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- Virginia Tech comes up short, loses to Michigan 23-20 in Sugar Bowl
- Murder charges filed in August slaying
- New owl needs name at Lincoln Park Zoo
- Older baby sitters find a welcome market
- Tribune follow-up: Readers had questions then; now the subject of this story has died.
- Hibernation is not an option
- The best O’Hare eats for 2012
- Nick Cannon hospitalized with mild kidney failure
- Ricardo Legorreta, 1931-2011
- Review: Derby
- DuSable exhibit spreads gospel to the world
- Signal problems delay CTA trains
- Digitas hires Biernadski to head up Sprint account
- How to talk pubic hair with your girlfriend without getting smacked
- Chicago theater for the week of Jan 6-12
- ComEd’s smart-grid plan to create more than 2,400 jobs
- SEC charges Illinois man in social-media scam
- UIC police warn of off-campus strong-arm robbery
- Man seriously wounded in Northwest Side shooting
- How Chicago deals with dangerous dogs
- Retro redo: Homeowners retooling outdated split levels for today’s lifestyles
- EatingWell: Why chocolate is good for your heart
- Illini hang on for 57-56 victory over Northwestern
- The keys to maintaining your weight loss
- Santorum and the Iowa losers
- Enjoy the Orlando International Resort Club for $99
- Studio duds: How did these films get made?
- Blackhawks’ Carcillo suspended 7 games
- Jennifer Hudson signing book in Skokie, Rodman lands coaching gig, R. Kelly dines at M Burger
- State told it must pay for defense of prosecutor in wrongful-prosecution case
- 20 New Year’s Resolutions you can actually stick with
- Beer of the month
- UIC police warn of off-campus strong-arm robbery
- An unhealthy attitude about New Year’s resolutions
- Hibernation is not an option
- Top Chef Week 9 Recap, brought to you by Healthy Choice Toyota Dr. Pepper yada yada
- Jerry-speak: Memorable Angelo quotes
- Millennium Knickerbocker celebrates 85-year anniversary with $85 deal
- Tenuta changes mind day after accepting Illini position
- Defining ‘nutritionist’
- United program lets frequent fliers bid on ‘experiences’ with miles
- Chicago startup BodyShopBids scoops up $1 million in VC funding
- Bright outlook for Chicago-based solar company
- Five on Five: Friday’s questions for you
- Bulls’ Watson says he dislocated elbow
- Suburban theater for the week of Jan. 6-12
- Blackhawks’ Carcillo suspended 7 games
- Moody’s cuts Sears Holdings’ credit rating
- Thursday’s matchup: Loyola at Youngstown State
- IDOT official pleads guilty to drunk driving
- 1, 2, 3, 4: Neighbor declares a parking war
- Asking for help isn’t easy for some students
- Man accused of gouging relative’s eyes over TV remote
- Parents charged in New Year’s Eve teen drinking party
- State official guilty of DUI
- Sears hires retailing veteran Ron Boire from Brookstone
- How Chicago deals with dangerous dogs
- Northwestern falls to Illinois 57-56 at home
- The day ahead in business
- Bad dogs: Nature vs. nurture
- Report: CPS fraud, employee misconduct includes $1.13 million in improper benefits
- Picking your health club
- New tenant killed in Rogers Park apartment blaze
- A little chili heat spices up beef tenderloin leftovers
- Specialty dental care remains out of reach for many poor Illinois children
- Naperville begins smart meter installation
- FDA curbs use of certain antibiotics in animals
- Mayor defends plan to shorten Taste of Chicago
- Stuffed pasta primer
- Emanuel admits erring on protest regulations
- 3rd Chicago ward remap put on table
- Woman dragged out of car, assaulted on Southwest Side
- Enjoy the Orlando International Resort Club for $99
- Northwestern can’t overtake Illinois
- What you need to know about 2012 elections in Illinois
- How we got this story about students learning to ask for help
- The Michigan Avenue Bowl needs great running game
- No rest for Sketchfest
- BBC America’s ‘Copper’ gets its leading man & more
- Tribune follow-up: Readers had questions then; now the subject of this story has died.
- Man seriously wounded in Northwest Side shooting
- ‘Top Chef: Texas’ episode 9 recap
- Investigation confirms fatal crash at Palatine train tracks was accidental
- Older baby sitters find a welcome market
- EatingWell: Why chocolate is good for your heart
- Michael’s Fresh Market seeks bankruptcy to reorganize
- Saving the middle class
- Basketball | Catching up with New Trier’s Tim McCrary at Wheaton College
- Investigation confirms fatal crash at Palatine train tracks was accidental
- Suburban theater for the week of Jan. 6-12
- State hires firm to run video poker monitoring system
- Gaztro-Wagon storefront to close
- Chicago startup BodyShopBids scoops up $1 million in VC funding
- Parents charged in New Year’s Eve teen drinking party
- No rest for Sketchfest
- Holiday greetings
- Cincinnati snaps 3-game losing streak vs. Notre Dame
- Michele Bachmann ends 2012 GOP presidential bid
- 2 in 5 children experience ‘baby bottle tooth decay,’ CDC says
- FDA curbs use of certain antibiotics in animals
- Cold caps show promise in keeping hair through chemo
- Quinn signs landmark pension abuse reforms into law
- Blood test may point to most effective antidepressant, Loyola study finds
- Cubs end Zambrano ordeal with trade
- 3rd Chicago ward remap put on table
- Antoine Walker’s debt keeps daughter from private school, mom says
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
- Bolingbrook man is charged with sex trafficking
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
- Several obvious candidates for Bears GM
- Ex-Bears wide receiver Hurd indicted by federal grand jury
- SEC charges Illinois man in social-media scam
- Is Chicago good for finding a date?
- Local Voices, Jan. 04
- Romney is first Republican to try for Illinois ballot spot
- Stay or go: Notre Dame’s Eifert nears decision
- Angelo year by year
- Bite-size information on labels makes smart eaters
- Iowa gets another road win, 64-62 over Minnesota
- Jennifer Hudson signing book in Skokie, Rodman lands coaching gig, R. Kelly dines at M Burger
- Rose, four other Bulls on NBA All-Star ballot
- Black couple sue Willowbrook alleging discrimination
- No. 20 Marquette loses to No. 9 Georgetown 73-70
- Quadriplegic immigrant dies after Chicago-area hospital returned him to Mexico
- Thibodeau rides hot Bulls’ hands
- Pick of the week: ‘Crime Unseen’ at Columbia College Museum of Contemporary Photography
- Gaztro-Wagon storefront to close
- 2 in 5 children experience ‘baby bottle tooth decay,’ CDC says
- Digitas hires Biernadski to head up Sprint account
- Carjacking victim escapes from trunk after being shot
- Theo on Big Z: ‘Change needs to happen and change will happen’
- Honoring Maggie Daley
- Mario Lopez engaged to Courtney Mazza
- Girls basketball spotlight’s on Maine South’s Jacqui Grant
- How to talk pubic hair with your girlfriend without getting smacked
- Studio duds: How did these films get made?
- Santorum and the Iowa losers
- Conservationists oppose police shooting range in environmentally sensitive area
- Penny Pritzker exits retirement business
- Vacation in the Dominican Republic for $24
- Holiday greetings
- Thursday’s matchup: UIC at Cleveland State
- FBI seeks help finding ‘Tire Iron Bandit’
- Top issues that associations will face in the coming year
- Words With Friends leads to two little words: ‘I do’
- ComEd’s smart-grid plan to create more than 2,400 jobs
- Christmas spirit
- One Sixtyblue closing; will emerge as new concept
- Merlin Media’s chief operating officer departs radio group, which is struggling to build an audience with all-news format on FM
- Leonard’s block party saves Illini
- 20 New Year’s Resolutions you can actually stick with
- ‘Dummy’ is must-see improv at iO; outrageous ‘Pimprov’
- The keys to maintaining your weight loss
- Suburban fire chief put on leave following DUI arrest
- No rest for the weary
- Cops: Nude man spoils ‘Chipmunks’ movie
- Illini hang on for 57-56 victory over Northwestern
- Chicago theater for the week of Jan 6-12
- Cook County’s Saul Chavez moment
- DuSable exhibit spreads gospel to the world
- NHL suspends Daniel Carcillo 7 games
- For investors, safety paid in 2011
- Nick Cannon hospitalized with mild kidney failure
- Review: Derby
- Showtime’s ‘Shameless’ hits its wobbly stride
- Cubs end Zambrano ordeal with trade
- Former Broncos GM Sundquist interests Bears
- Whose insurer covers damage to units
- How a populist Obama can win
- Handyman found shot to death in vacant South Side building
- Power to the people via social media
- What you need to know about 2012 elections in Illinois
- Picking your health club
- North Chicago puts police chief on leave
- Is Chicago good for finding a date?
- How we got this story about students learning to ask for help
- One Sixtyblue closing; will emerge as new concept
- Cubs trade Zambrano to Marlins for pitcher Volstad
- Big goodbye
- Bolingbrook man is charged with sex trafficking
- Michael Jordan’s One Sixtyblue closing; will emerge as new concept
- FBI seeks help finding ‘Tire Iron Bandit’
- Emanuel admits erring on protest regulations
- Crust is closed, reports Eater.com
- Thursday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Flyers
- Bulls’ Watson says he dislocated elbow
- Tenuta changes mind day after accepting Illini position
- Speaking of free marketeers …
- IDOT official pleads guilty to drunk driving
- The Archer Sutra should get fans in mood for more ‘Archer’
- Families, don’t hide from winter
- Bad dogs: Nature vs. nurture
- Northwestern can’t overtake Illinois
- YouTube’s top 5 fashion videos of 2011
- Words With Friends leads to two little words: ‘I do’
- Bite-size information on labels makes smart eaters
- Teen seriously wounded in Englewood shooting
- Chicago homicides down 2 percent from 2010
- Vote: Are personalized jerseys cool or lame?
- Mayor defends plan to shorten Taste of Chicago
- No heat, no hot water, then fire at South Side apartment building
- Black couple sue Willowbrook alleging discrimination
- ‘Top Chef: Texas’ episode 9 recap
- For openers …
- Dog owners
- Bright outlook for Chicago-based solar company
- Watson initially thought injury was worse
- State official guilty of DUI
- Conservationists oppose police shooting range in environmentally sensitive area
- Minor power outage in western suburbs
- Defining ‘nutritionist’
- Dog owner faces fines for pit bull attack on jogger
- ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ returns with ‘Escape from Kadavo’
- Penny Pritzker exits retirement business
- Don’t let your new health plans make you sick
- Where does Virginia fit in Bears’ silly GM search?
- Voice of the People, Jan. 04
- Quinn signs landmark pension abuse reforms into law
- Subpoenas possible in Naperville electric meter debate
- Woman dragged out of car, assaulted on Southwest Side
- Whose insurer covers damage to units
- First Solar shines at lobbying, but results are spottier
- Thibodeau rides hot Bulls’ hands
- ‘Dummy’ is must-see improv at iO; outrageous ‘Pimprov’
- Carjacking victim escapes from trunk after being shot
- How we connect our readers with Hollywood
- Local Voices, Jan. 04
- Theo on Big Z: ‘Change needs to happen and change will happen’
- Millennium Knickerbocker celebrates 85-year anniversary with $85 deal
- Merlin Media’s chief operating officer departs radio group, which is struggling to build an audience with all-news format on FM
- BBC America’s ‘Copper’ gets its leading man & more
- Stuffed pasta primer
- New tenant killed in Rogers Park apartment blaze
- Quadriplegic immigrant dies after Chicago-area hospital returned him to Mexico
- Thursday’s matchup: UIC at Cleveland State
- Top Chef Week 9 Recap, brought to you by Healthy Choice Toyota Dr. Pepper yada yada
- Vittorio E. Fabbri, 1937-2011
- Ask Tom why: Why do we not have thunderstorms with major snowstorms during the winter?
- Ex-Hawk Sopel selling Hinsdale house
- NHL suspends Daniel Carcillo 7 games
- No. 20 Marquette loses to No. 9 Georgetown 73-70
- Man found in Far South Side alley was stabbed to death
- Moody’s cuts Sears Holdings’ credit rating
- Quinn sends Rev. Jackson to South Africa for conference
- Vacation in the Dominican Republic for $24
- Cold caps show promise in keeping hair through chemo
- Beer of the month
- Reds for under $15
- Orange Bowl: West Virginia blows out Clemson 70-33
- Skin cancer patients get new treatment option in Chicago
- Jerry-speak: Memorable Angelo quotes
- Man dies after being shot on Southwest Side street
- City Hall shuts down rally to save South Side schools
- Police say they have leads in officer’s slaying
- Blackhawks add Olsen, Shaw to roster
- Honoring Maggie Daley
- Don’t fight it: 2012 is MMA’s year
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water
- United program lets frequent fliers bid on ‘experiences’ with miles
- Several obvious candidates for Bears GM
- Leonard’s block party saves Illini
- Ex-Bears wide receiver Hurd indicted by federal grand jury
- The Michigan Avenue Bowl needs great running game
- Naperville begins smart meter installation
- Where does Virginia fit in Bears’ silly GM search?
- Teen seriously wounded in Englewood shooting
- Cincinnati snaps 3-game losing streak vs. Notre Dame
- After injury, brain can keep on healing
- Thursday’s matchup: Pittsburgh at DePaul
- New owl needs name at Lincoln Park Zoo
- Man found in Far South Side alley was stabbed to death
- Families, don’t hide from winter
- High hopes for Chicago jazz in 2012
- Thursday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Flyers
- ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ returns with ‘Escape from Kadavo’
- Michigan goes to overtime to win Sugar Bowl
- Orange Bowl: West Virginia blows out Clemson 70-33
- Speaking of free marketeers …
- Ex-Bear indicted in federal drug case
- Book tackles how to diet without being hungry
- Again, Aurora says fuel spill posed no threat to drinking water
- Subpoenas possible in Naperville electric meter debate
- Holiday greetings
- Ask Tom why: Why do we not have thunderstorms with major snowstorms during the winter?
- Watson initially thought injury was worse
- Man dies after being shot on Southwest Side street
- State hires firm to run video poker monitoring system
- Power to the people via social media
- YouTube’s top 5 fashion videos of 2011
- Don’t fight it: 2012 is MMA’s year
- Ex-Hawk Sopel selling Hinsdale house
- Cubs trade Zambrano to Marlins for pitcher Volstad
- Ricardo Legorreta, 1931-2011
- Saving the middle class
- Michele Bachmann ends 2012 GOP presidential bid
- Dog owners
- Retro redo: Homeowners retooling outdated split levels for today’s lifestyles
- Minor power outage in western suburbs
- Maybe return to Philadelphia will get Kane started again
- Vittorio E. Fabbri, 1937-2011
- First Solar shines at lobbying, but results are spottier
- Crust is closed, reports Eater.com
- Five on Five: Friday’s questions for you
- Showtime’s ‘Shameless’ hits its wobbly stride
- Rose suffers elbow bruise in Bulls’ 99-83 victory
- Rose, four other Bulls on NBA All-Star ballot
- Ex-Bear indicted in federal drug case
- Stay or go: Notre Dame’s Eifert nears decision
- Biggs: 10 thoughts on Bears’ big shakeup
- Top issues that associations will face in the coming year
- Thursday’s matchup: Loyola at Youngstown State
- Maybe return to Philadelphia will get Kane started again
- Michael’s Fresh Market seeks bankruptcy to reorganize
- After injury, brain can keep on healing
- Angelo year by year
- Girls basketball spotlight’s on Maine South’s Jacqui Grant
- Northwestern falls to Illinois 57-56 at home
- Chicago nightlife resolutions for 2012
- Asking for help isn’t easy for some students
- Foolish consistency — or just foolishness?
- Album review: Guided By Voices, ‘Let’s Go Eat the Factory’
- Cops: Nude man spoils ‘Chipmunks’ movie
- 1, 2, 3, 4: Neighbor declares a parking war
- New trial sought in Calusinski murder case
- A little chili heat spices up beef tenderloin leftovers
- Pressure on Bears coach
- Romney is first Republican to try for Illinois ballot spot
- Sears hires retailing veteran Ron Boire from Brookstone
- Thursday’s matchup: Pittsburgh at DePaul
- How a populist Obama can win
- Michigan goes to overtime to win Sugar Bowl
- Mario Lopez engaged to Courtney Mazza
- High hopes for Chicago jazz in 2012
- An unhealthy attitude about New Year’s resolutions
- Pick of the week: ‘Crime Unseen’ at Columbia College Museum of Contemporary Photography
- Museums
- A defining moment for women
- Report: CPS fraud, employee misconduct includes $1.13 million in improper benefits
- Man accused of gouging relative’s eyes over TV remote
- Iowa gets another road win, 64-62 over Minnesota
- No rest for the weary
- A peek inside
- Christmas spirit
- Book tackles how to diet without being hungry
- Dog owner faces fines for pit bull attack on jogger
- New trial sought in Calusinski murder case
- Quinn sends Rev. Jackson to South Africa for conference
- Michael Jordan’s One Sixtyblue closing; will emerge as new concept
- Skin cancer patients get new treatment option in Chicago
- Dog owner faces fines for pit bull attack on jogger
- North Chicago puts police chief on leave
- Police say they have leads in officer’s slaying
- Chicago nightlife resolutions for 2012
- For openers …
- Don’t let your new health plans make you sick
- Foolish consistency — or just foolishness?
- How we connect our readers with Hollywood
- A peek inside
- Blood test may point to most effective antidepressant, Loyola study finds
- Big goodbye
- Handyman found shot to death in vacant South Side building
- Biggs: 10 thoughts on Bears’ big shakeup
- Vote: Are personalized jerseys cool or lame?
- Museums
- Voice of the People, Jan. 04
- The best O’Hare eats for 2012
- Dog owner faces fines for pit bull attack on jogger
- Basketball | Catching up with New Trier’s Tim McCrary at Wheaton College
- Rose suffers elbow bruise in Bulls’ 99-83 victory
- No heat, no hot water, then fire at South Side apartment building
- Blackhawks add Olsen, Shaw to roster
- Antoine Walker’s debt keeps daughter from private school, mom says
- Chicago homicides down 2 percent from 2010
- Album review: Guided By Voices, ‘Let’s Go Eat the Factory’
- Martz: ‘It was just time for me to move on’
- Signal problems delay CTA trains
- Pressure on Bears coach
- Dumping Zambrano winner for Cubs
- State told it must pay for defense of prosecutor in wrongful-prosecution case
- City Hall shuts down rally to save South Side schools
- The Archer Sutra should get fans in mood for more ‘Archer’
- A defining moment for women
- Reds for under $15
- Teel Time: Sugar Bowl of close calls leaves Virginia Tech’s Beamer “about half sick”
- Dog owner faces fines for pit bull attack on jogger
- 2 in 5 children experience ‘baby bottle tooth decay,’ CDC says
- Specialty dental care remains out of reach for many poor Illinois children
- After injury, brain can keep on healing
- Showtime’s ‘Shameless’ hits its wobbly stride
- No heat, no hot water, then fire at South Side apartment building
- Study questions beach-closing procedure
- New tenant killed in Rogers Park apartment blaze
- ACC All Access: Virginia Tech’s Justin Myer talks about his unexpected Sugar Bowl role in difficult postgame meeting with media
- Jennifer Hudson signing book in Skokie, Rodman lands coaching gig, R. Kelly dines at M Burger
- 8 votos o un pelo de rana calva
- Michele Bachmann haría oficial su salida de la contienda republicana
- Cops: Nude man spoils ‘Chipmunks’ movie
- Hoy en Chicago 01/04: le sacó los ojos a su tío; se mudó un día antes y murió en incendio
- How we got this story about students learning to ask for help
- How we connect our readers with Hollywood
- Vencer a Obama, la razón en Iowa para votar por Mitt Romney
- Klaus makes a ‘New Deal’ when ‘The Vampire Diaries’ returns
- Man found in Far South Side alley was stabbed to death
- Bachmann abandona campaña presidencial
- Chisme, chisme: Justin Timberlake le propuso matrimonio a Jessica Biel
- Un éxito, la operación de la Presidenta de Argentina
- Martin Scorsese recibirá un premio honorífico de la Academia Británica
- Not guilty plea in dismemberment of Indiana girl
- Where does Virginia fit in Bears’ silly GM search?
- Premios Goya: revelarán nominaciones el martes
- Tribune follow-up: Readers had questions then; now the subject of this story has died.
- Más de 7,000 muertos por la violencia en Pakistán en 2011, según un estudio
- Nació la hija de Roselyn Sánchez
- Candidato presidencial llama ‘tipo asqueroso’ a Sarkozy
- ¿Son Romney y Santorum una amenaza para los indocumentados?
- Rockford abortion clinic to reopen
- Familia de Margaret Thatcher rechazó ir al estreno de ‘The Iron Lady’
- BBC America’s ‘Copper’ gets its leading man & more
- Celebrity diet plan endorsements
- Hoy en el Mundo: Denuncian presencia de mercenarios iraníes en Siria; confirman autosecuestro en cárceles venezolanas
- Ventas de General Motors en 2011 aumentan un 13.7% en EEUU
- Rick Perry sugiere que seguirá en la contienda republicana pese al resultado en Iowa
- Parents charged in New Year’s Eve teen drinking party
- El peruano Fabrizio Pittaluga se uniría a las filas del Chicago Fire
- Marc Anthony estrena novia; se llama Shannon De Lima
- Woman dragged out of car, assaulted on Southwest Side
- Gaztro-Wagon storefront to close
- Sinead O’ Connor se reconcilia con su marido
- Handyman found shot to death in vacant South Side building
- Acusan a Kim Kardashian de ‘rompehogares’
- Reporte: Fraude y uso indebido de $1.13 millones en escuelas de Chicago
- Inspector General’s annual report on Chicago Public Schools
- Deportan por error a Colombia a niña afroamericana de Dallas (VIDEO)
- Picking your health club
- Antoine Walker’s debt keeps daughter from private school, mom says
- The keys to maintaining your weight loss
- Website bg image
- Cold caps show promise in keeping hair through chemo
- Book tackles how to diet without being hungry
- Por lo menos ocho involucrados en asalto sexual
- No rest for the weary
- FDA curbs use of certain antibiotics in animals
- Mayor defends plan to shorten Taste of Chicago
- Suburban fire chief put on leave following DUI arrest
- Album review: Guided By Voices, ‘Let’s Go Eat the Factory’
- Hoy en Inmigración: ¿A quién corresponde resolver el problema de la reforma?
- Report: CPS fraud, employee misconduct includes $1.13 million in improper benefits
- ‘Chuck’ star Yvonne Strahovski bares almost all for SoBe
- Man accused of gouging relative’s eyes over TV remote
- Hoy en Opinión: Sobre leyes irracionales, funcionarios deshonestos y drogas
- ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ returns with ‘Escape from Kadavo’
- Photos: Superset forms
- IDOT official pleads guilty to drunk driving
- ‘Dummy’ is must-see improv at iO; outrageous ‘Pimprov’
- New owl needs name at Lincoln Park Zoo
- Santorum and the Iowa losers
- Crust is closed, reports Eater.com
- Romney y McCain: ayer rivales, ahora aliados
- How to talk pubic hair with your girlfriend without getting smacked
- One Sixtyblue closing; will emerge as new concept
- CDC grants $12.5 million for HIV prevention in Maryland
- Man dies after being shot on Southwest Side street
- Quinn sends Rev. Jackson to South Africa for conference
- Police say they have leads in officer’s slaying
- Chicago homicides down 2 percent from 2010
- Naperville begins smart meter installation
- FBI seeks help finding ‘Tire Iron Bandit’
- The Archer Sutra should get fans in mood for more ‘Archer’
- UIC police warn of off-campus strong-arm robbery
- Signal problems delay CTA trains
- Man seriously wounded in Northwest Side shooting
- Los Chicago Cubs mandan a Carlos Zambrano a los Marlins de Ozzie Guillén
- Northwestern falls to Illinois 57-56 at home
- Quinn signs landmark pension abuse reforms into law
- Teen seriously wounded in Englewood shooting