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- Baseball: Mount Carmel will need loaded roster for loaded sectional
- At 84, Shatner still boldly goes where excitement calls
- 4 amazing ways wireless technology is transforming health care
- Discover the 10 most exciting motorcycle touring destinations
- The debate about cervical cancer testing continues
- Living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Taking action to define your RA NarRAtive [Infographic]
- Big brother is watching: It’s good for you and bad for the bad guys
- Tips for feeling fit at 30, 40, 50 and beyond
- 5 smart upgrades to bring your home into the future
- 7 top tips for discovering fun restaurants this summer
- Break up with your makeup [Infographic]
- Foods to fire up your metabolism
- How men and women experience retirement differently
- See solar power in a new light this summer
- Pilsen taco and tequila bar Del Toro’s burger
- ‘Jaws’ review: Gene Siskel in 1975
- Hey, moms: Let’s stop apologizing to each other all the time
- British-Indian concept works for Wicker Park bar Pub Royale
- Monday: Eat. Drink. Do
- National Spelling Bee ends in tie for 2nd straight year
- The Truth or Else likely to run in Belmont
- Psychiatrist: Colorado theater shooter knew what he was doing
- Police: Indiana woman gets fork in eye in dispute over last rib at barbecue
- Canton rowhouse transformed from ‘dump’ to its original 1911 charm
- Balmoral Park ramps up quest for new customers
- Corrections and clarifications for May 29, 2015
- When death arrived by train
- Man charged with shooting grandmother in her home
- The endless Clinton rerun loop
- Rauner stays out of sight as he maps out overtime session strategy
- 1 dead, 15 hurt in shootings across Chicago
- Studio 111 touts freedom, ‘real-time awareness’ in industrial design
- El auténtico sabor de Uruapan en un taco
- Northwestern to settle suit involving book on Leopold and Loeb murder trial
- Work starts on Main Street sewer project
- Doctor: Dying son gives mom ‘the gift of life’
- Animal cruelty charges filed after video catches dog walker kicking beagle
- Federal judge dismisses complaint against Cook County ‘puppy mill’ ban
- Book report: Literary-ish things you might have missed this week, May 23-29
- Photos: Cubs fans meet Kris Bryant
- How public speaking made me a better entrepreneur
- Photos: Three arrested at Naperville Apple Store
- Busch Gardens to get new roller coaster in 2016
- Naperville population growth
- 3 shot on their block, sisters find it harder to escape the violence
- Boys track notes: Evanston, Loyola, Glenbrook North, New Trier, more
- Dick Tracy sculpture on the move
- With Tom Thibodeau gone, focus shifts to Robin Ventura
- Visualization helps Ridgewood’s Peter Malec reach state in high jump
- Best-selling author James Patterson launches a children’s book imprint
- Developer fee to parks department reviewed
- Prickly City-Foundation Money
- Chicago area classical music recommendations
- Prickly City: What She Has Done Will Make You Gasp. That’s Right- Gasp!
- Vladimir Katriuk, alleged Nazi war criminal wanted by Russia, dead at 93
- Black Mountain climbs back
- Trailblazing couple waiting to marry after helping lift ban
- W-I-N-N-E-R-S: A second year of spelling bee co-champions
- Emilio Estevez trolls Hawks fans — and is winning
- No, your kid may not have a snack
- Hinsdale Central High School graduates 703 at Dickinson Field
- River Forest Village Board split on property subdivision
- Volcano erupts in southern Japan, spewing ash high into sky
- Franchisees push back against expansion of joint-employer definition
- Photos: Dick Tracy in Naperville
- Brian Wilson, John Cusack on the alchemy of ‘Love and Mercy’
- Park Tower penthouse fetches record $18.75 million
- International company considers move from Skokie to Evanston
- ‘Everything is real’: Gloria Estefan on the story behind ‘On Your Feet!’
- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Elon Musk
- North Shore Academy recognizes a school full of stars
- Car arts: Classic concept car exhibit is worth the drive
- Book review: ‘Bachelorette’ host’s first novel, ‘The Perfect Letter,’ is a mass of sappy cliches
- This month in Park Ridge history: June 1990
- Contaminated lakefront inches closer to residential development
- Hinsdale downtown dilemma: fix up or rebuild middle school
- Lakefront dredging
- Sighting: Drake returns to Chicago Cut Steakhouse
- La Grange area dispatch center director hired
- Community briefs: Taste of Norway event planned
- Retired Chicago physicist’s Nobel Prize sells for $765,002
- Say ‘no’ to NoCa neighborhood name in Chicago
- Church news
- Prosecutors push for June 22 Vann trial
- American Genius: Jobs vs. Gates
- Photos: Hinsdale Central 2015 graduation
- North Shore Academy hosts Success Assembly
- Letter: Traffic light technology a great thing
- East Aurora High students take on Islamic State, women’s rights in children’s books
- Allstate floats idea of selling data on drivers’ habits
- Printers Row Lit Fest 2015: La historia de un inmigrante
- EEUU retira a Cuba de lista de patrocinadores de terrorismo
- ‘Jaws’ to be screened in Chicago theaters for 40th anniversary
- Sam Fazio’s journey path back to music
- Gary man dedicated to law, teaching kids about the game of life
- Letter: Tourism funding makes fiscal sense for Illinois
- East High students create allegories based on Islamic State
- Michael Jordan photo exhibit
- Man charged with DUI after crash with daughter in car
- Ask Amy: Colleague wonders how to correct the ‘gentlemen’
- Take a walk around Scout’s pooch-themed Chicago office space
- Improved local economy spurs commercial growth
- Alexian Brothers Foundation raises nearly $350,000 at Ball de Fleur
- The Fixx up next for Velvet Sessions at Universal’s Hard Rock Hotel
- Talk of the County: Bears went ‘dumpster diving’ for Ray McDonald
- 2015 New Venture Challenge Winners
- Plainfield police chase teen wanted on outstanding warrants
- Wednesdays will be lively at 10,000-square-foot Playscape
- #RumboARuidoFest : Porter
- Orchestra gets new home at Opera House
- Deep breaths and strong bodies at yoga event
- Fun and games at Old-Fashioned Carnival
- Crabtree hosts Forest Preserve 100 year celebration
- Morton Grove dancers hit their groove in ‘The Name Game’
- Dancers groove in Mundelein’s ‘Name Game’
- Manes: Chesterton woman raises the barre with fitness studio
- Dueño de empresa de cuidado de mascotas, acusado de maltrato animal
- Epcot: Rick Springfield, Fuel to play at ‘Eat to the Beat’
- Hours changing for Aurora Animal Control
- Un muerto y 15 heridos en balaceras
- Plan moves ahead for new parking lot behind North Avenue businesses
- FBI: Loop bank robbed
- Skokie’s Bicycle Safety Day is June 6
- LeVar Burton riding the ‘Rainbow’ toward new digital realm for next generation
- Job one for schools: changing workforce
- Luke’s Lobster review: Less is a lot more
- The man the Great Fire of 1871 couldn’t beat
- Crime Stoppers: Woman wanted on outstanding warrant for theft
- Seven of our favorite sevens, including that ‘Seinfeld’ reference
- Community Digest: Teen, single mom center hosts fundraiser
- Shout Out: Cathy Antzen, Hallmark Gold Crown manager
- Woman suffers injury as she flees gunshots
- What to know about the minimum wage in Chicago, beyond
- Los ‘Guerreros’ del Santos despluman a los ‘Gallos Blancos’ en final mexicana
- Shout Out: Suzanne Beatty, jewelry artist
- Flowers for Dreams
- City committee to tackle discrimination issues
- Listen to the bees: They’re in distress
- Hobart responds to skate park safety complaints
- Desmantelada, red de venta de bebés en Colombia
- Maestro, run by a ‘nut about health,’ wins New Venture Challenge
- Only Child Brewing Company heads north for lower costs
- ‘Years of work’ by Elgin officials keep the city safe
- En medio de crisis, Blatter es reelegido al frente de la FIFA
- Dear Bruce Rauner: Illinois needs a governor who won’t flinch
- China confirms first case of MERS
- Aging Ridgewood TV studio’s future unclear
- 4 tips for surviving your first college roommate
- Celebrities’ best commencement advice
- Tutterow will receive a special Jeff Award
- Police: Masseur touched client inappropriately
- Letter to the editor: Concerned about proposed state cuts
- Ticketing systems changing the restaurant reservations game
- 20-year-old Wisconsin cheddar makes debut at $209 a pound
- Ridgewood TV studio
- The Birches hosts barbecue to celebrate and plant daisies
- Abbott selling Similac formula without genetically modified ingredients
- The Friday Exit: an airy new innovation space on the horizon
- Music Box to celebrate noir icon Robert Ryan
- Maine South senior honored for pairing classmates with science tutors
- Northbrook warms to banquets in restricted office park
- ETHS District 202 looking to fill vacant board position
- Oswego begins fight against mosquitoes
- Missing 73-year-old woman with dementia reunited with family
- ‘Seamstress’ a bit threadbare in CSO premiere
- Freshii switching to in-house salad dressings
- How to save your brain for work: Wear the same outfit every day
- Here in Chicago, would you believe a show about con artists?
- Proposal would expand Chicago composting rules
- Lake County rallies around green initiatives
- Quickly: ‘Laws against noise don’t seem to apply to motorcycles’
- Letter: Nursing homes face trouble from Medicaid cuts
- WNBA president ‘firm’ on suspensions for Brittney Griner, Glory Johnson
- Great America marks anniversary with 3 vintage rides from ’76 opening
- Mysterious Titanic survivor in ‘Scotland Road’
- Girls track state notebook: OPRF, Fenwick, Trinity return with medals
- Ridgewood seniors finish high school career
- Letters to the editor
- Speak Out
- Steps to take when disputing a denied health insurance claim
- Friends rally around indicted Whiting police lieutenant
- Upscale eatery hosts veterans for fine-dining etiquette dinner
- Great America celebrates 40th anniversary
- Dennis Hastert’s withdrawals drew federal attention. Will yours?
- Hastert pagó para ocultar mala conducta sexual, dicen fuentes
- Hang out this summer in Lujo’s luxe hammock
- PDF: John Danks’ deposition in Blake Papst lawsuit
- PDF: Waylon Papst’s response to brother Blake Papst’s allegations
- Valparaiso project aims to improve property values
- Michigan parents charged in malnourished girl’s death
- PDF: Loan terms regarding funds Danks provided for Papst’s rehabilitation
- Pictures: Matthew Apperson accused of firing shot at George Zimmerman
- PDF: Complaint filed by Blake Papst against John Danks, others
- Morton Grove students raise money for ‘Wonder Woman’ fighting cancer
- Best Chicago brunch spots for delivering bad news
- Montgomery police sergeant looks back at 29 years on the job
- Officials: Gunmen hijack buses in Pakistan, kill 19
- Move along, nothing to see here in the Clintonverse
- Islamic State claims 2nd suicide bombing at Saudi mosque
- Rapper killed a week after posting video making fun of rival gang
- PDF: Blake Papst’s deposition in lawsuit
- White Sox’s John Danks at center of drama involving friend paralyzed at condo
- Take a dip in the snow on this cruise ship
- Driver gets four years in prison for fatal Oswego DUI crash
- Regina seniors graduate, win regional softball title on same day
- Letter: Libertyville history could be swept under the rug
- Klay Thompson diagnosed with concussion
- Dennis Hastert
- IDEO
- Kris Bryant’s Zion visit makes teen’s, dad’s day
- The $150,000 purse and other ‘wife bonuses’
- Highland Park murder trials pushed to late summer
- Gary remembers fallen officers
- El mirador del World Trade Center, símbolo de resiliencia, fue inaugurado
- Biggest dealer on underground Silk Road given 10 years in prison
- Do you know what’s in your food?
- 15 things to do with the kids June 1-7
- Ridgewood graduation photos
- Ritz visits Chesteron students
- Familias de desaparecidos en Chilapa, México amenazan con radicalizarse
- Ask Amy: Sometimes the heart should not go on
- Comparing the 606 to New York’s High Line park
- Ask Amy: Meddling woman is a friendship hijacker
- Rauner attempts a fix for Illinois, Madigan and Cullerton have other ideas
- Get your fill of Negroni
- Kaneland looks at report comparing it to other districts
- Winner: “Quick, somebody call a middle school math teacher!” – Frankie Obuchowski, Park Ridge
- Judy Roberts and fans bid farewell to Chambers
- ‘New Prairie Kitchen’ honors Great Plains farmers, chefs, artisans
- New Trier copes with ‘extra pressure’ of defending soccer state title
- Argument leads to drunk driving, drug charges
- Lil Durk’s unrelenting debut ‘Remember My Name’ is a perfect introduction to the Chicago rapper
- Honor Flight tribute to vets scheduled June 5-7 in North Chicago
- Police release images of 2014 homicide suspect
- Summer festival guide: northern suburbs
- Jim Scanlon of Zion is a surprise winner at Wilmot Raceway
- Expect delays: New traffic pattern on I-90
- Steve Martin reflects on his career as he receives AFI honor
- Elgin anchor commemorates death of 17-year-old Courier-News worker
- Aurora man allegedly found asleep behind wheel charged with DUI
- Pictures: Pitbull sees double in Orlando
- Former Rep. Aaron Schock reimburses government $122,000
- Safety inspection catches lobster poachers
- Jamie xx’s gorgeous electronic music radiates on debut album ‘In Colour’
- Fish Time swims into Park Ridge
- Annual festival at Wolf Lake focuses on the environment — and fun
- Lyons Township High School students look their best for senior prom
- Cooking up plots at Printers Row Lit Fest
- Ex-top cop in Countryside gets 27-month prison term for fraud
- Cops: Two arrested for kidnapping suspected burglar
- Blotter: $400 in cash stolen from Woodridge Dairy Queen
- Lilly Pulitzer to open in Oakbrook Center in July
- Retailer seeks tax break for Tinley Park move
- Buffalo Grove man extorted after Skype webcam session
- In the ‘Name’ of Chicago: Drill rapper Lil Durk looks to craft a fresh legacy on debut album
- Lyons Township High School prom
- Ditching dye: How to go gray, gracefully
- Glam bikini line Belle and Whistle introduces ‘cocktail swim’
- ‘A great gathering of women’: River Forest hosts TEDx event
- Self-defense claim raised in Zimmerman shooting
- Homewood viaduct marred by pigeon droppings gets a makeover
- Prosecutor review of Griffith-Hammond game fight continues
- Demanda acusa demoras en permisos de trabajo
- Commuter rail ticket hike OK’d
- Political briefs: Local pastor, students invited to Springfield
- Guy Anderson in midst of rebuilding Maine East girls soccer program
- Cool, wet spring leads to lots of lawn mowing
- Marian Catholic grad Brett Lilek picks a great time to shine
- Chambers Seafood Grille closes, celebrated as ‘Cheers’ of Niles
- New signs boasting Stevenson’s title-filled year are coming
- Chambers of Niles closes
- Aurora approves agreements for two road projects
- DHS senior speaker had long road to graduation
- Auditor launching OpenGov, giving public access to county business
- Retirement planning is about more than money
- DMK Burger & Fish to close this weekend
- Arizona State’s Brett Lilek
- Deerfield High School graduation 2015
- Reports: Health Insurer Humana Considering Sale; Cigna Interested
- Builder brings major development plan to Lincolnshire
- LFHS students pitch businesses, get $16K investment
- Elementary students win money for giving back to community
- FIFA scandal statement: Visa, McDonald’s, others don’t run, won’t kick
- New look for Chicago Ridge farmers market
- Lockport man charged with residential burglaries in Bartlett
- Teen wounded in Lawndale neighborhood shooting
- Lake Forest High School Business Incubator Pitch Night
- Murder case not closed, but amateur sleuth’s involvement is
- Bird flu mandate grounds 4-H members’ fowl
- Northbrook seniors raise $1,000 for Parkinson Foundation
- Illinois Senate sends Rauner ban on gay conversion therapy for minors
- Blackhawks-Ducks Game 7: Who has the edge?
- Royals 8, Cubs 4
- Ex-Yorkville school chief recalls no misconduct complaints against Hastert
- Sepp Blatter wins re-election as FIFA president despite corruption scandal
- Wheaton College hasn’t decided if Hastert Center’s name will change
- Defense attorneys in murder case want access to police report changes
- Cats will come first at new Tree House building
- Letters to the editor
- Goodbye, Mayor Ed
- Shelter starts work on new home
- Cuba removed from U.S. list of terrorism sponsors
- Yorkville seeks federal funds for road projects
- Homer District 33C fills HR, PR positions
- Woman shot by Georgia sheriff told police it was an accident, father says
- Religion, death and design: Technology’s last frontiers
- Community news: Hospital staff donates to IUN medical school
- Boys track state: Burlington’s Lucas Ege battles heat, wins heats
- Artist paints Old Glory murals on 50-state tour of duty
- Report: Tom Brady appeal set for June 23
- New Cook County court aims to treat prostitutes more like victims
- New Chicago exhibit showcases ‘the real Michael Jordan’
- Flossmoor police investigating after-school fight
- East Dundee Trustee Skillicorn considering run for state House
- Pilots say green laser was pointed at their planes over Long Island
- Silk Road founder gets life for creating online drug market
- Greyhound planning route through north Naperville
- Officials say those Boston snow piles are even more vile
- American Express president, 55, dies after falling ill on flight
- Pentagon: Anthrax shipments broader than first thought
- Lakes’ Corey Hertz qualifies for Saturday finals in 400 meters
- Ask Tom: How can weather data from the 1800s be trusted?
- Boys track and field: State finals
- Kadner: Let’s get started on Illinois’ Wall of Shame
- Track and Field: State Meet Day 1
- Boys track state: No room for error for sprint triple crown threat Kahmari Montgomery
- Connor Horn, Zac Espinosa put Neuqua Valley relays in strong position
- Playground taking on natural look at Lake Katherine
- Glencoe residents fear water plant’s impact on beach
- Track and Field: State Meet Day 1
- Rich Central’s DeQuan Dudley qualifies for finals in three events
- Boys track state: Size no issue for Urban Prep-Englewood’s William Fleming
- Retiring Hampshire Elementary principal receives surprise send-off
- Kaneland’s Austin Kintz, five from Yorkville lead parade to finals
- Track and Field: State Meet Day 1
- Class 1A state semifinal: Rochester vs. Champaign St. Thomas More
- Girls soccer: Rochester makes return to 1A final
- Atlanta Falcons release former Notre Dame linebacker Prince Shembo after animal cruelty charge
- Leaking barrel, others removed from Gary road
- From floods to heat waves, May a month of extreme weather
- Huntley’s Keagan Smith and Connor Boos and BC’s Lucas Ege among track finals qualifiers
- Special Olympics donations looking up, thanks to police
- Teaching healthier living to women with few options
- Two Wilmette juveniles charged in Evanston car burglary
- Track and Field: State Track
- Task Force reports its recommendations for future of the Hemmens
- Industry-financed report sparks debate on merits and dangers of video gambling
- This season’s first positive test for West Nile detected in St. Clair County
- Realities of later high school start times wake-up call for districts
- Fatal crash at U.S. 30 and County Road 325E
- Deerfield, Highland Park in the hunt for doubles state title
- Boys track state: McHenry’s Jesse Reiser hopes to sweep distance titles
- Nearly 529 good reasons to use that plan for college savings
- Blackhawks and Ducks each out to erase bad Game 7 memories
- Alma Fitzpatrick, mother of 16, dies at 99
- Ex-Bull Brunson not guilty of sex abuse charges
- ‘Brother’s Keeper’ gets Naperville screening
- Lemont’s Chris Thompson rolls in 400, leads Southland contingent in 3A
- Rauner, Madigan play blame game as adjournment looms without budget deal
- Scouting the Culver Academies girls tennis semistate
- Man killed in rollover crash in Lake County
- How do Blackhawks spend time on the road? Mario Kart, for one thing
- Lakes rallies from 5-0 deficit to win 3A regional title
- Dennis Hastert and the Illinois Combine
- ‘Bored’ Avisail Garcia hoping to return to White Sox lineup Saturday
- Woman found not guilty by reason of insanity in screwdriver attack
- Cops: Relative of mother, son found dead in SW Side home being questioned
- All Bulls signs continue to point to Fred Hoiberg
- Lakes 5, Grayslake Central 0
- Class 1A state semifinal: Latin vs. Rock Island Alleman
- Illinois, Thomas Detry hold leads at NCAA golf tournament
- Lakes 5, Grayslake Central 0
- Hastert indictment takes Yorkville supporters, residents by surprise
- Sandburg slips past Eisenhower, Marist edges Brother Rice in semifinals
- Retiring Tinley Park mayor reflects, looks forward
- Photos: Huntley 1, Cary-Grove 0
- Baltimore police report 5 shootings Friday
- Annabel Karberg’s two-hit shutout lifts Lake Central to sectional title
- Photos: Huntley 1, Cary-Grove 0
- Students name 4 baby peregrine falcons nesting in Waukegan
- Former Speaker Hastert’s federal pension not in danger
- Softball: Lake Central 6, Highland 0
- Full list of area athletes headed to track and field state finals at Eastern Illinois
- Lemont win a keeper as Michelle Jerantowski stops Tinley Park on a PK
- Orlando’s Ginger Minj goes for ‘Drag Race’ win
- Hastert indictment casts spotlight on days as teacher, claims of sex abuse
- Cops stake out Dunkin’ Donuts for annual fundraiser
- Joe Maddon adjusting to National League managing style
- Nick Willoughby in control as LaPorte tops Valparaiso in 4A sectional
- Larry Schuler sees improvement, wins late-model feature at Grundy
- Stalemate continues in E-911 consolidation efforts
- Girls soccer: Latin overcomes injury for 1A final berth
- Blackhawks and Ducks note quick starts usually essential in Game 7s
- Loyola, New Trier boys volleyball teams advance to sectional final
- Chicago temps to drop into 40s beginning Saturday afternoon
- Jorey Dimopoulos’ bloop single rallies Lake Central past Munster
- Bishop Noll grad Andy Loomis healthy, ready to roll for RailCats
- Deerfield yoga shop is about ‘love and compassion’
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, May 29
- Post-Tribune Prep Scoreboard for Friday, May 29
- Baseball: Lake Central vs. Munster
- Lockport freshman Jack Randall makes promising run in state tennis finals
- Friday’s recap: Royals 8, Cubs 4
- Royals pounce on Cubs mistakes early and late for 8-4 victory
- Lightning oust Rangers, await Blackhawks-Ducks winner in Stanley Cup Final