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- Teacher tackled teen during Washington high school shooting
- Batting order no hindrance as Cubs shut out Pirates
- Local Roundup for Monday, April 27
- Bucks stun Bulls at home, set sights on winning series
- Obamas’ $367,258 state china draws inspiration from Hawaii and past sets
- Minecraft offers a more feminine character
- Get your family moving with this easy breakfast recipe
- 5 unexpected travel essentials for your summer road trip
- Imagine insuring only the miles you drive? It’s possible
- Spring lawn care 101: Tools and tricks to landscaping success
- With chance to advance, Bulls show lack of urgency in Game 5 loss
- Cubs’ Jason Hammel in control
- Bucks stun Bulls at home, set sights on winning series
- Australia wants claims against Indonesian judges probed
- Full text of American Association of University Professors’ review
- The disturbing differences in what men want in their wives and their daughters
- Chicago fest preview 2015: 100+ summer festivals
- Wednesday: Eat. Drink. Do
- Industries and drug, alcohol abuse
- The Corned Beef Factory serves Chicago’s best corned beef sandwich
- Hundreds march to protest police violence
- 5 writers from The One-Minute Play Festival think fast
- ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ is hectic instead of fun
- College football player to be bone marrow donor for infant
- 5 people shot, 2 of them fatally, near New York church during funeral
- Nepal troops ready aid for remote quake-hit villages; death toll soars past 4,400
- Mint cookie request sparks surprises
- Chicago Tribune corrections and clarifications for Tuesday, April 28, 2015
- Ask Amy: Family wonders how to respond to abusive partner
- 7 wounded in city shootings
- ‘J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography’ is one for the hardcore bibliophiles
- Cicero man charged in 2013 crash in which toddler was killed
- Girl, 13, missing from West Humboldt Park
- RadPad, a listings/payment service, boasts interest from young renters
- El brindis de Jorge Ramos y el costo de la corrupción
- Photos: Bali nine executions
- Top cop: Charges against officer a ‘safety hazard’
- Former U. of C. student killed in Everest avalanche was on dream trip, friend says
- At least 6 former Schock aides now subpoenaed
- Girl fighting cancer, sister to become honorary Chicago police officers
- Police investigate two-way mirror in Berwyn club’s bathroom
- Wrigley fan hospitalized after being struck by bat
- How Safe Catch is building a better can of tuna
- Instacart expanding delivery into western suburbs
- Texas A&M Galveston professor fails entire class
- Bad, dumb and soft is no way to win a series, Bulls
- NTSB to determine cause of CTA train accident at O’Hare
- ‘Fun Home,’ ‘An American in Paris’ lead Tony nominations
- Prickly City_ New Civil war
- Prickly City: Does The U.S. Have A Versus Epidemic?
- Baltimore, una noche en llamas
- Baltimore amanece con La Guardia Nacional, ante disturbios
- Stan Lee, un tipo con suerte
- Hospira earnings rise 11 percent with Pfizer deal pending
- Chicago home prices changed little in February
- Legislators push bill to collect nuclear impact fees from Exelon
- Review: ‘The Avengers: Age of Ultron’
- 3-pointers: Breaking down the Bulls’ Game 5 loss
- Inside a ‘Game of Thrones’ watch party at a Chicago bar
- Ravens players react to Baltimore riots, say ‘violence is not the answer’
- Riots erupt across Baltimore
- District 308 School Board approves pay raises for superintendent, other administrators
- Live Nation buys stake in Bonnaroo music festival
- Manchester United to play July 29 at Soldier Field
- Fewer crimes but more traffic accidents in Willowbrook
- Gallo, Planson and Kuhn walk out of District 86 meeting
- Homeownership rate hits 22-year low
- Miss Piggy to receive prestigious New York museum award
- Nepal earthquake relief includes efforts from United, LuminAID, others
- Highwood may use private fire personnel
- Lowell mentor program hosts special prom
- Wrestling legend Verne Gagne dies at 89
- Freddie Roach dice haber descifrado el enigma de Mayweather para ganarle
- ‘Last Days in Vietnam,’ ‘Kent State: The Day the ’60s Died’ on PBS
- U. of C. Medical Center, nurses reach tentative deal
- Ravens cancel Thursday night draft party due to Baltimore City curfew established because of riots
- Viola Davis to star as Harriet Tubman in HBO movie
- Community briefs
- RadioShack agrees to mediation over sale of customer data
- School Notes: Student art show April 30 at Mundelein High School
- Pet adoption center coming to Central Avenue
- Obama el más seguido en Twitter; el Papa, el más influyente
- Chicago Heights woman injured in fire sues housing agency
- Blotter: Car stolen in Plainfield
- Blotter: Selling liquor to minors in Romeoville
- Blotter: Youths hit youths in Bolingbrook
- VH1 cancels plans for ‘Osbournes’ reboot
- Wilmette, firefighters go to arbitration over two-tier pay
- DHS students learn health tips in biennial fair
- Dominica resort guarantees a heartwarming turtle experience
- Hotel brings a lot of sunshine to trip outside Beijing
- For mom: Artisanal ice cream, a bouquet of serving utensils, a quirky sieve
- A shot of gazpacho will cure what ails you
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau talks “Game of Thrones” spoilers with Conan
- Rare Yiddish cookbook from ’30s gets new life in English translation
- Kohl’s employees volunteer at event at Mooseheart
- Some Chicago ‘Avengers’ showings already sold out: Fandango
- Cash-out refinancing makes comeback as home equity rises
- If Donald Trump runs, other GOP candidates gain
- Ranking the 16 best players in the Premier League this season
- Sex ed programs that discuss gender balance are more effective, study finds
- Burr Ridge Scout trains others in life-saving efforts
- Health Calendar: ‘Jam 4 Mental Health’ fundraiser May 9 in Highwood
- Leave (name redacted) alone!
- Liverpool Road added to Hobart project
- Jennifer López te reta a bajar de peso con la campaña #BeTheGirl
- Benefits of using same contractors may outweigh bidding process
- NICTD reviewing response to Monday accident
- Crime Stoppers: Woman wanted on warrant for deceptive practices
- Photos – North Coast Music Festival 2015 Headliners
- Northfield awards contracts for infrastructure improvements
- Atropella y mata a un niño de 3 años: Policía
- Book Stall to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day May 2
- St. Ignatius pitching no match for Nazareth bats
- Community news: Spring flowers at the dunes
- DHL launches helicopter delivery service in Chicago
- Premios Tony 2015: Lista de nominados
- Community Digest: Pet vaccination clinic set for May 9 in Beach Park
- District 109, teacher’s union reach early agreement on 4-year contract
- Kris Bryant effect, Addison Russell watch and Javier Baez’s future
- St. James School in Highwood thanks seniors before closing
- Author, audience connect as ‘One Book, Everybody Reads’ winds down
- Lake Forest High School presents “Sweeney Todd”
- Frankfort Library to cut ribbon on new addition
- Man accused of shooting deputies protests treatment in case
- Antioch grandma had no chance at $41.8M with Iowa casino odds
- District 109 reviews survey findings on 1:1
- Cleanup marks Earth, Arbor days in Evanston
- Enter the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- Townhome plans raise question about parking
- Fired Western Springs police sergeant sues village
- Group blasts University of Illinois for yanking Steven Salaita job offer
- Letter: Unions have no right to pick my pocket
- Calendar of Events
- Elburn cop charged in sexual assault of girl over 10-year period
- Introducing Steve Lundy – a volunteer you should know
- Choosing right place for health and rehab starts with knowing all of your options
- Locals tap into their creative side at Patty Turner
- Cruise the river, help shelter cats
- Exclusive premiere: North Coast Music Festival announces 2015 lineup
- Demon barber of Fleet Street comes to Lake Forest High School
- Summer festivals beckon classical music buffs
- Bears’ Kyle Fuller eager to work with new DC Vic Fangio
- SeaWorld Orlando: Elvis Crespo set for Viva la Musica
- Dolphins’ Dion Jordan suspended for entire 2015 season
- UberEats first day
- Donald Trump culpa a Obama por disturbios en Baltimore
- Abundan las violaciones de lesbianas en Jamaica
- NFL relinquishing tax-exempt status
- Obama: no hay excusas para saqueos
- Jake Gyllenhaal lets Mom play matchmaker
- Lo detienen por fisgonear casas ajenas
- Nikola Mirotic: ‘Nadie dijo que iba a ser fácil’
- Aurora mom keeps up fight against synthetic marijuana
- Blackhawks’ Andrew Desjardins: Friends in Nepal safe
- Driver, 77, rescued after plunging into pond
- April’s hottest club photos
- Irán fuerza a desviarse a un puerto iraní a buque mercante de sociedad Maersk
- ‘Ted 2’ red-band trailer: F-bombs away for Wahlberg and his bear
- Incoming, outgoing College of DuPage trustees spar over control
- Secret recording captures Okla. deputy saying he doesn’t ‘do well with direction’
- New Chicago concerts on sale: Rick Springfield, G.E.M., Elvis Depressedly
- City Hall looking at IDs to help immigrants, homeless, transgendered
- What to see at the Chicago Critics Film Festival
- Figo Pet Insurance
- New push to change Illinois remap process begins
- Ford Thunderbird, a history
- NFL Draft 2015: Breshad Perriman a 1st round lock, expert calls him a Dez Bryant-type receiver
- Former North Shore man dies in Nepal earthquake
- Excerpts from Supreme Court hearing on gay marriage
- Cubs’ Junior Lake makes first start in left
- Acusan a cinco de esclavizar a mujer en México
- Chicago police plan to host neighborhood meetings
- Cats in hats
- D’Angelo, Chemical Brothers to headline North Coast Music Festival
- Jameis Winston spells trouble for one foolish NFL team
- La Concacaf busca su rey
- Coast Guard: 3rd body found in search for missing boaters off Alabama coast
- Cablevision strikes deal to offer Hulu streaming services
- Saudi Arabia thwarts Islamic State attacks on U.S. Embassy, other targets
- Cavs’ Kevin Love likely done for season with shoulder injury
- RedEye Rock ‘n’ Vote 2015 Final Four revealed
- Twitter stock tumbles after earnings come out early
- Gallery – Rock ‘n’ Vote 2015 Final Four
- ‘Partridge Family’ child star Suzanne Crough dies in Nevada
- The rise and fall of the Ford Thunderbird
- Heading soccer ball slows reaction time
- Rob Dyrdek proposes to girlfriend using Disneyland’s Aladdin show
- University of Florida fraternity closed over veteran-abuse accusations
- Judy Dawson Joins Women’s Business Development Center To Lead New Initiative in Aurora
- Kraft first-quarter profit falls more than 16 percent
- Caregiver of boy who died of bathwater burns faces manslaughter charge
- Mujer demanda a expolicía por inventarle cargos
- 9 totally appropriate uses of Instagram’s new emoji hashtags
- Obama criticizes black deaths by police, rioters and society
- Ride along with Dolphins’ A.J. Francis new Uber driver
- Adventures in dining — date night-style
- Abogan ‘por el derecho a asistir a la universidad’
- Matt Forte a no-show for Piccolo Award, Bears’ minicamp opener
- Un hombre de Wilmette falleció en Nepal
- Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy’
- Corinthian students face difficult choices after shutdown
- St. Charles in running for solar project
- La Grange trustees unanimously approve BEDS center serving homeless
- Review: Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie’
- Abercrombie used to be a store where you could buy guns and thermal underwear
- Climber falls at Buffalo Rock State Park
- FSU on verge of making NFL draft history with slew of prospects
- Extra experience helps basketball players
- Reuniones comunitarias contra la violencia
- Lali’s Law would allow pharmacists to prescribe anti-overdose drugs
- Coach pleased with Prospect’s showing
- Ray Lewis will remain in Baltimore area to calm violence, won’t work draft for ESPN
- Metea students to perform ‘Pirates of Penzance’
- Church rummage sale is ‘Main Street and Michigan Avenue’
- Navy approach guides personal development program
- Northern Trust investors reject shareholder lobbying proposal
- Cicero police seek help to find man in need of medication
- Police: ‘Generational cycle of gangs’ caused uptick in Aurora violence
- Waukegan waives $250K worth of old parking tickets
- Gorton cancels Dog Day due to canine flu
- Aurora police forum
- Aldermen voice opposition to right-to-work zones
- Wheeling write-in candidate says he will challenge election results
- Barrington Area Community Foundation awards grants to local organizations
- Young Definition Theatre builds a capable ‘Doll’s House’
- Photos: Waukegan waives parking tickets
- Quicky for April 28: ‘Should be allowed to be marry the person you love’
- Coach pleased with Prospect’s showing
- Motorcyclist, pedestrian killed in crash in Plainfield
- Why Pepsi’s decision to ditch aspartame isn’t good for soda – or science
- Individuals stand out at Red Grange Invitational
- Two injured after water thrown on oil fire in Beach Park
- Andy’s Jazz Club swings into its 40th
- Testimony in Boston Marathon bomber’s trial turns to sister-in-law
- Descendant of Armenian genocide victims organizes remembrance at DHS
- Kentucky Derby boasts deep, gifted field
- Individuals stand out at Red Grange Invitational
- UberEats launch misses mark for us on both delivery time, food
- Police: Changes in pot prosecution won’t affect Park Ridge
- Walgreens gets OK on new flag poles, signage for HQ
- Friends of the Park Ridge Library to host spring book sale
- White pizza? Reach for a white wine with good acidity
- Maine Flyer documentary to be shown May 2 in Park Ridge
- Ken Larsen, ran Waukegan marine operation, dies at 78
- Western Springs could lose red-light cameras
- District 220 hires 3 new administrators for 2015-16 school year
- Man charged with DUI after car hits two Aurora houses
- Park Ridge news briefs: New liquor laws passed by City Council
- Photos: Gary Black Lives Matter forum
- Busch brothers’ future looking better
- Midwest Badminton Club produces more state challengers
- Barrington student creates YouTube video to ask girl to prom
- Man riding bike shot, killed in Gary
- Committee drops distance proposal for personal service shops
- Leyden group warns Rauner cuts could hurt mentally ill
- Man killed by Metra train in Wilmette
- Woman accused of ID theft to fund sperm bank purchases pleads not guilty
- Martellus Bennett joins Matt Forte in skipping Bears minicamp
- Manes: Charter boat captain hooked on fishing
- Chelsea Gnan follows in Allison Kruk’s footsteps for St. Edward
- Aurora seeking to demolish North Broadway buildings
- Woman hurt after falling near Starved Rock State Park
- Best-selling author talks to Barrington parents about importance of mindset
- Tinley Park Kmart adopts K-fresh format
- Jury awards $10.9 million to Bensenville man burned in explosion
- Taylor Kinney: The Trib Mag shoot
- Meijer plan for Valparaiso on hold until July
- Coroner rules Zion police shooting was homicide, but was it justified?
- Leyden Family Services
- Dispute outside Brooklyn church leaves 2 fatally shot, 4 injured
- Walton already collecting college offers
- Talk of the County: Put cameras on cops — and criminals
- If it’s unsafe, why are the Sox and Orioles playing?
- Daytona Mainland star Leonard Williams rises from shy teen to elite NFL prospect
- Parks name plot for man who kept things growing
- Marquee sign coming to Mannheim Middle School
- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to run for president
- Kyle Long happy to stay at right guard for Bears
- 150 years later: Fair shows Barrington can be quaint as ever
- Area fishermen are going for walleye on Chain O’ Lakes
- Gunshots reported to Franklin Park police
- Lyons junior Riley Frisbie heading to USA Baseball tryouts
- Medias Blancas y Orioles jugarán a puertas cerradas
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest For 4/21/15: Winner, Runners-up And Extras
- Speak Out: Baby formula thefts
- Fair shows Barrington can be quaint as ever
- Few choosing to vote early in Porter County
- Middle schoolers take part in Alan Alda’s Flame Challenge
- South Elgin’s Matty Smith set to play for Central Michigan
- Health fair in Gary offers a strong dose of information
- Ray McDonald looks forward to fresh start with Bears
- Quickly: ‘Should be allowed to be marry the person you love’
- Expected guests at Japan state dinner
- Messi-Suárez-Neymar superan los 100 goles y el Barca arrasa al Getafe
- YWCA trying to recover state funding after teen programs cut
- Addict: Blunt truths about pot, addiction, recovery
- Guest column: Getting Gary students to and through college
- Lyons’ Harrigan takes his bat wherever he plays in the field
- Sisters in cancer fight named honorary Chicago police officers
- Park Ridge Chorale hosts ‘Greatest Generation’ concert
- Four Dems vie for clerk-treasurer nomination
- Gambling addiction: the problem and treatment
- 1,200 more ash trees on chopping block in Bolingbrook
- $39.4 million bus contract vote delayed
- No. 1 singles Herrera serves up a scholarship winner
- Area fishermen are going for walleye on Chain O’ Lakes
- Car crashes into Fogo de Chao
- Foxy Mae named winner of Anderson Animal Shelter’s Spokespet contest
- New felony charges filed against Waukegan man accused of killing dogs
- DHS students learn health tips in biennial fair
- Oswego takes step up, wins Gatorade Bracket at the PepsiCo Showdown
- After commission input, developer agrees to change One Winnetka
- Basketball recruiting: Illinois offers Larkin sophomore Negron, four others
- Baltimore riots remind us of why we need police
- Big firms, private equity gobbling up area body shops
- Chicago gets new Method soap factory, glimpse of future with fewer workers
- Rutter: Keeping secrets didn’t work for Bulgaria either
- Photos: Emily Beazley, sister honored by Chicago Police Department
- Police: Stolen credit card used in Portage purchases
- Homemade lure catches blue marlin
- President Obama, Abe declare progress, but no breakthrough, on trade
- Nigerian army rescues nearly 300 women and girls, none from Chibok
- Uncertainties cloud District 204 budget picture
- Eccentric Madigan takes a puzzling path
- Rauner’s first 100 days: Is the governor on track or off the rails?
- Bilingual Jeb Bush talks immigration in Puerto Rico
- Chicagoans snare invites to state dinner honoring Japan
- Skokie devotes week to a green and clean village
- Tyler Tesmond’s return from Oklahoma fuels Neuqua Valley revival
- #chi2baltimore protest in Chicago gains steam, turns into march
- Skokie cleanup
- Greatest Generation
- Guest column: Indiana gets failing grade in public education funding
- Residents concerned about status of D41 superintendent’s state license
- Benet’s Emma Hlavin loves being a goalkeeper and a basketball player
- Una comunidad peruana vive medio año sobre el agua
- After historic arguments, Supreme Court to rule on same-sex marriage
- Bucks’ style a reflection of no-nonsense coach Jason Kidd
- Star-Spangled Baltimore riots
- Bulls stress playing quicker and simpler offensively in Game 6
- Basketball recruiting notes: St. Joseph’s Rakocevic remains a hot commodity
- Beyond Baltimore: Summer in the cities
- Beach Park enforcement zone nets DUI, weapon, drug charges
- Takeda settles $2.37 billion lawsuit over Actos diabetes drug
- Skokie plans new safety awareness campaign
- Feigned death, arrest, helicopter bring ‘prom night’ safety to St. Ed’s
- Cubs 6, Pirates 2
- Music melds students, community band for April 30 concert
- ‘Operation Prom Night’
- Skokie takes Stand Against Racism
- Elmhurst considers very different proposals for Addison property
- Memorial Weekend carnival, with reduced hours, planned for Huntley
- Frankfort approves $13.2M budget for 2015-16
- Man charged in crash that killed pedestrian
- Stand Against Racism
- Memoir author’s many successful lives all sprung from Humboldt Park
- White Sox, Orioles to play Wednesday, but without fans
- Cousin tearfully testifies that man confessed to her that he killed cop
- Local Roundup for Tuesday, April 28
- Ken Green in Skokie
- Green group reminds residents to ‘trash last’
- McCracken seventh-graders take on global problems in homemade films
- Mokena gives OK to medical pot shop
- FSU draft guide: Previewing the Seminoles’ defensive prospects
- McCracken cleans up
- State budget plan slows school funding shift, adds charter school money
- Balanced budget slated for Skokie Village Board vote
- Tyson chickens’ new health plan won’t include certain antibiotics
- Photo Gallery: Sycamore vs. Kaneland softball
- Colton Fellows throws complete-game gem to get Kaneland past Yorkville
- Survivors tell gruesome details of Colorado theater shooting
- Skokie drug company seeks tax break for expansion, relocation
- Indonesia reportedly executes 8, grants one woman stay
- Pronouns affect transgender people — and all of us
- D225 to continue reviewing Chromebooks before buying any
- 1st-quarter profits look bad — but could have been worse
- Oak Lawn doctor a voice for victims in Syria
- Together again, Griffith twins turn Providence into girls soccer force
- Ernie Banks’ caretaker lists no big bank accounts for late Cubs great
- Come all ye faithful fits for real NFL draft fanatics
- Bryan Bickell will strive to be Blackhawks’ net presence against Wild
- Photo Gallery: Neuqua Valley vs. South Elgin baseball
- South Elgin takes measure of Neuqua Valley, but falls flat
- Dolphins A.J. Francis has the drive to succeed with Uber
- Gary police keep community relations in mind
- Glenview man meets priest he saved with stem cells
- Mom talks about smacking son around during Baltimore riot
- Departing Glencoe trustees look back, ponder future
- NTSB report: Blue Line crash shows CTA should update, add safety systems
- Aurora City Council censures Alderman Johnson
- Kaneland’s Angie Morrow wins, but loses perfect game and shutout in 7th
- Trial over naked crime scene photos begins
- Despair seen in Baltimore is rife in other cities
- Warren rallies past Zion-Benton for 15th straight softball win
- Families sample the globe at Taste of District 31
- Lemont band to perform with Jennifer Hudson
- No point to Matt Forte’s unbecoming slight with Piccolo Award absence
- News briefs: Rabid bat found in Frankfort
- Oak Lawn throws scare into opponents with Boo Quillin pitching
- Rain Wednesday afternoon, then a chill before a warm weekend
- Hinsdale South halls filled with recruiters courting Josh King
- What you really need to know about Baltimore
- Ask Tom: Does Lake Michigan offer any protection from tornadoes?
- Photo Gallery: St. Rita 7, Loyola 2
- St. Rita plays like No. 1 in the nation in easing past Loyola
- Local Roundup for Tuesday, April 28
- Reavis’ duo of Ashley Galason, Natalie Dudek spells doom for Shepard
- Abbie Boswell uses her head, helps Naperville North nudge Central
- All of the modern, all of the skyline views, for $1.2M
- Baseball: LaPorte vs. Lake Central
- McHenry Co. deputy on being shot: ‘I felt pieces of my leg splatter onto my vest’
- Texas inmate facing execution wins reprieve from state judge
- Post-Tribune Prep Scoreboard for Tuesday, April 28
- LaPorte’s Matt Haines drives in go-ahead run, earns win in relief
- Whiting tabs Portage grad Tyler Tampier as athletic director
- Basketball: Evanston’s Eastern expected to be sidelined 4-to-6 months
- Lewis sweeps past Lindenwood into MIVA finals
- Ryan Fazekas cites schedule, drops out of Indiana All-Star team
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, April 28
- Crown Point goes on the attack with MacKenzie Dunlap
- Protests in Baltimore
- Washington teacher who stopped shooter’s first thought: Get the gun away