing down, auction houses are getting millions less than normal in sales for even big-name masterpieces, and starving artists are starving even more. Recently we asked a few dozen artists and gallerists how they were surviving Great Depression II: The Internet Edition. Here's what they told us:Kirby Kerr, Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery: It's really too early to tell. October was definitely a little slower than normal, but we're running strong

Ah, now that I have tried the Guinness cheese soup, I can finally review Cheif O'Neill's. I first discovered this place during a Whisky Week event back in spring of 2007. It's handy to Hot Doug's…

Lottie's was the kick-off bar for a friend's ugly Christmas sweater party. It was quite an appropriate hangout for such an event. Apparently we weren't the only ones who thought so, because we ran…

I just had A Perfect Event! My wedding was the ultimate experience thanks to Debi Lilly, Jonathan Ryan, Katie Lewis and the whole team at A Perfect Event. From the minute I hired them I was able to…

Screenings target HIV, other diseases More than 1,000 Chicago teenagers were tested Saturday for HIV and other diseases during a youth health event on the South Side.

WGN radio's Nick Digilio reviews the political events of 2008. Not that anything of note happened ...

BonoboSunday, January 4 at Sonotheque, 9 p.m.; $12 Despite the blog-house craze and the preponderance of overpaid Serato "DJs" (I'm looking at you, Samantha Ronson), it's good to know that talented and thoughtful producers and DJs can still get the attention and respect they deserve. Take for example Bonobo; he doesn't fall into a specific dance-music category and he isn't concerned with the latest trends in electronic music, but he's developed a strong following thanks to his releases on the pre