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- Scoreboard | Thursday, Nov. 15
- UIC loses Paradise Jam opener 66-59
- Four killed in Texas as train hits parade float carrying veterans
- Bears defense must keep pressure on
- A sampling of historic Chicago sites
- Makeup to go with your new gray ‘do
- Ex-Chicago detective gets 8 years in fatal ’09 DUI crash
- Wendell Smothers, a fixture of the Tribune newsroom
- Smartphones, tablets spark ‘post-pie’ Turkey Day sales
- Radio show mocks Rick Reilly’s tweets at comedy club
- Juanes, Jesse & Joy take home top Latin Grammys
- 1 killed, 1 wounded in separate shootings
- RPT-FACTBOX-Top contenders in Sierra Leone election
- Best-sellers
- Geneva Scout warms up holidays for needy
- DuPage judge dishes out 120-day sentence to rice thief
- 6 freshman Illinois representatives learning the ropes
- Libertyville firm recalls infant travel beds
- Warning America
- Ryu becomes Dodgers’ latest big-money investment
- Orland Park police officers recognized for service
- INSIGHT-Lockheed’s F-35 logistics system revolutionary but risky
- Jesse Jackson Jr.
- McIlroy misses cut in Hong Kong
- Harbaugh returned to practice: report
- Talisman drills dry well in North Sea
- 3 killed, 1 wounded in separate shootings
- You know bookstores are still around, right?
- No bail for man charged with slaying girl, 16
- JPMorgan faces U.S. action on anti money-laundering practices: WSJ
- Beckham in talks over move to Australia, say FFA
- Energized dB’s full of passion at Hideout
- Sox prospect Sanchez in AFL title game
- UPDATE 5-Four killed in Texas as train hits parade float carrying veterans
- PRECIOUS-Gold inches down; global economic uncertainty weighs
- Soccer-Beckham linked with move to Australia
- John Hall to leave Goose Island as CEO
- Pain, praise for celebrity chefs
- Munrovian women
- Preview: Nicholls State vs. Missouri
- UPDATE 1-TNT Express sells airlines operations ahead of UPS takeover
- Metra riders could face new fare hike
- NCAA hits Tennessee with additional penalties
- Cop accused of staging accident for $2,000
- ‘Hunted’ will get Season 2, plus exclusive ‘Ambassadors’ preview
- Preview: Auburn vs. Charleston
- DuPage judge rejects bid for hearing on evidence in death of toddler
- Des Plaines budget director praised
- European car market shrinkage slows in Oct
- European stock index futures signal weaker start
- METALS-Copper eyes first week of gains in six on China prospects
- U.S. sues doctor known for prescribing risky drug clozapine
- Bulls excited for downtown practice facility
- Recap: UCLA 100, James Madison 70
- The day ahead in business Nov. 16
- Lakers honor Abdul-Jabbar with statue
- Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee’s odd life in “pirate haven”
- Melissa George pulls no punches in ‘Hunted’
- ANALYSIS-New Microsoft mantra after Sinofsky: Teamwork
- Hunt for closer, leadoff hitter continues
- Winnetka’s $35 million tunnel inches ahead
- The Confederacy of Takers
- Michigan Avenue on-ramp to LSD to reopen
- A new hassle with baggage
- Honest Abe meets the Digital Age
- Wade sits out, but Heat hold off Nuggets
- Lakers honor Abdul-Jabbar with statue
- Zeller returns to Cavs as masked man
- Illinois housing market not keeping pace with national recovery
- Israel’s military begins calling up 16,000 reservists
- Bills hold on for 19-14 win over Miami
- Heeding the coyote’s call
- Gerrymandering
- Suburban man accused of attacking father
- UPDATE 1-NFL-Bills hold on for 19-14 win over Miami
- Bears rule Cutler out for Monday
- European stock index futures signal weaker start
- Yet another high-ranking military official mired in scandal
- ANALYSIS-New Microsoft mantra after Sinofsky: Teamwork
- Ski food gets a lift
- A bookstore to call home
- Re:new offers jobs for refugee women
- Factbox: Banking job cuts near 160,000
- PRECIOUS-Gold inches down; global economic uncertainty weighs
- Sears shares drop 18% after 3Q loss
- Midwest events
- Best-sellers
- Illinois Phil begins promising new chapter in its history
- Happ Road will get new surface after complaints
- UPDATE 1-TNT Express sells airlines operations ahead of UPS takeover
- Wade sits out, but Heat hold off Nuggets
- Assistant Principal who died honored at Field Middle School in Northbrook
- UPDATE 4-Overseas Union-led group, Thais battle for control of F&N
- Factbox: Twinkies: the All-American junk food
- Michigan Avenue on-ramp to LSD to reopen
- Police hope sketch will lead to ID of skeletal remains
- D-backs explore trade market for starting pitchers
- Highland Park officials praise recycling efforts
- METALS-Copper eyes first week of gains in six on China prospects
- Sox consider options as winter meetings loom
- Saturday’s matchup: Stanford at Oregon
- Feed My Starving Children opens super site in Libertyville
- Adopt-A-Family seeking donations in Lake County
- JGB curve steepens on election bets, super-longs suffer
- Cheap date: Andy’s Thai Kitchen
- Funding spat could cause break between village and Glenview Library
- You know bookstores are still around, right?
- PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news – Nov 16
- Harbaugh returned to practice: report
- WRAPUP 4-Israel to hold fire during Egyptian PM visit to Gaza
- Preview: Knicks at Grizzlies
- Petraeus’ Shakespearian storyline – Fond fools serve mad jealousy
- Preview: Suns at Lakers
- Hostess closures take bite out of Jewel’s private-label bread
- UIC loses Paradise Jam opener 66-59
- Saturday’s matchup: Purdue at Illinois
- European car market shrinkage slows in Oct
- Campbell will start for Bears against 49ers
- DuPage judge dishes out 120-day sentence to rice thief
- American pilots to vote on contract next month
- Likability’s labor lost
- NHLPA hopes to continue talks next week
- FHA unveils steps to shore up cash
- Wendell Smothers, a fixture of the Tribune newsroom
- Pain, praise for celebrity chefs
- Retailers respond as millennials seek quality
- Wolves rally, but fall short in OT vs. Rivermen
- Cutler question left unanswered by Smith is most interesting
- MOF: won’t sell Japan Tobacco shares before end-Dec
- NBA standings
- IMF’s Lagarde says important for euro zone to forge deal on Greece
- Bears defense must keep pressure on
- Banks seen shrinking for good as lay-offs near 160,000
- News to use
- Smartphones, tablets spark “post-pie” Turkey Day sales
- Cops: Man accused of assaulting kids made DVD titled ‘Monster Unleashed’
- Munrovian women
- Juanes, Jesse & Joy triunfan en los Grammy Latinos
- Do people turn to Twitter for CPR info?
- Preview: Alabama vs. Villanova
- Recap: UCLA 100, James Madison 70
- Australian mining magnate to sell more horses; faces court action
- Motorist charged in hit-and-run that killed Tibetan community leader
- The Confederacy of Takers
- Smartphones, tablets spark ‘post-pie’ Turkey Day sales
- Goose Island gets new CEO
- Limited budget figures to be used on rotation
- Not Your Momma’s Book Club
- Medicare premiums to rise $5 a month next year
- Cheap date: Andy’s Thai Kitchen
- A bookstore to call home
- Defense carries Bills to rare prime-time win
- A perilous journey for ‘Life of Pi’ director Ang Lee
- Woman, squad car struck on I-55 in DuPage County
- Wheaton Park District abandons plan for hotel at golf course
- Saturday’s matchup: Austin Peay at DePaul
- A last straw? Billboards to balance budget
- Top weekend shows: Earth, OM, Rosanne Cash
- CTA delays releasing 2013 budget after labor talks lurch forward
- Wolf Point history puts scrutiny on proposed project
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Nikkei bucks global stocks weakness after yen slide
- Hot streak in downtown rental market continues
- Tigerman builds a new home for Seminary Co-op
- Golf-Ruffled Poulter fumes after falling off the pace Down Under
- Bears’ Jeffery poised for action
- Doctor Who returns in NEW MINISODE “The Great Detective”
- Suburban man accused of attacking father
- New Orleans saxophonist Donald Harrison takes a ‘Quantum Leap’
- POLL-Japan seen in mild recession, recovery expected in Q1
- Highland Park officials praise recycling efforts
- Adopt-A-Family seeking donations in Lake County
- Ryan says Twins are seeking pitching upgrades
- Keeping adult friendships alive takes effort
- The Fit to Read book club
- NYSE hires former Homeland Security chief
- CTA releases holiday train schedule
- Preview: Knicks at Grizzlies
- Prosecutors: Ditka’s son tests positive for opiates
- India launches probe against Wal-Mart: official
- Sears shares drop 18% after 3Q loss
- Signal problems delay trains at Union Station
- Reuters Sports News Summary
- Wendell Smothers, 1960-2012
- Cops: Man accused of assaulting kids made DVD titled ‘Monster Unleashed’
- New tool to help retailers track purchases through Facebook
- Without Caucus nod, Livney decides against running for Winnetka council seat
- Guitarist Kaki King’s rightful place is among kings of the strings
- Irish goal immediate: Undefeated home season
- Glen Campbell sings for ‘Hope’ fundraiser
- Preview: Alabama vs. Villanova
- Five Republican governors reject state-run health markets
- Satellite dishes interfere with status quo
- Retailers respond as millennials seek quality
- UPDATE 1-NFL-Bills hold on for 19-14 win over Miami
- It’s time for state lawmakers to say ‘we do’ to marriage equality
- Australia creates world’s biggest marine parks
- Bills hold on for 19-14 win over Miami
- Japan lower house dissolved for Dec 16 election
- Founder still said to be in hunt for Best Buy
- Driver guilty in accident that left teen severely disabled
- Gerrymandering
- The lonely passion of Harry Bosch
- Saturday’s matchup: Purdue at Illinois
- Five Republican governors reject state-run health markets
- Wade sits out, but Heat hold off Nuggets
- The lonely passion of Harry Bosch
- UPDATE 2-Brent steady at $108, Mideast violence hikes supply fears
- Football | 2012 IFCA All-State teams
- 3 killed, 1 wounded in separate shootings
- Interview: The horror! ‘Collector’ scribe talks fright flicks
- Tigerman builds a new home for Seminary Co-op
- ‘Hunted’ will get Season 2, plus exclusive ‘Ambassadors’ preview
- New Orleans saxophonist Donald Harrison takes a ‘Quantum Leap’
- Saturday’s matchup: Northwestern at Michigan State
- Bears’ Jeffery poised for action
- Makeup to go with your new gray ‘do
- RPT-PREVIEW-S.Leone president eyes new term amid mining boom
- Ruffled Poulter fumes after falling off the pace Down Under
- The Fit to Read book club
- Biblioracle: Breaking up with a book
- TNT Express sells airlines operations ahead of UPS takeover
- McDonald’s names Jeff Stratton president of U.S. business
- The day ahead in business Nov. 16
- RPT-FACTBOX-Top contenders in Sierra Leone election
- Turkmen gas company says flows to Iran restored
- NCAA hits Tennessee with additional penalties
- Banks seen shrinking for good as lay-offs near 160,000
- Eifert’s stock on rise despite decline in catches
- Chief Keef allegedly fails to show up for video shoot
- Hunter signing another example of Dombrowski’s quick work
- Israel’s military begins calling up 16,000 reservists
- Interview: The horror! ‘Collector’ scribe talks fright flicks
- Banks seen shrinking for good as lay-offs near 160,000
- Do people turn to Twitter for CPR info?
- 49ers Harbaugh: ‘Just glad to be out here’
- Fox Chicago picks Florida exec as general manager
- IMF’s Lagarde says important for euro zone to forge deal on Greece
- Homewood partners with dance studio
- World watch
- A few whiskeys later, a book
- Re:new offers jobs for refugee women
- News to use
- Run on Twinkies: Iconic treats never looked so good
- UPDATE 5-Four killed in Texas as train hits parade float carrying veterans
- Banks seen shrinking for good as lay-offs near 160,000
- Guitarist Kaki King’s rightful place is among kings of the strings
- Four killed in Texas as train hits parade float carrying veterans
- China shares post 2nd weekly loss, CSI300 at lowest close since early 2009
- Preview: North Carolina State vs. Massachusetts
- Saturday’s matchup: Bulls at Clippers
- UPDATE 1-India launches probe against Wal-Mart -official
- Fox Chicago picks Florida exec as general manager
- Loyola fades in 2nd half of 81-71 loss
- Ryu becomes Dodgers’ latest big-money investment
- A sampling of historic Chicago sites
- New tool to help retailers track purchases through Facebook
- Irish goal immediate: Undefeated home season
- Wheaton Park District abandons plan for hotel at golf course
- Japan’s Nikkei rallies 2.2 pct to 2-week closing high
- McDonald’s changes U.S. unit oversight, naming Jeff Stratton to replace Jan Fields
- Groin injury sidelines Shani Davis
- CTA releases holiday train schedule
- Israel’s military begins calling up 16,000 reservists
- Chicago mulling water agreement with Oak Lawn
- Family Service asks Highland Park for help
- 1 killed, 1 wounded in separate shootings
- Preview: Rockets at Trail Blazers
- Evanston center aids youths seeking jobs
- Girls swimming and diving state prelims | Smoliga still making splash; New Trier vying for 3-peat
- Wolf Point history puts scrutiny on proposed project
- Banks seen shrinking for good as lay-offs near 160,000
- Bears’ Marinelli focuses on run-stopping to thwart 49ers
- Kids These Days pull songs from the static
- Recap: Heat 98, Nuggets 93
- For almost every job, there is a specialized work glove
- Geneva Scout warms up holidays for needy
- A few whiskeys later, a book
- UPDATE 2-NBA results
- Woman, squad car struck on I-55 in DuPage County
- Heroin use increasing on North Shore
- Wendell Smothers, 1960-2012
- Top weekend shows: Earth, OM, Rosanne Cash
- Limited budget figures to be used on rotation
- Chief Keef allegedly fails to show up for video shoot
- World watch
- Ryan says Twins are seeking pitching upgrades
- POLL-Japan seen in mild recession, recovery expected in Q1
- McIlroy misses cut in Hong Kong
- DuPage judge rejects bid for hearing on evidence in death of toddler
- Council OKs Emanuel budget
- Saturday’s matchup: Austin Peay at DePaul
- Hot streak in downtown rental market continues
- U.S. sues doctor known for prescribing risky drug clozapine
- Australia creates world’s biggest marine parks
- Beckham in talks over move to Australia, say FFA
- Soccer-Beckham linked with move to Australia
- Picture isn’t clear for retiree health benefits
- Bike trek is over but short goal by $80,000
- Hostess closures take bite out of Jewel’s private-label bread
- Sources: New owners plan Peter Liguori as Tribune Co. CEO
- Ski food gets a lift
- Biblioracle: Breaking up with a book
- Assistant Principal who died honored at Field Middle School in Northbrook
- Preview: Suns at Lakers
- Insight: Lockheed’s F-35 logistics system revolutionary but risky
- Trailer for Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Snowmen” debuts!
- Owner’s philosophy might conflict with GM’s
- Bulls to build practice facility next to United Center
- Englewood 4 sue police, prosecutors
- Council OKs Emanuel budget
- Man gets life sentence for ’06 murder of federal informant
- Shortage of skilled workers holds back Chicago-area manufacturers
- Recap: UCLA100, James Madison 70
- Report: Blue Jays sign Melky Cabrera
- Boomerang social media gifting startup expands beyond Chicago
- The frump factor and Holly Petraeus
- WRAPUP 4-Israel to hold fire during Egyptian PM visit to Gaza
- Recap: Heat 98, Nuggets 93
- UPDATE 2-Japan sets course for Dec. 16 election and seventh PM in six years
- Millennium Park ice rink opens for the season
- Drew Peterson files appeal, cites ineffective counsel
- Bears’ Jeffery on track to return Monday
- Editor: Inspector general investigating recording of Tribune journalists
- Pain, praise for celebrity chefs
- Nikkei jumps 2.2 pct to 2-week closing high in heavy trade
- Factbox: Banking job cuts near 160,000
- Smartphones, tablets spark “post-pie” Turkey Day sales
- Redrawing districts
- Likability’s labor lost
- Saturday’s matchup: Bulls at Clippers
- Holdsclaw released on $100,000 bond
- Winnetka District 36 aiming for laptops or iPads for every student
- 10 for the road: Downhill delights
- Evanston center aids youths seeking jobs
- In Gaza, new arsenals include “weaponized” social media
- Japan’s Nikkei rallies 2.2 pct to 2-week closing high
- Weekend: Eat. Drink. Do.
- Firefighter pulled to safety from South Side fire
- Funding spat could cause break between village and Glenview Library
- Turkmen gas company says flows to Iran restored
- Juanes, Jesse & Joy triunfan en los Grammy Latinos
- Football | 2012 IFCA All-State teams
- Japan lower house dissolved for Dec 16 election
- Preview: Oregon State vs. Purdue
- It’s worse than you thought
- Zeller returns to Cavs as masked man
- Twinkies: Their history in Chicago and the U.S.
- Prentice Hospital
- UPDATE 3-Japan on course for Dec. 16 election and seventh PM in six years
- OfficeMax shares up 12% on Boise Cascade IPO
- UPDATE 4-Overseas Union-led group, Thais battle for control of F&N
- Saturday’s matchup: Wake Forest at Notre Dame
- Safety concerns
- NBA-Heat break Denver duck without Wade
- Police hope sketch will lead to ID of skeletal remains
- Campbell will start for Bears against 49ers
- Moving up and out
- With Cutler out, Bears count on Campbell
- China shares post 2nd weekly loss, CSI300 at lowest close since early 2009
- Saturday’s matchup: Kansas State at Baylor
- No competition for Lysacek before nationals
- 49ers game isn’t worth playing Cutler
- Feed My Starving Children opens super site in Libertyville
- Heat 98, Nuggets 93
- Should doctors add a birth control ‘vital sign’?
- Midwest events
- Bears’ Marinelli focuses on run-stopping to thwart 49ers
- Banks seen shrinking for good as lay-offs near 160,000
- Saturday’s matchup: Ohio State at Wisconsin
- RPT-PREVIEW-S.Leone president eyes new term amid mining boom
- Everything you wanted to know about the Twinkie
- Braun endorses Posey’s MVP win
- Illinois Phil begins promising new chapter in its history
- Voice of the People, Nov. 16
- FCC clears way for Tribune Co. to exit bankruptcy
- Chicago mulling water agreement with Oak Lawn
- FCC clears way for Tribune Co. to exit bankruptcy
- Run on Twinkies: Iconic treats never looked so good
- 10 for the road: Downhill delights
- Former Bears coach Mike Ditka suffers ‘very minor stroke’
- UPDATE 3-Japan on course for Dec. 16 election and seventh PM in six years
- College degree still holds sway in weak job market
- Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee’s odd life in “pirate haven”
- Man gets life sentence for ’06 murder of federal informant
- Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee’s odd life in ‘pirate haven’
- Egyptian prime minister arrives in Gaza – official
- NBA-Heat break Denver duck without Wade
- Saturday’s matchup: Ohio State at Wisconsin
- Activision estimates $500M first-day sales of new Call of Duty
- Firefighter pulled to safety from South Side fire
- Voice of the People, Nov. 16
- Bears’ Jeffery on track to return Monday
- Driver guilty in accident that left teen severely disabled
- Jesse Jackson Jr.
- Saturday’s matchup: Kansas State at Baylor
- Winnetka District 36 aiming for laptops or iPads for every student
- 49ers Harbaugh: ‘Just glad to be out here’
- Santana is the Royals’ nominal staff ace
- 49ers game isn’t worth playing Cutler
- JPMorgan faces U.S. action on anti money-laundering practices: WSJ
- Talisman drills dry well in North Sea
- Medicare premiums to rise $5 a month next year
- No bail for man charged with slaying girl, 16
- Juanes, Jesse & Joy take home top Latin Grammys
- Prosecutors: Ditka’s son tests positive for opiates
- Picture isn’t clear for retiree health benefits
- Cyprus president gets thumbs-down for troika, govt-poll
- Preview: Auburn vs. Charleston
- Satellite dishes interfere with status quo
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Nikkei bucks global stocks weakness after yen slide
- It’s worse than you thought
- Radio show mocks Rick Reilly’s tweets at comedy club
- Signal problems delay trains at Union Station
- Defense carries Bills to rare prime-time win
- Energized dB’s full of passion at Hideout
- Founder still said to be in hunt for Best Buy
- Metra OKs hiking 10-ride ticket by 11 percent
- Keeping adult friendships alive takes effort
- It’s time for state lawmakers to say ‘we do’ to marriage equality
- Saturday’s matchup: Wake Forest at Notre Dame
- Market Share looks to top $2 million in Galt Trot
- In Gaza, new arsenals include “weaponized” social media
- Drew Peterson files appeal, cites ineffective counsel
- Nikkei jumps 2.2 pct to 2-week closing high in heavy trade
- Police kill man who allegedly came at them with hammer
- Energy drinks zapped?
- Reuters Sports News Summary
- Cop accused of staging accident for $2,000
- Warning America
- Not Your Momma’s Book Club
- Hunter signing another example of Dombrowski’s quick work
- The lesson of Cutler’s concussion
- UPDATE 1-Soccer-Beckham in talks over move to Australia, say FFA
- No competition for Lysacek before nationals
- John Hall to leave Goose Island as CEO
- Englewood 4 sue police, prosecutors
- Doctor Who returns in NEW MINISODE “The Great Detective”
- Twinkies: Their history in Chicago and the U.S.
- Sox prospect Sanchez in AFL title game
- Editor: Inspector general investigating recording of Tribune journalists
- Bookshelves don’t lie
- Japan lower house dissolved for Dec 16 election
- The Book Stall is ready to turn the page
- Report: Blue Jays sign Melky Cabrera
- Beckham in talks over move to Australia, say FFA
- Redrawing districts
- Millennium Park ice rink opens for the season
- A last straw? Billboards to balance budget
- Sources: New owners plan Peter Liguori as Tribune Co. CEO
- CTA delays releasing 2013 budget after labor talks lurch forward
- Old Prentice gets reprieve from wrecking ball
- Winnetka’s $35 million tunnel inches ahead
- The frump factor and Holly Petraeus
- INSIGHT-Lockheed’s F-35 logistics system revolutionary but risky
- Recap: UCLA100, James Madison 70
- Safety concerns
- Without Caucus nod, Livney decides against running for Winnetka council seat
- Majerus will not return as St. Louis coach
- Goose Island gets new CEO
- Owner’s philosophy might conflict with GM’s
- Preview: Nicholls State vs. Missouri
- Former Glen Ellyn fire official gets 5 years for embezzlement
- Pain, praise for celebrity chefs
- Homewood partners with dance studio
- Hunt for closer, leadoff hitter continues
- OfficeMax shares up 12% on Boise Cascade IPO
- Stanford women end Baylor’s 42-game streak
- AIRSHOW-China pushes exports, flags ambitions at arms fair
- A perilous journey for ‘Life of Pi’ director Ang Lee
- Insight: Lockheed’s F-35 logistics system revolutionary but risky
- Trailer for Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Snowmen” debuts!
- Second man charged in attack on prosecutor
- Holdsclaw released on $100,000 bond
- Braun endorses Posey’s MVP win
- Analysis: New Microsoft mantra after Sinofsky – teamwork
- Honest Abe meets the Digital Age
- Metra riders could face new fare hike
- Bike trek is over but short goal by $80,000
- Bulls to build practice facility next to United Center
- NYSE hires former Homeland Security chief
- Prentice Hospital
- Ex-Chicago detective gets 8 years in fatal ’09 DUI crash
- Should doctors add a birth control ‘vital sign’?
- Inventive spirit invades Navy Pier
- Students sell their work–and support themselves–at SAIC art sale
- Bulls excited for downtown practice facility
- Des Plaines budget director praised
- Sheriff: Inmate wanted girlfriend, 3 kids killed
- JPMorgan faces U.S. action on anti money-laundering practices -WSJ
- Preview: Oregon State vs. Purdue
- Weekend: Eat. Drink. Do.
- College consortium taking classes online
- FACTBOX-Banking job cuts near 160,000
- With Cutler out, Bears count on Campbell
- Japan’s Abe: economy, diplomacy top election issues
- Scheelhaase, Illini have redemption on their minds
- Moving up and out
- Japan lower house dissolved for Dec 16 election
- 4 teens face charges in high school bomb hoax
- A new hassle with baggage