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- Cubs have the cash to pursue a marquee pitcher
- Sale, Ventura had heated argument last week
- Expressions of grief, sadness, anger follow fatal Skokie shooting
- The Great Chicago Fire Festival lights up the riverfront Oct. 4
- ‘Gone Girl’ is a sharp object
- Saving Beecher Mausoleum
- The Rule Book
- Fall fun guide: Pumpkin patches, Haunted houses and more
- Frontier focuses on Chicago from new O’Hare base
- 9 Chicago legends who could take over ‘SNL’
- Luxembourg news editor Maryann L. Hughes-Hanks, 1923-2014
- Review: ‘Gone Girl’ ★★★ 1/2
- Concert review: Baroque Band performs Handel, Vivaldi
- Huppke: Voters should get a cut of campaign ad money
- Corrections and clarifications for Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014
- Birthday dining in Chicago
- Ask Amy: College student’s behavior is soooo high school
- REVIEW: ‘The Night Alive’ at Steppenwolf Theatre ★★★
- Air traffic meltdown puts FAA vulnerability in spotlight
- U. of I. pitches new medical school
- Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah penalized after celebration, prayer in end zone
- One entrepreneur’s response to failure: Beat it back, quickly
- Despite all they’ve had to overcome, Orioles have what it takes
- School board limits public comment
- District 25 to host community meetings on enrollment
- St. Charles school board considers synthetic turf fields
- 9 apply for Elmhurst City Council opening
- WWF: Half the world’s wildlife gone over last 40 years
- There’s a Sosa-like feel to Cutler apologists
- Police release photos of suspects in Gold Coast watch burglary
- Elgin cop fired after Facebook comment on Ferguson shooting
- Raiders fire coach Dennis Allen
- worthless allies
- School shooting reported at North Carolina high school
- Prickly City: Our Allies Are Worthless
- Student talks about North Carolina school shooting
- North Carolina school shooting stemmed from argument, police say
- Michigan AD apologizes for handling of QB’s injury
- CME Group hires three to expand international business
- Lombard man killed when tire smashes through windshield in Wisconsin
- Chicago home prices still moving up, but at slower pace
- Watch live: Statement
- Mike Miller says Heat amnesty move triggered LeBron ire
- Map: Beecher Mausoleum
- Sighting: Nick Carter, Jordan Knight host brunch at Pump Room
- ‘Kenwood’s Journey’ doc chronicles tragedy, triumph
- Police searching for Gold Coast watch thieves
- King of the CSO? Riccardo Muti says no
- Cubs’ rotation mission: Quantity to quality
- What we learned about the Bears in Week 4
- Industrious takes Chicago’s coworking lessons on the road
- Blotter: Hole punched in car door in Glenview
- Obama should follow in Holder’s footsteps
- Serena, Sharapova advance to China Open third round
- Corte Suprema de EEUU decide si aborda casos sobre matrimonio gay
- October magic both excites and empowers us like nothing else
- Blotter: $500,000 worth of frozen meat stolen in Des Plaines
- 2015 Honda CR-V gets major updates to keep crossover crown
- Emanuel asking city ‘sister agencies’ to join $13 minimum wage push
- Presentan cargos por asesinato de madre e hija
- Blotter: Home burglarized in Northbrook
- Enter the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest
- Lesley Visser pioneering first all-female sports talk show
- Chicago recibirá fondos federales para enfrentar el crimen
- Thanks to Dave Wallace and Dom Chiti, Orioles’ pitching now a strength
- Blotter: Woman operating limo without license in Niles
- Charges filed in slaying of mom and daughter, 7
- Blotter: Pot possession in Park Ridge
- Lingerie website selling sexy ‘Frozen’ Halloween costumes
- ‘Bob’s Burgers’ brunch at Parts and Labor
- Lean In stories: Naazish YarKhan on taking risks
- Woman found after being reported missing in Grayslake
- Cubs, White Sox lose on ratings front, too
- Wife of Briton held by Islamic State calls for his release
- ‘Gone Girl’ author is a skilled storyteller
- Walgreen suffers 4Q loss on acquisition charge
- Obama heading to Chicago next week, will fundraise for Quinn
- Emanuel taxi proposal: No fare hike, centralized dispatch
- Greg Brown speaks at the Economic Club of Chicago
- Lonely Planet to host food chat
- ‘Tetris’ movie is actually a thing that is going to happen
- Chicago Human Rhythm Project announces 25th season
- Jewel-Osco stores hit again by data hack
- Alderman wants bigger fines for impersonating a city worker
- More delights than duds in MusicNOW series opener
- Homofobia mató a 218 personas en Brasil en lo que va de 2014
- Tympanic Theatre announces season
- Same-sex bathrooms: Their time has come
- Tuesday food links: Another Fosse joint in Andersonville
- Lo acusan de amenazas contra una universidad de Illinois
- Chicago-area business activity robust, report says
- PDF: Full text of Brian Howard Facebook post
- Hinsdale resident loses $2,000 in phone scam
- Shoppers seek $100K from Victoria’s Secret over shoplifting accusation
- Norwegian Cruise Line serves up dining details for Miami-bound Escape
- The White House security breach explained (graphic)
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest for 10/1
- Hauntings In Connecticut
- Arrestan al nadador Michael Phelps por manejar ebrio
- Haunted house includes John Wayne Gacy room
- California governor signs phase-out of plastic bags
- CTA to begin work on Wilson Red Line stop this month
- Phelps’ second DUI arrest should draw harsher penalty
- Incitador de la comunicación
- Brandon Mashinter may have grabbed spot on Blackhawks roster
- New Trier approved $110 million budget for 2015
- A timeline for renovation of CTA Wilson Red Line stop
- Blotter: Man rips gold chain off woman’s neck in Oak Park
- Netflix se lanza al cine
- Motorola Solutions CEO bristles at inversions being called unpatriotic
- Blue Line service returning to normal after construction debris slows traffic
- Rosas troupe brings its ‘Rosas’ dance to MCA
- Enterovirus threat bans kids from maternity units
- Firm faces fine over historical firehouse renovation
- Pau Gasol: ‘Tenemos un equipo realmente potente’
- Eerie entertainment on tap for October
- The 5 stages of grieving Hot Doug’s closing
- American Blues has ‘Side Man’ and ‘Tavern’ casts
- Entrepreneurship taught in high school
- Inside Financial Services
- High School student missing from South Side
- Highland Park boat launch to stay open — for now
- Electronic Dance Mess: Krewella implodes and lawsuits follow
- Sparano named Raiders’ interim coach
- Technology’s threat to introspection
- Understanding the narcissists among us
- Hallados, 14 de los 57 estudiantes desaparecidos en México
- Fest celebrates Northbrook history
- Three Tinley trustees announce re-election campaigns
- Midwest fall drive destinations
- Lizzie Borden, animal lover
- Tetris sex: A test of Internet Rule 34
- Blotter: School windows egged in Downers Grove
- Unlike 2012, Orioles hitters seek to avoid power outage in postseason this year
- Photos: 7 ingredients make a home irresistible to buyer
- Blotter: Marijuana possession and suspended license in Westmont
- Relatives of Joliet double murder victims confident in state’s case
- REVIEW: ‘Bethany’ at the Gift Theatre ★★★
- Kelly confident in Notre Dame’s concussion protocols
- Man guilty of stealing cash from Naperville adoption agency
- Quinn embraces Obamacare ahead of president’s fundraising visit
- Cubs games are home on WBBM
- Readers’ Q&A: Colleen Kane’s White Sox mailbag
- No mandatory retirement age, but pilots must pass FAA review every 2 years
- Impact of air traffic control fire: How delays, cancellations rippled across the country
- Obama struggles to set his racial legacy
- My podcast subscriptions
- Medical industry paid billions to doctors, hospitals last year, data show
- Keeping options open, Mitt Romney alters reality on 47% remark
- Gino’s East heading south of the border
- Greece by small ship
- A dream of a razor
- If Paris gets too busy, escape to Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte
- Repairs to Humboldt Park after Riot Fest triple last year’s
- Baltimore Sun predictions for Orioles vs. Tigers in the American League Division Series
- Travel books: San Francisco and Berlin
- Fire strikes Naperville garage
- 10 tweets on Windows 10
- Blotter: Hotel room trashed in St. Charles
- ABT dancer Misty Copeland talks about roles on and off the stage
- Peter Bacon Hales, professor at UIC, dies
- Dicen que Obamacare excedió sus metas en Illinois
- Chicago Heights’ Savoia T’Go to close after eight decades
- Glenview starting work on new village hall
- Help Islamic State destroy itself
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest for 9/24: Winner, Runners-up and Blog Extras
- Morton Salt Girl honored with spot on walk of fame
- Blotter: Cell phone sale results in robbery in Bolingbrook
- Quién es quién en la coalición armada derrotar al Estado Islámico
- Air traffic control should be redundant
- Blotter: Tires punctured on Cedarbend Drive, Schmidt Road in Romeoville
- Seizing Aaron Hernandez’s phone was legal: prosecutors
- Subaru and Scion beat competition with most traffic tickets
- Federal mediator joins Plainfield bargaining session again
- Cara y cruz en la Champions
- Live video: CDC press conference on U.S. Ebola case
- 15 things to do with your kids this week: Oct. 1-7
- Graham Bensinger brings sports show to Chicago
- Bulls players can live with ‘boring’ if it means titles
- Elmhurst schools observe Walk and Roll Day
- Diagnostican primer caso de ébola en Estados Unidos
- Map: Greek cruise
- Albums cover George Harrison’s ups, downs
- Going mono a mano with the Beatles
- Photos: Greek Isles cruise
- Man found dead inside Westmont apartment
- Listos para Latino Fashion Week 2014
- FCC considering ban of Redskins name
- REVIEW: ‘The World of Extreme Happiness’ in the Goodman’s Owen Theatre ★★½
- Walgreen earnings
- Sue Jimmy John’s, get a free pickle
- Propietario enfrenta cargos por incendio fatal en Chicago
- Adopt the Jewish tradition and apologize
- Blotter: North Face jacket, Armani suit stolen from car in Elmhurst
- New Balance’s new Hyde Park store emphasizes classics
- Blotter: Hinsdale Central student charged with aggravated battery
- NBA free agents: Class of 2014 (Updated)
- A boy, his sister and Down syndrome
- Blotter: Marijuana possession in Plainfield
- REVIEW: ‘At the Center’ by Agency Theater Collective ★★★
- REVIEW: ‘John Doe’ by Trap Door Theatre ★★★
- Chicago theater openings for the week of Oct. 3-9
- Bears promote Williams, waive Ross in latest kickoff returner switch
- Investors expected to stick to stocks
- Walgreen merger yields net loss for 4Q
- Evanston prepares for presidential visit
- Remember the threat from Iran
- Carlos Espejel sin reservas
- Smartphones usher in golden age for podcasting
- Film study of the Ravens’ 38-10 win over the Carolina Panthers
- Barrington Hills officer charged with domestic battery
- School of Rock, other businesses open in Arlington Heights
- Plainfield aims to restore old trolley barn
- Fantasy football pickups for Week 5
- Political group sues Orland Park
- With J.T. Barrett at quarterback, Ohio State has rebounded from early loss
- Obama expected to bypass Chicago airports and fly into Gary
- Mother who killed child seeks release from clinic
- NIU’s Cameron Stingily hopes to repeat ‘birthday game’ vs. Kent State
- Are you ready to talk some football?
- Boys soccer | PepsiCo Showdown All-Tournament team announced
- Man accused in killing of girlfriend, daughter sobs in court as injuries detailed
- Bears’ red-zone failures surprising, costly
- Wheaton South’s Ruggles defends Spanish 3-point crown
- Turnovers, third down slowing Illinois offense
- Large-scale data breaches
- State begins notifying medical marijuana applicants
- Brian Kelly in the dark on timetable for Notre Dame academic probe
- Just assume your credit and debit card data were hacked
- Fantasy waivers: Kyle Orton, Jordan Reed back on radar
- Michael Phelps’ arrest is last thing Baltimore needed
- Hampshire High School evacuated after fire
- Elgin woman dies in head-on crash
- Man pleads guilty to sex abuse of disabled woman
- Person in custody after Carpentersville woman stabbed to death
- 2 dead, 5 wounded in shootings since Monday
- Minnesota’s Kill: Hit on Michigan’s Shane Morris ‘not intentional’
- Together since 2008, Adam Jones and Nick Markakis lead Orioles into playoffs
- NFL: Chiefs’ Abdullah should not have been penalized for Muslim prayer
- Lawyers want evidence seized in Sacred Heart raid tossed
- Rookies McDermott, Mirotic face uphill climb to cracking rotation
- Week 5: Brad Biggs’ NFL power rankings
- Mission creep and the Islamic State
- Thibodeau reveals starters but wants to experiment
- Michigan fans rally, petition for athletic director’s ouster
- Obama bro-hug something Quinn has to deal with
- FSU injury news: LB Ukeme Eligwe expected to debut against Wake Forest and more
- CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in United States
- Blitz Package: The Bears’ September in numbers
- Zeke Emanuel stirs a dialogue on dying
- Olympian Michael Phelps arrested for drunken driving a second time
- Cubs need to restore rivalry with Cardinals, not respect them
- The nation-rattling havoc one man can wreak
- Marcus Kruger happy to do Blackhawks’ dirty work
- Theo Epstein says Cubs have resources to win NL Central in 2015
- Gallery | Week 5 football stories
- Accounts of arrest vary during Naperville ‘smart meter’ trial
- ’85 Bears connection helped Panthers land Kuechly
- Bears’ Brandon Marshall apologizes for postgame snub
- A few highs, many lows for White Sox in 2014
- Racing Board approves ‘status quo’ schedule for 2015
- At least 40 families displaced by Elk Grove apartment fire
- Stevenson’s Connor Cashaw picks Rice basketball