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- Ereck Plancher trial: Jury finds UCFAA negligent in Plancher’s death
- 4 arrested in Villa Park shooting
- Get serious about debt ceiling
- Clematis can take garden to new heights
- 4 reasons to get busy outdoors
- FEC dismisses complaint against suburban congressman
- Arugula tops a quick tartine
- Penalty cut for Notre Dame in videographer’s death
- Law protecting elderly from financial abuse takes effect today
- Gamer ruling a win for violence
- Dogs chase cat burglar from Wilmette home
- Where to see the sparkles for the 4th of July
- Fire at Chivas USA
- Raterink takes charge for Rush
- Dating stories, good & bad
- Cubs’ Ramirez not worried about future
- What are Illinois’ five favorite farmers markets?
- Bartlett resident guilty of insurance fraud for fabricating husband’s death
- Bringing the Blues Brothers from England
- Fulks honest, unpredictable
- Plan for Navy Pier’s massive redo is hazy about funding
- Rahm better send Daley and Burke to driver’s ed
- Pick of the week
- Emanuel appoints residency challenge lawyer to port authority board
- Dating stories, good & bad
- Board’s maintenance rule may need fixing
- Solve roof leak headaches
- Treasurer suspends employee one week for Bright Start mistake
- 16 homes in Beecher to go on auction block
- Advocate Health Care in deal with large Midwest Heart group
- Emanuel floats big dreams for Chicago River
- The incomparable Emerson String Quartet
- Heat advisory canceled for Cook, collar counties
- Employee morale ebbs along with workforce
- Corrections & clarifications for Friday, July 1, 2011
- Eddie Vedder performs at Murphy’s Bleachers open mic night
- CDW CEO John Edwardson to step down this year
- Q&A with Rex Huppke about his Q&A workplace column, “I Just Work Here”
- Dad goes visiting while his family is away
- 2 struck by wrong-way vehicle on Michigan Avenue
- Loyola University finalizes sale to Trinity Health
- ESPN’s ‘lowball’ offer triggered Big Ten expansion
- Obama’s leadership
- Belle and Mr. Beast save an otherwise hairy production
- Housing market has wide effect on state economy
- Sky’s the limit for sound cloud movement
- Triple the fun for Pierre, Sox
- Tollway has 5 projects that could ease congestion
- Budget expert chosen to replace the late state Rep. Mark Beaubien
- Creating a backyard getaway
- David Manilow’s drive
- From tying knots to high-tech battle simulators: Great Lakes training evolves with the times
- Bystanders detain purse snatcher
- Emanuel appoints residency challenge lawyer to port authority board
- Soca’s Montano doing it again
- Unusual warrior takes unlikely path — to peace
- Man found shot to death in van on West Side
- ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ is 35
- Logano wins at Daytona after Danica flirts with lead
- Interview: WWE’s John Cena excited about match with ‘suspended’ CM Punk in Chicago
- Judge keeps prosecutors on Bianchi case
- Kindness on the CTA
- How many bathrooms do you need?
- Ask Tom why: What is the difference between heat lightning and storm lightning?
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- Redeemed by a rock opera
- No Dunn in Sox lineup vs. Cubs
- Making the most of rebates
- Grab-‘n’-go breakfast
- Park District trucks running on greasy calories
- Pierre under fire, but he’s underrated
- Ticket Booth
- Google: Chicagoans search for ‘hot dogs’ 58 percent higher than national average
- Con man has eye for a sweet ride, officials say
- ‘Page One’: Episodic film about NYT could have used an editor
- Romney on Obama’s ‘worse’ economy
- HP TouchPad tablet launches to mixed reviews
- Friday @ 5: A cocktail to kick off the weekend
- No bail for man accused of killing 18-month-old
- Video doesn’t lie
- Storm-shattered Garfield Park Conservatory closed indefinitely
- The rise of Hispanic homebuyers
- Stars, stripes and stories
- 4 charged in Naperville home invasion
- Cirque bugs out extravagantly with ‘Ovo’
- Thieves take animal shelter’s air conditioning units
- Getting deep inside Motley Crue
- Cubs’ Zambrano to disabled list; Wood activated
- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner confident of debt-ceiling increase
- Builders pin hopes on move-up market
- Dad goes visiting while his family is away
- Stepfamily solutions
- Contractor’s view from both sides of the fence
- Great Lakes history marked by growth and retreat
- Tammy Duckworth making calls about suburban congressional run
- Spin with Frankie Knuckles during Friday lunch hour
- Illinois death penalty ban kicks in
- Memory of slain officer ‘still lives on’ after a decade
- Unions less necessary now
- Viciedo named to International League All-Star game
- Watson misses cut, blames distracting French fans
- Car falls on top of another in West Loop parking garage
- 16 homes in Beecher to go on auction block
- Calf hauler stopped from selling calves with illegal levels of antibiotics
- A July Fourth reading list
- Work wardrobes that won’t break the bank
- New grit for Blackhawks
- Gomez graduates to big screen
- Soto back in Cubs’ lineup in 8-hole after game-winning HR
- ‘Shocked’ family learns man arrested in 1957 slaying of Sycamore girl
- Here’s the pitch from Wilfred Santiago
- Bruney bolstering bridge in Sox’s bullpen
- Kelsey Grammer, the Boss of Chicago
- July 1, 2011: ESPN’s lowball offer triggered Big Ten expansion
- The rise of Hispanic homebuyers
- Tammy Duckworth making calls about suburban congressional run
- My back! Cubs’ Zambrano nearly nailed by foul ball
- Navy Pier renovation facts
- Treasury approves Mercy Housing loan mod program
- Riggleman calls dispute ‘unsettling’
- Stepfamily solutions
- In July, TouchPad brings something new to tablets
- A marriage unraveled
- Buehrle prefers keeping Cubs-Sox series in current format
- Danks passes first test in recovery from oblique strain
- The art of dance shouldn’t be ignored
- Ex-Bear takes loss on Grayslake home
- Budget expert chosen to replace the late state Rep. Mark Beaubien
- FEC dismisses complaint against suburban congressman
- Piet Oudolf: Plantsman for all seasons
- Japan, England prevail
- Rostenkowski’s downfall charted in newly released FBI files
- Ex-Sox pitcher Loaiza honored with Las Vegas star
- ‘Fast and Furious’ stunts leave one in critical condition
- Refreshing Navy Pier
- Agreement: Notre Dame to improve handling of sex assault cases
- Contractor’s view from both sides of the fence
- NBA locks out players from team websites, too
- Sox’s pitching makes strides in June
- Setting off holiday fireworks – in jazz
- Riggleman calls dispute ‘unsettling
- Cubs ‘protect’ Zambrano, put him on DL
- How to clean a bathroom
- Strauss-Kahn prosecutors said to agree to release
- Enforce street safety
- Chicago’s big shots in buyouts sector weigh in on private-equity climate
- $29.5M Lotto ticket sold in Tinley Park
- Sox bullpen on roll
- True reform needs willing pols
- On the Calendar
- Timing not right for U.S. in 2020
- Guitarist Larry Coryell ranges freely at the Jazz Showcase
- Chasing dogs chasing birds
- Builders pin hopes on move-up market
- Donald Edward Jiskra Sr. 1931-2011
- Cook County pulls plug on Project Shield
- Ex-Joliet fire chief to be paroled from prison
- Wells’ failure points to larger problem for Cubs
- Convict charged with 20-year-old robbery
- Journey into heart of darkness
- Cartoon caption contest winners
- Quinn cuts $376 million from state budget
- Notre Dame agrees to $42,000 fine in student’s death
- “Maine” by J. Courtney Sullivan
- The Flaming Lips: It’s hard work being weird
- Airlines get OK to use biofuels in airplanes
- Employee morale ebbs along with workforce
- How to clean a bathroom
- Making the most of rebates
- Helping your fridge keep its cool
- Adding children on title raises tax questions
- Creating a backyard getaway
- Emanuel offers $20 million in cost savings as union wrangling continues
- Work wardrobes that won’t break the bank
- Clematis can take garden to new heights
- Quinn: No raises for 30,000 state workers
- Embattled scout details relationship with Oregon, Kelly
- Google in preliminary talks to buy Hulu
- Adding children on title raises tax questions
- Chicago woman accused of donning nun outfit in bank takeover, robbery
- What Chicago can learn from Toronto
- ‘The Wiz’ delivers a funkified Oz
- Doggone Birds
- Helping your fridge keep its cool
- Solve roof leak headaches
- Training history teachers
- Top rock shows
- Eagles’ Vick signs multiyear deal with Nike
- Power outages, damaged police cars in wake of storm
- Death penalty dies in Illinois as of today
- Williams Bay lakefront filled with music
- Shelf life
- Supreme Court’s continuing defense of the powerful
- Love-Hate for Monday, July 4th, 2011
- Nurses reject union at Resurrection
- Update skill set between jobs
- Braced-lets: Fun summer accessory will remind you of something else
- Prosecutors to repay Conrad Black $5.5M
- Things to know about Nebraska
- This is a recording: Guillen repeats status of Viciedo, faith in Pierre
- Quinn: No raises for 30,000 state workers
- Sky drop third straight
- The art of dance shouldn’t be ignored
- Voice of the People, Jul. 01
- Hanks for nothing, Larry Crowne
- Reports: Wolves owner discussing NHL-NBA arena in Washington
- Hope Book Group
- Emanuel offers $20 million in cost savings as union wrangling continues
- Judge tosses Oak Park tax hike lawsuit
- The day ahead in business
- Artists and non-artists collaborate on Rogers Park project
- Ex-Cub Harden makes 1st start for A’s in 3 years
- Pierzynski coming through in clutch
- Annnnd … action!
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- Famous Great Lakes graduates
- Person struck by Metra train on Near West Side
- Teen seriously wounded in Englewood shooting
- Car burglar passes over Cubs tickets
- Police: Parolee assaulted, ran from IDOC officer
- Chicago Law: For unemployed lawyers, recession isn’t a moot topic of discussion
- Classical Corner
- Belle and the Beast step off the screen and onto the stage
- Wacker Drive reconstruction enters new phase
- The Goods: Poufs
- Ex-Bear takes loss on Grayslake home
- Treasurer suspends employee one week for Bright Start mistake
- Blackhawks sign 5 veteran free agents
- Piet Oudolf: Plantsman for all seasons
- Board’s maintenance rule may need fixing
- Ten @ 10: Food for the Fourth
- Michele Bachmann the believer
- Streak-less streak stays alive
- Chicago Tube sale to Olympic Steel closes
- Impart flavor without fat
- How to clean a bathroom
- Creating a backyard getaway
- CHAT TRANSCRIPT: Lyme Disease chat with Dr. Lawrence Zemel and Dr. Daniel Cameron
- Dating stories, good & bad
- Work wardrobes that won’t break the bank
- $29.5M Lotto ticket sold in Tinley Park
- Casey Anthony live chat: View summary for Friday, July 1
- 4 arrested in Villa Park shooting
- Space Shuttle wallpaper for July 2011
- Interview: WWE’s John Cena excited about match with ‘suspended’ CM Punk in Chicago
- Marshall Allman furious over leaked ‘True Blood’ footage
- Eddie Vedder performs at Murphy’s Bleachers open mic night
- Car falls on top of another in West Loop parking garage
- Person struck by Metra train on Near West Side
- Nursing demand creates education jobs
- Love-Hate for Monday, July 4th, 2011
- Se tambalea caso Strauss-Kahn: NYT
- The Goods: Poufs
- Stars, stripes and stories
- Cabañas recobra la memoria: habla del ‘JJ’ (video)
- Ex-Joliet fire chief to be paroled from prison
- Outrageous wedding requests
- Emanuel offers $20 million in cost savings as union wrangling continues
- Chasing dogs chasing birds
- Bystanders detain purse snatcher
- Here’s video of LeBron James dunking on a high schooler
- Q&A with Rex Huppke about his Q&A workplace column, “I Just Work Here”
- Tammy Duckworth making calls about suburban congressional run
- Treasurer suspends employee one week for Bright Start mistake
- Torstenson Family Youth Conservation Education Center
- Storm-shattered Garfield Park Conservatory closed indefinitely
- REIK madura y sigue sufriendo por amor
- Una historia para quienes se sienten acabados
- Cortometraje peruano “Una Carrerita, Doctor” tiene laureles hasta para regalar
- Flacco isn’t throwing footballs to his wife on their honeymoon
- FEC dismisses complaint against suburban congressman
- Liberan a Strauss-Kahn
- Budget expert chosen to replace the late state Rep. Mark Beaubien
- Quinn: No raises for 30,000 state workers
- Here’s the pitch from Wilfred Santiago
- Heat advisory canceled for Cook, collar counties
- Hope Book Group
- Unusual warrior takes unlikely path — to peace
- “Maine” by J. Courtney Sullivan
- Romney on Obama’s ‘worse’ economy
- Ella se siente doblemente defraudada
- Power outages, damaged police cars in wake of storm
- A July Fourth reading list
- Thieves take animal shelter’s air conditioning units
- Colin Cunningham having a blast playing ‘Falling Skies’ baddie
- Acusada de atar a una niña a un poste
- El testamento agridulce de Emely
- Blackhawks sign 5 veteran free agents
- Hugo Chávez confirma que padece cáncer (video)
- Judge keeps prosecutors on Bianchi case
- Chicagoland literary events: July 2 – 8
- Casey Anthony trial: Trial watchers look forward to closing arguments
- Police: Parolee assaulted, ran from IDOC officer
- Ninel Conde: “Me siento plena”
- 2 struck by wrong-way vehicle on Michigan Avenue
- Emanuel appoints residency challenge lawyer to port authority board
- Man found shot to death in van on West Side
- Audit faults highway agency dealings with contractors
- Notre Dame agrees to $42,000 fine in student’s death
- ‘Shocked’ family learns man arrested in 1957 slaying of Sycamore girl