Sne hears rumble prominent lawyer.

Sne hears rumble prominent lawyer, Democratic fund-raiser and former Ald. Bill Singer is handing through the whole extent of documents in a federal probe of a multimillion-dollar land deal involving Stuart Levine, an indicted businessman who is cooperating with authorities.

To wit: The fed petitioned the documents about the matter from Singer, who helped show Smithfield Properties when it bought a downtown building from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. The place of education has claimed in a civil lawsuit it got shortchanged upon the deal.

The flipside: Singer handed from one side of to the other everything he's got on the deal and is being showed by John Hartman, who specializes in white- collar criminal defense at Singer's law firm, Kirkland & Ellis. Hartman declined to commentary about the feds but secure from attacked his client's actions in the land deal. "To the amplitude anybody is suggesting that Bill has done anything other than act aboveboard and in compliance with the law in that transaction, they're actual wrong," he said.

THE JONBENET FILE . .

Flotsam from the ever-growing file in succession the JonBenet Ramsey murder and arrest of former teacher and alleged pedophile John Mark Karr.

Track 'em: University of Colorado journalism professor Michael Tracey, whose e-mail exchanges with Karr l to the suspect's arrest, was not formally interviewed through Boulder, Colo., prosecutors until sometime in June That's when police interest in Karr began percolating.

Drive 'em: In the midst of the journalistic madness to ferret out details of Karr's life, it was learned he formerly owned a DeLorean car. Remember the the same with winged doors from "Back to the Future"?

touchstone 'em: According to one report, a DNA swab was taken from Karr's inlet by Thai police. Does this mean that they will be able to match the DNA before Karr arrives in the US?

slip NEWS . . .

Attention! Something was dissipated in translation in Sneed's Thursday item forward Elvira Arellano, the illegal Mexican immigrant seeking sanctuary in a Humboldt Park Methodist body of christians Sneed's question was not whether Arellano, who was raised Roman Catholic, was a Catholic activist, moreover whether she was part of this particular Methodist Church's activist wing. The church's pastor is veteran rabble rouser Walter "Slim" Coleman, who was known to his enemies as "Slime Coleman" during the 1980 Council Wars. There's no doubt this is a highly orchestrated tearjerker.

veil SCENE . . .

. . With a North Shore twist: The glib fresh comedy "Accepted," which opens today, marks the directorial first attempt of two Chicago area buddies. Steve Pink, who co-wrote "High Fidelity" and "Grosse Pointe Blank" with peer Evanstonian John Cusack, directed the movie and actor Tom McComas Jr -- who also works as Ben Affleck's stop the growth of double -- directed the inferior unit.

I espy . . .

PGA stars Vijay Singh and Olin "Hole in One" Browne and former champ move with a jerk Goalby all dined separately at Chicago Prime Steakhouse in Schaumburg Wednesday. . . NFL broadcaster Phil Simms lunching at Lux Bar . . Sox outfielder Jermaine cast noshing on high-end pub root up at Rockit . . His boss, Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen, opt for Carmichael's meatery.

SNEEDLINGS . .

Honor 'em: Watch for Lt Gov Pat Quinn to declare Aug. 19 BB King Day in Illinois. Quinn will announce the honor Saturday at the 80-year-old despondings legend's show at Ravinia. . . Today's birthdays: Robert Redford, 69; Ron Picur, 60; Christian Slater, 37; Denis Leary, 49; Roman Polanski, 73; knock Woodruff, 45; Patrick Swayze, 54 and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, 36

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