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A 1975 proof set dime mistakenly made without the San Francisco Mint&rsquo;s letter S mintmark.

Rare dime hidden for decades fetches $500,000

A 1975 proof set dime mistakenly made without the San Francisco Mint&rsquo;s letter S mintmark.

November 2, 2024, 6:01am Life

An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000. Read story

Late Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin in 1972.

Columnist Jimmy Breslin recalled in ‘Daily News’

Late Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin in 1972.

November 2, 2024, 6:01am Entertainment

Late Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin, who was sent letters from Son of Sam in 1976, is remembered in “Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told the Truth.” Read story

From left: Author David Garrard Lowe, Chicago Architecture Foundation President Lynn Osmond and fashion expert Nena Ivon attend a fundraiser in 1998.

Author David Garrard Lowe remembered for love of Second City

From left: Author David Garrard Lowe, Chicago Architecture Foundation President Lynn Osmond and fashion expert Nena Ivon attend a fundraiser in 1998.

November 2, 2024, 6:01am Entertainment

Its pages well-thumbed and portions underlined in ink, the book “Lost Chicago” sits on bookshelves across Chicago and continues to amaze and inspire. Read story

Garlic bulbs in planting holes in a Long Island, N.Y., garden.

Protect bulbs from critters and freezing temps

Garlic bulbs in planting holes in a Long Island, N.Y., garden.

November 2, 2024, 6:01am Life

I planted my garlic last week, and after tucking the 30 plump cloves into their bed, my thoughts turned to protecting them from freezing temperatures and stealth animals that dig them up every year and leave them on the soil surface to mock me. Read story

Women in traditional costumes of the region take part at the Leonhardi pilgrimage Oct. 27 in Warngau near Munich, Germany.

Patron saint of farmers honored

Women in traditional costumes of the region take part at the Leonhardi pilgrimage Oct. 27 in Warngau near Munich, Germany.

November 2, 2024, 5:59am Churches & Religion

Farmers and their horses walked in a festive parade through the small Bavarian town of Warngau on Sunday to honor their patron saint, St. Leonhard. Read story

Participants hold yellow roses Oct. 16 alongside caskets during a committal service organized by Cook County officials and the Archdiocese of Chicago in which six unidentified people and 95 cremated indigent remains were buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago.

Indigent, unknown mourned

Participants hold yellow roses Oct. 16 alongside caskets during a committal service organized by Cook County officials and the Archdiocese of Chicago in which six unidentified people and 95 cremated indigent remains were buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago.

November 2, 2024, 5:59am Churches & Religion

When 101 people were laid to rest at Chicago’s Mount Olivet Cemetery last Wednesday afternoon, no family or friends were there to mourn them. Yet they were certainly not alone. Read story

The cast of the TV series &ldquo;Hill Street Blues,&rdquo; circa 1981. The Emmys paid homage to the show&rsquo;s theme song earlier this year.

Where are all the TV theme songs?

The cast of the TV series &ldquo;Hill Street Blues,&rdquo; circa 1981. The Emmys paid homage to the show&rsquo;s theme song earlier this year.

November 2, 2024, 5:56am Entertainment

A couple of months ahead of the premiere of “Matlock” on CBS, I went back and revisited episodes of the original legal drama starring Andy Griffith. It ran from 1986 to 1995 and its case-of-the-week structure still makes for easy viewing all these years later. A funny thing I noticed… Read story

Khatia Buniatishvili is seen  Sept. 24 in New York.

Classical superstar Buniatishvili creates album her own way

Khatia Buniatishvili is seen  Sept. 24 in New York.

November 2, 2024, 5:56am Entertainment

Khatia Buniatishvili has been one of the most well-known classical musicians for more than a decade, but she prefers to keep the chatter about her celebrity buried beneath the crescendo of her music and charismatic performances. Read story

TV Questions: Will ‘The Chair’ get tenure on Netflix?

November 2, 2024, 5:56am Entertainment

You have questions. I have some answers. Read story

New mysteries scary but touching

November 2, 2024, 5:55am Entertainment

These hot new mysteries range from touching to terrifying: Read story