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- Wauconda cop struck by vehicle at crash scene
- Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: For U.S., a record of neglect
- Move back to Geneva and you’ve joined the club
- Week 13 NFL picks
- Death Notice: NITSA LEWIS
- Statue damaged in theft attempt
- Death Notice: CAROLYN F. BINDER
- 10 years later, ‘Blair Witch’ still a dream
- VICTORIA STARR: 1915-2009
- Death Notice: FRANCES LANG
- In reality, those real estate shows are really fake
- Death Notice: JOHN R. KELLEY
- Death Notice: ALFRED TUIDER
- Tools, clothing stolen in home
- Death Notice: LEO R. NOVAK
- In war room, Obama honed troops’ exit
- Amid changes, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago looks ahead
- THEATER OPENINGS THIS WEEK
- A lethal legacy
- Why free trade equals free U.S. jobs
- Death Notice: BRUCE J. MILLER
- HARRY HURT: 1927-2009
- Lathrop Homes in for change
- Red tape delaying aid to Mexico, report says
- Hendry adds to bullpen by subtracting Miles, Fox
- Sky-high water marks for Rosary’s Scott
- Age-old tactic
- Justice Department’s No. 2 official resigning
- Death Notice: LAWRENCE POSTMUS
- $30 billion deal shows cable’s power
- Graduation gap ‘alarming’
- Signed, sealed, delivered
- Bowman dots i’s, crosses t’s
- ‘Playing with Pictures’ in the 1800s
- Death Notice: JOHN D. EURICH
- Flames fail late, fall in league opener
- Tijuana-to-San Diego tunnel discovered
- Death Notice: FREDELLE E. GOLDSTEIN
- Death Notice: RICHARD C. BINGHAM
- 2 DO
- Inconsistency mars D-line
- Death Notice: JACQUELINE M. O’MALLEY
- Put little jig in your saw
- Death Notice: SHEFALI BHAGWANJEE
- Death Notice: BEATRICE S. GOLDBERG
- Investor ‘interest’ in bank
- IN BRIEF
- CHICAGO
- Horror comedy horrible — and not so funny
- 6.5 million
- FAST PAISED
- THE QUOTE
- Former official is not guilty
- Software firm co-founder charged
- Pastor has flock that finds spirit differently
- Young Chicago Muslim in the interfaith spotlight
- Mangino quits as Kansas coach
- Death Notice: MARY MARGARET SMITH
- Extra charge for I-PASS
- Brown stays on ballot for Cook leader
- Gwar to test limits of rock at House of Blues
- 50-inch TV is taken in break-in
- Watching for crime from sky
- Winner to be named on TV for 1st time
- Shoveling snow needn’t break your back or heart
- VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
- Hubbard Street Dance looks ahead
- Mortgage rates hit lows, but will it last?
- Group seeks Meridia ban
- OPEN HOUSE
- Death Notice: JOSEPH J. KECSEG JR.
- Artificial sweetener
- MUSIC
- Record-setting rally could mark turning point for Illini
- Vandals slice canvas trampoline
- Look into his eyes …
- Bring it!
- The ABCs of KZF’s strategy
- Reality TV really needs a face-lift
- Case made for late curtains — and a question of service
- Homicide charge on table
- Small luxuries
- We like to watch — crap
- Cop station lobby marred; 1 charged
- De Niro back in form in graceful heartwarmer
- Death Notice: LORENZ ELLER
- Literary smackdown: Holiday book shopping in a bookstore or online?
- Celebrities
- Death Notice: ANN L. MCDONALD
- ‘Lunatic(a)s’ is refreshing
- Salukis expect tougher test
- Midfielder Pappa back for next year
- Man pushing divorce ban says he’s playing it straight
- Boys basketball: LaTulips carry Prospect to MSL East win over Buffalo Grove
- Death Notice: MATTIE B. KAPANOWSKI
- Tacky behavior unleashed
- A rejuvenated ‘Widow’
- Death Notice: BERNARD LIEBERMAN
- Harley-Davidson gear ripped off
- Mugging victim sees faith restored
- Higher ed: Class teaches pot growing
- Death Notice: VIOLET M. CALARCO
- 18-year-old is sentenced to 5 years in knife attack
- Probe looks into alert on missing girl
- Details keep trickling out
- Christmas presents, 1940s dog tags stolen
- STEVE ROSENBLOOM TALKING SMACK
- OMG — sexting is widespread
- Vera and her very sexy role
- They’re locked and loaded
- ASK TOM WHY
- Tree hunters safe after snow trap
- Man charged with sex abuse
- A grounded Jason Reitman launches ‘Up in the Air’
- Death Notice: PAUL C. STERNBERG
- Weis wants ‘1 more look’ at Scott case
- Movie quote
- Thieves cash 4 checks for $2,600
- Death Notice: ELIZABETH M. DAUN
- Vets return to fight a losing battle for jobs
- Catch of the day: Only 1 Asian carp
- FIVE ON FIVE
- Death knocks at disclosure door
- Waukegan can’t pony up cash for horse unit
- We all ‘Gabba Gabba’
- End-to-end rout
- BAD BEHAVIOR
- RED HOT
- Death Notice: GLORIA MAE GLOSS
- Cirque’s latest 1 tough banana
- Battered Rams
- Death Notice: STEPHEN J. HAMILTON
- YOUR SALES TAX CALENDAR
- Carmakers shift on dealers
- Letters are disappearing from facade of school
- Age-old tactic
- Things that turn us on
- Death Notice: JEANNE C. SCHANG
- Death Notice: DR. HUDSON TAYLOR ARMERDIG
- NATION/WORLD
- They ‘Gabba Gabba’
- Pediatricians to be certified in spotting abuse
- Tis the season for cleaning
- Dinner gaffe casts spotlight on White House social chief
- MUSIC
- Verizon raises bar for early-termination fees
- The NFL’s head case
- Couple finds Foxmoor fits their needs
- McKenna stakes campaign on shaky label as outsider
- Watches taken
- Gleek heaven
- Four score
- ELMORE BOEGER: 1914-2009
- FRIDAY, DEC. 4
- Living the high life
- Death Notice: ARLENE DEFINO
- Gang members with guns will face prison time
- small talk
- Designer sunglasses taken
- Electronics stolen from church
- Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: For U.S., a record of neglect
- Unconscious man charged with DUI
- A new, lean chapter begins
- Put little jig in your saw
- Shoveling snow needn’t break your back or heart
- Bernanke defends Fed amid sharp criticism
- Death Notice: FRANK L. OLIVER
- Redwings hold on for upset
- Death Notice: HALINA LASKOWSKI
- Study: Hospital infections high
- WATCH DOG
- Grass-roots campaign
- Death Notice: MARGARET MAE IVERS
- What’s naughty, nice on the stage this season
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- Why so serious?
- 4 new state laws initiated by prosecutors
- Miles, Fox sent to A’s
- SACKED AGAIN
- THE CLIMB TO STARDOM
- Bombing at graduation raises fears for Somalia
- No. 2 at Justice Dept. resigns
- Yahoo served in tape case
- A North Shore clash over war
- Briggs likely out Sunday
- New chapter for Part V
- Comedy of manners crackles with personality
- CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
- Schools checking visitors
- Big Ten win has a certain edge to it
- Socially awkward
- Gang members with loaded guns to get prison
- Death Notice: KAREN L. PAWELCZYK
- Senate moves on health bill
- Harassment suit settlement OK’d by Cicero board
- No rookie in rising star Jake Owen
- Raekwon to rap’s rescue
- Elf ‘bomber’ had no bomb
- Death Notice: HARILAOS BESBEAS
- Special feelings about teachers never fade
- ‘Christmas Story’ cast pays a visit
- Comedy in ‘The Strip’ packs zero voltage
- Presenting the best of the worst gifts
- Death Notice: CHARLOTTE B. PEARSON
- Death Notice: JOSEPH J. CIRAULO, SR.
- Inconsistency mars D-line
- Daley praises wife for her strength
- Death Notice: ALLEN KAGAN
- ‘Star Wars,’ the epic score
- Give drama a rest
- Coach outruns demons, captures teens’ hearts
- Tacky behavior unleashed
- ALMANAC
- DONALD W. PALMER: 1940-2009
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- Obama summit puts focus on creating jobs
- Death Notice: CHARLES E. PROVO
- Wait to claim that tax credit
- THE POLL
- 1 Asian carp found
- Death Notice: DOLORES BASIL
- Shoveling snow needn’t break your back or heart
- Celebrity infidelity a faithful misstep
- Guns, 57-inch TV stolen from home
- Energy drink, rum stolen from store
- FTC seeks more ratings for violent games, films
- What’s the best way to come clean about cheating?
- Safety clothing can be a hazard
- FTC targets violent content aimed at kids
- Death Notice: SHIRLEY SEGALL
- Death Notice: MARY ANN ANDERSON
- SAY ANYTHING
- Death Notice: JACK H. MOSS
- Rare air
- Shows you can’t miss
- Service sector goes into reverse
- Where the good guys go after digital crooks
- Blackshear’s new role suits Morgan Park
- House OKs tax measure
- Death Notice: EMILIA OSIAK
- Move back and you’ve joined the club
- ‘Fair Lady’ at Marriott; Make way for ‘Divas’
- International intrigue
- Put little jig in your saw
- Nixed again
- Death Notice: DIANE R. KAPLAN
- Bears need change in the Wirtz way
- JOHN VON RHEIN RECOMMENDS
- Maywood crime dips in 2009
- Record-setting rally could mark turning point for Illini
- ART
- ‘Be good father and husband’
- The shows of the decade
- Hawks pay up to keep stars? Wow!
- Critics rev up protest of Navistar move
- Take the chill out of a cold crawl space
- COMMUNITY BRIEFING
- NATION & WORLD
- 10th District candidates Dan Seals, Julie Hamos differ on war, tax cuts
- HOLIDAYS
- Culti’s aspiration: Grow
- Rose is a real star gazer
- First Class comfort
- Pargo’s aches may be a pain
- Death Notice: ROLAND R. ROMANOWSKI
- Desiree Rogers: Dinner gaffe puts spotlight on Obamas’ social chief
- FAST PAISED
- Suburban shelters filling up Shelters suffer from funding lag
- Don’t rock the boat
- Contractor sued by workers over wages
- Death Notice: FRANK LAVERNE SCHWEINGRUBER
- Tsst … woof … sit … onstage
- Parents’ guide
- Death Notice: LOUISE RIFF SCHAEN, M.D.
- Irish unlikely to go to bowl
- ‘Brothers’ riveting family drama in two-front war
- Jets overcome injury to Sanchez, beat Bills
- Big Ten win has a certain edge to it
- Reformers press for legislative remap plan
- Death Notice: GEORGE SCHNEIDER
- Mayor lauds wife’s fighting spirit
- Death Notice: JAMES STEPHEN KRZAK
- Twitter takes
- ‘Poor judgment’ led to breach
- Cold sweeps into city; Wisconsin gets snow
- THE BEHAVIOR INDEX
- Arctic Monkeys take new path
- NFL’s Vick tells pupils to avoid dogfighting
- Who will win the conference title games?
- FAMILY
- Death Notice: BONITA I. HEIMANN
- Sudden reality: Hawks look like a dream team
- CHRIS JONES RECOMMENDS
- 5,000 school visits later, a forecaster looks back
- Swine flu appears to be on the decline in Illinois
- Focus falls on education reform
- Death Notice: ROBERT E. NOLAN
- Seal, then insulate
- ND bowl outlook listed as doubtful
- In war room, Obama honed troops’ exit
- Move back to Geneva and you’ve joined the club
- Democracy loses
- Bad blood
- Which of your tools do you use the most?
- Warriors’ glass half-empty
- Death Notice: RAYMOND O. PALMGREN
- Played right, silent films are golden
- Death Notice: ADELINE BARTIK PAVLINI
- A ‘lump of coal’ for retailers
- Revisiting Emmett Till’s story — in jazz
- Rental car companies consider no-show fee
- MUSIC
- DIGIT
- Put little jig in your saw
- Show goes on: Lyric, orchestra reach accord
- Move back to Geneva and you’ve joined the club
- Agent Orange’s lethal legacy: For U.S., a record of neglect
- Car burglary suspect arrested with ‘how-to’ guide
- Faith restored: Mugging victim’s phone returned
- Newspaper reporter pleads guilty to theft
- Slippery driving conditions reported
- Madigan: Tax hike won’t solve all state’s problems
- Police kill carjacking suspect on West Side
- PICTURES: President Barack Obama Visits Allentown
- Man’s body found floating in Diversey Harbor
- Cops: Man threatened to kill mom’s dogs over dead hamster
- Top 10 ski resorts of ’09
- 200 rally in support of student ordered to leave country
- Eastern Illinois warns of student data security breach
- Mourners pay tribute to fallen Crystal Lake soldier
- Man charged in kidnapping, brutal sex assault
- ‘You’ll shoot your eye out’
- Felon at center of Stroger hiring scandal back in jail
- Police raid elaborate pot-growing operation in Englewood
- Cook County Jail tightens restrictions on visits due to H1N1
- Peterson attorneys seek notes of Savio statement
- Death of teen fatally struck by car in Niles a homicide
- Top cop promises answers about media alert on missing girl
- Hynes to Quinn: No way on borrowing
- Elgin police warn public about attempted abduction
- Police now agree Michael Scott’s death was a suicide
- Prep scoreboard
- Blagojevich evidence stolen from his lawyers’ offices
- Heat, hot water to be restored at UIC, Rush Medical Centers
- Police search for missing Orr High School student
- Literary smackdown: Holiday book shopping in a bookstore or online?
- Feds consider temporarily closing canal to stop Asian carp
- Daley lauds improved performance among CPS freshmen
- Couple sues ultrasound clinic for secretly taping visit
- I-55 to be delayed Sunday near Channahon
- Aurora-based bank seized by federal, state regulators
- Five charged with hatcheting trees, playground equipment
- Sports columnist leaves Tribune for Sun-Times
- Giannoulias, Quinn pick up campaign endorsements
- 5 ambulances sent to South Loop high-rise
- Mom, baby ‘doing fine’ after in-flight delivery
- Man accused of trying to kill 2 Chicago cops