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The Sun-Times giveth, and the Sun-Times taketh away. How great: a list of 10 inspiring women of 2007! Wait a second...Jennifer Love Hewitt and the beauty queen who thinks we don't have maps? Come on. And what exactly do Paige Wiser and Lisa Donovan mean when they say that Laila Ali "redefined our idea of a female athlete"? [S-T]

It's been a banner year around these parts, with stories big and small, comments bold and beautiful, politicians grand and grandly inept. The last 12 months were filled with sports, food, music and mayhem. What were we all talking about in 2007?

Although many of us are at work today, for our Jewish friends sundown yesterday marked the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It is regarded as the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and their first actions toward the realization of mankind's role in God's world. Judaism has four "new year" observances, each marking a different yearly observance. Rosh Hashanah is the new year for people, animals, and legal contracts. There...

Say you were wronged grievously by the government. You want them to pay, and pay big. You sue the two individual agents responsible for your downfall successfully, and get a nice chunk of change. Then, suddenly, the huge sum you just received is revoked, and you get bupkus. And it's all your fault.

Hey there, little buckaroos! We sure do have us a whole herd a political tidbits to round up, so let's saddle up and git a rollin'! Mayor Daley has nothing but good things to say about convicted patronage chief Robert Sorich. In a press conference this week, he said they were all "fine young men," citing his personal knowledge of their families. He went to great pains, however, to avoid passing judgment over Sorich's 48-month...

Chicagoist tries not to make New Year's resolutions because we're usually breaking them by 12:15 a.m. We do have a few New Year's traditions that we try to honor. We eat black-eyed peas with ham for good luck and prosperity in the coming year. We don our pajamas and head to Puffer's for the annual New Year's Day buffet catered by Maple Tree Inn on South Western. And we have a nice bottle of bubbly...

Chicagoist loves good food whether it’s eating out or cooking at home and one key to home cooking like a pro is the right tools. Stores and infomercials will try to sell you every gadget under the sun, but the one tool you need in your kitchen is one good knife.

Chicagoist launched in May, so it's been not quite a year that we've been around. And even though this week is super slow.. everyone's on vacation, readers & contributor's alike.. we wanted to do a summary of the things we liked this year, both on the site and off, so the skeleton staff that is around the Chicagoist offices these days compiled a list. Chicagoist has grown from an idea for a spin-off to Gothamist,...