As children get ready for Halloween trickery by making costumes and dressing up as the legendary Count Dracula, one writer can explain the history behind the character in his new annotated book.Leslie Klinger, lawyer and editor, recently published The New Annotated Dracula, an annotated version of Bram Stoker's popular book Dracula, that was released Oct. 13.Klinger said his annotated version gives more cultural background info...

by Eli Kakberon and Kaitlyn McAvoy, Staff WritersTake a quick look around. It seems that on every other block, a new costume shop has opened up. Halloween is approaching, and people of all ages are starting to wonder what scary, sexy or just plain goofy costume to wear this year. What about finding somewhere to show off that costume and possibly get some cash for it instead of candy? Here are some Chicago bars hosting holiday c...

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Pizza. Ravioli. Peanut butter cup blizzards. Sounds good, right? Imagine not eating them for four years. That was me-until a month ago.When I was in my mid-teens, I decided that I had enough with meat and was going to stop eating it cold turkey, no pun intended. I remember walking into the kitchen and announcing my newfound lifestyle to my mother."Mom, I'm a vegetarian now," I said. "OK ... we should get some cookbooks," she rep...