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- NATION
- BATTLE OF THE FIVES
- Skokie has kept promise to keep taxes flat since ’90
- Will Smith keeps it real in a true Horatio Alger story
- BRUCK, HENRY C.
- Cable guy held in murder
- State House race still tipping toward GOP after recount
- My 2006
- Half of space station rewired
- Forgotten hometown modernist gets his day
- FAHLSTROM, EDWARD M.
- FURMAN, MICHAEL JOSEPH
- STARK, DIANA J.
- BLUMENFELD, LOUIS M.
- Ruth Skaggs: 1912 – 2006
- NFL sets moment of silence for Hunt
- 16 Saudis freed from Guantanamo
- 1-2 punch impressive
- She was duped by her gay husband
- Pledging honor
- U.S. off track for bidding
- Obama calls himself a ‘viable candidate’
- BORDA, MARY K.
- At the airport, our loved ones aren’t cargo
- DOUBLE THREAT
- Police search for missing nursing home resident
- Historic church has a new name
- Uncool good times are back with `Mamma’
- Plaintiffs’ lawyers in Boeing case awarded only half of fee request
- Cable guy charged
- SLOWIK, ROSE MARIE
- 2006 likely to rank among hottest years
- U.S. retail sales boost Asia stocks
- ANDERSON, JEAN
- HUNT, JOHN P.
- Eragon (PG)
- Wall St. continues its record climb
- VELASQUEZ, FRANCISCO
- MORELLI, GLEN A.
- Hard-core drummer boys
- Six Degrees of separation
- Harvey kids plan life with no mom
- PEVITTS, THERESA
- Dalai Lama plans 5th visit to Indiana
- Suspect denies guilt in swimmer’s slaying
- Some reflections on radiant barriers
- Alan Sutton’s Top 20 girls basketball teams
- 1st athlete indicted in probe
- Police arrest 5 in store-theft case
- GARVEY, ANNETTE
- KUBALA, LEE BRIAN
- Loyola goes hunting down in the Valley
- 2 Wolverine stars returning
- Booker T. Montgomery: 1920 – 2006
- Teen held in lieu of bail in shooting of an officer
- Israel blocks Hamas premier
- Girl, 17, suing Dolphins’ Vick for sexual battery
- BASEBALLMLB: Suspended minor league RHP Hector Noesi…
- GORHAM, CARTER
- A 60(degrees) Saturday would be only the 70th here in December
- NAME DROPPING
- Our top 10 local albums of ’06 — and next shows
- IN OTHER WORDS: A sampling of opinions
- Secretary of state’s daughter charged
- BLAKLEY, LUCILLE P.
- Glendale spring facility takes a step forward
- You wanna bet?
- Saturday’s shot at record warmth temporary; chill/possible snow returns next week
- Spurs 103, Hornets 77
- Robert Randolph & the Family Band
- Director’s finale a bittersweet score
- BALTER, ARNOLD
- When the DIY project is a disaster
- HAYES, KEVIN W.
- THOMAS, IRENE I.
- SCIAKY, YVONNE
- Carol Oie: 1935 – 2006
- Critical mass
- CAIRNS, LILLIAN E.
- Gretzky sits out miffed Roenick
- They’re doctors of `Jewish soul’
- GLORIOSO, ANTHONY
- Everyone’s duty
- AUBRY, JEAN J.
- Joyful tears for mom
- SCHMITZ, CAROL A.
- `Architect’ tries to emulate dramatic masters, falls short
- Fashion fallout
- Obama on Obama
- Transportation agencies want fewer cars on the road
- Thousands to find out simultaneously if U. of I. wants them
- N.J. lawmakers vote to legalize civil unions
- GUARNIERI, MARGARET
- ALSPAUGH, ROBERT J.
- A candle in the wind
- Like the look of stainless but not the price?
- Bison foes seeing double
- CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS
- BRANKIS, IRENE V.
- PHIPPS, JAMES HARRISON
- On the cusp of stardom, on a whim
- Tigers pull plug on Zumaya
- STAGE TICKER
- Keeping my nose (tackle) clean
- `Is he or isn’t he’ isn’t enough to make `Date’ worth seeing
- Will drops credit card theft cases against 2
- Group: Hunger rising in city
- Top bill at the Mill; Golson gives his all
- Record profit for Bear Stearns
- A boy and his dragon spark a fusty fantasy
- Free ride
- Town hangs its hopes on wings and a prayer
- Mass. governor says he still opposes abortion, gay marriage
- PIIRAINEN, BERTHA
- `High-character guy’? Get serious
- The 10 percent solution
- PEACHEY, MARY E.
- Coming to America revealing to teens
- Nolte’s lived-in visage put to maximum effect
- Dangers of gun ban
- Savard can’t be saved from ‘L’
- HAJOST, DOROTHY H.
- LOCKE, PATRICIA J.
- C-SPAN to air FCC court case on language
- No clowning around at home
- Fund managers find it hard to stay at the top
- State board OKs new guidelines for special ed
- VALLUZZI, KAREN M.
- Grant to fund fliers on flu pandemic
- Photos of horses — and a moment with Tait
- Lawmakers map another push for stem-cell funding
- FISHER, CORNELIA G.
- New taxes on gas, electricity approved
- Forgiving is best–for you and the offender
- Hawks unable to measure up
- Market movers
- WAGLEY, STELLA M.
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Stone Park sued on vice arrests
- Briggs gets Urlacher’s vote
- Ex-coach denies assaulting minors
- DISANTIS, JAMES V.
- This team’s message is hope
- Panel: Revamp U.S. high schools
- Warriors 109, Rockets 107
- Demand puts strain on pantries
- MARCOTTE, MARY LYNN
- Jericho Circle tries to rebound
- Copycat ‘Eragon’ is cliche after cliche
- REISER, BRYAN PAUL
- `David’ barely misses
- Early tests hint at infection in ducks
- YURACHEK, IRWIN J.
- Devin help us if Bears don’t play Hester
- Firefighters, Santa will ring in holidays
- Portraits of courage
- NUGOLI, OLGA
- Councilman hit by car still in critical condition
- Test results awaited as duck toll rises
- Today
- Little-used Thomas `has a lot to learn,’ says Skiles
- SIMONS, ROBERT
- Safer steering
- `Battlestar Galactica’ may sacrifice a character
- L-W East senior out to finish job
- MARQUARDT, EDWIN A.
- POLICE RAID HOUSE OF BEARS’ TANK JOHNSON’S
- Lack of security
- GOLD, BENJAMIN
- 8 P.M. FRIDAYBattlestar Galactica SCI FIThe Cylons…
- HINCA , ZYGMUNT
- Dance parties let hipsters go `buck wild’ on the cheap
- Hardcore, thrash swept into the sound of Tornavalanche
- In this offbeat thriller, the girls go wild, take their revenge
- Senator `responsive’ after brain surgery
- Bond set for 5 in eBay fencing
- Probe calls Diana’s death an accident, not murder
- A triple-feature of budget noirs
- TRAVAGLIO, ANGELINE A.
- JOHNSON, BERNADINA C.
- BRAUN, LUELLA EMILY
- GRIMSE, RALPH T.
- BICE, WATT T.
- THOMASON, PATRICIA A.
- As a kick returner, not even Bears Hall of Famer Gale Sayers can hold a candle to Devin Hester’s prolific first season
- Bagwell to announce retirement
- Israeli high court OKs targeted killings policy
- Dow record follows high profit gains
- Protestants mark a century in Cuba
- AT THE BUZZER
- CHICAGO
- MOVIE CAPSULES
- Ricardo Patton will continue as Colorado basketball…
- The stars were out this week for…
- Campaign pushes car-less commute
- i.O. picks with rock-star touch–or a quieter payoff
- Castro said to be near death
- Parents hit punishment for picking up pellet gun
- In search for savings, Chrysler looks to chop its development time by 50%
- This husband needs a sensitivity implantation
- Taco Bell sales hurt by E. coli outbreak
- ANAGNOS-GOODE, BONITA
- TROMBINO, ALICE
- Couric getting a raw deal, female media watchers say
- In Week 15, don’t be weak
- `Hannibal Rising’ details early life of killer Lecter
- GIERUT, WALTER J.
- U.S. adds 8 nations to malaria effort
- After boyfriend’s alleged kidnapping, woman arrested for drug possession
- WERLING, DONALDJ.
- A few fresh ideas for stale smells
- MAHONEY, JUANITA
- Presents he’ll love
- Nachtmystium’s dark, menacing metal
- CAULFIELD, BEVERLY G.
- Hurdles erected for returning Bushmen
- CONNORS, JAMES V.
- JAUGILAS, WILLIAM
- Big additions that BLEND
- JACOBSEN, WARREN “JAKE”
- Should we just let Rosie sink herself?
- Fresh spin on Berghoff staples before seeing `Die Fledermaus’
- Broad rally has survived attacks of doubt, skepticism
- That’s doggone mysterious!
- Between ‘humble’ and ‘radiant’
- Chicago Chamber Choir’s `Carols by Candlelight’
- BLAGAICH, ALVIN R.
- Zook’s recruits raising eyebrows
- Cheer-Accident
- MEHOK, MARY E.
- The risks and rewards of `flipping’
- FLYNN, EDWARD G.
- PRINCE, BURTON J.
- BLOOM, CHARLES ROBERT
- Kidnap case ends with DCFS taking baby
- DIVIAK SR., JOHN J.
- Chenoweth core, stem and fruit of `Apple’
- Bail set at $500,000 for chauffeur accused…
- MEHTA, NARENDRA KUMAR
- Handel: “Messiah”
- KRUPKA, ROSEMARY A.
- Cubs hang help-wanted sign
- Safe and sane
- KARZWANOS, JANE H.
- 2-year-old girl drowned in bathtub, coroner says
- Award nods go around world
- PULIZZI, CAROLYN H.
- Boys basketballTEAM, SYNOPSISNorth Lawndale 53, 6 CRANE…
- Background checks gaining in popularity
- Chrysler says inventory too high
- Just smile at Iran and wait, don’t talk
- Lawmakers map new stem-cell push
- Calling the shots
- Restaurant worker shot in holdup try
- Heat tape is quick fix
- ALMANAC
- Immigrant-rights groups put hope in new Congress
- U. of I.’s early-bird applicants get word
- KLEIMAN, BERNARD
- ROCHE, MONICA M.
- Hawks, Bondra come up short
- Morton Grove pledges aid for Skokie holocaust site
- McDONALD, ROBERT W.
- Extra tax on Target to pay for parking
- 2Number of weeks Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” has topped…
- KOSSAK, ARLINE B.
- Shinn pledges loyalty to N.O.
- Help is sought on hit-and-run
- Iraq needs a Pinochet
- Stone adroitly mixes realism, melodrama in `WTC’
- COLLETTI, CHARMAINE
- Lost dog takes long way home
- SCHULTZ, FLORA
- Naperville charity provides help, hope
- `Lost,’ `Desperate Housewives’ feeling the love again
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- A trip down info highway’s memory lane
- JINGLE ALL THE WAY
- Island of misfit shows
- Nestle deal for Novartis unit boosts nutritional offerings
- 1. Recording historyJeopardy! answer: This electronic device…
- TERRY BANNON’S NFL PICKS
- Restaurant employee shot
- Video shows `prime suspect’ in Mt. Prospect abuse case
- Holidays in St. Charles
- U.S. trade panel ends steel tariff
- Fine-spun story of a little pig tops dragon tale
- The Red Krayola
- Violence on all
- BLOCK, SHARON LEE
- FRANKS, MIRIAM
- Bulls fish for Camby
- ASK TOM WHY
- Mouthing off
- HOMETOWN HITS
- Bucs’ misery gives Griese no joy
- Some see Christmas as His birthday
- Expressions of war dance into the night
- the surreal party
- GALLAS, DOROTHY
- Bradgelina’s expansion plan
- Bob Sakamoto’s Top 20 boys basketball teams
- Officials to reassess truck-trailer plan
- ‘Eragon’ star is on quite the ride
- WEATHER TERM
- KOUROS, VOULA
- MARKUSON, ELAINE M.
- Breast cancer cases plunge, study finds
- Small communities still need to mind their own business
- MALONEY, REVA LUCILLE
- ANDRICK, MICHAEL ROBERT
- Panel puts Peotone airport site in motion
- Driver charged with homicide
- IRAQ DIGEST
- Victim of shooting was generous and caring
- My 2006
- A fetching finish for a 2-year mystery
- PCONKA, SOPHIE B.
- OSTREGA, JOSEPHINE P.
- WORLD
- It’s not too hard to do the right thing
- MELLINGER, REBECCA FLENNER
- Fact-checking ‘Apocalypto’
- MILLER, JANICE B.
- Babies of the reconstruction
- Comeback kids get a lift
- James H. DeBolt: 1910 – 2006
- Owner seeks to smoke out cause of burnt smell
- KAPP, CHRISTINA RAE
- Burned by gossip
- Golem takes gypsy music a step further
- The Architect (R)
- Lawyers for Ryan make case
- Feed the meter
- Nendick not uptight over uprights
- TICKET FRENZY
- Retailers sold on exclusives
- To groom or not to groom?
- SWANSON, FRED C.
- Bobcats 99, Magic 89
- Swamp Sunrise
- Hawks unable to measure up
- Key 9/11 hole to go unclosed
- Johnson continues recovery following stroke
- Obama fans’ new, feel-good video
- Rumsfeld gets in a few last licks
- Athletes of the Week 12-12-2006
- Sen. Johnson update: ‘progress encouraging’
- St. James Church Food Pantry
- Irving Park Community Food Pantry
- Full-speed debate
- Full-speed debate
- Big Ben’s performance a grabber