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- Packers hold off Falcons for 43-37 win
- Candy Cane Train takes Deerfield children to Santa
- Theater parents question fundraising for HPHS auditorium lights
- Local students dig into programming with ‘Hour of Code’ initiative
- West Cook December challenge
- Glenview & Northbrook December challenge
- New Chicago concerts on sale: U2, Jessie Ware, TV on the Radio
- Wheaton & Glen Ellyn December challenge
- 14 overrated movies from 2014
- Des Plaines & Park Ridge December challenge
- Tri-Cities December challenge
- Downers Grove December challenge
- Tinley Park & Lincoln-Way December challenge
- Highland Park & Deerfield December challenge
- Orland Park & Palos December challenge
- PDF: Senate report on CIA interrogation tactics
- Hinsdale & Elmhurst December challenge
- Arlington Heights December challenge
- Deerfield basketball rallies over Highland Park for second win
- Lake Forest & Libertyville December challenge
- Giving becomes inherited trait at Holy Cross
- District 220 makes plans for tax levy request
- Naperville December challenge
- Wilmette & Winnetka December challenge
- Barrington East: Tobinson in Top 10 for Grammy Music Educator Award
- Mundelein & Lake Zurich December challenge
- Mike Smith prepared this season to take charge of Friars
- White Sox make biggest splash on Day 1 of winter meetings
- White Sox go for broke in wild night
- Survey: Chicagoans wait half-hour daily for trains, buses, but could be worse
- Ask Amy: 10-foot pole required for friendship mess
- Woman, 53, fatally struck by car in Wicker Park
- Receiver relishes role with Mids
- Navy’s Niumatalolo on verge of major milestone
- Eat this: Cuban sandwich
- Navy unveils ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ uniforms for Army-Navy game
- Army, Navy bring unique approaches to rivalry
- Mundelein glassblower lets customers face the heat
- Mount Prospect pizzeria closes after $6.5 million settlement with village
- Lake County Board Chair will focus on Route 53, economic growth in second term
- Obama friend Whitaker declared hostile witness at state grant fraud trial
- Valley View School D365U delays vote on disciplinary policy
- Bolingbrook teens’ parents ‘stunned’ by Islamic State recruitment claims
- Derrick Rose, from the heart
- Chicago millionaire buys $17 million Trump Tower penthouse
- Number of homes planned for Country Lakes cut by 26
- PICTURES: When the Duke and Duchess met ‘King James’
- Hong Kong court issues order to remove protesters from streets
- Illinois builds on football recruiting class
- Photos: Pawn shop ‘crash-and-grab’
- Are the White Sox ready to contend?
- Study says casinos have $1.4 billion impact in Maryland
- La Grange kicks off holiday shopping, dining season
- President Obama takes over ‘The Colbert Report’
- FSU’s Fisher warns Heisman finalist Marcus Mariota that awards circuit is a “wearing procedure”
- Oak Park OKs budget with higher parking, water and garbage fees
- Athletes show support for Eric Garner, Michael Brown
- Sighting: Sam Smith dines at Troquet
- PC-morelies
- Girl, 8, found safe after reported missing in Austin neighborhood
- 3 questions to ask before turning your idea into a company
- Prickly City: More Lies
- Hubbard Street commissions Luna Negra choreographer
- Chick-fil-A launches mobile ordering, prepay in Chicago
- Special edition Army-Navy uniforms [Pictures]
- Glen Ellyn won’t allow Jehovah’s Witnesses brochure rack on sidewalk
- Number of office parties drops, survey finds
- Prince William, wife Kate meet ‘King James’
- Rolling Stone problems change Bill Cosby context
- Urgen a vacunarse contra gripe
- Pictures: Disney Christmas Day celebration taping
- Best of the kid-friendly video games
- Quince años, 179 muertos a manos de policías de NY y sólo una condena
- New Trier renovation clears second-to-last hurdle
- USOC chairman says odds good for 2024 Olympic bid, with single city
- ‘Sing We Joyous’ a Christmas concert with a twist
- La Grange students spread out for a day of service
- Cubs have financial room for Jon Lester
- Las torturas, ‘peores’ de lo que reconoció la CIA: Senado de EEUU
- Kindly strangers turn out not so kind in Oak Lawn
- Board can levy assessment instead of using reserves
- Driver crashes into house while fleeing police
- About $1,000 stolen from Oak Lawn High PTSA
- Dad reunites with daughter at Disney after deployment in Afghanistan
- Armed robbery in CC Hills church
- Boustead’s mission: Putting new classical music within reach of all
- A conservative case for police reform
- Soarigami divider could end armrest wars
- Kohl’s to keep stores open 100+ hours starting Dec. 19
- Elmhurst band The Orwells featured in new iPad Air 2 ad
- Photo tour: Oak & Char
- ‘Normal kid’ from Park Ridge lifts ‘Goldbergs’
- House tour: The home White Sox slugger Frank Thomas built
- Richard Roeper sells condo for $1.4 million
- Lights, music, love make Christmas House spectacular
- Orland School District 135 adopts full-day kindergarten for 2016-17
- Nine District 214 students ace ACT test
- 7 weird, wet and wild lakefront stories of 2014
- Audio: Brandon Marshall on Derrick Rose’s ‘I Can’t Breathe’ t-shirt
- Suburban Restaurants Roundup – El Tapeo
- Ripley’s picks up dog-hair portraits
- Primera cita de Michelle y Barack Obama será llevada al cine
- The worst songs of 2014
- House built by White Sox slugger Frank Thomas sells for $2.71 million
- Rough sledding for IOC idea to move 2018 Olympic venue
- Park Ridge church takes visitors back to Bethlehem
- Numbers to know as the Bears season sputters to an end
- Audio: Brandon Marshall saying he’d have buyer’s remorse with Jay Cutler too
- Lawsuit: Villa Park carwash in hot water after mishap
- 640 Labs farm-data startup acquired by Climate Corp.
- Federal prosecutors won’t call Obama friend Whitaker to testify
- Walter Kirn on Joseph Campbell’s ‘Hero With a Thousand Faces’
- Man wounded in drive-by shooting near Truman College
- Writers Theatre design sparks downtown planning discussion
- Blackhawks ship Jeremy Morin to Rockford for conditioning assignment
- Photos: Fashion-forward holiday gifts
- Inicie el año con cobertura médica
- Men pick younger wives second time around
- Walker School students take part in Book Cook Club
- Kate Hudson and Matthew Bellamy end their engagement
- Aaron Rushing remembered
- Tomato soup and melted-cheese croutons restore spirits
- Enter the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- High School Athlete of the Month December challenge
- Former Cuneo assistant gets probation for exploitation, stealing money
- Blue Sky event: How to Boost Your Social Marketing Strategy
- Roasting vegetables for pasta: Quick weeknight entree
- Brookfield Zoo dolphin calf born, but doesn’t survive
- Sales of million dollar homes outpace rest of market
- No property tax increase in Woodridge despite expected budget deficit
- Suburban Restaurant Roundup – Grillhouse by David Burke
- You can’t just accuse people of rape
- Ravens sign veteran cornerback Antoine Cason
- Park board moves to two referendums despite Langdon criticism
- Map: Chicago-area trauma centers
- Suburban Restaurants Roundup – Yucca
- Still time for Toys for Tots in Wilmette
- FBI: Man uses bus as getaway after Bedford Park bank robbery
- Suburban Restaurants Roundup – House 406
- Casey and the Smart Car
- Patrick Sharp returns for Blackhawks; Joakim Nordstrom sent down
- Boys basketball | Lake Forest boys have depth, ready for long season
- Ravens sign Aldrick Robinson, Allen Reisner to practice squad, cut LaQuan Williams
- YouTube ‘Rewind’ 2014 mashes up a year in video
- Billboard: ‘Frozen’ soundtrack the top-selling album of 2014
- Investigan a policías por tocar música para algunos racista
- Flood plan to resurface at Park Ridge City Council
- Johnny Manziel named Browns’ starting QB
- Why I own a Smart car
- Girls basketball | Montini stays perfect with signature win against Young
- EN VIVO: Obama defiende su plan migratorio en Nashville
- Water, sewer rates poised to rise in Elmhurst
- Shaping the Forest Preserves of Cook County
- The Forest Preserves are nature havens
- Mandating E15 gasoline is a bad idea
- Full-day kindergarten in District 58 could cost $850,000
- Color in our society
- What is Father Pfleger’s role?
- Piden que inmigración pare la deportación de un indocumentado
- Pfleger’s ability to inspire
- We still have a long way to go
- Officers and deadly force
- Skip the food court: Chicago suburban restaurant roundup
- A confusing demand for police
- Santa Claus free to land in Tinley Park
- Jack Allen named finalist for Rimington Trophy
- Blotter: Woman charged with possession of cannabis in La Grange
- Blotter: Catalytic converters stolen in West Chicago
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest for 12/3: Winner, Runners-up and Blog Extras
- Letter: Library an important part of so many lives
- Letter: Library an important part of so many lives
- Two teens shot waiting for bus
- As White Sox build, Dodgers look elsewhere for shortstop
- Blotter: $257 worth of liquor stolen from Jewel store in River Forest
- Orange and pomegranate make kale salad festive
- Blotter: Woman has phone stolen in Oak Park after being struck
- Christkindl event draws shoppers, holiday spirit, to Frankfort
- La Grange village property tax to go up by 2.84 percent
- Storify: Boost your social marketing strategy with Blue Sky
- Giving becomes inherited trait at Holy Cross
- Blue Sky event: How to boost your social marketing strategy
- Stop sharing that Facebook copyright status thing
- Men seeking prostitutes in Carpentersville robbed at gunpoint
- Tim Tebow joins Robin Roberts for Disney Christmas taping
- Beyond Jeff Samardzija: 20 who played for both Cubs and White Sox
- College notes: Olivia Pappalardo’s goal helps Colorado women’s soccer team advance
- New Colony announces 2015 season
- River Grove Lions celebrate holiday season and end of year
- Fire sign Naperville native Michael Stephens
- OPRF Holiday Housewalk and Market benefits Infant Welfare Society
- Glen Ellyn annexes Glen Crest subdivision, other properties
- Burglars crash stolen van into South Side pawn shop
- Photo tour: The Pizza Window
- Schaumburg contractor cited by OSHA, faces $69,000 fine
- Dip in math test scores raises alarm in Winnetka District 36
- Petrak: Home cooking helps keep family close at hand
- Petrak: Home cooking helps keep family close at hand
- Joakim Noah out for Wednesday’s Bulls game vs. Nets
- Your move, Cubs: Sox owning this offseason
- Walgreens misses liquor license violation hearing in Arlington Heights
- Mini St. Patrick’s Day Parade banners on sale this month
- Cops: Man armed with garden shears tries to force his way into home
- Michigan WR Devin Funchess enters NFL draft
- The real reason for torture
- St. Charles District 303 settles on 1.5 percent tax levy increase
- What is SRS on air bags?
- Father charged with letting kid’s teeth rot sent to county prison
- Mount Greenwood businesses taking part in Holiday Stroll
- Adviser to municipal investment fund accused of negligence
- Are racial differences really worse under Obama?
- Women in positions of power at Chicago’s largest public companies (database)
- Scott Lorenz Appointed Senior Vice President of Mission Advancement, YMCA of Metro Chicago
- Tinley Park considers sales tax benefit for Hyundai dealer
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac halt evictions during the holidays
- Cubs acquire catcher Miguel Montero from the Diamondbacks
- Blotter: Man says he had ‘too much’ to drink in Elmhurst
- Acción ejecutiva da beneficios mínimos a trabajadores agrícolas
- Navy guard Zuzek thrives on collision course
- Arts center to name theater after Baffes family
- Boys hoops | St. Charles East picks up two wins, prepares for Geneva
- Blotter: Snow blower stolen in Buffalo Grove
- Blotter: Basement window broken on Ginger Creek Drive in Palatine
- Panthers QB Cam Newton suffers two back fractures in car crash
- A Democrat grooves his pitch. Illinois Republicans whiff.
- Boys hoops | Lincoln-Way North picks up first win against Andrew
- Blotter: Books, chess set stolen in Arlington Heights
- Blotter: $285 perfume stolen in Naperville
- Girls Basketball | Glenbrook South thriving early and often
- Upcoming Crestwood survey could resolve ZIP code issue
- Blotter: DUIs and theft in Lincolnwood
- Blotter: Skeleton key stolen in Glen Ellyn
- Boys hoops | Undefeated Lake Zurich forcing area to take notice
- A helping hand for Huntington’s families
- Girls basketball | Niles North, Niles West provide fireworks in crosstown rivalry
- Blotter: Underage drinking leads to arrest in Wheaton
- Senate hypocrites chastise the CIA
- Boys basketball| Fenwick tops rival Oak Park-River Forest in Elite Classic
- Girls basketball | New Trier measures itself against rival Loyola
- Wayne Fickinger, J. Walter Thompson advertising executive, dies at 88
- Passion makes up for size in Deerfield volleyball player
- Group pressures city for separate biking, cycling paths on lakefront
- Dove’s Luncheonette
- Orland Park residents could be rewarded for civic involvement
- Lights, lights and more holiday lights
- City Restaurants Roundup – The Radler
- REVIEW: ‘The Clean House’ by Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
- Blotter: Cab driver robbed at knifepoint in Woodridge
- New Cook County transportation plan could help Franklin Park
- City Restaurants Roundup – Oak + Char
- Blotter: Phone scam reported in Downers Grove
- Chicago Restaurants Roundup – Analogue
- Blotter: Windows of five cars parked on same Westmont street broken
- Fantasy waivers for Week 15: Derek Anderson’s familiar situation could pay dividends
- Bears may suffer ‘buyer’s remorse’ over Cutler, but real leaders admit it
- Meaningful mentoring is Tinley teen’s calling
- Exelon seeks OK to operate LaSalle nuclear plant until 2040s
- Damaged atheist display near Nativity scene now repaired
- Most McDonald’s in Russia reopen
- Zorn: Courtesy titles out, modern common sense in at Crain’s
- $82,000 stolen from nonprofit paid for plastic surgery, trips, Victoria’s Secret: prosecutors
- Blotter: Shoplifting arrests made in Orland Park
- Scam: Wire money to Puerto Rico or risk relatives being harmed
- Snowmobiles, woods and lakes lure visitors to Eagle River in winter too
- Northlake renews cable contract with Comcast
- Boys hoops | Naperville Central not tested in 1st tourney game
- Blotter: Crash leads to traffic citations in Homer Glen
- FSU-Oregon headlined by Jameis Winston vs. Marcus Mariota matchup
- U. of C. aims to expand treatment at children’s trauma center
- University of Chicago targets vast cancer data, will ‘democratize’ research
- Eagle River, Wisconsin, Snowmobile Capital of the World
- Woman in arrest video describes violent takedown by police
- Weight and power of Priorat wines balanced by elegance
- Estafa: Piden enviar dinero a Puerto Rico para no lastimar a familiares en Chicago
- Blotter: iPod, wallet stolen from vehicle in Tinley Park
- Lawyer for convict: No evidence ties client to North Chicago murder
- Giants executive hints Jon Lester narrowing choices to Cubs, Red Sox
- Boys basketball blog: St. Joseph ready to bring the noise?
- City Council to vote on new cab guidelines
- President Obama vows actions in CIA report won’t take place on his watch
- Wednesday’s matchup: Nets at Bulls
- Terror and torture, in hindsight
- Brad Biggs’ NFL power rankings
- Cops: Police kill gunman in Lake Station City Hall parking lot
- Man gets 68 years for kidnapping, sex assault
- Slain Chicago officer honored
- Enjoy the holidays—even if you feel like a Grinch
- Mistaken identity
- Bulls laud Kevin Garnett as he approaches end of career
- CIA torture
- Businessman sues Downers Grove to keep signs painted on his building
- Ray Rice grievance hearing vs. Ravens set for middle of January, sources say
- White Sox hopeful they can extend Jeff Samardzija’s stay beyond 1-year
- Big Ten coaches: Madison Square Garden trip worth it
- Police car appears to blast ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ at protest
- Man gets 22 years in Arlington Heights murder case
- Hundreds turn out for Franklin Park tree lighting
- Small house fire off Route 45 in Mundelein put out quickly
- Kustok faces possible life term for wife’s murder
- Aurora police seek information on West Side shooting
- Judge in 2010 cop killing frustrated by defense ‘song and dance’
- Villanova 73, Illinois 59
- Notre Dame 93, Mount St. Mary’s 67
- CIA struggled to keep rationalizing brutal interrogations, report shows
- Aurora police seek answers about West Side shooting
- Buyer’s remorse fits for entire Bears organization, not just Jay Cutler
- Blackhawks 3, Devils 2 (SO)
- Tom Thibodeau wants Derrick Rose in attack mode more
- Corrections and clarifications for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014
- White Sox rotation suddenly a whole lot stronger
- Boys basketball: Nojel Eastern helps lead Evanston past New Trier
- Corrections and clarifications for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014
- 5 must-know tips for healthy winter travel
- 5 tips for an easy, yet impressive cookie swap
- Making holidays special by celebrating unsung heroes
- Keeping the heat inside your home during the winter
- Make every guest feel home for the holidays in your house [Infographic]
- The key to getting the most out of your rheumatoid arthritis therapy
- 5 essential winter home safety checks
- Skating ribbon better for civic pride than my ego
- Kane County reports 7 arrests in ‘no refusal’ DUI crackdown
- Illinois Lottery severs ties with private manager
- Boy and girl, both 15, shot at bus stop among at least 8 shot in Chicago
- Boys basketball: Evanston vs. New Trier
- Girls Basketball: Reavis snaps Hillcrest home conference streak with 67-51 win
- Steve Vasturia becoming more of an offensive factor for Notre Dame
- Ask Tom: What was city’s greatest temperature deviation from normal?
- McDonald’s opening River North office
- Chilly Chicago to turn springlike
- After acquiring catcher Miguel Montero, Cubs await Jon Lester decision
- Illinois can’t keep pace with No. 7 Villanova in 73-59 loss
- Pitching deals mean White Sox mean business: The future is now
- Men’s Basketball: Valparaiso trying to learn from New Mexico loss
- Joe Maddon looking forward to changes with Cubs
- Blotter: Man charged with weapon violation in Frankfort
- Boys Basketball: Steve Helms leads Valparaiso rout of Lowell
- Blotter: Crash in New Lenox leads to charges against Manhattan man
- Family of slain Loyola student: ‘Honor his memory by striving to mirror his grace’
- Tuesday’s recap: Blackhawks 3, Devils 2 (SO)
- Patrick Sharp looks for role in first game back from injury
- Girls Basketball: Lake Central puts the clamps down as Hobart has winning streak snapped at four
- Boys basketball: Aaron Jordan too much for Oswego East
- Girls basketball: Reavis ends Hillcrest’s home conference win streak
- Last Chicago City Council meeting of year: What’s on the agenda
- Cardinal George to receive city’s highest honor, the Medal of Merit
- Lance Briggs discusses Mel Tucker on his show
- DCFS inspects troubled youth living centers in response to Tribune series
- Speak Out for Dec. 10, 2014
- Boys basketball: Thornwood tops Bloom 50-43
- 2 dead, 7 wounded in Monday shootings