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- Put your money where the biggest energy savings are
- Now is the time for Obama to engage North Korea
- Northwest Side alderman signs off on Latino group’s charter school
- Republican challenger to Rep. Joe Walsh won’t run in primary
- Five on Five: Friday’s questions for you
- Four UCLA players ruled out of bowl vs. Illinois
- Thursday’s matchup: Illinois vs. Missouri
- Colleen Kane on girls basketball blog | Lincoln-Way East’s McMahon on the rebound
- What it takes to get on reality home shows
- Bears ready to support new starting QB McCown
- Back pay for state education workers will be negotiated next month
- See the billionaire – then be the billionaire
- Ask Tom Why
- NU’s NCAA tourney stock rising
- New Year’s Day brunches
- Boys basketball | Elgin Holiday Tournament semifinal: Brown helps Elgin get by Neuqua Valley
- Best of Chicago’s fringe theater scene in 2011
- Busy holiday season seen at airports, roads
- Sex crime cases
- …Baby one more time!
- Second life for 240-year-old home
- Services today for 3 of 5 victims in murder-suicide
- Illini traditions
- NIU sacks leader Progar suspended for bowl
- Now is the time for Obama to engage North Korea
- Watchdogging the charity watchdogs
- Boys basketball | Stimage’s 6 3-pointers help Farragut rout No. 13 Crane
- Santa, Chicago sports teams need your help
- Notre Dame to induct Dantley into Ring of Honor
- Fashion alert on medical bracelets
- Clifford C. ‘Dink’ Cornell, 1924-2011
- Reader Q&A: K.C. Johnson’s Bulls mailbag
- Optimism about Hamilton reigns
- Class war
- The charm of holiday airline travel
- Campoli extols time with Hawks
- Future on line for Jennings
- Cab conditions
- Congress’ work
- Vote: Are scoreboard proposals romantic or cheesy?
- Matt Damon redeems corny ‘We Bought A Zoo’ — 2 1/2 stars
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011
- Gift books soaked in beer
- Crawford comes back with victory
- Rose on new deal: ‘Mom, we finally made it’
- Man seriously wounded in Far South Side shooting
- McCown gets call to start vs. Packers
- Donors save Christmas for Toys for Tots Chicagoland
- Walgreens to Express Scripts: ‘We’re moving on’
- Home sales rise in state, city but prices still lag
- Phil English on wrestling | Providence’s Klimara eyes fourth title at Dvorak
- The way to success
- Where are they now?
- Countrywide bias deal affects 15,000 in Illinois
- Prisoners of love: Marrying an inmate brings challenges
- Additive claims to be the boss of sugar, benefiting diabetics
- Illini’s Henry likely back for bowl
- Four Score: Our Bears-Green Bay predictions
- School’s canceled math club causes a divide
- Judge rejects bid to block toll hike
- Steppenwolf publicist exits
- Gracie good as gold?
- Sweet potato rolls
- Firefighter, another person hurt in extra-alarm fire on Southwest Side
- Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei’s Bears mailbag
- See the billionaire – then be the billionaire
- The night before Bullsmas
- Police: Apparent slaying of Aurora woman not a random attack
- Ron Paul’s naive promises
- Johnson ready to do ‘little stuff’ for Sveum
- Group teaches interfaith families Jewish traditions
- The American Girl way
- American Girl: Research and development
- Props, y’all
- 7 people you meet at house parties
- Would you buy a murder house?
- Acadia opens today in South Loop
- Sample Video
- Extra-alarm fire spreads to 3 homes in Berwyn
- How an Illinois tycoon built Canada’s railroads
- Settlement announced over Countrywide loans
- Cops: Man passes fake $10 bill to valet at Ontourage
- 1 Halsted Street bridge reopening and 1 closing, city says
- Rose’s mega-contract a winner for everyone
- Make traditional pandoro Christmas cake
- Upside for Cubs in potential trade of Marshall for Reds’ Wood
- Angelo on Bears’ collapse: ‘We imploded in some cases’
- Advisory: Fog to stick around until late morning
- Man suspected as serial burglar arrested
- Dave Bolland: Anatomy of a shorthanded goal
- Naperville pays charity for $148,000 mistake
- Voice of the People, Dec. 21
- Doggone it: Colorful coach replaced by banker
- Hawks put Carcillo on injured list, recall Pirri
- Winter solstice–with more daylight hours–arrives tonight
- Local Voices, Dec. 21
- Pet food pantry to open
- Weird work stories from 2011
- Thursday’s matchup: Northwestern at Creighton
- MacArthur Foundation looking for new genius grant director
- Ex-Bear Gault helped pull a fast one on investors, SEC charges
- What it takes to get on reality home shows
- Travel & Adventure Show returns to Chicago
- Second life for 240-year-old home
- Prosecutors taking action against owner of building where 2 firefighters died
- Former furniture merchant still savors Bears costly (for him) shutout of Packers
- GOP failures
- Sharks’ Havlat out up to 8 weeks with torn tendon
- Ex-con pleads innocent in slaying of Indian Head Park girl
- Evanston cops: Woman charged with DUI had three kids in car
- Talks continue on sale of Sun-Times
- Thursday’s matchup: Loyola at Canisius
- Hugging-averse woman needs the ‘sidewinder’
- A toast to your health
- Sun-Times sale expected to be announced Wednesday
- Family member: Internet photo of bound child was ‘joke’
- Recipes, advice to keep the romance simmering
- Photo project to shine light on Englewood
- Boys basketball | Elgin Holiday Tournament semifinal: La Lumiere advances to final with victory over Batavia
- Northwest Side alderman signs off on Latino group’s charter school
- Baby clings to life
- Man dies after robbery on West Side
- Dad charged after posting photo of bound, gagged child was ‘only joking’
- Memorial Field lights pass 1st hurdle
- Cab conditions
- ‘Top Chef: Texas’ episode 8 recap
- Naperville to annex land meant for mosque
- Sara Lee expanding meat facility in Missouri
- Hugging-averse woman needs the ‘sidewinder’
- Smith: Bears not using injuries as excuse
- From Baghdad to Occupy Chicago, troubled Iraq vet found new mission in protest movement
- Head case: Hawks’ Bolland plays role of agitator perfectly
- U. of C. team unwraps mystery of little-known brain disease
- Where to get help for substance abuse
- Say yes to these wine pairings
- Missouri strong test for Illinois
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois gets engaged
- Meet 3 who turn a cause into a career
- Time for tender lovin’
- Bears behind curve with tight ends
- Homeward bound
- Red kettles too empty, Salvation Army says
- North Chicago police confronted with controversial accusations
- Wrigleyville bomb suspect to plead guilty
- Mom, daughter give birth 6 hours apart
- Cubs nearing deal to send Marshall to Reds
- Danks agrees to 5-year, $65 million deal with Sox
- Travel & Adventure Show returns to Chicago
- Holiday ritual turns friends into family
- Surgery helps Indiana man
- Silent night, lonely night
- Small fire on 9th floor of Near North Side high-rise
- Put your money where the biggest energy savings are
- Rose sets sights on championship
- Charities that get top ratings
- Punk rocks
- Merriam Webster’s word of the year
- Music to go the extra mile
- Republican challenger to Rep. Joe Walsh won’t run in primary
- Congress eyes Fannie, Freddie funds for Treasury
- Melman-Rancic restaurant will be called RPM Italian
- ChicagoQuest charter school turns learning into a game
- Ways to keep remodeling costs, and frustration, down
- Music to go the extra mile
- Merriam Webster’s word of the year
- Fashion alert on medical bracelets
- Additive claims to be the boss of sugar, benefiting diabetics
- Sun-Times sold to group of local investors
- Say what, Dave?
- Suspect in child sex case commits suicide
- FAA issues new rules on pilot fatigue
- Economic blame
- Notable debut for Hamilton
- Bears turn to McCown
- The day ahead in business
- William H. Schroeder, 1929-2011
- Tice still expecting big things from Carimi
- ‘The Artist’ is artful in the way it wins you over — 3 1/2 stars
- Hundreds of power plants faced with tough new mercury rules
- United Continental to continue to make headlines in 2012
- Navigating an impossible distance
- DUI charge for woman who hit dozen cars, hospital building
- Voters to decide whether to build new school in Evanston
- ‘Rip’ and read: The Bulls just got so much better
- Watchdog questions Cook County highway workers’ debris dumping
- Ways to keep remodeling costs, and frustration, down
- Trade for Reds’ Wood could be winner for Cubs
- Tips on charitable giving
- Discussions of God
- Are you there, God particle?
- Girls basketball | Spotlight’s on Homewood-Flossmoor’s Charnelle Reed
- Hanover Park woman pleads not guilty in newborn’s killing
- Crackerjack bites
- Prosecutors going after building owner in fatal Chicago fire
- Low-fat chocolate cake
- Kind concern
- ‘Songs of Good Cheer’ entries evoke love — and laughter
- Wilson Bethel’s picks for ‘3 songs I love’
- 5th person on bridge identified
- Latin Kings enforcer receives 35-year prison sentence
- Sports figures that are made for Saturday night
- Merriam Webster’s word of the year
- See the billionaire – then be the billionaire
- Watchdogging the charity watchdogs
- ‘Tis the season for losing your balance
- Prep Scoreboard
- Advisory: Fog to stick around until late morning
- North Chicago police confronted with controversial accusations
- DUI charge for woman who hit dozen cars, hospital building
- Pictures: Maryland’s arts community In Memoriam 2011
- On The Town: 10 things to do over the holidays
- Services today for 3 of 5 victims in murder-suicide
- Vinculan a Victoria’s Secret con maltrato infantil
- Jesús Navarro de Reik, borracho en concierto (VIDEO)
- Mariano Rajoy jura como el nuevo presidente del Gobierno español
- ‘Rip’ and read: The Bulls just got so much better
- Extra-alarm fire spreads to 3 homes in Berwyn
- El heredero, su tío y el Ejército compartirán poderes en Corea del Norte
- Pictures: Baltimore’s top 10 New Year’s Eve 2011 events
- Filipinas empieza la reconstrucción y a enterrar a sus muertos
- Extra-alarm fire in Berwyn
- La gobernadora de Nuevo México, posible candidata a la vicepresidencia
- Las reservas de petróleo de EEUU bajaron en un 10.6 millones de barriles
- Acadia opens today in South Loop
- Fantasy football live chat: Week 16
- Peligra futuro de Joe Arpaio por demandas e investigaciones
- Latinoamérica, segunda región más mortífera para periodistas en 2011
- Music to go the extra mile
- Fashion alert on medical bracelets
- Additive claims to be the boss of sugar, benefiting diabetics
- Best of Chicago’s fringe theater scene in 2011
- Derrik Rose sobre su millonaria renovación: ‘Mami, finalmente lo hemos conseguido’
- Watch ‘Spartacus: Vengeance’ long-form trailer
- David Beckham será jugador del PSG a partir de enero
- Hanover Park woman pleads not guilty in newborn’s killing
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. es condenado a 90 días en prision
- Pasará más tiempo en la cárcel el hijo de Michael Douglas
- Settlement announced over Countrywide loans
- Melman-Rancic restaurant will be called RPM Italian
- Johnson ready to do ‘little stuff’ for Sveum
- Head case: Hawks’ Bolland plays role of agitator perfectly
- Dave Bolland: Anatomy of a shorthanded goal
- Despiden a editora por comentarios racistas sobre Rihanna
- Breves del deporte del 21 de diciembre de 2011
- Ex-con pleads innocent in slaying of Indian Head Park girl
- Dad charged after posting photo of bound, gagged child was ‘only joking’
- Bibi Gaytán y Eduardo Capetillo protagonizarán telenovela con Azteca América
- Kobe Bryant se desgarró un ligamento en la muñeca derecha
- El villancico de La Roja felicitando las navidades (VIDEO)
- Medical alert bracelets
- The charm of holiday airline travel
- Wilson Bethel’s picks for ‘3 songs I love’
- Republican challenger to Rep. Joe Walsh won’t run in primary
- Steppenwolf publicist exits
- Busy holiday season seen at airports, roads
- Northwest Side alderman signs off on Latino group’s charter school
- Magic vs. Heat in preseason game at Amway
- Man dies after robbery on West Side
- Watchdog questions Cook County highway workers’ debris dumping
- Police: Apparent slaying of Aurora woman not a random attack
- Man suspected as serial burglar arrested
- Reader Q&A: K.C. Johnson’s Bulls mailbag
- Suspect in child sex case commits suicide
- Mom, daughter give birth 6 hours apart
- Sunday’s best of 2011