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- Deals on Tap this week
- ‘Orphan Black’ trailer and 1st look photo: Clones are ready for war
- La Grange District 102 names Colorado superintendent as new leader
- Ghosts of war haunt an Ebola graveyard in Sierra Leone
- What’s driving Cuba normalizing ties with the U.S. from the Cuba side?
- Rape threats, then no response: What it was like to be a woman on Twitter in 2014
- Proviso East coach, security guard suspended after alleged choking incident: report
- DePaul routed 90-59 by Oregon State
- Bulls 103, Knicks 97
- Cuban spy reportedly helped U.S. uncover 3 espionage networks
- Bulls reap dividends of missing out on Carmelo Anthony
- ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Frozen’ inspire Christmas home light show
- North Barrington residents help to raise $3,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- District 21 looks into security improvements around its schools
- Flying Under the Radar: The show won’t go on, but everyone’s talking about it
- News and Schmooze: Giving through the end of the year
- D220 administrators review enrollment projection process
- Full text of U.S. FBI statement on Sony cyberattack
- Stephen Colbert conquers death in ‘Colbert Report’ finale, prepares for next step
- Obama goes from midterm drubbing to checking off bucket list
- Roundup | Thursday, Dec. 18
- Photos: Australia stabbing
- Metra train fatally hits pedestrian in Oak Forest
- Outdoors calendar
- Outdoors notebook
- Fishing report
- Every trip I make to Cuba is an insult to my parents
- Ask Amy: Millennial ‘robot’ ponders next phase
- 5 people hurt in separate shootings
- How Tribune’s study was conducted
- Chicago’s red light camera program
- Study: Safety Effects of the Red-Light Camera Enforcement Program in Chicago
- Free children’s books Saturday on CTA Holiday Train
- Jeb Bush to meet with potential fundraisers in Chicago
- Chicago residential parking zones map
- Parking ticket blues? SmartChicago, city produce restricted-zones map
- Family Friendly: Short yet poignant performance of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
- Board to purchase new football scoreboards
- New cruise ships on order for Carnival, Holland America
- Notorious El Rukn killer wins surprise release from prison
- PC-friends
- Prickly City: Can’t We All Get Along?
- Broadway bike lane among ‘Top 10’ in the country
- Bok Tower Gardens hosting family holiday weekend
- 2014: The year we knew everything about everything
- Final ‘Colbert Report’: Colbert confers self immortality, sings ‘We’ll Meet Again’
- The story behind a platinum flute
- Chicago restaurants that repeatedly failed health inspections in 2014
- Steve Case on the opportunities for future entrepreneurs
- Jay Cutler acknowledges his days with Bears may be numbered
- Despite QB switch, Fox still sending Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to Soldier Field
- Friday Exit Dec. 19
- ‘He doesn’t look good at all’
- FIFA to publish Garcia report on World Cup bidding process ‘in appropriate form’
- Townline School students make connections through volunteering
- Fremont Middle School students collect 1,843 pounds of food to donate
- LSC driving range hosts ‘drive’ for food pantry
- Amateur chefs face off at Impact chili cook-off
- Giants keep starter Jake Peavy with 2-year deal
- Five for Friday: Ravens who deserve a trip to the Pro Bowl
- El orgullo mexicano ante el campeón moral del Mundial de Clubes
- Meet Derby, the dog who can run thanks to 3D-printed legs
- Jim McMahon’s ‘never die’ mindset on display against Vikings on ‘Bears Classics’
- Hanukkah celebration brightens Evanston’s Fountain Square
- Padres acquire Braves’ Justin Upton
- Real Madrid, a conquistar el mundo en partido histórico para el San Lorenzo
- Elmspring accelerator announces partnership with Waterton Associates
- Has the RSVP gone the way of the jello mold?
- Room-by-room gifts for the home
- Police: Man takes bite out of guard’s ear outside Loop strip club
- FSU’s Top 5 Moments of the season, No. 5: Rashad Greene gets angry, delivers in clutch against Clemson
- Why poor people stay poor
- Home development could turn the lights out on Winter Wonderland
- I was raped. Why I stayed silent
- Florina Carrillo’s pressures father to allow her to join Gators’ wrestling team
- La multinacionales suspenden suministros a Rusia para evitar pérdidas
- How to fight dry airplane skin
- How NORAD’s Santa Tracker began: A Sears ad misprint
- Bud Selig to earn $6M a year in retirement
- Marcos Herrera’s brothers help toughen him for Eagles’ basketball
- Jaguars lineman gets $600,000 bonus for sack on final play
- Top 10 large cruise ships
- Soloist Cynthia Yeh, CSO end year literally with a bang
- Towing ordeal tests anyone’s ability to find silver lining
- Through hard work, Jaime Herrera gets breakthrough in the ring
- New app reunites Navy Pier revelers with lost items
- Roadrunners’ loss to Lions shows Nazareth needs time to find its legs
- MLS sets early Fire games in 2015
- 15 things to do with your kids: Dec. 22-28
- Red Devils gymnasts form a common bond
- Niño con fiebre bajo observación por Ébola tras chequeo en O’Hare
- Career Education to divest Le Cordon Bleu schools
- Kate Upton named ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ by People magazine
- $1,000 reward offered in arrest of ‘Mug Shot Bandit’
- Florida Museum Guide: Morse Museum of Art
- Roadtrip Florida: Bradenton Donuts
- Open thread: The Week in Review
- Aaron Hammer of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP has been elected president of the Turnaround Management Association, Chicago/Midwest Chapter.
- Live video: President Obama’s end-of-year news conference
- Diesel exhaust, TPMS fixes and recalls: Motormouth answers your questions
- Country band Lonestar to headline Vernon Hills Summer Celebration
- Manzanas acarameladas matan a cinco y enferman a decenas por listeria
- Jennifer Aniston has finally won a movie acting award!
- Jay Cutler and his hometown of Santa Claus, Ind.
- Michael Phelps arrives in court in Baltimore
- NLRB to issue decision on McDonald’s labor complaints
- Despite Paul Chryst’s departure, RB Chris James plans to stay at Pittsburgh
- What’s cooking in chef Paul Virant’s kitchen on Christmas Eve
- A whopper of a deal at taxpayers’ expense
- Notre Dame grads help Minnesota State-Mankato reach national title game
- Watch: Stephen Colbert’s star-studded finale
- Illinois tax credits 2013
- FBI responsabiliza a Corea del Norte por ataque a Sony
- Not fit and proper: A very British sentence for train scofflaw
- RedEye Rundown: ‘The Interview’ canned, hot bike lanes and more
- The Friday Exit: All tech gadgets and gift-giving
- Corey Crawford, Duncan Keith set to return for Blackhawks
- ‘The Interview’ may be the first casualty in a serious, new kind of war
- Former Midlothian cop convicted of civil rights violation
- Navidad en Chicago
- Spread the Olympic Games
- Dedicated seniors push Lake Forest swimmers to strong start
- Mundelein working to replace graduated wrestlers
- Oak Brook police report success in compliance checks
- The Gambler: Perder para ganar
- Chris Bennett pleased by trajectory of Lake Zurich basketball
- Chicago Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo positive on ‘B’ sample
- Grow your landscaping skills at Wicker Park workshop
- President Obama: Sony ‘made a mistake’ in pulling ‘The Interview’
- Color test gallery scc to ng to p2p
- Heart of Mercy Ball raises $680,000+ for Misericordia
- Vote in the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- Route 66 announces 2015 season
- Map: U.S. cases of listeria linked to caramel apples
- Entrepreneurs and the holidays
- Sen. Kirk wants to show ‘The Interview’ at campaign event
- U.S. settles lawsuit over T-Mobile’s unauthorized charges
- REVIEW: ‘Cirque Dreams Holidaze’ at Chicago Theatre
- All-new 2015 RC F gives Lexus a performance edge
- Chicago City Council must end standoff over inspector general
- Photos: Cirque Dreams Holidaze
- The list: Bowl games that have bowed out
- Library prepares to put online new integrated search, check-out system
- Jewish musicians are behind many favorite Christmas tunes
- Rudolph and Frosty get makeovers
- The essential bow tie primer: What size? Is clip-on OK?
- Chicago’s top arcades and game shops
- The magic of the Sunday comics
- Park Ridge Youth Campus now ‘Prospect Park’
- Why is Elizabeth Warren so angry about Dodd-Frank?
- Quiz: How well do you know your celebrity news?
- Maine South student suggests murals for Uptown underpass
- Michael Phelps gets no jail time after entering guilty plea in DUI case
- Old cottage likely saved at Park Ridge’s former Industrial School
- Holiday tradition continues at NSCDS
- Holiday tradition continues at NSCDS
- Old photos get new life on Elmwood Park man’s T-shirts
- Woman indicted for phony business enterprise
- Carnival’s profits rise to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2014
- Credit Hillary Clinton for the Cuba deal
- Waukegan woman wants trademark for ‘I Can’t Breathe’
- Barack Obama calls James Franco ‘James Flacco’
- The bow tie: From nerd to Nordstrom
- Two home burglaries reported in Hinsdale
- Kraft’s CEO set to get two years of severance worth more than $2 million
- Lots of optimism (infographic)
- Photos: 2015 Lexus RCF
- Lincolnwood, Park Ridge women arrested after New Jersey restaurant heist
- Elmhurst hospital partners with race car driver for healthy living campaign
- Friend of accused Boston bomber pleads guilty to gun, drug charges
- Cuba not returning to capitalism despite U.S. deal: Castro’s daughter
- Women rule at Obama press conference
- Downers Grove candidates to stay on April ballot
- Panettone becomes building block for Christmas breakfast dishes
- Video games for holiday gift-giving
- 5 easy holiday gift confections even noncooks can make
- Botanic Garden scientist fights to protect plants, and planet
- ‘Outlander’ gift swap keeps fans connected during show hiatus
- Gold Swiss francs dropped in Salvation Army red kettle
- Style from head to Zoe
- NY woman who reported kidnap charged with murdering cousin
- The strange source of our Cuba policy
- Mother arrested for murder after 8 children found stabbed to death in Australian home
- Second year of Obamacare sign-up smoother for Community Nurse Health Association
- Sony looking for new platform to release ‘The Interview’
- Protesters stage CTA ‘train takeover’
- Adventist hospital group partners to offer insurance plan
- Bond set at $2 million for man charged with murder in Willowbrook
- Serial-sly, who murdered the Bears’ season?
- Jerry Sandusky’s pension appeal denied but lawyer vows to keep fighting
- Walgreens Boots to trade under WBA symbol
- Students expelled, face charges in St. Charles school computer hacking
- ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest takes it to the CTA
- Hospital penalties for hospital errors
- Fire sign Ghana’s David Accam to multi-year designated player deal
- Sprained ankle sidelines Kevin Durant
- Chicago’s China challenge: Translate goodwill into deals
- Machine-gun attraction trivializes firearms
- Quinn names longtime aide Stermer to succeed Topinka as comptroller
- Notre Dame gets commitment from Indianapolis safety Mykelti Williams
- Army dad comes home early, surprises daughter in River Grove
- Nearly $30,000 raised for funeral of boy, 15, and scholarship for surviving brother
- Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea over Sony cyber attack
- Indiana stage collapse survivors settle for $50 million: lawyers
- La Grange nurses brighten holiday for kids who whose mom died in hospice
- Airline industry poised to fly high in 2015
- Jonathan Toews feels the burn in All-Star video
- Bodies of 2 infants found in Calif. storage unit
- Labor Board: McDonald’s violated workers’ rights
- Saturday’s matchup: Illinois vs. Missouri
- Saturday’s matchup: Western Michigan at Northwestern
- Saturday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Blue Jackets
- Lyons man accused of promoting prostitution on Backpage
- Merry Quinnmas
- Dave Potash, longtime owner of Chicago food store, dies
- Boys basketball: Glenbrook North to honor Chris Collins, Jon Scheyer
- Jury duty pay increase coming next year
- Two charged with stealing Salvation Army donation bucket
- Teachers show off ugly holiday sweaters at Rhodes School
- Countryside cigar store owner looks forward to trade with Cuba
- Oak Park property transfers: Taylor Avenue home sold for $315,000
- Bail set at $2 million in Willowbrook strangulation
- Ravens to square off with Texans’ talented receiving tandem of Andre Johnson, DeAndre Hopkins
- Heart of the Home: De-clutter your home for the new year
- To lease or buy a new car? (infographic)
- The welcome decline of the death penalty
- Letter to the editor: Thanks to all who make PADS run
- Saturday’s matchup: Notre Dame vs. Purdue
- Ask Tom: Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?
- Lou Holtz talks Notre Dame, Ohio State and unions
- Football: Loyola grad Patrick Dougherty hopes to end career with FCS title
- Culinary students help food pantry spice up meals from donated items
- Entire Northwestern football staff to return
- Corrections and clarifications for Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014
- Eisenhower Library receives prestigious nomination
- Football recruiting: DePaul Prep’s Raequan Williams commits to Michigan State
- The bobcat: A stealthy predator named for its tail
- Bears’ QB Jimmy Clausen will try to keep it simple against the Lions
- Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says
- Illinois must keep emotion in check in Braggin’ Rights game vs. Missouri
- Two more Chicago pot dispensaries get zoning approval
- River Forest may lose voice on District 200 School Board
- Police: Man robbed pair trying to buy car from him in Oak Park
- Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in Florida next month
- Huddle up: Bears counting on teammates to rally around Jimmy Clausen
- Oak Park police blotter: Man arrested in CTA Blue Line sexual abuse case
- Saturday’s matchup: Illinois State at New Hampshire
- Bulls 103, Grizzlies 97
- Kamin: Jeanne Gang’s Wanda Tower design needs work
- Blackhawks back where they started with goalie tandem
- Brewing at home beats buying at store for beer enthusiasts
- Blotter: Chicago man charged with DUI near Belleplaine and Oriole avenues in Norridge
- Kepler spacecraft finds a second life – and an important new exoplanet
- Kentucky leads four great programs going head-to-head at United Center
- Santa Claus: Jay Cutler’s boyhood home
- Gloucester student challenges new transgender policy
- Norridge steakhouse adds to holiday joy
- Bulls depth key as Derrick Rose and Taj Gibson out again
- Historic Christmas front pages and cartoons
- Quinn taps aide to fill Topinka seat — for 3 weeks
- Uncorking the Top Wine Trends of 2014 [Infographic]
- Americans struggle to find the perfect gift for the holidays [Infographic]
- Can’t keep a resolution? Outside support can help
- What does your snacking say about you? [Infographic]
- The easiest thing you can do for your health and looks: drink more water
- Do you know the GI malignancy that’s second only to colon cancer? [Infographic]
- How ultrapure water equals ultra-smart electronics [Infographic]
- Take a full-court approach to managing diabetes [Infographic]
- Bon appetit: The top 10 restaurant trends for 2015
- NASA’s Kepler
- Gordie Howe’s condition improves after stem-cell treatment
- Boys basketball: Charles Matthews, St. Rita hang on against Simeon
- Top world stories of 2014
- Notable deaths 2014
- Top U.S. stories of 2014
- Music program shines at holiday concert
- Photos | Plainfield East vs. Plainfield North
- Loyola wins fourth straight, 73-57 vs. Southern Utah
- Harwood Heights celebrates holiday with song
- Paul-Rubio feud over Cuba a preview of GOP’s 2016 foreign policy debate?
- Tribune study: Chicago red light cameras provide few safety benefits
- How the red light camera study was done
- City Hall cites flawed statistics on red light cameras
- Traffic experts on red light camera study
- Federal judge puts gray wolf back on endangered species list
- Effort stalls to revamp Illinois’ corporate tax breaks program
- Christmas vacation
- Boys basketball: Ivanauskas leads Barrington past Fremd
- Boys basketball: Simeon vs. St. Rita
- High school student among 2 charged with Joliet murder
- Photos | Maine South vs. Evanston
- Boys basketball: Four score in double figures as Maine South ousts Evanston
- Photos | Fremd vs. Barrington
- December has seen persistent cloudiness — but above-average temperatures
- Boys basketball: Plainfield East’s Aaron Jordan beats buzzer against Plainfield North
- Jalen Brunson, Stevenson basketball hold off pesky Warren
- Friday’s recap: Bulls 103, Grizzlies 97
- Lake Forest writer-in-residence earns national acclaim for poetry
- Boys basketball: Jalen Brunson, Stevenson hold off pesky Warren
- Holiday lights, carol singers and other things that I like
- Sony hacks: Rogen, Franco could learn from Welles, ‘Citizen Kane’