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These five homegrown innovations are making their way from benchtop to bedside. Each has the potential to dramatically change medicine and improve—even save—lives.
Chicagoans of the Year 2014: Sister Rosemary Connelly
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Chicagoans of the Year
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Richard Dent vs. the NFL
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Memories of a Childhood Selling Cheese
What I learned watching my dad become a smalltime cheesemonger at farmer's markets in the 1970s, way before "artisanal" was part of anyone's vocabulary.
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Amidst 34,000 square feet of steam, tubs, scrubs, and gemstones, one man sweats it out.
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The United Center is full of savages, ready to rip an outsider to shreds. Right?
Take a Ride with Chicago's Craziest Bicycling Subculture
Meet the Chicagoans riding immense distances at preposterous speeds on bikes that cost as much as cars.