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- Teen shot, seriously injured in Brighton Park neighborhood
- Chicago’s top five parties of 2011
- How to pick an orthodontist
- Can you keep a secret? It may be just what you need to lose weight
- There’s time to exercise
- 6,000 women a day hit menopause
- Winter in Paris for about $1,000 per person on 6-day Virgin Vacations package
- Affinia Chicago offers cool room deal for 2012 Snow Days
- Chicago State student collapses on basketball court, dies
- Girls basketball | Dundee-Crown Charger Classic: Lyon the truth as New Trier tops Fenwick
- It’s almost NYE: Time to dump your seasonal boyfriend?
- 1 green way to get rid of Chicago Christmas trees
- Schools, police vigilant in face of study that points to lower-than-expected sexting problem
- Holiday lesson
- Expectations high for Clippers, Del Negro
- Keep New Year’s resolutions simple, achievable
- How to pick an orthodontist
- Joke legislation
- West Coast flights on sale for $99 from Chicago
- Add Toub to Bears to-do list
- “Locked On” by Tom Clancy
- No. 16 Michigan St. hands No. 13 Indiana 1st loss of season
- Sears holiday crisis spurs store-closing plan
- Focus: Small business
- The Rose era: Bulls superstar doesn’t feel pressure, just wants to win
- Rolling Meadows teen’s killing in Mexico sends dread through Mexican community
- Primary season is no time to think fast
- Oak Park police arrest suspect in church burglaries
- Burglary victims find clue on Facebook
- Running aground
- Ascension deal for Alexian Brothers to close Sunday
- Herbert Nipson, 1916-2011
- Johnsburg parents raised alarms about coach before his sex abuse conviction
- Mayor hopes to renew Ford Heights by raffling off its homes
- Robber hits TCF bank in Wheaton grocery store
- Boys basketball | Wheeling Hardwood Classic: Brunson, Fleming lead No. 15 Stevenson past Prospect
- Social media giving birth to new generation of parents-to-be
- 6 questions to ask before plastic surgery
- Chicago’s 2011 was all wet
- Doctor titles: What’s the difference?
- Purdue beats Iowa 79-76 in Big Ten opener
- Cicero settles fired employee’s lawsuit
- Palatine motorist killed by train
- Patients’ plastic surgery research shouldn’t be skin-deep, experts warn
- Too little, too late
- Breast-feeding mothers stage ‘nurse-in’ at Target
- GOP elite divided against itself
- WeFarm America co-founder creates fertile ground for organic gardens, ideas
- Car crash didn’t kill Aurora girl, coroner says
- A year of comings and goings on TV
- Boys basketball | Wheeling Hardwood Classic roundup: Stephens’ 3 at buzzer gives Notre Dame victory against Lake Park
- Ask Tom why: Has Chicago ever had a winter in which no single snowfall exceeded 1 inch?
- Three homes burglarized in Glencoe
- Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei’s Bears mailbag
- Trinity Health to buy Mercy Hospital
- Duckworth in race to face tea party favorite Walsh
- Girls basketball | Suburban Holiday Showcase final: No. 5 Trinity topples Proviso East’s junior varsity team after scheduling snafu
- Roy Williams wants to return: ‘I feel like I made plays’
- Boys basketball | Wheeling Roundball Classic: Naperville Central bounces back to hand St. Viator first loss
- Cafeteria worker plays Santa for hospitalized children
- New outages in Verizon 4G data service reported
- Boys basketball | Pontiac Tournament: Joliet West overcomes sloppy play to top Waukegan
- Last word in resolutions
- New Year’s, party of 2
- Activists question city’s plan for mental health centers
- Girls basketball | Dundee-Crown Charger Classic: Bartlett’s Conniff up to the task against Fremd
- 2 double homicides in 2 days in Chicago
- Boys basketball | Proviso West roundup: Morgan Park in semifinals, St. Joe’s Reggie Johnson scores 31
- Armed robber holds up gas station in Woodstock
- Can you keep a secret? It may be just what you need to lose weight
- Former Schaumburg Christian School teacher pleads not guilty to fondling himself in class
- There’s time to exercise
- Girls basketball | Suburban Holiday Showcase roundup: Loyola holds Loyd, Niles West in check for third place
- What’s in a year?
- Thursday’s matchup: Bulls at Kings
- ‘Swing’ voters are still partisan
- NHTSA probes corrosion in older GM, Ford vans
- Man charged after gas station shooting
- 6,000 women a day hit menopause
- Police ‘at mercy of tips’ in missing Aurora boy case
- Can Irish take advantage of Florida State’s O-line?
- Chicagoan shooting for $50K in beer pong tourney
- Is this the twilight of blues music?
- Relatives, friends mourn 2 teens killed in shooting at Englewood restaurant
- Bears’ Edwin Williams gets 2-year contract extension
- Consumers making the switch
- The clash: Is it fun or annoying when people sing along at concerts?
- Bulls’ Rose vows to be more aggressive
- Doctor titles: What’s the difference?
- Activists question city’s plan for mental health centers
- Affinia Chicago offers cool room deal for 2012 Snow Days
- Skip the gym? You’ll pay a penalty
- West Coast flights on sale for $99 from Chicago
- When a loved one needs to change, nagging just won’t work
- Medical screenings: Time is of the essence
- Mercury regulations
- Boys basketball | Proviso West Tournament: No. 13 New Trier finds rhythm against No. 16 Homewood-Flossmoor
- Urlacher sits out practice while nursing knee injury
- The day ahead in business
- Thursday’s matchup: Detroit at UIC
- After Illinois tax break, lawmakers eye Sears’ planned closings
- Five on Five: Friday’s questions for you
- Police: Wanted Elgin man threatened police before death
- Vegan pancakes
- Medical screenings: Time is of the essence
- Car theft leads to two arrests, charges in several crimes
- Data analytics firm Mu Sigma raises $108 million
- Despite a high-profile flop, production chugging along
- Raising young risk-takers
- Smith snaps at question about Martz’s future
- Cardinal defends comparing gay parade organizers to Ku Klux Klan
- Historic Wilmette tree to become lobby furniture
- Champs Sports Bowl matchup: Notre Dame vs. Florida State
- Health events in the Chicago area
- Skokie Theatre to shut its doors after New Year’s Eve
- Kane in for Blackhawks vs. Kings; Kruger, Carcillo out
- Garza gets Pro Bowl alternate honor
- Chicago sued by widow of man who hanged himself in police custody
- Shopping isn’t a contact sport
- The attitude of gratitude
- Boys basketball | Pontiac Tournament roundup: No. 1 Simeon picks up easy victory against Bloomington
- 1 killed, 3 wounded in separate shootings in Chicago
- Bill Maher’s Tebow tweet prompts calls for HBO boycott
- Big Ten, Pac-12 form new alliance
- Adventurous times for classical music lovers
- Sizzling holiday kickoff
- Online lottery sales could click by spring
- Te’o symbol of Irish coming together
- No. 2 Ohio State beats Northwestern 87-54
- Taste of Chicago shortened to 5 days
- ‘The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel’ by Nelson George
- Hotel complex near McCormick Place thwarted
- Ex-St. Rita star Fleming eyes Notre Dame finale
- Smith snaps at question about Martz’s future
- Cops: 2 juveniles charged in CTA platform shooting
- Greatest hits: A look back at the year in mixed martial arts
- Urlacher happy Tillman made Pro Bowl
- What 2011 in rock teaches us about the future
- From coach to sex offender
- Outlook: Markets — Investors should brace themselves for another bumpy year, strategists predict
- Maijean to close after New Year’s Eve
- Garden of delights in Evanston
- Shoplifting brother steals family’s security
- Thursday’s matchup: Wright State at Loyola
- Small fire at Wrigley Field
- Phil English on wrestling blog | The going about to get tougher for some area teams
- Daryl Dixon voted RedEye’s Best TV Character 2011
- When a loved one needs to change, nagging just won’t work
- 2 men shot inside van in Back of the Yards neighborhood
- Iowa expected to resume Midlands dominance
- Boozer professes no worries about offense
- Winter in Paris for about $1,000 per person on 6-day Virgin Vacations package
- Seven shot at Englewood restaurant
- Titans’ Munchak: No interest in Penn State job
- Successfully remade ‘Addams Family’ adds the charm missing from Broadway version
- Schools not using space, study finds
- Veteran’s claims of awards, service do not withstand scrutiny
- Taste of Park Ridge chairman arrested after federal search
- Notre Dame names Floyd captain for bowl game
- Blizzard babies, minicelebrities of 2011
- Skip the gym? You’ll pay a penalty
- Angelo: McCown in picture for No. 2 QB job
- Vikings QB Ponder set to start vs. Bears
- Voice of the People, Dec. 28
- Boys basketball | Proviso West Tournament: Van Vleet, Rockford Auburn stop Hillcrest
- Tillman grateful to finally get Pro Bowl nod
- Girls basketball | Dundee-Crown roundup: Mother McAuley, Naperville Central in consolation final
- Local Voices, Dec. 28
- Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man on Southeast Side
- Chicago’s top five parties of 2011
- Protect voter ID laws
- Last word in resolutions
- Raising young risk-takers
- Shoplifting brother steals family’s security
- Social media giving birth to new generation of parents-to-be
- 6,000 women a day hit menopause
- The clash: Is it fun or annoying when people sing along at concerts?
- Last word in resolutions
- Social media giving birth to new generation of parents-to-be
- 5 ways to spend gift cards wisely
- Chicago State student collapses on basketball court, dies
- 2 men shot inside van in Back of the Yards neighborhood
- Midnight Sun’s 25 most popular posts of 2011: U2, Natty Boh, All Good Festival, Virgin Mobile FreeFest
- Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man on Southeast Side
- Calderón envía mensaje solidario a Cristina Fernández en Twitter
- Kim Jong Il recibe su último adiós en las calles de Pyongyang
- Titulares del Mundo 12/30
- Ventas de los minoristas de EEUU aumentaron el 4.5% semana previa a Navidad
- Armed robber holds up gas station in Woodstock
- Portada de Taylor Lautner diciendo que es gay, es falsa: People
- Develan póster de los Oscar 2012
- Murió Chita, inolvidable acompañante de Tarzán (VIDEO)
- Falleció el poeta y editor colombiano Nicanor Vélez
- Alguien en EEUU es 208 millones de dólares más rico
- “Locked On” by Tom Clancy
- Kane in for Blackhawks vs. Kings; Kruger, Carcillo out
- Chisme, chisme: Final de ‘La fuerza del destino’, batió récords
- J.J. Barea: ‘Le he aconsejado a Ricky Rubio que tenga paciencia y trabaje muy duro’
- Successfully remade ‘Addams Family’ adds the charm missing from Broadway version
- Skip the gym? You’ll pay a penalty
- Chicago sued by widow of man who hanged himself in police custody
- How to pick an orthodontist
- When a loved one needs to change, nagging just won’t work
- Can you keep a secret? It may be just what you need to lose weight
- Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
- Doctor titles: What’s the difference?
- Chávez Jr. va contra ‘El Veneno’ Rubio y podría ser despojado de su cinturón
- There’s time to exercise
- Medical screenings: Time is of the essence
- There’s enough time in the day to workout.
- Taste of Chicago shortened to 5 days
- Mushrooms: A diet must-have
- El Audi A1 tendrá tracción integral
- Maryland gets $28.3 million health performance bonus
- Chicago entre las cuatro ciudades donde más ha caído el precio de la vivienda en EEUU
- ‘The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel’ by Nelson George
- Río de Janeiro espera tres millones de turistas esta temporada
- Lady Gaga protagonizará la llegada de 2012 en Times Square
- ‘The Construction Crew’ by Lynn Meltzer
- El presidente de la OMB garantiza la cuarta pelea entre Pacquiao y Márquez
- ‘A House in the Woods’ by Inga Moore
- Chávez sugiere que EEUU es el responsable de ‘pegarle’ el cáncer a líderes sudamericanos (VIDEO)
- ‘Pip and Posy: The Little Puddle’ by Axel Scheffler
- State panel urges tighter oversight of stent procedures
- St. Joseph Medical Center’s future unclear
- Too little, too late
- The departed in 2011
- What to watch for in 2012
- 1 killed, 3 wounded in separate shootings in Chicago
- The Frugal Traveler: Get more bang for your buck in the Bahamas
- Relatives, friends mourn 2 teens killed in shooting at Englewood restaurant