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- Chicago travel deals under $100
- President Obama returns to Chicago Jan. 11 to raise campaign cash
- Looking ahead to the fringe in early 2012
- Is coconut water a good hangover cure? Vote!
- Boys basketball | McDipper semifinal: Crete-Monee recovers in OT to top No. 4 Seton
- Best hangover ever?
- Aurora: Drinking water safe despite diesel spill
- Context matters
- Forgery scandal puts modern art in perspective
- Bulls wary of Kings’ offense
- Winter books preview: Radiant heat of words fights chill
- January is Buddy Guy time in the South Loop
- At least 4 questioned in CTA platform robbery
- Groupon reportedly closes deal for Silicon Valley startup
- Black Joe Lewis isn’t doing soul revival thing
- UFC heavyweight Lesnar back after surgery
- Push for charitable donations in full swing at year’s end
- NU losing streak now ‘monkey’ business
- $150,000 found in garden cultivates intrigue
- ComEd projects aim to improve reliability in suburbs
- How the 1 percent live, and give
- 37 McHenry College students receive scholarships
- Briggs: Bears don’t need wholesale changes
- Drink this!
- Classical Corner
- These resolutions will not be televised
- Libertyville exec devotes thousands of acres in North Woods to conservation
- Robber sexually assaults women in West Side store
- Boys basketball | Proviso West Tournament: Hinsdale Central, St. Joseph, H-F, Hillcrest earn victories
- Black member of the 1 percent has a different perspective
- Four Score: Our Bears-Minnesota predictions
- Irish TE Eifert eyes NFL decision “soon as I can”
- Estrogen helps nighttime hot flashes, not sleep
- Chicago is close to ending 2011 with fewer murders than last year, police say
- Man seriously wounded in Far South Side shooting
- Frank Sinatra, as filtered by Twyla Tharp and Las Vegas
- Taste of Park Ridge chairman arrested in gun case
- Boys basketball | Jack Tosh Holiday Classic: Second half De La Salle’s better half in win over Naperville North
- Chicago Sports Studs and Duds of 2011: Punk’d & Dunn’ked
- Chicago travel deals under $100
- Starting Jan. 1, backseat passengers have to wear seat belts too
- Urlacher misses 2nd straight practice with knee injury
- Boys basketball | Proviso West Tournament: Carter, No. 2 Proviso East handle Van Vleet, Rockford Auburn
- Boys basketball | Pontiac Tournament roundup: No. 3 Curie survives West Aurora, will face No. 5 Warren in semifinal
- Italy’s borrowing costs back off highs
- Taste of Chicago will be slimmed down — way down
- Visits for medical care pick up at end of year before new deductibles kick in
- Michel Hazanavicius: Master of silence makes film to match
- Taking better care of ball key for Illini
- Police: Man steals narcotics from Naperville pharmacy
- After 8 years, lost baby Jesus statue back home
- Interceptions doom Notre Dame
- Bird feeding takes a toll on the lawn
- ‘Just Go With It’ is Redbox’s most-rented film of 2011
- AARP Illinois leader says today’s retirees have more options, different lifestyles
- A hunk, a hunk of Elvis love with Tribute Artist Spectacular
- Free information flow
- Northbrook residents remember neighbor who died in barricade situation
- Airline accidents, deaths on pace for record low average
- Please be seated
- No NYE Plans? Try This.
- Relatives, friends mourn 2 teens killed in shooting at Englewood restaurant
- 3 charged in robbery of poker champ
- Former Bear Orton sues law firm over investments
- Voice of the People, Dec. 29
- Steelers QB Roethlisberger plans to play Sunday vs. Browns
- Kane back to center for Hawks
- Metra on move again after train hits unoccupied car in West Chicago
- Iowa in command at Midlands wrestling tourney
- Hawks’ rivalry with Wings built on respect
- Preview: Red Wings at Blackhawks
- Boys basketball | McDipper roundup: Thornton outlasts Rich East in overtime
- Glencoe reports jump in home break-ins
- House music DJs unite for NYE bash
- Michael Jordan gets engaged
- Video: Watch the Metrodome’s roof collapse, one year later
- Promises to the garden: Experts share their resolutions
- Off-duty Harvey cop charged with DUI
- Woman charged with neglect of 81-year-old father
- Winter jazz preview: Quick start to a lively season
- Estrogen helps nighttime hot flashes, not sleep
- Bird feeding takes a toll on the lawn
- There’s a hitch in the plan to get hitched
- 9 fears and how to beat them
- The day ahead in business
- A new place for the family to play
- Boys basketball | McDipper semifinal: Bloom tops Rich South to earn spot in final against Crete-Monee
- Best-sellers
- Roy Hargrove hits hard at the Jazz Showcase
- Man convicted in ’99 fatal DUI accused of drunk driving this week
- Step your way to the new year
- Excuse me, but Derrick Rose ‘is’ a role model
- Swinging in the New Year with jazz
- Big Head Todd feeling sentimental
- Boys basketball | Jack Tosh Holiday Classic: Conteh comes through in clutch as St. Ignatius upsets No. 12 Downers South
- Teens charged in CTA shooting
- Wilmette’s famous Bicentennial Ash tree on its way to becoming furniture
- Suspect questioned in Church’s Chicken shootings
- Problem Solver: Grave markers, base paid for, not delivered
- Let risk take root in garden
- Boys basketball | Jack Tosh Tournament roundup: Wheaton South escapes with one-point win against Palatine
- How not to fix the immigration system
- Chicago’s 2012 summer festival schedule
- Norman Reedus thanks fans for giving Daryl Dixon, ‘The Walking Dead,’ lots of love
- Police release phone numbers used in food delivery robberies
- Fired Christian school teacher pleads not guilty in sex case
- Talton’s career-high 21 leads UIC to victory
- Freezing rain hinders morning rush
- New Year’s Eve options
- Notre Dame nabs bowl-day commit from Russell
- Quenneville angry as Kings blank Hawks
- A new economy
- 11 displaced in Northwest Side fire
- End of the line for the Maricopa martinet?
- Iowa leads after 1st session at Midlands wrestling tourney
- Cardinal defends Klan comparison
- Danks officially secured for long term
- Derrick Rose is no role model
- President Obama returns to Chicago Jan. 11 to raise campaign cash
- Friday’s matchup: Bulls at L.A. Clippers
- Hamilton lauds new Clippers lineup
- Feds: Suburban man funneled $4.6 million in clients’ money to movie company, other businesses
- Dining trends
- Naperville smart meter foes may have plug pulled on referendum
- Loyola falls to Wright State, drops to 0-3 in Horizon
- Corrections & clarifications for Thursday, Dec. 29
- 9 fears and how to beat them
- Daniel Craig: ‘Tattoo’ comparisons don’t matter
- Boys basketball | Pontiac Tournament: No. 5 Warren too much for Joliet West to handle
- Sears lists 79 stores to close, none in Illinois
- Firefighter suffers minor injury in Far South Side residential fire
- Nachtmystium’s black metal music demands to be heard
- Prosecutors: $2 million bail for man in revenge slaying
- Rookie gaining confidence along with playing time
- On the Calendar
- Manhunt leads to 3 arrests after Waukegan man shot to death and Cadillac stolen
- Mu Sigma analytics firm raises $108 million in capital
- Idonije optimistic despite ‘rough year’
- Sen. Ben Nelson: How big an effect will his absence be?
- Briggs resends contract message, this time with levity
- Winter theater preview: Top 10 shows to watch for in early 2012
- Rock NYE with Hard Rock
- Pro Bowler Graham eager to play defense
- Week 17: Farmer’s NFL picks
- U.S. prepares criminal charges in BP oil spill
- Death of man struck by train leads to ‘bizarre’ civil case
- Hyman ‘Hy’ Roth, 1937-2011
- Man exposes himself to Oak Park teen
- Boys basketball | Proviso West Tournament: Boehm, Angel overcome Garrett, Morgan Park to advance to title game
- People you should know: Michael Simon, bar director at new restaurant Acadia
- Cops: Man charged with involuntary manslaughter didn’t know gun was loaded
- Paul Rodriguez can make you laugh at immigration, cultural differences
- Man critically wounded in North Austin shooting
- Danks’ 5-year deal now official
- New Year’s weekend full of music to get you moving, benefit others
- For some Bears, future on line Sunday
- There’s a hitch in the plan to get hitched
- Former Rangers pitcher Garcia killed in car accident
- Boy, 15, shot to death in Marquette Park: ‘This was a straight kid’
- Going green: 12 simple steps
- A soulful New Year’s Eve with the O’Jays
- Girls basketball | Hillcrest Holiday Classic roundup: Rich Central finally solves Homewood-Flossmoor
- Body found in Northbrook home barricade situation identified
- Tom Brady misses practice, injury reported
- Boys basketball spotlight’s on Stevenson’s Michael Fleming and Jalen Brunson
- Girls basketball | Hillcrest Holiday Classic final: Bolton helps No. 4 Marist top host Hillcrest for title
- Walgreens to cut costs to help offset Express Scripts loss
- Ask Tom why: What is the latest arrival of Chicago’s first single-digit temperature of the season?
- Mild Chicago winter makes the coming months seem easier to take
- Pick of the week
- Kane back at center for Blackhawks
- Clean-up under way for major diesel spill in Fox River
- Winter dance preview: Leaping into the spotlight this season
- Let risk take root in garden
- Promises to the garden: Experts share their resolutions
- Winter books preview: Radiant heat of words fights chill
- Pictures: What’s in Store in Fells Point
- Man critically wounded in North Austin shooting
- Futsal en la liga Midway de Chicago
- Jefe de campaña de Bachmann en Iowa se cambia al bando de Paul
- Freezing rain hinders morning rush
- Titulares del Mundo 12/30
- 11 displaced in Northwest Side fire
- Lucero le juega una broma a Jaime Camil (VIDEO)
- Man seriously wounded in Far South Side shooting
- Chisme, chisme: Encuentran herido al cantante Manny Manuel
- Off-duty Harvey cop charged with DUI
- Cops: Man charged with involuntary manslaughter didn’t know gun was loaded
- President Obama returns to Chicago Jan. 11 to raise campaign cash
- El CMB le dice a Chávez Jr. que se está saltando las reglas
- Boy, 15, shot to death in Marquette Park: ‘This was a straight kid’
- Pictures: 5 ways to freshen your home for 2012
- Kane back at center for Blackhawks
- 10 rock shows to see this winter
- Feds: Suburban man funneled $4.6 million in clients’ money to movie company, other businesses
- New Year’s Eve 2012: Baltimore restaurants preparing for Y2K+12
- Prosecutors: $2 million bail for man in revenge slaying
- Michael Jordan se casará con Yvette Prieto
- Jaws ride at Universal Studios, through the years
- Excuse me, but Derrick Rose ‘is’ a role model
- Deadly car jacking in Waukegan
- Robber sexually assaults women in West Side store
- Manhunt leads to 3 arrests after Waukegan man shot to death and Cadillac stolen
- Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African-Americans