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2014 > December > 26
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Chicago Tribune’s 2014 Photos of the Year
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‘The Interview’ goes pretty much as expected
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Discussing the future with the new community development director
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New Year’s fresh start means fresh tracks for local runner
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Flying Under the Radar: The clock is ticking on end-of-year giving
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News and Schmooze: Traditions and health for the new year
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Gabbin’ in the Grove: Reflecting on happiness for the new year
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Why family meals are so hard but so important
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Libertyville schools’ solar panels help teach, cut costs
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Ask Amy: Young woman has a bad case of ‘baby fever’
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Top national, international business stories of 2014
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Ayuda Legal: ¿Me pueden cortar la electricidad durante el invierno?
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Chicago police stop black motorists more, ACLU finds
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Chicago police stop black motorists more (chart)
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Clean Energy Challenge expects to award $1 million in startup funding
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Recycling Christmas tree gives it a second chance to do good
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Metra train fatally strikes pedestrian in northwest suburban Cary
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Cops: Suicidal man shot to death by police after attacking officer with knife
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Car crash in Chicago Heights leaves one dead
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‘The Interview’ makes $1 million on Christmas
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Dragons, drags dominate theme parks in 2014
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What’s on tap for Orlando theme parks in 2015?
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Options abound for New Year’s Eve
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Animals
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Welcome home, thundering bison, to your Prairie State
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Biden’s visit to Vernon Hills tops 2014 ‘Year in Review’
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Chicago’s last tannery
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El arte de plasmar la rutina diaria en un producto
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Residential fees waived for new Des Plaines parkway trees
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Blotter: Woman charged with DUI; ‘one-hitter’ found in vehicle in Orland Park
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Specialty barbers focus on beards as facial hair grows trendy
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Entregan regalos a desamparados de Chicago
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McDonald’s fries back on menus in Japan in all sizes
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Photos: Remembering tsunami victims
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Photos: Beardsgaard Barbers in Batavia
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Brainerd’s last stand tops 2014 ‘Year in Review’
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Blotter: Two women charged with theft from Frankfort store
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Pictures: Tarpon Springs, Florida
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Brookfield Zoo animal spotlight: polar bears
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3-pointers: Breaking down the Bulls’ victory
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PDF: ACLU study on Chicago traffic stops
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Clerk: ‘I wasn’t scared’ as gunbattle erupts with robbers, 7-Eleven staff
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Ex-Disney cast member’s photo snapped for Humans of New York site
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Best-sellers: Hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus Chicagoland hits
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Photos: Bottle & Bottega in Glen Ellyn
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Un grupo armado se llevó al padre Goyo, y aparece con ‘el tiro de gracia’
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Exelon launches myCareer app
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Photos: The year ahead in Oak Park and La Grange
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State bans sale of new drug kratom to minors
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Photos: Top theater performances of 2014
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A generational dialogue
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Crowded race for Burr Ridge Village Board
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The Art Institute video collection is on YouTube
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PC-gift
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Huskies Hockey plans benefit for Hornets Sled Hockey Team
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Prickly City: Carmen’s Gift
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Few candidates for most area school races
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Oak Park in 2014: Lake and Forest starts up, new Ridgeland opens, grocery stores shuffle
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Upcoming events in Highland Park and Deerfield, Jan. 3-8
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Exelon puts its energy into career-management app for employees
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Terrell Suggs, Chris Canty, Eugene Monroe miss third practice this week
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Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith ruled out with lacerated spleen, absence could affect Ravens’ playoff outlook
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The world my sons will inherit
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Vikings feeling heightened confidence from Teddy Bridgewater
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Illinois, protect your wildlife
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Hijos de policía asesinado en NY se entrenarán con los Mets
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A son advocates for his fellow millennials
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Photos: The most interesting cars of 2015
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Letter: Raising the minimum wage will kill teen job market
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What 2014’s biggest social media fails can teach us in 2015 and beyond
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Chiefs QB Alex Smith out with lacerated spleen
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Notre Dame boys basketball team advances to Wheeling Hardwood Classic championship game
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Come Thursday, enjoy the raise you won Nov. 4
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High-profile murder, corruption trials kick off 2015 in Lake County courts
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Chicagoland companies adapt to global economy
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Dog, shelter reunite after 900-mile trip from NYC to Grayslake
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Ilana Malman’s ‘fearless’ play leads Glenbrook North girls basketball team to victory
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Some have recouped millions from risky type of debt that plagues CPS
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Risky CPS debt raises questions about SEC protections for governments
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Knicks’ Quincy Acy suspended, Wizards’ John Wall fined
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2015 preview: Lake Forest, Libertyville and Grayslake
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Jeremiah Ratliff, Jared Allen questionable for Bears’ season finale
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The most interesting cars for 2015
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Blotter: Woman accused of identity theft in Libertyville
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Blotter: Young men accused of consuming alcohol in Highland Park
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Devils fire Peter DeBoer as coach
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Photos: Roosevelt University’s Auditorium Theatre celebrates 125 years
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Connor Shaw will make first NFL start Sunday against Ravens
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RedEye Rundown: 2014 year-in-review
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2nd fatality reported after Christmas Day crash in Northbrook
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Glenview personal injury attorney named Illinois Rising Star
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Boys basketball blog: Helfgot breaks down Proviso West tourney semifinals
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What Ebola has taught us
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River Forest in 2014: Fresh Thyme grabs Dominick’s, lab pulls out, new plumbing plugged in
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El manejo de un asilo de ancianos de cinco estrellas
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A ruined Christmas Eve feast
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Police: Christmas Eve burglar stole computers, cash from school
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New Year’s party at 35,000 feet
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Help from strangers on a Thanksgiving
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Adding to a heavy workload
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A gift of Butterfinger candy bars
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1973 contest poked fun at the mayor
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A little girl’s Christmas secrets
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An embarrassing class gift
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Dad’s bad idea
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Disabato: Holiday hoopla at its finest at McDipper
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Turns out this wasn’t such a bad gift after all
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A gift on our first Christmas together
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Hungarians in Chicago had a home away from the homeland: Liberty Hall
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The poster that ruined Christmas
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Used gifts are no gifts at all
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Baranek: Holiday hoops set to sizzle at Hillcrest girls tournament
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Chasing dreams and goals 10 minutes at a time
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Boys basketball: Justin Smith happy to be one of the guys for Stevenson
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With Eugene Monroe doubtful, John Harbaugh confident in offensive line reserves
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Photos: AKC has 4 new breeds
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4 dog breeds join the AKC family — but which should join yours?
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The garlow: Just ahead of its time?
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The high cost of holiday gift returns
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Woodrow Wilson Road didn’t go far
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Libertyville remembers basketball star, kindhearted Jack Lipp, 19
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Harold Washington Library to close Saturday
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Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels swap war prisoners
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Mayoral race only contested municipal race in Darien, Willowbrook
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Police officers help deliver baby on train on Christmas
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Heart of Dallas Bowl: Louisiana Tech 35, Illinois 18
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Pedestrian, 71, dies after being struck by teen driver on Christmas
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Buying houseplants in winter? They need some TLC on the way home
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Eaglet retriever says he rejected plea offer, will go to trial
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Elmwood Park, River Grove in 2014: Businesses come and go, but politics carry on
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Asia marks 10 years since Indian Ocean tsunami killed 230,000
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15 things to do with your kids: Dec. 29-Jan. 2
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‘Cinderella’ star balances theater with motherhood on tour
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Some borrowers have gotten money back (table)
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Retailers, carriers improve holiday shipping performance
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Smart people offer workplace advice for 2015
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Saturday’s matchup: Kennesaw State vs. Illinois
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Gold star given to Elmwood Park Girl Scout for leadership
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Hostess cited after man’s fatal fall from window during underage party
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A year ago, ‘Duck Dynasty’ was inescapable; now, no one cares
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Extra cops looking for drunk drivers New Year’s Eve in Elmwood Park
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Dustin Diamond, Screech from ‘Saved By the Bell,’ arrested after bar stabbing
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Saturday’s matchup: Northern Kentucky at Northwestern
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Sunshine likely to halt any ‘cloudiest’ records
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Heart of the Home: A look back at west suburban real estate in 2014
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Bears center Roberto Garza signs one-year extension
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Cable news, where celebrity opinionators rule
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Hollywood struggles to reflect its audience
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Cops release photos of 4 wanted in CTA Red Line robbery
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District 200 reduces tax levy, approves abatement
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Oak Park police blotter: Two charged with DUI
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Baseball field option still on table for new OPRF pool site
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Girls basketball: Oak Lawn scoring record doesn’t add up, says former player
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Man found dead in creek at Geneva golf club
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Family asks why man shot by police in hospital wasn’t frisked after crash
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Vernon Hills trustees run for reelection unopposed
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Marian Catholic pulls away from Huskies in fourth quarter at Montini
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Biggest stories of 2014 didn’t need traditional news outlets
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After frustrating season, healthier Lardarius Webb is finding previous form
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Boys basketball: Libertyville remembers kindhearted Jack Lipp, 19
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Two longtime Trustees to depart Lincolnwood Village Board next year
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Traveling while black created a stir in China
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Illinois gas tax: Rauner needs fuel in drive to fill Illinois budget holes
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Evan Boudreaux sets the tone as Lake Forest cruises by Nazareth
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Ask Tom: How many traces of rain would it take to make an inch of rain?
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Missouri first state to see average gas price below $2
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Welfare drug testing program signed into law by Michigan Gov.
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DuSable Museum celebrates first day of Kwanzaa festival
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Ones to watch update
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Boys basketball: Hinsdale Central, Fenwick to meet in Proviso West consolation final
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Standouts from a year’s worth of smart money advice
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Northwestern coach Chris Collins not afraid to shake things up
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Boys basketball: Larkin’s Christian Negron becoming center of attention
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Ostracized baby gorilla will switch zoos
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New Russian military doctrine says NATO top threat
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E’Twaun Moore, Aaron Brooks giving Bulls a boost from bench
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Rutgers gives Big Ten its first bowl victory this season
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Al Piemonte, one of Chicago area’s most memorable car dealers, dead at 83
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Photos | Proviso West tourney: Stevenson vs. Kenwood
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We said they’d make headlines in 2014. Were we right?
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Holiday workers skip dinner, enjoy serving others
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Pau Gasol’s hard work paying off in first season with Bulls
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Illinois fumbles away huge opportunity in bowl loss to Louisiana Tech
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NFL sack title, Deacon Jones Award coming down to end for Dumervil, Houston and Watt
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Illini takeaways from Heart of Dallas Bowl
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Life support ended for pregnant Irish woman
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Football: Nyles Morgan makes progress at Notre Dame
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2014 took the ‘awe’ out of ‘awesome’
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Body removed from creek at Geneva Golf Club identified as John Gaines, 74
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All await the coming turmoil after Bears finale Sunday against Vikings
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Blazers’ Kaitlin Aylward earning big praise for workouts
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Egypt bans biblical epic ‘Exodus,’ 20th Century Fox says
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Daily high temperatures in December
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Photos | Wheeling tourney: Fremd vs. Lake Park
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Bears dungeon
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Rain to follow Friday’s rare 50-degree highs
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Female veterans battling PTSD from sexual trauma fight for redress
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Boys basketball: Prospect, Waukegan squeak out Wheeling tourney wins
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Photos | Proviso West tourney: St. Joseph vs. St. Rita
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Wolves overwhelm AHL’s top goalkeeper in 6-2 victory over the Admirals
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Boys basketball: Nick Rakocevic, St. Joseph best St. Rita at Proviso West
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Pakistani forces kill an alleged organizer of school massacre
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Boys basketball: Lake Park’s Marcus McDaniel makes most of points against Fremd
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Using DNA to catch canine culprits – and their nefarious owners
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Boys basketball: Notre Dame vs. Naperville Central
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Boys basketball: Stevenson overwhelms Kenwood in Proviso West semifinal
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Roundup | Friday, Dec. 26
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Boys basketball: Ammar Becar steps up for Notre Dame at Wheeling tourney
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Full St. Joe’s lineup drops St. Rita in Proviso West semifinal