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- Theo Epstein bio
- When fighting cancer is folly
- Deconstructing the menu
- At business schools, classes go to highest bidder
- Drumming for war on Iran? Step away from the drumstick, please.
- Portishead at the Aragon: The wait was worth it
- Raise a glass to the Sox’s continued embarrassment
- Eye-catching designs to be found in Hyde Park
- An architectural speed date awaits
- Graduation gift creates neighborly tension
- Democratic fundraising heats up in 8th Congressional District
- Judge sticks to sentence in DuPage insurance fraud scheme
- We need more parks
- Humanities Festival: Circuits of change
- Democratic fundraising heats up in 8th Congressional District
- Apple most valuable global brand
- Sighting: Zac Efron, Rosie O’Donnell, Gloria Estefan at Paris Club
- So long, American dream
- Bears’ revolving door spinning at safety
- Top weekend show: ‘Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace’
- CTA board gets closer to buying 300 new rail cars
- Four-goal burst lifts Hawks over Jets 4-3
- ‘The Big Year’: For the birds, not the laughs — 2 stars
- Modest exterior belies art deco gems inside
- Bennett returns to practice for Bears
- Classical Corner
- Walsh rejects ex-wife’s claim for $100,000 in child support
- On the calendar
- A special Jeff for a critic
- Mental illness is no joke
- First wiretaps played in trial of longtime Springfield power broker
- Forest preserve logging on
- Edgy Tim O’Halloran on high school football | Atmosphere is everything on Friday nights
- Making health a top priority
- Man stabbed, critically hurt in West Loop lounge
- Best-sellers
- Confessions of a recovering ‘stupid male’
- Oyster-friendly wines
- Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills teachers reach tentative contract
- 9 injured in bus accident on Northwest Side
- Suspect in custody in 2 shotgun robberies on Red Line platforms
- Hocus! Pocus! ‘Mary Poppins’ is back in town
- String of nice weather getting blown away
- Football preview | The boots fit for Standring at St. Rita
- Discover cardholders can pay with points at Amazon
- Robert W. Galvin, 1922-2011
- Illinois regulators seek to discipline autism doctor
- Bears safeties justifiably pay price
- Epstein embarking on mission impossible
- Sox’s Ramirez needs to take step forward at shortstop
- Challenging Cave still holding out
- Football preview | Rzeszutko packs a big punch for York
- Nielsen study: 40% of subscribers use tablets, smartphones when watching TV
- Plant Rescue Sale seeks good homes for conservatory’s plants
- ‘Blackthorn’: Butch Cassidy rides again — 2 1/2 stars
- Emanuel uses his political capital to push for sacrifices in budget
- Cedric the Entertainer, grown and growing
- Obamas honor South Korea with festive fall-themed state dinner
- The right way to prune trees and shrubs
- Cops: Cabbie ticketed for texting while following officers to post bond after traffic stop
- Das Racist: An ongoing experiment in having serious fun
- Consumer group names “Terrible Ten” food issues plaguing America
- Bush got it right
- Sox GM scouting in Latin America
- CTA to get $38 million to buy new buses, upgrade Wilson Red Line station
- Quinn wants Madigan push to end controversial scholarships
- Football | Morgan Park tops Hubbard for Prairie State crown
- Madigan blocks Quinn attempt to ban legislative scholarships
- Make a dash for it
- Anthrax, the band, still ‘among the living’
- Man wanted in shooting of ex-girlfriend in Joliet arrested on South Side
- Problem Solver: Best Buy Black Tie warranty has customer seeing red
- Interview: Director, stars know they have big shoes to fill in ‘Footloose’
- The reporting behind this week’s pension stories
- The day ahead in business
- Dr. Seuss here, there in new exhibit
- Old crimes, new criminal investigation tools
- Harris sees demotion as writing on wall
- Proposed tax, fee and fine increases
- Football | 5 questions with Edgy Tim O’Halloran
- Einstein letter on Nazis sells for nearly $14,000
- Report: Cherington to be named Red Sox GM
- Metra trains delayed by mechanical problems
- Done with chemo, McDowell battling way back
- ‘Trespass’: Hyperactive thriller sabotages its story — 2 stars
- Banner night for Ladd, Byfuglien
- Pick of the Week
- For those who rock, Keith Urban salutes you
- Does Chicago have room to increase hotel tax?
- Wal-Mart to sell handicrafts made by women in developing countries
- Emery gets call in goal for Blackhawks
- The Joffrey’s ‘Quixote’ is a trip to the glory days
- In Chicago, marquee directors at theaters with barely a sign out front
- DDB Chicago loses last of Anheuser-Busch account as Bud Light moves elsewhere
- Theater openings for the week of Oct. 14-20
- J. Parker Hall III, 1933-2011
- Graduation gift creates neighborly tension
- Confessions of a recovering ‘stupid male’
- Bring back poinsettia color for holidays
- Time of Your Life Players remain young at heart
- DuPage Medical Group partners with Rush on Lisle cancer center
- Florida safety commits to Northwestern
- 3 critically injured in Southeast Side crash
- Go surfin’ in the fall with the Beach Boys
- Be it resolved: Don’t take Belichick rejects
- Everybody understands Cutler except the Bears
- Bears to bench safeties Harris, Meriweather
- Take a ride through Bronzeville art district
- Water-sewer bills would double by 2015
- Mark supplies secret weapon
- Why Theo Epstein should love Chicago. (And why Chicago loves him already.)
- Homeowner says he shot robber after wrestling gun away
- Sears’ request for tax breaks pits town against schools
- Old Sears tower gazes over rebirth
- Chicago cabaret sings praises of Jimmy Damon
- Autopsy: Man arrested on drug charge choked on object, died
- Study suggests building stormwater tunnel under portion of Willow Road in Winnetka
- Owners of the wealth
- Museums
- Mike Helfgot on high school football blog | Conference races heating up
- Officer wrongly accused in ‘honeybee’ shootings files suit
- Martin J. Hegarty, 1928-2011
- Suspect in 7-year-old Sycamore girl’s slaying will be tried for alleged sex crimes first
- Des Plaines Theatre prepares for reopening
- America: Where wireless devices outnumber people
- Putting Chicago into detox
- Bob Newhart to return to site of Cubs’ gathering
- Notre Dame hoops coaches uneasy about Big East
- U.S. foreclosures edged higher in 3Q
- Binny’s expands downstate with Champaign store
- Downers Grove authorizes BYOB restaurants
- Cops: Man flagged down patrol officer, admitted to unreported burglaries
- Target website down
- Reviewing (and giving props to) the restaurants you already know
- Epstein knows all about going extra mile
- 50-year sentence given for landlord’s burning death
- Payton’s son: ‘No grudges’ against ‘Sweetness’ author
- Urlacher denies beef with Briggs, cites defense’s ‘trust’ issues
- Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei’s Bears mailbag
- Football | Mike Helfgot’s 5 can’t-miss games
- Girl Scouts research tries to keep it real
- With lots of flamethrowing and good acting, this remake is a good ‘Thing’ — 3 stars
- Medical examiner: Bones in Norridge, on Near North Side weren’t human
- CPS offers multiple meeting dates, locations as officials try to get together with union leaders
- Briggs: Bears must go nose-to-nose with Vikings’ Peterson
- Kirkby spins vocal gold in Baroque Band’s opener
- Close inspection is rewarded at Indian Boundary Park
- Lincoln Park man charged in hotel slaying
- New book gets to the bottom of Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace’
- MOB RULE?
- The right way to prune trees and shrubs
- Obamas honor South Korea with festive fall-themed state dinner
- Dawn redwood’s history reaches back millions of years
- Plant Rescue Sale seeks good homes for conservatory’s plants
- Expected attendees at state dinner
- Quinn wants Madigan push to end controversial scholarships
- Not another one
- Labor complaint against longer school day to get hearing
- How to buy tickets
- Dose Market: my favorite restaurants under one convenient roof
- Sticker situation: Weight limit change would reclassify vehicles at higher fee
- Football preview | Naperville North’s Krejci not part of Central cast
- Football | Glenbard West’s Caspers commits to Stanford
- Suburban theater for the week of Oct. 14-20
- Frustration sets in for Bears defense
- Your Morning Phil: Theo, Cards, KW
- 2 teens charged in videotaped high school fight
- Proposed parking taxes meant to decrease congestion
- ‘Footloose’: ’80s dance film back, now with less dancing — 2 stars
- Girls golf | State preview: Poise will be poise for Barrington freshman Calbi
- Time to believe in the Ricketts plan
- Bring back poinsettia color for holidays
- Recommended events by Tribune critics, staff
- Voice of the People, Oct. 13
- Star witness returns to stand in trial of powerbroker William Cellini
- Illinoisans at state dinner
- New novel by Russell Banks tackles tough subject
- Laurie Anderson: A true mother of invention
- Volleyball | No. 6 Marist downs No. 1 York
- Boys golf | State preview: Naperville North’s Knoll aims high, shoots low
- Phil Vettel recommends
- Joanne, my dear, do try the ham
- LaHood to be transportation secretary for one term only
- Ticket Booth
- Chicago loses an innovator, Robert Galvin
- Today’s question: Are you satisfied with NCAA’s decision on Auburn?
- Martz says Bears can go to shorter drops
- Delectable R&B for Sweetest Day
- Man: ‘I did not know it was against the law’ to beat child with belt
- Wale knocked down, ready to deliver knockout
- Morality, not theology
- Man injured in escape from East Garfield Park fire
- Man robs same bank 4 times in 2 months, police say
- Expected attendees at state dinner
- James Edwards, imprisoned in 1994 murder, sues Waukegan police
- Father charged with murder in death of 3-month-old girl
- Though tickets dropped, higher charges possible in cell phone crash
- Frustrated Buckeyes get new weapon
- Pick of the week
- Police warn of armed robberies near U. of C. Hyde Park campus
- Bears re-sign safety Venable to practice squad
- Soldier Field friendly confines to McNabb
- Real regret earns standing ovations in Gary Griffin’s Chicago-style ‘Follies’
- Mead Johnson rises after company increases forecast
- Dawn redwood’s history reaches back millions of years
- Come jam with Lisa Loeb
- Metra plans to scale back proposed fare hike for Chicago riders
- Don’t know how to approach females on the dance floor? The stars of ‘Footloose’ can help
- Ramsey Lewis is electric
- The boondoggle that won’t die
- Portishead at the Aragon: The wait was worth it
- Video: Bastiaan Bouma, openhousechicago
- Sara Leal, la mujer con la que Ashton Kutcher engañó a Demi Moore
- 2012 Hyundai Veloster: Clutch player
- Video: Mary Dempsey
- Chicago Live! Almanac: 1960
- Confessions of a recovering ‘stupid male’
- Chicago Live! Almanac: 1960
- Video: Jon Langford
- Video: Mason Bates and Anna Clyne
- Chicago Live! October 13 show recap
- Man stabbed, critically hurt in West Loop lounge
- Old crimes, new criminal investigation tools
- Reviewing (and giving props to) the restaurants you already know
- Autopsy: Man arrested on drug charge choked on object, died
- Star witness returns to stand in trial of powerbroker William Cellini
- Legoland Florida hot spots
- New park on the block: Legoland
- Real regret earns standing ovations in Gary Griffin’s Chicago-style ‘Follies’
- Danny Pudi talks timelines, chaos and ‘Community’
- Obama habló con rey saudí sobre presunta trama para atentar contra embajador
- Irán: Guardianes de la Revolución rechazan implicación en complot terrorista
- Pakistán: Al menos nueve muertos por una explosión en una mina de carbón
- Everybody understands Cutler except the Bears
- Florida safety commits to Northwestern
- Detienen a supuesto Zeta que ordenó ataque a Casino Royale de Monterrey
- Stacy Keibler celebrates early birthday in Mexico with boyfriend George Clooney
- Share the Holidays
- Residentes del Sur de California se preocupan por su salud
- Hillary Clinton da la cara a rumores de fórmula Obama/Clinton en 2012 (VIDEO)
- Researchers turn attention to breast cancer prevention
- Retiran denuncia de intento de violación contra Strauss-Kahn
- New novel by Russell Banks tackles tough subject
- Raise a glass to the Sox’s continued embarrassment
- Una bofetada de realidad con la selección argentina
- Responsabilidad por cortes amenaza a BlackBerry
- El ‘Maestro’ Galindo da ejemplo en el fútbol mexicano
- Balacera entre narcos y soldados; periodistas atrapados en fuego cruzado (video)
- Sighting: Zac Efron, Rosie O’Donnell, Gloria Estefan at Paris Club
- Emery gets call in goal for Blackhawks
- Entrevista con Julie Pryde, defensora accidental.
- Suburban theater for the week of Oct. 14-20
- In Chicago, marquee directors at theaters with barely a sign out front
- Hoy en Chicago 10/13: Mata a su hijo en defensa propia; le dispara a ladrón con su propia arma; apuñalado por defender a la novia
- Cinco eventos de fin de semana en Chicago 10/14-10/16
- The reporting behind this week’s pension stories
- El ‘abuelo’ Bernard Hopkins se siente ‘sexy y con un cuerpo de veinteañero’ antes de su pelea
- ¿Tomar las calles o dictar la agenda?/Opinión
- Realizan redada en pelea clandestina de gallos
- Illinois regulators seek to discipline autism doctor
- Suspect in custody in 2 shotgun robberies on Red Line platforms
- What do men get out of a guy-guy-girl threesome?
- Chisme, chisme: Confirmado, Antonio Banderas y Salma Hayek estarán en Chicago
- Los tratados de libre comercio son un logro para la prosperidad/Opinión
- 9 injured in bus accident on Northwest Side
- Consumer group names “Terrible Ten” food issues plaguing America
- Screamfest LA 2011: Entrevista con Alejandro Suárez Lozano, director de ‘Hidden Soldier’
- LaHood to be transportation secretary for one term only
- Why Theo Epstein should love Chicago. (And why Chicago loves him already.)
- Judge sticks to sentence in DuPage insurance fraud scheme
- Bears vs. Vikings, duelo en el sótano de la NFC Norte en la sexta jornada de la NFL
- Vivienda: Aumentan las ejecuciones hipotecarias en tercer trimestre en EEUU
- Das Racist: An ongoing experiment in having serious fun
- Del espacio a Washington, Hernández se postula al Congreso
- Medical examiner: Bones in Norridge, on Near North Side weren’t human
- Quinn wants Madigan push to end controversial scholarships
- Descubren que Messi y Bojan son primos lejanos
- Police warn of armed robberies near U. of C. Hyde Park campus
- Western Springs photo tour
- Man wanted in shooting of ex-girlfriend in Joliet arrested on South Side
- Il Volo pone a volar el romanticismo en LA
- En contracorriente, pueblo de Ohio da la bienvenida a los inmigrantes
- Prep Scoreboard
- Hacker que robó fotos de Scarlett Johansson, ‘adicto’ a espiar a los famosos
- Pictures: Remembering Cheshire Home Invasion Victims
- Jenni Rivera cancela su programa con ‘Estrella TV’
- Autumn’s true colors
- 2 teens charged in videotaped high school fight
- CTA board gets closer to buying 300 new rail cars
- Interview: Director, stars know they have big shoes to fill in ‘Footloose’
- Don’t know how to approach females on the dance floor? The stars of ‘Footloose’ can help
- Metra trains delayed by mechanical problems
- Officer wrongly accused in ‘honeybee’ shootings files suit
- 50-year sentence given for landlord’s burning death
- Man: ‘I did not know it was against the law’ to beat child with belt
- Patadas y candados anti-inmigrantes
- Guadalajara recibe a América
- Peleador de 52 años debuta este sábado
- Democratic fundraising heats up in 8th Congressional District
- 3 critically injured in Southeast Side crash
- Lincoln Park man charged in hotel slaying
- Labor complaint against longer school day to get hearing
- A special Jeff for a critic