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- Gabrielle Rush burns OPRF for career-high 39 points
- Fatal Black Panther raid in Chicago set off sizable aftershocks
- Europe shudders at U.S. ‘Frankenfoods’
- Bears-Cowboys Cassella
- NFL suspends Ravens’ Haloti Ngata for rest of season
- The verdict? Potential jurors not impressed by jury pay raise
- Before it warms up, Chicago to see freezing drizzle Friday
- California surgeon disciplined for removing wrong kidney from inmate
- Ask Tom: Is Lake Michigan’s temperature drop a record for November?
- Week 14: Cowboys 41, Bears 28
- Girls Swimming 2014-15: Notre Dame-bound Nikki Smith, of Munster, aims to make senior season memorable
- Bears WR Brandon Marshall leaves Soldier Field in ambulance
- Motley: Short-term police grants were ‘best thing to do at the time’
- Talk of the County: Readers weigh in on ‘lazy’ teachers, blue ribbons
- Attorney to argue insanity defense in Highland Park murder case
- Children’s Advocacy Center fundraises for Healing Garden
- Caruso students give money, time in FUNdraiser for dare2tri
- Annual food drive a 50,000-pound affair in Grayslake
- Read of the Week: How many librarians does it take to recommend a book?
- Officials: Minimum-wage hike unlikely in Lake County
- Top 10 Chicago albums of 2014
- Ask Carrie: Generosity doesn’t always come with a high price tag
- Photo tour: Oak & Char in River North
- Moran: 10 years after Genessee Theatre show, we reconsider Bill Cosby
- ‘It’s hard to survive on the minimum wage’
- Oak Park man charged with threatening Radio Shack employee with knife
- Bearometer
- Fenwick retains bragging rights over OPRF at UIC Pavilion
- Deerfield uses team defense to down Maine East for first win
- Fantastic flavors prevail at River North restaurant Oak & Char
- PADS Lake County reports 16 percent increase in homeless children
- Bears ran more early, but not better
- Another national embarrassment for inexplicably bad Bears
- Cowboys’ DeMarco Murray, Tony Romo keep Bears defense off balance
- Another disgrace on national TV demands drastic action from Bears owners
- Defense disaster once again with porous performance reminiscent of 2013
- Man sentenced to prison for smuggling 46 turtles
- Bears’ Jay Cutler on disappointing season: ‘Expectations were extremely high’
- Dallas demolition: Bears fall 41-28 to Cowboys
- China-run Confucius Institutes under fire in U.S. schools, like CPS
- Ask Amy: Long-ago incident has girlfriend in its grip
- Animals
- Man, woman wounded in separate shootings
- Emanuel challenger Garcia calls for graduated income tax
- Kathleen Brandenburg, co-founder, IA Collaborative
- IA Collaborative’s founder offers 3 ideas on design thinking
- Police to display stolen property from burglaries on North Side
- Gay music director files complaint over firing by Catholics
- 1970s radical approved to return to U. of I. to teach in spring
- Firefighters rescue worker dangling from cell tower
- Marchers gather around U.S. in second night of protests over chokehold death
- Father of boy, 11, hit by Metra train: ‘I thank God that he let him live’
- Lenhoff: Savor the sweet spot of holiday celebrations
- Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts after Bears’ loss to Cowboys
- Driver dies after being shot on I-80 in Hammond
- Lake Co. prosecuted man despite doubting his guilt
- 8 ways to become the most proactive person you know
- PC-maybe
- Grammys 2015: Top nominees
- More protests vowed in Chicago over no charges in police chokehold death
- Prickly City: It Could be True
- Shots in The Dark for December 6th Weekend
- Shots in the Dark Dec. 6th weekend
- FSU notebook: Freshmen Cook and Thomas to start, how to beat cut blocks and more
- IOC agenda no revolution but important change for Olympics
- Update: Photo books, the perfect holiday gift
- Sports teams are phasing out hard tickets; why?
- Live video: President Obama names new secretary of defense
- High-end Loop clothing store burglarized second time in 2 months
- DVR Alert: ‘A Football Life’ featuring Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers
- Norwegian, Margaritaville team up to let cruisers waste away at sea
- VOTE: Should Marc Trestman be fired at season’s end?
- Friday food news: Berrista, brunches, British bake off
- Qué hacer el #FindeSemanaenChicago
- Sports tickets
- Bears TV ratings decline, but at least they outdrew ‘Peter Pan Live’
- Northbound Route 59 lane to close near I-88
- Watching British TV ads — a different kind of holiday tradition
- Five most disappointing Bears seasons ever
- Simmerling’s vibrant work lives on
- Norwegian Escape to feature Margaritaville eatery, bar
- CSO’s Russian program yields mixed results under Metzmacher
- HInsdale CEO brings passion for social issues to food bank
- Florida travel calendar for Dec. 12-14
- NASA’s Orion successfully completes debut test run
- Riña entre fanáticos de Bears y Cowboys deja dos apuñalados
- Renee Fleming is a Lyric operative
- As oil prices weaken Russia, Putin is in denial
- Hanging heater causes Naperville fire
- Pantone’s color of the year: Marsala
- Guerin’s Richie Zacharias loses more friends in Elmwood Park
- Hobart gets green light to improve U.S. 30 intersection
- Tech-industry leaders see 2015 big for health care, wearables, mobile
- Iowa-bound Joey Gunther leads Libertyville wrestling
- Mentally disabled woman missing from Albany Park
- Chicago Heights centenarian donates her home’s tree to city
- France to pay $60M for Holocaust victims deported by state rail firm
- Winners named in Park Ridge bike safety contest
- Police are ‘open to the possibility’ missing Army veteran left the area
- Stevenson’s Tyler Harrington caps wild weekend with wrestling title
- Holidays are happier when you ignore the killjoys
- After six years of Obama’s damage, Democrats are at war with Democrats
- Park Ridge Civic Orchestra hosts tea and music with Rachel Barton Pine
- Peña Nieto ‘da la cara’ en Guerrero ante crisis por 43 desaparecidos
- Smashing Pumpkins go pop, sort of, on ‘Monuments to an Elegy’
- Photos: “Panic on Cloud 9” on the Second City Mainstage
- Take a sip of Marsala, Pantone’s color of the year
- Artwork that does double duty as a speaker
- Those practical chauvinists from Harvard
- Art books that make good gifts
- MB Financial to close 4 Chicago-area branches
- Top technology trends for 2015
- Scientific team sounds the alarm on sugar as a source of disease
- Vann DNA request hearing moved to Dec. 19
- Obama recupera el impulso tras la derrota electoral demócrata
- Carnival cruise gift cards come ashore
- Celebrating Walt’s birthday: Disney World announcement in 1965
- Clever crows have a favorite side for tools, study finds
- Park Ridge property taxes to jump 22 percent
- 15 things to do with your kids: Dec. 8-14
- Pioneer Press Girls Volleyball Player of the Year: Hannah Juley
- Free apps as holiday party icebreakers
- Chase Daniel’s buzzer-beater lifts Glenbrook South over Glenbrook North
- Glenbrook South girls basketball team routs Glenbrook North
- Man sought in Loop bank robbery
- Rays hire Kevin Cash as new manager
- Chicago’s 2014 restaurant openings
- First look at new Regent Seven Seas Explorer
- Yankees land SS Didi Gregorius in 3-team trade
- El mundo mágico de Cri-Crí por un juguete
- 16th Street Theater announces 2015 season
- Ruling expected next week on Adrian Peterson’s appeal
- Museum of Holography Rescue exhibit
- Have you downloaded any interesting free apps lately?
- Acadia buys large stake in Mag Mile building
- 15 things to do with your kids this week: Dec. 1-7
- Blue Sky’s Friday Exit for Dec. 5, 2014
- What is your worst holiday memory?
- Soap operas, then swimming for late show at 2016 Olympics
- Nationals’ Jayson Werth gets jail time for reckless driving
- Marist offers special course in entrepreneurship
- REVIEW: ‘Panic on Cloud 9’ on Second City Mainstage
- Ashley Furniture facility in Romeoville to include outlet store
- There is still a huge racial divide in this country
- Michael Brown’s tragic actions
- Celebrating the season of thanks
- People will lose jobs because of wage hike
- Manhattan Food Pantry urging support for ‘giving trees’
- More customers stay out of banks to put money in
- 2 arrested in Evanston for DUI during holiday patrols
- Vote in the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- The Friday Exit: Why you need to be confident but coachable
- Ex-state Rep. Keith Farnham pleads guilty to child porn
- SeaWorld Orlando adds Christian-music festival
- Tratan de sensibilizar a empleadores ante la acción ejecutiva de inmigración
- Niedner: Take time to have fun in our often tragic world
- Chicago wants ‘self-release boots’ for cars
- A day with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker
- Kenilworth 2023 plan highlights forum discussion
- Noyes Center seeking new tenants for former Next space
- At last! Courtesy titles are out at Crain’s
- Bill Cosby’s Walk of Fame star vandalized with word ‘rapist’
- When there’s video, you are the witness
- Wounded Bears fan: Scuffle started after nice words were said about Packers
- Former Schaumburg cop charged in drug case faces March trial date
- Soaring Eagle Academy raises $90,000 at ‘Night with the Stars’ Gala
- Girl, 7, joins Chicago demonstrators: ‘I learn more things when I protest’
- It’s the law: Santa Claus free to land in Tinley Park
- Allstate flies idea of drones to speed claims
- Christmas-themed haunted house opens Saturday in Lombard
- The Game is ending, but 87.7 FM will keep going
- Gary pair charged after altercation with police officer
- Chicago futures trader accused of stealing trade secrets
- Work on Geneva’s Christmas Walk begins almost a year in advance
- St. John man charged in 2-year-old fatal crash
- Suspect sought in Munster bank robbery
- Armed robber hits Wicker Park gas station
- Detroit may not exit bankruptcy until Dec. 15
- Owner of Michigan Avenue mall buys adjacent block
- We should do better for pregnant workers
- Strangers reach out to help family of boy, 11, hit by Metra train
- Science center to host Orion experts from Lockheed
- Blotter: Utility boxes painted in Huntley
- Gary, EdisonLearning forge bold, new partnership
- Lockport approves deficit budget for 2015
- The Rauner era has begun in Illinois
- Lake Bluff police issue 4 DUIs, 5 speeding tickets during Thanksgiving campaign
- Volunteers burning to clear invasive species at Gary park
- Koletsos to retire as Northlake Police Chief after 16 years
- Blotter: $700 car sound and navigation system stolen in Hoffman Estates
- Blotter: Motorist falls asleep at wheel in Palos Hills
- Auditorium Building turns 125
- Good for you, bad for Vladimir Putin
- Troubled youths find perilous refuge in a decaying former asylum
- Blotter: Curfew violation in Barrington
- Sexually traumatized youths report new abuse at Indian Oaks
- Lawyer for family of unarmed black man killed in Phoenix seeks probe
- Blotter: Punch to face, blow to stomach in Evanston
- 4 charged after iPod sale deal turns into robbery
- U.S. House grants longer use of Will County landfill
- Porter County man charged in Munster robbery
- Blotter: ‘IRS’ scam in Morton Grove
- ThyssenKrupp North America
- Aggravated assault charges filed against Dixmoor trustee
- Gary wants Metro Center to stay on track
- Ogilvy & Mather to head Corona Light, Modelo Especial advertising
- Kane County looks at aggregation to cut some electric bills
- Loyola boys basketball team retooling, but off to strong start
- Citrus-sparked Cornish hens: Your go-to dinner party recipe
- Saturday’s matchup: Northwestern at Butler
- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel kicks off bid for second term
- New Trier boys basketball player Mike Hurley thrives as starter
- Illinois should dump campaign donation limits
- Corrections and clarifications for Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014
- Analyst: Starbucks will be worth more than McDonald’s by 2025
- A Chicago entrepreneur and the fate of a private hologram collection
- Judge rejects attempt at secret hearing for Obama pal Whitaker
- Marc Trestman feeling support, not heat, at Halas Hall
- Fight against Islamic State akin to third world war: Jordan’s King Abdullah
- Residents question plan for new Downers Grove village hall, police station
- Saturday’s matchup: American at Illinois
- Winnetka remains focused on stormwater plan, downtown redevelopment
- Pioneer Press Girls Volleyball Player of the Year: Lyons senior Hannah Juley
- Luxury apartments in the suburbs: Interactive map of notable projects
- Illinois hopes to get on track against American
- Athlete of the Month | Nazareth’s Julian Love
- Saturday’s matchup: Warriors at Bulls
- Illiana proposal leaves family fighting for its farm
- In 2019, Chicago’s minimum wage of $13 may not seem such a big deal
- CBS programming pulled from Dish in contract dispute
- Rolling Stone admits ‘discrepancies’ in its campus rape blockbuster
- Rauner moves in
- Speak Out for Dec. 7, 2014
- Audit shows Beverly Shores finances troubled; official resigns
- Ridgewood girls basketball player Monica Zygula has breakout game in loss to Chicago Christian
- Tiger Woods battles fever on his way to a 2-under round
- Saturday’s matchup: Fairleigh Dickinson at Notre Dame
- Harvey may settle fraud allegations with SEC
- Missouri ‘journey for justice’ march ends at governor’s mansion
- Bulls coach has first-hand experience with quality of Warriors backcourt
- Police: Pot deal led to Lansing teen’s shooting death
- Sea level rise threatens Kennedy Space Center
- Chicago City Council ethanol bill has been a bounty for lobbyists
- Celebrating fatherhood: Dads get a nod from SD 162
- Angry lawmakers vow action on problems with residential care for troubled youths
- Saturday’s matchup: Iowa State at TCU
- Orland trustees back continuing Crime Free Rental Housing Program
- 2 Sierra Leone doctors die of Ebola in 1 day: sources
- After three months, Horseshoe Casino Baltimore revenue is well below forecasts
- Big Ten championship: Wisconsin vs. Ohio State
- Grant Park skateboard park to open Saturday
- Ryan Dempster recruiting Jon Lester for Cubs
- Rauner meets with Obama, calls it ‘terrific day’
- Are blacks to blame for cops’ actions?
- Concussion suit could spell end of football at some high schools: IHSA
- Dolphin is born but dies at Brookfield Zoo
- Discrimination claims against DuPage sheriff’s office rejected
- Woman charged with supplying gun allegedly used to shoot 2 deputies
- Cubs, rooftop owners feud worsens over attempts to buy clubs
- Elite Classic | Fenwick vs. Oak Park-River Forest
- Brandon Marshall could miss rest of Bears’ season
- Chicago protesters react to Garner and Brown decisions
- 5 ways to show your kids how to give back this holiday season and year round
- 4 simple steps to a happier, healthier 2015
- 6 reasons the flu should not be ignored
- New year, new coat of paint: Success tips for DIY painting projects
- Millions of Americans would give up Facebook for Christmas sweets [Infographic]
- Learn how you can help your retirement plan in just 30 minutes
- How a proper winter skincare regimen can help you save face this season
- How to enjoy your holiday without the stress
- Don’t wait to discover if you have this deadly, under-reported type of cancer
- Sony employees receive email threat claiming to be from hackers
- Boys basketball: Fenwick tops Oak Park despite 3-point woes
- How will Google, Apple shake up car insurance industry?
- Cupich declines police detail at Holy Name rectory
- Commuters, transit experts offer 6 ways to improve Union Station
- MAC Championship: NIU 51, Bowling Green 17
- Lake Erie goalkeeping frustrates Wolves in 2-1 loss
- Illinois small firms will need to set up IRAs to aid retirement savings
- A small tree brightens a brother’s last Christmas
- A tangled, fulfilling trek from Congo to the basketball court at Mooseheart
- Alondra Chavarria, Leyden sink Taft from foul line
- Sam Smith, Beyoncé, Pharrell lead Grammy nominations
- Alondra Chavarria, Leyden sink Taft from foul line
- Boys basketball: St. Joseph overpowers Redondo Union
- Two referendum questions eyed by park board
- Silver Picasso plate worth $85,000 stolen from Miami art fair
- Ask Tom: Why is winter in the Southern Hemisphere not as cold as up north?
- Kerry urges caution over timing of torture report release
- Bears need clean sweep of football operation from president on down
- Chicago weather: Seasonable chill before mid-December mild spell
- Head of German nutcracker manufacturer to appear at Orland Park store
- McGrath: Razzmatazz, the last word on the mid-term elections
- Boys basketball: St. Joseph vs. Redondo Union
- Boys Basketball: Boone Grove wins game, claims ‘The Keg’
- Bill Cosby accuser meets with LAPD; department ‘committed’ to investigating
- Friday’s recap: Blackhawks 4, Canadiens 3