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- House Republicans want to roll back Illinois corporate income-tax hike
- City Council approves $3.9 million to settle four police misconduct lawsuits
- 5 great gifts for wordy types
- Emanuel gives gifts, hosts party for aldermen
- Unexpected loss leads to grief — and inspiration
- The do’s and don’ts of fashion
- Request for paternity test raises more questions
- Cosi’s new chief focused on simplicity
- 4,740 kids caught under city’s new curfew law
- Speaking out about staying silent
- Fashion books: From brain food to eye candy
- Panhandler who beat woman in South Loop arrested again
- Autopsy: Homeless man died in part from cold exposure
- West Garfield Park sees 2 homicides in 13 hours
- Emanuel gives gifts, hosts party for aldermen
- Driver in fatal 2009 DUI crash facing more legal problems
- Gift Theatre to premiere new Andrew Hinderaker play
- Silence has its price
- Surprises, snubs in Screen Actors Guild Awards TV noms
- Charter school vote delayed; Sposato assailed
- The do’s and don’ts of fashion
- Chicago daily deal companies continue acquisitions
- Suit alleges brutality by North Chicago cops
- The day ahead in business
- Retrofits planned for new CTA rail cars
- CPS hands out capital dollars to schools slated for turnaround
- ‘Top Chef’ episode 7 recap
- How we reported a story on sports memorabilia
- Activists ‘occupy’ newspaper name
- 2 charged in phony DVD, CD operation on West Side
- Bop It!, LeapPad Explorer, Modern Warfare 3 lead local scans
- Request for paternity test raises more questions
- Boys basketball | McDowell, Orr surprise No. 2 Young
- Airlines offering $33 winter getaways
- MCA’s minimalism show: When less was more
- Reasonable doubt exists in Holly Staker slaying
- Girls basketball | Spotlight on Benet’s Madeline Eilers
- Scam artist takes Salvation Army kettle
- Texas woman gets 20 years for largest heroin seizure in Kane County history
- Defensive coordinator Koenning leaving Illinois
- Gene Summers, 1928-2011
- 2 charged with falsifying documents on voter application
- Tailgate Olympics
- A toast to the roast
- Endlessly adaptable rugelach
- Feds probing whether Carrier IQ software secretly tracked millions of cellphones
- Founders’ intent
- Blackhawks’ Bolland changes tune on Canucks’ Sedins
- Emanuel wants big fine increases for G8 protesters
- Bulls eagerly await Hamilton
- 2 cited for using fire hydrant to fill backyard ice rink
- School bus driver placed on leave following fatal accident
- Newspaper carriers deserve a little extra
- Alderman wants to cut $2 parking tax hike at night
- Every Monday since Thanksgiving a blockbuster for retailers, ComScore says
- Toast your own
- Suburban theater for the week of Dec. 16-22
- Santa shows off technology skills
- Everyone’s off the Xmas card list
- Wait, is Tebow now a political-religious omen?
- Tax breaks for Sears, CME head to governor
- Bulls, Bears games add twist to this year’s Christmas traditions
- The real truth about those kitschy sayings
- Weis contract at Kansas guarantees $2.5M per year
- Dentist, 81, charged in 2nd fondling case
- Snowy owls’ invasion of Chicago is off to a flying start this winter
- Judge: Tribune reporter does not have to turn over notes
- Potato latkes
- ‘D’ for Illinois in getting high-quality jobs for incentives
- The working equation: Move more, eat less
- Emanuel looks ahead to NATO, G8 protests
- Ricketts family buys McDonald’s land across from Wrigley Field
- No injuries in extra-alarm West Side fire
- DePaul comes on strong in second half
- A heart for brisket
- 2 plead guilty in Stickney rape of girl, 14
- Hamilton officially in the fold
- Chipotle, Applegate Farms and others tell Congress to curb antibiotics in meat production
- Playboy magazine moving operations to Los Angeles
- Cops: Paroled robber rearrested for same crime
- City toughens ban on synthetic pot
- Your Morning Phil: Varitek, Danks, Thornton
- Pick of the week: Butterfly Haven
- Cops: Girl, 13, brought alcohol-laced milk to school
- Sposato’s decision
- New WGN morning host Brandmeier sells Malibu home
- Cook County Board remembers Maggie Daley
- Cutler remains hopeful of returning this season
- Ban cell phones behind the wheel?
- Penn State figures accused of lying due in court Friday
- Hanie: ‘A tough loss, but we’ll bounce back’
- Hawks beat Wild 4-3 in shootout
- PayPal to get into discount coupon market
- Chicago theater openings for the week of Dec. 16-22
- Judge: Family’s Facebook friendships not improper
- Tax wishes keep Sears, CBOE, CME Group home in Illinois for holidays and beyond
- More doctors going the alternative route
- Illinois lawmakers lighten up on smaller cemeteries
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011
- Thriving through touch
- Cook County Board remembers Maggie Daley
- Holidays: They’re supposed to be fun
- Latino aldermen press for ward remap deal
- More doctors going the alternative route
- Disabled parking abuse crackdown approved
- Emanuel wants big fine increases for G8 protesters
- The real truth about those kitschy sayings
- Airlines offering $33 winter getaways
- Caregivers get someone to take care of them
- Kids and veggies
- Tollway board member puts up road block to new construction
- Blagojevich asks to serve sentence in prison in Colorado
- How to get over an inappropriate crush
- Americans would benefit from a Muslim version of the Huxtables
- Cops: Man slain in retaliatory killing on West Side
- Parents break rule to help young kids join Facebook
- CPS mulls deal to expand virtual education
- NBA approves of Paul trade from Hornets to Clippers
- Scott returns to Blackhawks’ lineup
- 6-year-old girl playing with lighter is badly burned
- Elegance delivered with ease
- Cops: Man throws boiling water on urinating dog
- TribLocal Roundup: News from the west suburbs
- Shooting on State Street bridge swept 5 lives together
- Cook County passes vacant building ordinance similar to Chicago’s
- Unexpected loss leads to grief — and inspiration
- Community Conversation: Homelessness
- Cook County judge charged with DUI is allowed to drive
- 2012: The year in preview
- 5 questions regarding the SAG movie nominations
- Will County retailers told to get ‘fake pot’ off shelves by Jan. 1
- Cook County state’s attorney graduates offenders from alternative prosecution program
- 5 great gifts for wordy types
- House Republicans want to roll back Illinois corporate income-tax hike
- City Council approves $3.9 million to settle four police misconduct lawsuits
- Readers’ Q&A: Mark Gonzales’ White Sox mailbag
- Edward Hospital plans $63.7 million building addition
- Voice of the People, Dec. 14
- Caregivers get someone to take care of them
- Searching for a lost son in spellbinding ‘Progress’; worthy ‘Opus’
- Enron’s unfair trial
- With WR Jennings out, Packers may look to Jones
- Bolland’s insult of Sedin twins gets irate response
- Holidays: They’re supposed to be fun
- No gun found on ex-Illini Richmond, but pistol seen in car, police testify
- Disabled parking abuse crackdown approved
- Lifetime releases trailer for Drew Peterson movie
- Congressional privilege
- Tribune will ask judge to reconsider order involving reporter’s notes
- Hamilton must adjust to Bulls
- Information about the Snowy Owl
- A little sweet with the savory
- Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei’s Bears mailbag
- Conte takes blame for breakdown on Broncos’ TD
- Latino aldermen press for ward remap deal
- Executive puts Metropolitan Tower penthouse on market
- Alderman wants to cut $2 parking tax hike at night
- The working equation: Move more, eat less
- Big Z ‘climbing mountains, running on beach’ to prepare for Cubs return
- Military, vets get home-buying help under state program
- Facing hefty fine, Barber plans to speak Thursday
- Protesters send CPS board members scurrying
- Bennett missing in action
- Thriving through touch
- When it comes to tax breaks for Broadway shows, Chicago is worth an incentive
- Cook County told to pay $7.6 million in hospital retaliation lawsuit
- Punish those overspending European leaders
- It’s official: Ex-Pistons star Hamilton signs with Bulls
- Illinois’ Mercilus, Notre Dame’s Te’o, Eifert earn All-America nods
- Juror had little to say
- Lightbank invests $1M in Belly digital loyalty firm
- Hanie, offense need to find groove
- Legal settlement to force completion of Deep Tunnel
- Grant to help City Colleges bridge skills gap
- American Airlines cuts flights at O’Hare
- Allegra Rosenberg is all plugged in, ready to Trock
- Peavy believes change at top good
- Teacher resigns after allegedly spraying Lysol in student’s face
- Local Voices, Dec. 14
- Misleading GOP
- O’Hare third in Facebook survey of online interaction
- Probation for former nurse charged with over-medicating patient
- Ask Tom why: Can you tell me when it was 80 below zero in Chicago?
- British PM risks isolation to protect financial services
- Lake County’s former chief judge faces DUI charge after all
- South Holland man gets 3 years for dog fighting
- Forte misses practice, but not ruled out for Seahawks game
- Cubs bid for Darvish
- Are Cameron Diaz and Diddy dating?
- Museums
- Thursday’s matchup: Texas Southern vs. Northwestern
- How we reported this story on tainted sports memorabilia
- Woman dies day after fire in her Wrightwood neighborhood home
- Phil English on wrestling | Loyola’s Cathery: Sports ‘saved me from being another statistic in Englewood’
- Anheuser-Busch’s push to keep control of distribution may leave it dry in Illinois
- Bulls will play exhibitions more like real games
- Giuliana Rancic ‘doing really well’ after double mastectomy
- Kids and veggies
- Knowing when to step in
- Police: Vehicle found in Chicago after apparently taken by missing Downstate boy
- Don’t make it a failgate
- Sparkling savings
- More doctors going the alternative route
- City toughens ban on synthetic pot
- Create your own ‘Top 10’ list
- Juror had little to say
- Caregivers get someone to take care of them
- Interest surges in online freelance jobs
- 5 great gifts for wordy types
- Chicago Live! 2011 year in review
- Prep Scoreboard
- Cops: Paroled robber rearrested for same crime
- Cops: Man slain in retaliatory killing on West Side
- No injuries in extra-alarm West Side fire
- Ex-northwest Indiana teacher arrested on sex charges
- Peña Nieto no tiene derecho a ser presidente de México: Carlos Fuentes
- El manifestante, la “persona del año” para la revista Time
- Vázquez Sounds lanzan ‘All I Want For Christmas is You’ (VIDEO)
- Benedicto XVI reitera su deseo de viajar a México y Cuba antes de Pascua 2012
- Panhandler who beat woman in South Loop arrested again
- Separan con éxito a siamesas tras 20 horas de operación en Chile (VIDEO)
- Chisme, chisme: Mónica Noguera, ¿de romance con Fher Olvera de Maná?
- Subastan en casi 1.6 mdd el contrato que dio origen a Apple
- ‘The Help’, favorita a los premios del Sindicato de Actores
- How we reported a story on sports memorabilia
- Cops: Man throws boiling water on urinating dog
- Chipotle, Applegate Farms and others tell Congress to curb antibiotics in meat production
- Está harto Mägo de Oz de Warner México
- Wait, is Tebow now a political-religious omen?
- Community Conversation: Homelessness
- Obama pone el fin simbólico a la guerra de Irak en ceremonia con soldados
- Crisis de eurozona amenaza economías de Gran Bretaña y Japón
- Carlos Zambrano dice trabajar duro para cuando vuelva a los Cubs
- Facebook lanza herramienta para informar conductas suicidas
- Printers Row Live: Sapphire
- Titulares del Mundo 12/15
- Surprises, snubs in Screen Actors Guild Awards TV noms
- Scott returns to Blackhawks’ lineup
- Subscribe button
- Golazo de Neymar lleva al Santos a la final del Mundial de Clubes
- Hoy en Chicago 12/14: heroína, metanfetaminas y marihuana en pizzería; profesor acusaciones sexuales; pordiosero violento
- Jennifer López se deshace de todo lo de Marc Anthony
- How we reported this story on tainted sports memorabilia
- Maryland Jockey Club unveils logo for 137th Preakness
- Julio César Chávez Jr: ‘No le tengo miedo a nadie’ (VIDEO)
- Fantasy football live chat: Week 15
- Breves del Deporte 12/14/11
- City Council approves $3.9 million to settle four police misconduct lawsuits
- Emanuel wants big fine increases for G8 protesters
- Multas más fuertes a manifestantes ante las cumbres del G8 y OTAN
- House Republicans want to roll back Illinois corporate income-tax hike
- Gift Theatre to premiere new Andrew Hinderaker play
- Photo Gallery: Screen Actors Guild nominations
- Holidays: They’re supposed to be fun
- The working equation: Move more, eat less
- Sacha Baron Cohen nos presenta ‘The Dictator’ (VIDEO)
- The real truth about those kitschy sayings
- Helping sick kids is easier if they can swallow pills
- How to get over an inappropriate crush
- Thriving through touch
- Searching for a lost son in spellbinding ‘Progress’; worthy ‘Opus’
- 20 años por transportar heroína a Chicago
- 2 charged with falsifying documents on voter application
- Five best money books of 2011
- Fashion books: From brain food to eye candy
- West Garfield Park sees 2 homicides in 13 hours
- Ho, ho, uh-oh: Suggestions to fix holiday overindulging
- Teen reads: Winter
- Retrofits planned for new CTA rail cars
- Dream home: Courtyard is heart of Glyndon home
- Teacher resigns after allegedly spraying Lysol in student’s face
- Texas woman gets 20 years for largest heroin seizure in Kane County history
- Cook County Board remembers Maggie Daley
- Legal settlement to force completion of Deep Tunnel
- Disabled parking abuse crackdown approved
- Alderman wants to cut $2 parking tax hike at night
- Allegra Rosenberg is all plugged in, ready to Trock
- El Dodge Dart resucitará en el Auto Show de Detroit 2012 (FOTOS)
- Military, vets get home-buying help under state program
- Constructora mexicana aumenta ventas en Brasil
- Will County retailers told to get ‘fake pot’ off shelves by Jan. 1
- Request to increase fines for resisting arrest and limit access to public property
- Request to tighten Chicago’s noise, events and public assembly ordinances
- RedEye’s Best TV Character Tournament: Round 2 results
- 2011 Sun pictures of the year
- Driver in fatal 2009 DUI crash facing more legal problems
- Woman dies day after fire in her Wrightwood neighborhood home
- Orlando informa a los Nets y a los Lakers que Howard ya no será traspasado
- Latino aldermen press for ward remap deal
- Los Clippers de Los Ángeles adquieren a Chris Paul y envían a Erik Gordon a Nueva Orleans
- Blockbuster to pay $2 million to settle discrimination suit
- Óscar de la Hoya: ‘El 2012 va a ser un año de grandes revanchas’ (VIDEO)
- Entrevista con Don King en la convención del CMB en Las Vegas (VIDEO)
- Finding the root of the problem with hair extensions
- Stent committee member faces accusations
- El CMB presenta la Copa Mundial de Boxeo
- Entrevista con Sergio ‘Maravilla’ Martínez en la convención del CMB en Las Vegas
- ‘Survivor’ recap: Episode 14
- Best games of 2011
- Autopsy: Homeless man died in part from cold exposure
- Blackhawks’ Bolland changes tune on Canucks’ Sedins
- Los Chicago Bulls anuncian el fichaje de ‘Rip’ Hamilton
- Prep Scoreboard