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- Girls Basketball: Raegan Walther goes wild as Kankakee Valley knocks off Hanover Central
- Boys Basketball: Griffith holds on to beat Gary 21st Century
- Roundup | Tuesday, Dec. 9
- 20 disappointing movies from 2014
- Freshman wrestler Markus Hartman bursts on scene for Barrington
- Buffalo Grove basketball will put perfect record on the line against Prospect
- Crash-and-grab burglaries around Chicago
- 10 treats to bring to holiday parties
- Car parked at gas station set on fire
- Family Network finds yoga inspires distraction-free play
- Downtown Buffalo Grove plan withdrawn, groups assess next steps
- Quidditch: Could the real world sport fly here?
- Yusuf Islam at the Chicago Theatre: Cat Stevens songs and more
- VOTE: Which team has had the better offseason, Cubs or Sox?
- 2 wounded in shootings since Tuesday evening
- Cubs’ playoff goal in focus after Jon Lester signing
- Boys hoops | St. Viator moving on from previous regime
- How to help loved ones get help
- Will Islamic State wring its hands like us over torture? Not likely
- Boys basketball | Glenbard West tries to rebound after losing streak
- Nordstrom murder-suicide highlights limits of abuse aid
- Boys hoops | Plainfield Central learning to close out wins
- Ask Amy: Drunken threesome a bad idea
- Boys Swimming: Building off successful 2013-14 season, Stagg sets sights higher
- Chicago’s upscale dining after the curtain falls
- Behind-the-scenes look at Army-Navy
- Judy Baar Topinka through the years
- Dough plans global expansion of financial content firm
- Anthony has been breakout performer for Mids
- Photos: Michigan Avenue ‘crash-and-grab’
- Man crashes into CTA bus, 5 cars during police chase
- New Trier girls win, boys lose in basketball doubleheader against Evanston
- Jon Lester validates Cubs’ plan
- 14 changes to social media marketers need to know
- Mag Mile Neiman Marcus store latest ‘crash-and-grab’ target
- Shakira y Arne Duncan en chat sobre educación #ShakiraEdChat
- PC-worst
- Prickly City: What’s the Worst That Can Happen?
- ¡Babalú! con Ricky Ricardo
- Printer’s Row tree apartment, for $335,900
- Click here to vote for the tweet of the week
- Michigan loses at home again, this time to Eastern Michigan
- Jon Lester signing confirms Cubs ready to win now
- The Icon Group
- Govtech bets that startups can solve government problems
- Wilmette officials put out call for Person of the Year nominations
- Timeline: Only woman nominated for Illinois governor by GOP
- Hinsdale and Darien high schools searched for illegal drugs
- Obama to announce $1B in new grants to states for preschool
- Cubs sign free-agent ace Jon Lester
- Pictures: Most check-into places on Facebook in 2014
- Los Cachorros se llevan a Jon Lester
- You couldn’t help but call her ‘Judy.’
- Roger Goodell voted sports’ second ‘least effective’ executive
- Quieter Wilson stop could throw off Buddhist temple’s meditation
- Among Chicago’s public companies, it’s still a man’s world
- Who will win more games in 2015 … Cubs’ Jon Lester or White Sox’s Jeff Samardzija?
- U.S. launches 20 airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
- Cruise Port Spotlight: Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Boot camp-style schools teach code to career switchers
- 2014 will end with no new construction to compliment Fresh Market
- 1 in 5 Americans say they’ll never get out of debt
- Ervin Santana would be icing on Cubs’ cake
- Trae Molotov su ‘Agua Maldita’a Chicago
- Breaking down the AFC playoff picture
- The Music Man
- November sales grew despite Black Friday’s decline
- Detroit to exit historic bankruptcy Wednesday
- 3 Chicago-area teachers vie for $1 million prize
- Spoelstra, Heat embrace Deng’s defensive versatility
- Lyons Township Republicans join in mourning loss of Judy Baar Topinka
- Broadway actress, NT alum shares kind message at Skokie School
- Annie Kroll’s absence felt on court, but NSCD senior tries to lead from bench
- Anuncian estreno de ‘Dueños del paraíso’
- Photos: Anti-Cruelty adoption event
- Disney tops Facebook’s most checked-into places in 2014
- Sunset Key Guest Cottages offers Winter Reprieve package
- Food briefs: Gene & Georgetti’s expands, fire at Chicago Firehouse
- Stevenson’s Jordan Newman shakes off injury to become top reserve
- Anti-Cruelty waives adoption fees for 2 days
- Swimming with manatees in Crystal River this winter
- ‘All Joy and No Fun’ author Jennifer Senior talks modern parenting
- Protests in Mexico among world events affecting travel
- Casey Wilson of ‘Marry Me’ talks holiday disasters
- Maine South, Maine East concerts ring in holidays
- U2 vendrá a Chicago
- Automakers pledge privacy of data collected on drivers
- An idea that makes so much sense it will never happen: Gov. Quinn should appoint Tom Cross comptroller
- Is issue of Jay Cutler being released or traded just media talk, or a possibility?
- A Chicago restaurants roundup: Right bites, big city
- Can the Bears and Jay Cutler rework his contract?
- Stevenson basketball routs Libertyville in first home game
- Durkin to stay on Downers Grove ballot; decision on Rheintgen postponed
- Photos: Living History – 125 Years of the Auditorium Theatre
- Five things you should know about Jon Lester
- Flu cases jump in December at hospital emergency rooms
- Leslie Jamison: For Christmas, a treasure map to the ‘Heart of Darkness’
- Chicago Firehouse restaurant fire
- Evan Boudreaux pushes Lake Forest basketball past Lake Zurich
- Bulls seek to improve home mark
- Jon Lester talk of Twitter in Boston, Chicago
- World of Chocolate Winter Gala supports AIDS Foundation
- Laura Jane Grace is a rebel with a cause
- Wisconsin RB Melvin Gordon to enter 2015 NFL draft
- Go modern, minimal with traditional Finnish ornaments
- Intriguing catching options for Jon Lester
- Sneak peeks of Blackhawks Winter Classic series on EPIX
- Photos: World of Chocolate Winter Gala
- Organizers of Wrigleyville TBOX pub crawl beef up security
- Gene & Georgetti expanding to Rosemont
- Michael M. Marick Receives Defense Research Institute’s Davis Carr Outstanding Committee Chair Award, Elected National Director
- What if the Bears used Matt Forte as trade bait for Jay Cutler?
- Is there a football Theo Epstein that can save the Bears?
- Glencoe caucus approves slate for April elections
- ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Sherlock’ may inspire rides at Paramount-backed theme park
- Victory Gardens will host ‘We Must Breathe’
- Would the Bears bench Jay Cutler for the last three games?
- Morton restaurant family restore mansion to former glory
- New concealed carry law brings mixed reactions from North Shore businesses
- Dayan Viciedo remains a question for White Sox
- Crusaders drop fifth straight in S. Dakota
- Chris Zhang, Alex Merritt lead Glenbrook North boys hockey team past Loyola Gold
- Supuestos miembros de Guerreros Unidos acusados de narcotráfico en Chicago
- Judy Baar Topinka, ‘sensata, directa y trabajadora’, muere a los 70 años
- HUTTON: Time to create six classes in basketball
- Dick Enberg wins Frick Award
- Mysterious ‘crop circles’ appear in sand on Edgewater beach
- Modest Mouse planning new album for 2015
- Photos: A look inside the restored Morton family mansion
- PHOTOS: A look inside the restored Morton family mansion
- Ravens Q&A with Mike Preston
- Topinka in her own words
- Young Chilean wine country boasts potential for much more
- Politicians remember Judy Baar Topinka on Twitter
- Topinka remembered as ‘trailblazer’ by Lake County colleagues
- Holiday music brightens Northbrook Woman’s Club boutique
- Panthers QB Cam Newton out of hospital, will not play Sunday
- Judy Baar Topinka remembered for political style
- Mobile apps show rates during Uber surge times
- REVIEW: “I Love Lucy Live On Stage” at the Bank of America Theatre
- Wines with zesty acidity match a fried rice recipe
- Better to stink for a few years and build a team by drafting?
- Will Chris Conte return next year?
- Any chance Rex Ryan could be the Bears defensive coordinator?
- Are the problems on defense more about the players or Mel Tucker?
- What are most important moves Bears should or could make in the offseason?
- Carmelo Anthony at center of Knicks’ strife: report
- Photos: Malala Yousafzai
- NFL owners unanimously pass stricter personal conduct policy
- Cardinal George cracks joke as he receives city’s highest honor
- Quidditch: Could the real world sport fly here?
- Taste test: 5 Christkindlmarket Chicago foods
- How Quxsi and other apps are responding to the surge of Uber
- Harold Ramis’ ‘Ghostbusters’ jumpsuit on sale to the highest bidder
- Topinka remembered as ‘trailblazer’ by Lake County colleagues
- Topinka remembered as ‘trailblazer’ by Lake County colleagues
- Emanuel blasts Quinn aide appointment as sports agency chief
- Chicago Tech StartUp, MarkITx, hires new VP of Global Sales — Jim Tarantino
- Downtown Buffalo Grove plan withdrawn
- Solid start not enough for Mundelein basketball
- Movie theater owner faces more than 100 counts of tax evasion, fraud
- Aurora man charged with leading local heroin trafficking ring
- Who bankrolls the Illinois Supreme Court?
- Topinka remembered as ‘trailblazer’ by Lake County colleagues
- Uninsured face Dec. 15 deadline for Obamacare
- American’s Dreamliner delivery delayed
- Vegas loves Cubs after Jon Lester signing
- Carmel gymnast Anna Osowski stays active despite injury
- Thunderbirds, Blue Angels nail down year’s Florida stops
- Winter holiday air travel expected to rise slightly
- Come all ye fashionable for kids’ holiday clothes
- Government bungling, CIA-style
- Natalie Laser verbally commits to USC women’s soccer team
- Niles library provides free remote access to video, audio with Hoopla
- REVIEW: ‘Living The History — 125 Years of the Auditorium Theatre’
- Fantasy Wild Card Wednesday: Cartoon Jay Cutler, Matt Forte help parody fantasy coaches
- Sen. Kirk: Senate staffers who released CIA torture report ‘little zombies’
- Chicago’s 7 biggest architecture stories of 2014
- Becky Deichl developing into post presence for Libertyville
- 2 charged in baseball bat beating, robbery in Woodridge
- Vernon Hills’ Peter VanderBloomer a leader on the wrestling mat
- Malala y Satyarthi unen su voz por los derechos de los niños al recibir Nobel
- We’ve lost a sparkle in public life
- Jack Keleher, judge who helped start arbitration program, dies
- Walgreen CEO to retire
- Lake Forest linebacker Jack Traynor tackles Illinois football record
- Chicago scrap metal dealer to plead guilty to tax charges, authorities say
- Photos: How to make vegetable stock
- One student arrested at Hinsdale Central following drug search
- How to make vegetable stock — and why you should
- Man out on bail in September case charged with trying to kill DEA agent
- Holiday House Walk offers a new tradition to kick off season
- Candidatos a la alcaldía priorizan educación en Chicago
- McDonald’s to trim U.S. menu
- Bin 36 to open at CTA headquarters
- Definidos los octavos de la Liga de Campeones
- 2-time felon pleads guilty again to fraud in federal court
- Strain showing between Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall
- Andrea Zopp, president, Chicago Urban League
- Losing Judy Baar Topinka, an everywoman
- Attorneys: Police planted blood on Juan Rivera’s shoes in Waukegan slaying
- Photos: Holiday party finds
- Rainmaking lawyer leaves one Chicago firm for another
- Talking to Lonnie Bunch about his Smithsonian-size task
- New salon, other businesses open in Arlington Heights
- A farmers market could return to Des Plaines
- Local Army alums know all about ‘living in enemy territory’
- Making a case for gift-giving, and the sentiment behind it
- Why this Democrat will miss Judy the Republican
- Baseball backers: Don’t replace fields with new OPRF pool
- Illinois Supreme Court grants sped-up pension law appeal
- Chicago protests
- Mayoral candidates staking out positions
- EEUU hace examen de conciencia tras el informe de torturas de la CIA
- Police body cameras carry risks without firm rules, activists say
- Adventure in small groups
- Fire guts century-old South Loop firehouse converted into restaurant
- Fire guts century-old South Loop firehouse converted into restaurant
- What’s New In Paris? The Louis Vuitton Arts Center
- ComEd to raise electric delivery rates by 11 percent
- Photos: Lonnie Bunch of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Cam Newton named NFC offensive player of the week
- Chicago Makers: Levi Borreson of Legacy Frameworks
- Wisconsin man blames beer-battered fish during drunken driving stop
- North Chicago suburbs lack affordable housing near Metra
- Winnetka trustees disagree with BCDC recommendations
- 2014’s celebrity acts of infamy
- Coach K on Cubs landing Jon Lester: ‘Hallelujah’
- La Policía plantó evidencia en el caso Juan Rivera, dicen sus abogados
- Lake Forest linebacker Jack Traynor tackles Illinois football record
- Harsh Treatment: How Illinois fails its most vulnerable citizens
- Experience a valuable tool for Highland Park basketball
- Affordable housing advocates say proposal falls short
- Photos: New mummy for “Images of the Afterlife”
- Becky Deichl developing into post presence for Libertyville girls hoops
- Emanuel blocks Burke’s ethanol bill
- Bill Cosby sued for defamation by sexual assault accuser
- Acusan a pastor de agredir a una mujer
- Stevenson’s Jordan Newman shakes off injury to become top reserve
- ‘Marco Polo’ review: A slow, eventually satisfying journey
- Read all about it: ‘Newsies’ is in town
- Chicago theater openings for the week of Dec. 12-18
- Dolly receives seed funding
- Dolly receives seed funding
- There was only one Judy Baar Topinka
- Allan Kustok sentenced to 60 years for killing wife
- U. of C. sees tough competition from New York for Obama library
- WGN America makes strides on long road ahead
- J.K. Rowling’s Cormoran Strike books to be adapted into crime series
- Allan Kustok sentenced
- Lorenzo Richelmy travels far as ‘Marco Polo’
- Libertyville trustees uphold ban on video gambling
- RIP Judy Baar Topinka
- Inexperienced Bears special teams a painful work in progress
- 11 years for accidental killing of friend
- 11 not-news Chicago news stories of 2014
- Downers Grove adds rules to prevent flooding
- I take it back, Cubs. You’re legit now.
- Jonny Gomes fits Cubs’ leadership mission
- Neiman Marcus crash-and-grab takes string to Magnificent Mile
- Ravens linebacker Daryl Smith says he has no hard feelings toward Jaguars
- The scandal of mass imprisonment
- Man dies day after shooting near Truman College
- Little moments
- Speak Out Dec. 11, 2014
- Jon Lester’s career compared to the best Cubs pitchers
- Wisconsin will aim to hire ‘another excellent coach’ after Gary Andersen bolts for Oregon
- Judy Baar Topinka a rare politician who spoke her mind
- Forum: Moore an apologist for violent behavior
- Redflex bagman pleads guilty in Chicago red light camera case
- Chinese delegation learns about Kane County tax system
- Top holiday gifts that don’t exist but should (gallery)
- Kicker Jay Feely just happy to get a shot with Bears week to week
- Psychologist: Senate’s torture report makes false charges
- Park district approves budget, hikes fees and parking in 2015
- Financing OK’d for bigger Soldier Field video screens
- Disabato: A special trip back to Thornton up next for Rocky Hill
- Sexual predator wins $3 million from Florida lottery
- Naperville theater owner accused of failing to pay $1.3M in sales tax
- State constitution murky on appointing successor to Comptroller Topinka
- Judge in Colorado movie theater massacre case refuses to delay trial again
- Thursday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Bruins
- Roosevelt named ‘Apple Distinguished School’ for tech
- Blackhawks’ team defense stifling opponents
- Man accused of killing parents gets 18 months for profanity-filled court disruptions
- New year, new career: Four growth industries for career-changers in 2015
- 7 secrets to a perfect kitchen redesign [Infographic]
- Answering the biggest unmet need in cancer care today
- Smarter streaming saves energy and cash [Infographic]
- The evolution of holiday shopping [Infographic]
- Holiday shopping game plan: How to save big and win the day
- Traded away from Chicago, Chris Bassitt offers fans his White Sox gear
- Sony limits media access to ‘Interview’ premiere after hacking
- Closer David Robertson high risk, high reward for White Sox
- Hong Kong starts to clear main pro-democracy protest site
- Ask Tom: How many times has 10 inches of snow or more fallen in one day?
- A cloudy start to December — just like last year
- With Jon Lester signing, Cubs shake up the baseball world
- Boys basketball: Evan Boudreaux pushes Lake Forest past Lake Zurich
- Police search for two males in Humboldt Park fatal hit-and-run
- Woman shot in leg in drive-by on South Side
- Jon Lester signing shows Cubs intend to contend in 2015
- Anti-violence activists protest across city, including at Obama home
- Domestic abuse victims struggle to navigate legal system
- Cubs’ Jon Lester signing gets everyone’s attention at winter meetings
- Police say driver used heroin just before fatal St. Charles crash
- Pau Gasol: ‘En casa tenemos que ser sólidos, duros y consistentes’
- Posada musical para Latinoamérica
- Girls basketball: Marian Catholic defeats Marist 52-32
- Bulls get their act together defensively in 105-80 victory over Nets
- Bulls 105, Nets 80
- The Christmas gifts we really want? They just don’t exist
- Police warn South Austin residents of robberies involving red minivan
- Wednesday’s recap: Bulls 105, Nets 80