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- Mayor backs down on new protest fines
- ‘Houdini Box’ is another Brian Selznick story set loose from the page
- Communion hosts available for gluten-intolerant worshipers
- Football ‘lifer’ latest GM candidate to talk with Bears
- Judge’s brother charged in double homicide
- Lincoln Park to see improved mobile broadband from AT&T
- Country in crisis: Looking to America’s mayors to rise to the challenge
- Task force wants to halt school closings, turnarounds
- UFC fighters trying to avoid Nashville knockout
- Hinsdale boy sets Punt, Pass & Kick record
- Illini fullback Prosch transferring to Auburn
- Turn pancakes into savory dish
- ‘Games’ fans hunger for recipes
- Parent group, union question push for longer school day
- RTA turns down PR contract
- How Romney could respond to attacks on private equity
- Country in crisis: Looking to America’s mayors to rise to the challenge
- Naperville man gets 80 years in gang-related shooting
- Dorothy Stang, 1925-2012
- Occupy the Dream: The spirit of activism
- Urban Partnership Bank opens Bronzeville branch
- Emanuel gets protest curbs, spending power
- Tice’s exit would just add to the Bears’ sitcom
- NU defense weak in 77-57 loss to Wisconsin
- Culinary tool kit
- Illini fullback Prosch transferring to Auburn
- Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel’s G-8, NATO protest crackdown
- The dirty truth: Your house stinks
- Pick of the week
- Council settles Chicago police suit involving autistic boy for $525,000
- Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan received more than $1.5 million in campaign contributions
- FBI searches for bank robber dubbed ‘Wicker Park Bandit’
- Feds look to dispose of vacant property ordinance quickly
- Thursday’s matchup: Valparaiso at Loyola
- Hawks young players showing they belong
- The weird world of Wi-Fi router names
- The Rip effect
- Jogger recounts harrowing dog attack: ‘Yanking and biting and tearing and pulling and yawing’
- Northern Illinois loses by 30 to Toledo
- Hinsdale boy sets Punt, Pass & Kick record
- Graham Elliot restaurant names Andrew Brochu as new chef
- DePaul sticks with Georgetown for awhile
- NU knows it has opportunity of lifetime
- Family of gunman in Villa Park killings never foresaw violence, relative says
- Channahon mayor gets probation for not filing tax returns
- Plastic Man’s perils
- Wolves flop at finish of homestand
- Channel IQ to use $500K in funding for new hires
- Emanuel backs ‘ChicagoFirst’ bidding preference for local companies
- Museums
- Aurora man gets 40 years for attack on female neighbor
- Solid fringe theater, nothing fancy at ’12 Rhino Fest
- When your kids dislike the new love in your life
- How I approached this story on wacky wi-fi names
- Emanuel gives thumbs-up to South Side Irish Parade return
- Northern Illinois loses by 30 to Toledo
- Urban Partnership Bank opens Bronzeville branch
- Surf may be up, but cops down on surfer
- Escapee radios cops: ‘Tell me where a spare set of handcuff keys are’
- Chicago tech leaders to open space for entrepreneurs at Merchandise Mart
- Killed in interstate pileup, Antioch woman saves others
- Channahon mayor gets probation for not filing tax returns
- Go Nuts: Should you boo your own team?
- Former Bear Anderson regains touch as sack man
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
- FBI searches for bank robber dubbed ‘Wicker Park Bandit’
- State police investigating undercover operation that led to shooting of suspect
- Local Voices, Jan. 18
- Mini-review: Tavernita
- Gaming out a profitable misadventure in ‘parasite’ capitalism
- Chicago aldermen remember Maggie Daley
- New MRI reduces stress of test
- Ask the Expert: Q&A with Chicago’s public health commissioner
- Chicago theater for the week of Jan. 20-26
- Illinois attorney general’s office plans to sue Westwood College
- TV reviews: ‘Unsupervised’ unfunny, but ‘Archer’ still rules
- Culinary tool kit
- Pete Wentz’s band parts ways with singer, Chicagoan competing on ‘Survivor,’ Steve Nash dines at Le Colonial
- Committee endorses $525,000 payment in cop abuse case
- CME, others form committee to prevent future MF Globals
- Rosie’s new talk show set a head-scratcher
- Paula Deen’s diabetes: Blaming the victim?
- McKinley Park sees double homicide
- Almost a pet owner
- Picking a therapist
- Veteran Chicago cop guilty in fatal DUI
- Man pleads guilty in death of girlfriend in train-car crash
- Where to turn without Wiki?
- Carpentersville police sting raises questions of public safety
- Bears analysis: No security at safety position
- ‘Light Years’: What happens when you take a picture of nothing?
- Nadal, Federer advance at Australian Open
- ComEd to deliver more solar power
- A look into our story about “CTA overtime in overdrive”
- The sunny side of winter
- Thursday’s matchup: Illinois at Penn State
- What is Theo Epstein worth? Selig to decide
- 5 percent of Elmhurst College’s prospective students identify as LGBT
- Woman fired for working during lunch wins court battle
- School evacuated after gas line explosion
- U.S. lost quarter of its high-tech jobs in past decade
- Communion hosts available for gluten-intolerant worshipers
- Thursday’s matchup: Butler at UIC
- Employees of shuttered Lincolnwood bakery could receive final paychecks, attorney says
- Steps to tasty greens
- Woman critically injured in South Shore grease fire
- Chicago’s economy grew, but slowly
- Easy to count Evanston’s chickens: Only 8 hen permits issued
- As fares set to rise, Metra names new PR chief
- Judge’s brother charged in double-slaying in Country Club Hills
- 1 injured in Northwest Side rollover
- Once-common diseases slipping past younger doctors
- Mayor backs down on new protest fines
- The dirty truth: Your house stinks
- New implant addresses hearing loss caused by inner-ear damage
- Behind our story on avoiding toll roads to avoid higher tolls (Does it work?)
- Thursday’s matchup: Valparaiso at Loyola
- Being glued to your cell is a problem, experts say
- Inmate sentenced in killing that changed how prison system houses nonviolent offenders
- McKinley Park sees double homicide
- Why we kept secret the name of a correspondent in Syria
- Illinois must avoid letdown
- 3rd man convicted of 10-year-old’s slaying
- No bail for man charged with slaying 2 in Country Club Hills
- Pete Wentz’s band parts ways with singer, Chicagoan competing on ‘Survivor,’ Steve Nash dines at Le Colonial
- Woman critically injured in South Shore grease fire
- Numbers and wording can make so-so news sound so outrageous
- As fares set to rise, Metra names new PR chief
- Boys basketball spotlight’s on Plainfield East’s Brian Bennett
- Should you be your own general contractor?
- Taking five with yoga teacher Tara Stiles
- Veteran Chicago cop guilty in fatal DUI
- 4 won’t face retrial in 1994 Englewood killing
- Naperville man gets 80 years in gang-related shooting
- CME, others form committee to prevent future MF Globals
- Parents, grandparents celebrating family with tattoos
- Easy to count Evanston’s chickens: Only 8 hen permits issued
- How I approached this story on wacky wi-fi names
- Judge’s brother charged in double-slaying in Country Club Hills
- Fast food delivery? That’s just criminal
- Kraft slimming down for separation
- No jacket required
- Channel IQ to use $500K in funding for new hires
- Giants’ Ross meets with Bears on GM job
- Paula Deen’s diabetes: Blaming the victim?
- Emanuel backs ‘ChicagoFirst’ bidding preference for local companies
- STDs and sex: What you’re obligated to disclose
- Your taxing 2012
- Feds look to dispose of vacant property ordinance quickly
- Chicago-area survivor tells of chaos aboard Costa Concordia cruise ship
- Tice’s exit would just add to the Bears’ sitcom
- Power rankings: No. 27 Padres
- Illinois must avoid letdown
- Ask the Expert: Q&A with Chicago’s public health commissioner
- Chicago tech leaders to open space for entrepreneurs at Merchandise Mart
- New implant addresses hearing loss caused by inner-ear damage
- Should you be your own general contractor?
- Your taxing 2012
- 4 won’t face retrial in 1994 Englewood killing
- Simon calls for improving community college graduation rate
- McHenry County prosecutor sues those who prosecuted him
- CPS community group for Bronzeville rejects district’s plan for school closings and turnaround
- Timothy Douglas resigns at Remy Bumppo
- Once-common diseases slipping past younger doctors
- ComEd to deliver more solar power
- Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel’s G-8, NATO protest crackdown
- Bridgeport attack: Not racially motivated? Think again.
- The weird world of Wi-Fi router names
- Picking a therapist
- 1 injured in Northwest Side rollover
- McHenry County prosecutor sues those who prosecuted him
- DePaul sticks with Georgetown for awhile
- U.S. lost quarter of its high-tech jobs in past decade
- 5 percent of Elmhurst College’s prospective students identify as LGBT
- Family of gunman in Villa Park killings never foresaw violence, relative says
- Jones Lang LaSalle buys Australian firm
- Employees of shuttered Lincolnwood bakery could receive final paychecks, attorney says
- His father’s killing, and seeking closure nearly 80 years later
- Banks to run ‘aggressive’ defense for Illinois
- Cubs sign catcher Jaramillo as possible backup
- Power rankings: No. 27 Padres
- Recipes for snacks, meals that work for busy families
- Chicago fares well in TripAdvisor hotel rankings; Elysian named best in U.S.
- Simon calls for improving community college graduation rate
- Woman fired for working during lunch wins court battle
- 7 questioned in Bridgeport beating caught on video
- When your kids dislike the new love in your life
- Sabres at Blackhawks
- Dogma for introducing Fido, children
- Start small to build nutrition habits that stick
- The Rip effect
- Internet companies plan SOPA protests
- Rosie’s new talk show set a head-scratcher
- Aurora man gets 40 years for attack on female neighbor
- CPS developing recess guide
- Midway Airport terminal ranked 10th worst in world by Frommer’s
- Five on Five: Friday’s questions for you
- IHS Global Insight: Slow jobs recovery in 90% of metro areas
- Carpentersville police sting raises questions of public safety
- CPS community group for Bronzeville rejects district’s plan for school closings and turnaround
- Lake County approves land purchase for new forest preserve
- The clash: Is it OK to skip the opening bands and just show up for the headliner?
- Family ties take a beating, stay strong
- Man shoots self after slaying 4, setting house ablaze, authorities say
- School evacuated after gas line explosion
- Occupy the Dream: The spirit of activism
- 2 shot, 1 critically, outside house party
- Raven’s Flacco not flustered by Reed’s remarks
- LL Cool J–Still super-cool?
- Parent group, union question push for longer school day
- Bridgeport attack: Not racially motivated? Think again.
- Numbers and wording can make so-so news sound so outrageous
- Jones Lang LaSalle buys Australian firm
- Start small to build nutrition habits that stick
- Judge’s brother charged in double homicide
- The clash: Is it OK to skip the opening bands and just show up for the headliner?
- Boys basketball spotlight’s on Plainfield East’s Brian Bennett
- Timothy Douglas resigns at Remy Bumppo
- Rose injury now labeled ‘turf toe’
- Go Nuts: Should you boo your own team?
- Purple Heart veterans could get free city stickers
- Parents, grandparents celebrating family with tattoos
- His father’s killing, and seeking closure nearly 80 years later
- New MRI reduces stress of test
- Suburban theater for the week of Jan. 20-26
- Banks to run ‘aggressive’ defense for Illinois
- Top Chef Week 11 recap: This season’s best episode yet
- Local Voices, Jan. 18
- Internet companies plan SOPA protests
- Killed in interstate pileup, Antioch woman saves others
- State police investigating undercover operation that led to shooting of suspect
- DePaul forward Freeland to transfer
- Mushrooms impart earthy flavor to satisfying soup
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- CPS developing recess guide
- Attack videos shared online spark curiosity, outrage
- Surf may be up, but cops down on surfer
- Chicago theater for the week of Jan. 20-26
- Good greens, good fortune
- Emanuel gives thumbs-up to South Side Irish Parade return
- Turn pancakes into savory dish
- 2 men arrested in Carpentersville drug sting after gunshots, chase
- Who are you calling ‘spinster?’
- Lake County approves land purchase for new forest preserve
- Fatality raised more questions about Kimberly Even’s credentials as drug counselor
- Kraft slimming down for separation
- No bail for man charged with slaying 2 in Country Club Hills
- Cubs sign catcher Jaramillo as possible backup
- Midway Airport terminal ranked 10th worst in world by Frommer’s
- Elgin Police search for bank robbery suspect
- Would today’s GOP elect Reagan?
- UFC fighters trying to avoid Nashville knockout
- Escapee radios cops: ‘Tell me where a spare set of handcuff keys are’
- 3rd man convicted of 10-year-old’s slaying
- ‘Collective decision’ when Rose plays
- Why we kept secret the name of a correspondent in Syria
- 7 questioned in Bridgeport beating caught on video
- 2 shot, 1 critically, outside house party
- Giants’ Ross meets with Bears on GM job
- RTA approves PR money in hopes of getting D.C. money
- Football ‘lifer’ latest GM candidate to talk with Bears
- Bradley (6-14, 1-7) loses to Evansville 90-67
- Task force wants to halt school closings, turnarounds
- Being glued to your cell is a problem, experts say
- Focus on fundamentals, managing risk can overcome fallible Fed, missteps by other experts
- Boys basketball | Okafor’s big game not enough as Marshall, Doyle foil Young’s plan
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
- Mr. Romney’s returns
- Voice of the People, Jan. 18
- Dogma for introducing Fido, children
- Mini-review: Tavernita
- Girls basketball | Geneva’s Santos likely to miss rest of season
- NIU reopens site of 2008 shootings
- Power rankings: No. 28 Pirates
- ‘Houdini Box’ is another Brian Selznick story set loose from the page
- Chicago fares well in TripAdvisor hotel rankings; Elysian named best in U.S.
- No jacket required
- Chicago-area survivor tells of chaos aboard Costa Concordia cruise ship
- Chicago aldermen remember Maggie Daley
- Mother of woman killed in LSD high-rise fire files suit
- Boys basketball | No. 6 Bogan can sleep easier after victory against Morgan Park
- Man shoots self after slaying 4, setting house ablaze, authorities say
- Our war troops: They won’t forget what they’ve seen
- Taking five with yoga teacher Tara Stiles
- Trying to get ahead of Parkinson’s
- Five on Five: Friday’s questions for you
- Cops: South Bend slaying victim’s car found in Chicago
- Bulls’ Noah finally finding his form
- Lincoln Park to see improved mobile broadband from AT&T
- Hjalmarsson more careful in wake of violent hit
- Fast food delivery? That’s just criminal
- STDs and sex: What you’re obligated to disclose
- ‘Games’ fans hunger for recipes
- City Council remap vote could be delayed
- Judge will review state panel’s rejection of plans for 2 McHenry hospitals
- Mushrooms impart earthy flavor to satisfying soup
- Fatality raised more questions about Kimberly Even’s credentials as drug counselor
- Pick of the week
- Focus on fundamentals, managing risk can overcome fallible Fed, missteps by other experts
- Graham Elliot restaurant names Andrew Brochu as new chef
- ‘Light Years’: What happens when you take a picture of nothing?
- How Romney could respond to attacks on private equity
- Thursday’s matchup: Illinois at Penn State
- Who are you calling ‘spinster?’
- Dorothy Stang, 1925-2012
- Museums
- Bears analysis: No security at safety position
- Notre Dame adds Iowa State’s Elliott to staff
- Suburban theater for the week of Jan. 20-26
- Mr. Romney’s returns
- The day ahead in business
- Plastic Man’s perils
- Top Chef Week 11 recap: This season’s best episode yet
- Mother of woman killed in LSD high-rise fire files suit
- Council settles Chicago police suit involving autistic boy for $525,000
- IHS Global Insight: Slow jobs recovery in 90% of metro areas
- The day ahead in business
- TV reviews: ‘Unsupervised’ unfunny, but ‘Archer’ still rules
- Recipes for snacks, meals that work for busy families
- Former Bear Anderson regains touch as sack man
- Sabres at Blackhawks
- Illinois attorney general’s office plans to sue Westwood College
- Notre Dame adds Iowa State’s Elliott to staff
- Inmate sentenced in killing that changed how prison system houses nonviolent offenders
- Family ties take a beating, stay strong
- Behind our story on avoiding toll roads to avoid higher tolls (Does it work?)
- Gaming out a profitable misadventure in ‘parasite’ capitalism
- Raven’s Flacco not flustered by Reed’s remarks
- RTA turns down PR contract
- Hawks young players showing they belong
- Steps to tasty greens
- Boys basketball | Okafor’s big game not enough as Marshall, Doyle foil Young’s plan
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- Man pleads guilty in death of girlfriend in train-car crash
- Girls basketball | Geneva’s Santos likely to miss rest of season
- Committee endorses $525,000 payment in cop abuse case
- NU knows it has opportunity of lifetime
- LL Cool J–Still super-cool?
- A look into our story about “CTA overtime in overdrive”
- Thursday’s matchup: Butler at UIC
- RTA approves PR money in hopes of getting D.C. money
- Cops: South Bend slaying victim’s car found in Chicago
- Boys basketball | No. 6 Bogan can sleep easier after victory against Morgan Park
- Trying to get ahead of Parkinson’s
- Nadal, Federer advance at Australian Open
- Bulls’ Noah finally finding his form
- Power rankings: No. 28 Pirates
- Rose injury now labeled ‘turf toe’
- Voice of the People, Jan. 18
- ‘Collective decision’ when Rose plays
- NIU reopens site of 2008 shootings
- Hjalmarsson more careful in wake of violent hit
- Attack videos shared online spark curiosity, outrage
- What is Theo Epstein worth? Selig to decide
- Purple Heart veterans could get free city stickers
- Would today’s GOP elect Reagan?
- Almost a pet owner
- Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan received more than $1.5 million in campaign contributions
- Solid fringe theater, nothing fancy at ’12 Rhino Fest
- Wolves flop at finish of homestand
- Good greens, good fortune
- Our war troops: They won’t forget what they’ve seen
- City Council remap vote could be delayed
- Bradley (6-14, 1-7) loses to Evansville 90-67
- 2 men arrested in Carpentersville drug sting after gunshots, chase
- Judge will review state panel’s rejection of plans for 2 McHenry hospitals
- 2 shot, 1 critically, outside house party
- When your kids dislike the new love in your life
- With new attitude, poor work past won’t matter
- The dirty truth: Your house stinks
- Ask the Expert: Q&A with Chicago’s public health commissioner
- A look into our story about “CTA overtime in overdrive”
- Behind our story on avoiding toll roads to avoid higher tolls (Does it work?)
- New implant addresses hearing loss caused by inner-ear damage
- 7 questioned in Bridgeport beating caught on video
- New MRI reduces stress of test
- Trying to get ahead of Parkinson’s
- Paula Deen’s diabetes: Blaming the victim?
- Power rankings: No. 28 Pirates
- Man, 19, fatally shot in Brainerd neighborhood
- Suit filed against high-rise in woman’s fire death
- Hoy en Chicago 01/18: perdió un pie tras ataque de pit bulls; llevaba 50 libras de marihuana; los mató y se suicidó
- Judge’s brother charged in double-slaying in Country Club Hills
- Miles de páginas de internet protestan contra ley antipiratería SOPA
- Platanito, una broma de mal gusto (VIDEO)
- Tice’s exit would just add to the Bears’ sitcom
- Jogger recounts harrowing dog attack: ‘Yanking and biting and tearing and pulling and yawing’
- Investigan ‘objeto humeante’ lanzado contra la Casa Blanca
- Gatilleros matan a cinco turistas en Etiopía
- Pete Wentz’s band parts ways with singer, Chicagoan competing on ‘Survivor,’ Steve Nash dines at Le Colonial
- 1 millón de firmas piden ‘retiro’ de gobernador republicano de Wisconsin
- School evacuated after gas line explosion
- How I approached this story on wacky wi-fi names
- Hoy en el Mundo 01/18: Rusia descarta otra ‘guerra fría’ con EEUU; Israel ve ‘muy lejana’ la decisión de atacar a Irán; Investigan red de tráfico de menores de Jalisco a Irlanda
- El colombiano Falla da la campanada y el argentino Nalbandian el pinchazo en el Abierto de Australia
- Chicago fares well in TripAdvisor hotel rankings; Elysian named best in U.S.
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- Mini-review: Tavernita
- Chicago aldermen remember Maggie Daley
- City Council loosens inspection rules for some food establishments
- Council settles Chicago police suit involving autistic boy for $525,000
- Banco Mundial prevé ligera desaceleración en Latinoamérica
- DePaul coach Bruno to be named 2012 Olympic team assistant
- Chicago aldermen approve Emanuel’s G-8, NATO protest crackdown
- Chisme, chisme: Walter Mercado será trasladado a EEUU
- Pável Pardo seguirá siendo la gasolina del Chicago Fire
- Why we kept secret the name of a correspondent in Syria
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- Try these moves to find your inner Rocky Balboa
- Start small to build nutrition habits that stick
- Vazquez Sounds estrenan ‘Forget You’ (VIDEO)
- STDs and sex: What you’re obligated to disclose
- Picking a therapist
- Taking five with yoga teacher Tara Stiles
- Timothy Douglas resigns at Remy Bumppo
- Endurecen medidas contra manifestantes en Chicago
- Being glued to your cell is a problem, experts say
- En suspenso, la enmienda propuesta a detenciones de ICE en Cook County
- Man pleads guilty in death of girlfriend in train-car crash
- Solid fringe theater, nothing fancy at ’12 Rhino Fest
- ‘Houdini Box’ is another Brian Selznick story set loose from the page
- Mitt Romney pierde terreno frente a Newt Gingrich rumbo a Carolina del Sur
- Aseguran que Johnny Depp y Vanessa Paradis están separados
- El Chicago Fire vuelve a lucir publicidad
- Qué es SOPA y cómo podría afectarlo a usted (VIDEO)
- Rosie’s new talk show set a head-scratcher
- Purple Heart veterans could get free city stickers
- Naperville man gets 80 years in gang-related shooting
- RTA turns down PR contract
- Emanuel gives thumbs-up to South Side Irish Parade return
- TV reviews: ‘Unsupervised’ unfunny, but ‘Archer’ still rules
- How to achieve your fiber goals
- D-Rose presenta sus nuevas zapatillas (FOTOS Y VIDEO)
- No bail for man charged with slaying 2 in Country Club Hills
- Hoy en Inmigración: ¿Por qué Mitt Romney no entiende a los inmigrantes?
- Movies, TV shot in South Florida
- ‘Portlandia’ preview: Jack McBrayer faces the Grocery Bag Nazis
- Confianza de constructoras de EEUU alcanza máximo nivel en 4 años
- McKinley Park sees double homicide
- Madrid abre sus puertas al turismo con presencia de Latinoamérica y apoyo a Haití
- ‘Vochol’: Un vocho muy mexicano y ‘peyotero’ viene a EEUU (FOTOS)
- David Beckham seguirá con el Galaxy la próxima temporada
- Cubs sign catcher Jaramillo as possible backup
- Cops: South Bend slaying victim’s car found in Chicago
- Power rankings: No. 27 Padres
- What is Theo Epstein worth? Selig to decide
- Los últimos segundos del partido entre Clippers y Mavericks con triples de Terry y Billups
- 2012 Subaru Impreza adds fuel economy
- Woman critically injured in South Shore grease fire
- Elgin Police search for bank robbery suspect
- Rondo ganó duelo a Calderón y los Celtics rompen racha perdedora
- Ante los Pistons, Love puso los puntos y Rubio su defensa para salvar a los Timberwolves
- Ante los Hornets, Gasol puso a los Grizzlies con marca ganadora
- 3rd man convicted of 10-year-old’s slaying
- ‘American Idol’ recap: Season premiere