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- Lincolnwood man gets 60 years for killing brother
- TBOX 2011
- ‘America the Beautiful’ filmmaker back for another helping — 2 1/2 stars
- Proposed sports complex in Northbrook a step closer to OK
- Emanuel says he’ll testify if called before Congress on Solyndra
- Gifts for the gardener
- Would birthday card to ex’s son send wrong message?
- Tape reveals frantic 911 call before Berwyn teen died
- Forensic sketch artist puts a face to unsolved crimes
- I’m with stupid: How to handle the embarrassing spouse
- Mom’s frantic 911 call about son: ‘He’s dead. He’s dead. He’s dead. My God’
- Preview: Islanders at Blackhawks
- Vikings waive QB McNabb
- Thibodeau talks Rose, Boozer, Bulls’ goals
- Review: Menacing Tom Hardy gives ‘The Take’ brutal bite
- Wintry art festival, like it’s summer
- Church objects to new Chicago Gay Pride Parade route over crowd concerns
- Report: Ramirez meets with Angels; contract offer likely
- Fire goalie Johnson to train with Everton
- ‘Tyrannosaur’ review: Not anyone’s idea of fun, but sometimes that’s life
- Last-second FG gives West Virginia share of Big East title
- Problem Solver: Minivan sells fast, but calls won’t stop
- DePaul falls to Ole Miss in final seconds
- ‘Zielinski’ shows a most unforgettable character
- 3 tow-truck drivers held after undercover investigation into thefts of cars
- Behind judging First Amendment essay winners
- 2 new Chicago sites on national historic registry
- Chinese regulator OKs Nalco sale, deal being finalized today
- Caron Butler has strong interest in Bulls
- Keep trees safe when stringing those holiday lights
- Unilever to shut Alberto Culver’s Melrose Park plant, offices
- Mannelly eyes return for start of 2012 camp
- Police: Warrant issued for man in June hit-and-run that killed girl, 8, on Southwest Side
- Don’t let Blago’s sentencing distract you from other political theatrics
- Toews earns ‘Second Star’ honor for November
- Democrats’ contradicting message
- Corrections and clarifications for Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
- Taxpayers cover Soldier Field, U.S. Cellular Field shortfalls
- Report: Germany investigating whether Iran planning attacks on US targets
- Urlacher looking forward to possibly facing Orton
- Phil Vettel recommends steak houses
- Would birthday card to ex’s son send wrong message?
- NBA players authorize return of union
- Jennifer Hudson buying Burr Ridge home
- Possible rail strike that could have hit Metra is averted
- Mayor: Don’t use taxpayers as ‘ATM machine’ to cover costs at U.S. Cellular Field, Soldier Field
- Revealing the costumes for ‘Penelope’
- City sues to end sweet Millennium Park restaurant deal
- Eviction papers served on Cain accuser for $7,500 back rent
- Georgetown hands No. 12 Alabama first loss
- Man gets 25 years in slaying of pregnant woman run down by car in Avondale neighborhood
- Plane that crashed was ‘out of fuel and … coasting’
- Des Plaines man accused of molestation, making child porn
- Lynch, Seahawks roll over reeling Eagles
- Man killed in Glenview crash worked as real estate appraiser
- Man pleads guilty to slapping Bears’ Hester
- Bulls in contention for Butler
- Let’s take this protest inside
- Rose takes blame for Heat loss, sets sights on title
- Cops: Man shot, killed as he rode in car on SW Side
- Evanston Township to put nonbinding dissolution question on ballot
- Eat less salt – or else
- Would Chicago chefs serve horse?
- ‘Living Room’ offers ER alternative for mental illnesses
- Lake County a natural fit with Ansel Adams
- Paula Deen’s Kitchen restaurant to open at Harrah’s Joliet Casino
- Lessons in life
- Clarkson leads a musical ‘Miracle on State Street’
- Today’s question: What will be biggest upset in conference title games?
- Forensic sketch artists: Yielding to technology or a dying breed?
- Stop arguing, start talking
- Practicing the art (and sport) of tree-watching
- Police warn of attempted child abduction on Northwest Side
- 3 in custody after West Side shooting leads to chase on Ike
- Have yourself a little anti-Christmas
- Swimming | Glenbrook South’s Olivia Smoliga takes consolation title at Nationals
- Four score: Our Bears-Chiefs picks
- Ask Tom why: What effect, if any, did the March earthquake in Japan have on worldwide weather patterns?
- Hester excused from practice; Tillman returns
- Antioch to induct three graduates into its athletic hall of fame
- Chris Connelly keeps on searching for more blank canvases to explore
- Crowded ‘Answers to Nothing’ left with questions — 2 stars
- Father and son
- State high court to hear dispute about abortion parental notification law
- Week 13: Sam Farmer’s NFL picks
- Chicago theater openings for the week of Dec. 2-8
- MAC title game preview: Northern Illinois vs. Ohio
- Rockabilly with Brian Setzer
- Feeding memories
- Martz mum on openings
- Konerko, Thornton, Santos, Ramirez scheduled to attend SoxFest
- Eat This!
- ‘Shame’ review (****): Brilliant, graphic drama represents much more than just Magneto naked
- Gunman in gangway critically wounds man in West Englewood
- Eviction papers served for Cain accuser
- Review: Slurping Turtle
- Notre Dame loses to No. 19 Gonzaga 73-53
- Similarities to Maggie
- Lois Bates, 1970-2011
- Simpson certainly well-rounded scholar-athlete
- Gifts for the gardener
- The day ahead in business
- Local government’s role
- Value wines for your holiday entertaining
- Classical Corner
- Concert review: Watch the Throne at the United Center
- What others are saying
- Masked men rob Naperville Domino’s Pizza
- Full overnight homeless funding restored
- Police plan regular meetings with school principals
- Choi leads Woods, Stricker by 3 shots
- Report: Addazio declines interview request by Illinois
- I-GO to add 11 solar-powered charging stations
- Reduce government and lower taxes
- Keep trees safe when stringing those holiday lights
- ‘Ann’ has it all
- Tablets for kids top list of most-scanned holiday products
- Crews douse small fire at west suburban hospital
- CTA rehires laid off rail car cleaners
- Top Chef Week 5 Recap: Over and done
- Suspect in killing of Indian Head Park girl, 14, back in court
- Pompei: McNabb an option worth exploring
- Girls basketball | Loyola cruises past No. 10 Fenwick
- I’m with stupid: How to handle the embarrassing spouse
- Chicago’s schools need to change
- Pick of the week: Wonderland Express
- Edgy Tim O’Halloran on football | A look back at 2011, a glance ahead to 2012
- Vote pro-business in 2012
- Sox’s Ventura bracing for next two weeks
- From bop to avant-garde, a lively weekend
- 3 teens charged in South Side pizza delivery robberies
- Old friend and neighbor gets a fresh look
- Grammy nominations 2012: Kanye West, R. Kelly, Numero Group get multiple nods
- Bears’ Adams on benching: ‘They just want me to play better’
- Subscription drop? Not in Newman’s Chicago
- Hawks’ Crawford making adjustments
- Online map will track snowplow progress in Naperville
- Man who ‘loves the Bears’ pleads guilty to smacking Devin Hester
- ‘Tyrannosaur’: One star stands out in tale of wounded souls — 2 stars
- Mistaken donation sparks good will
- Rent out Next or The Aviary for New Year’s Eve
- Lawyer: Porn images led to fire chief’s retirement deal
- Treating the symptoms of Europe’s debt disease
- Report: Hornets’ Paul seeks trade to Knicks
- Judson’s Burke national player of the year
- Where’s the money going?
- Woman convicted of animal torture now working for elderly couple
- Courting Joe the Puppeteer
- Two years after murder, a vigil in a South Side alley
- Fannie, Freddie halt evictions over holidays
- Pick of the week
- If Martz wants Hanie, he has to go through Cutler first
- Ready for this kind of baggage?
- Quit criticizing Caleb Hanie
- Cubs’ DeJesus ready to play hard, be accountable
- Wheaton College food offered for takeout
- Sox’s spring training schedule nearly complete
- From bananas to bandannas, Joe’s now Nashville North
- Autopsy: Patient in plane crash died of heart attack
- Ventura wants Sox to spring to his style in Arizona
- Riccardo Muti using part of Birgit Nilsson Prize money to pay taxes in Italy
- Naperville releases map of proposed council districts
- Top rock shows
- Northwestern Memorial expansion would add more than 1,300 jobs
- D-Rose, Pippen watch the throne, Rosie O’Donnell on Michigan Avenue cover, Cutler talks wedding planning
- Jwoww coming to Kmart in Avondale on Saturday
- Holliday for the Holidays
- Roger Ebert puts ‘At the Movies’ on hiatus
- Sun-Times chairman: ‘We are not for sale’
- Macy’s windows
- Man pleads guilty to murder of his aunt in Wilmette, gets 30 years
- Wild-card spot is Bears’ Chief concern
- Rick Springfield, in music and prose
- Manning’s doctor: Fusion has healed firmly
- Ventura braced to lose Sox nucleus
- Texas A&M fires Sherman after 4 seasons
- Lovato all about singing
- Long-term care: Think about it while you’re young, experts say
- Renaissance Texan Kinky Friedman rides into town
- Kyuss Lives re-emerges from desert
- Kane no longer man in middle for Blackhawks
- TSO in town, must be holiday time
- World AIDS Day marked by search for an ideal
- Hyatt Regency and RedEye present: NYE Ballroom Blitz
- Holder vows to renew efforts to capture fugitives who flee to Mexico from Illinois
- Michelle Obama back in city for memorial service
- ‘Answers to Nothing’ review (Zero stars): “Crash” into a wall
- White House Christmas display salutes military
- Joint intervention in European debt crisis spurs Dow to 490-point advance
- Dispatches from the Watch the Throne concert in Chicago
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner
- Owner of planned Oak Park gun shop draws fire
- UIC, Loyola drop Horizon League openers
- Rose’s next target: NBA title
- Proposed Chicago ward remap could add 3 Latino seats on council
- City sues to end sweet Millennium Park restaurant deal
- Jennifer Hudson buying Burr Ridge home
- Practicing the art (and sport) of tree-watching
- Thibodeau talks Rose, Boozer, goals
- Labor Dept. files sexual discrimination complaint against Brunswick
- After World AIDS Day, a fashion show will focus on HIV prevention
- Kevin Matthews joins Steve Dahl podcast venture
- Custody hearing for abandoned child delayed
- Feds seek 15-, 20-year sentence for Blagojevich
- Does your pre-flight check include beer?
- The bright side of failure
- CPS plans to shut 2 grade schools, phase out 2 high schools
- Chess forges friendship, keeps it in check
- Trading Garza not on Epstein’s mind
- Charlie Wilson and Chrisette Michele, extraordinary
- A mild start for the winter — but for how long?
- Your Morning Phil: DeJesus, Paddy, Jenks
- Kane heading back to right wing
- Museums
- Sound of music legacy continues
- Energy startup powers past fundraising target
- Here’s what Theo’s metrics get you
- Tribune seeks to have Cellini hearing in open court
- Fun n’ poses: Starting a Tebowing-like craze
- Michael Brady, 1950-2011
- Bears backups reserve right to hone skills
- Suburban theater for the week of Dec. 2-8
- Kurt Busch says he’s working with sports psychologist
- ‘America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments’ review: This documentarian should stop with the documentaries
- Persa, Chandler to be honored for mental toughness
- United Continental gets FAA OK to operate as single airline
- Bears defense preparing for lefty Palko
- Chicago is ‘Boss’ star Troy Garity’s kind of town
- Clean out government
- Grinch strikes Antioch church
- Newt Gingrich, pseudo-historian
- Emanuel says he’ll testify if called before Congress on Solyndra
- ‘Shame’ offers plenty of action, not much lovin’ — 2 1/2 stars
- Appellate court ordered to consider hearsay in Peterson case
- Report: Talks on remaining NBA issues start Friday
- Voice of the People, Dec. 01
- Jeremy Piven: ‘Entourage’ movie in the works
- Drink this!
- Fewer motorists towed this year as winter parking ban kicks in
- Top Chef Week 5 Recap: Over and done
- Prosecutors seek 15-20 years for Blagojevich, his lawyers seek compassion
- Gunman in gangway critically wounds man in West Englewood
- ‘Answers to Nothing’ review (Zero stars): “Crash” into a wall
- Long-term care: Think about it while you’re young, experts say
- ‘Tyrannosaur’ review: Not anyone’s idea of fun, but sometimes that’s life
- I’m with stupid: How to handle the embarrassing spouse
- Holder vows to renew efforts to capture fugitives who flee to Mexico from Illinois
- 2012 Dodge Challenger: Muscle-car throwback
- ‘Shame’ offers plenty of action, not much lovin’ — 2 1/2 stars
- ‘America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments’ review: This documentarian should stop with the documentaries
- Bulls Advent Calendar: Day 1–Derrick Rose (video)
- ‘Shame’ review (****): Brilliant, graphic drama represents much more than just Magneto naked
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner
- Feds seek 15-, 20-year sentence for Blagojevich
- Review: Slurping Turtle
- 3 in custody after West Side shooting leads to chase on Ike
- Masked men rob Naperville Domino’s Pizza
- Cops: Man shot, killed as he rode in car on SW Side
- Eviction papers served on Cain accuser for $7,500 back rent
- ONU dice que con más de 4,000 muertos, Siria vive una ‘guerra civil’
- Grammy nominations: Put your money on Adele
- El euro ‘da patadas de ahogado’ y Europa no sabe cómo salvarlo
- If Martz wants Hanie, he has to go through Cutler first
- Chávez asiste a su primer gran evento internacional tras el cáncer
- Judson’s Burke national player of the year
- Salmonella scare on grape tomatoes sold in Illinois
- Regímenes represivos pueden acceder a tecnología avanzada para espionaje
- Persa, Chandler to be honored for mental toughness
- El poeta chileno Nicanor Parra gana, a los 97 años, el Premio Cervantes
- PICTURES: Montessori method helps Memory
- Kayne West, el más nominado a los Grammy
- Michelle Obama back in city for memorial service
- ‘Top Chef: Texas’ recap: ‘Don’t Be Tardy for the Dinner Party’
- Suspect in killing of Indian Head Park girl, 14, back in court
- Man killed in Glenview crash worked as real estate appraiser
- Grammy nominations 2012: Kanye West, R. Kelly, Numero Group get multiple nods
- D-Rose, Pippen watch the throne, Rosie O’Donnell on Michigan Avenue cover, Cutler talks wedding planning
- Would Chicago chefs serve horse?
- Hoy en Chicago 12/01:Oficial quiere pago extra por cuidar un perro policía; en la cuerda floja por ‘sexting’; salmonela en tomates
- Cotto vs. Margarito II: Mucho más que una simple revancha (Vota por tu favorito)
- Chisme, chisme: Beyoncé arremete contra rumores de embarazo falso (VIDEO)
- Monarcas perdonó a Santos y lo puede pagar muy caro
- ¿CorderObama? aspirante presidencial Ernesto Cordero reconoce que le copió a Obama
- Fewer motorists towed this year as winter parking ban kicks in
- Value wines for your holiday entertaining
- Cotto vs. Margarito: Es hora de que hablen los puños
- Kane no longer man in middle for Blackhawks
- Breves del deporte del 30 de noviembre de 2011
- Behind judging First Amendment essay winners
- Dan a conocer a los 55 candidatos al once ideal de la FIFA en 2011 (¿Cuál es tu once?)
- Subscription drop? Not in Newman’s Chicago
- Revealing the costumes for ‘Penelope’
- Shakira y Tito El Bambino lideran nominaciones a Premio lo Nuestro 2012
- City sues to end sweet Millennium Park restaurant deal
- Lamar Odom, una incertidumbre para los Lakers
- CTA rehires laid off rail car cleaners
- Rash of ‘Twilight’-induced seizures prompts warning
- ¿Los mayas predijeron el fin del mundo para el 2012? (VIDEO)
- Church leaders object to new route of Gay Pride Parade
- Sandusky accuser will have say in fate of Second Mile assets
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- Man gets 25 years in slaying of pregnant woman run down by car in Avondale neighborhood
- Next review: Childhood menu re-creates aromas, sights, tastes of youth
- Emanuel says he’ll testify if called before Congress on Solyndra
- Chicago is ‘Boss’ star Troy Garity’s kind of town
- Review: Menacing Tom Hardy gives ‘The Take’ brutal bite
- Possible rail strike that could have hit Metra is averted
- Mayor: Don’t use taxpayers as ‘ATM machine’ to cover costs at U.S. Cellular Field, Soldier Field
- Police: Warrant issued for man in June hit-and-run that killed girl, 8, on Southwest Side
- Crews douse small fire at west suburban hospital
- 3 tow-truck drivers held after undercover investigation into thefts of cars
- 3 teens charged in South Side pizza delivery robberies