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- Cruise ships grow four times in size in 90 years
- 5 DIY projects that can’t wait until next year
- Seniors often in denial about hearing loss: Are you one of them?
- The pickup truck – an enduring American tradition [Infographic]
- 7 tips to avoid lottery scams
- 4 winter-blues-busting home improvement projects
- Fishing report
- Outdoors notebook
- Jake Arrieta makes things right for Cubs starters with strong effort
- Outdoors calendar
- Extreme Kayak Fishing tournament is Saturday
- How love of music and storytelling brings generations together
- Tribune Top 20 countdown: No. 15 Maine South
- PDF: Harvey request for $60K for police vehicles
- 5 things we learned about The Halal Guys via Instagram
- PDF: Harvey police audit (Click NOTES to view highlights)
- PDF: ‘Widespread problems’ with police investigations
- PDF: Thousands in towing fees unaccounted for
- PDF: Mayor gets $51K SUV
- Thursday’s recap: Cubs 7, Braves 1
- Maywood rehab project
- Thursday’s recap: White Sox 8, Angels 2
- White Sox 8, Angels 2
- White Sox finally give Jose Quintana some run support in 8-2 victory
- Football 2015: Gavit team preview
- Football 2015: Crown Point team preview
- Football 2015: Portage team preview
- Football 2015: Kankakee Valley team preview
- Ask Amy: Couch surfer in Paris receives zero star rating
- Theatre at the Center announces 2016 season
- Football 2015: Bowman team preview
- Football 2015: Hobart team preview
- Corrections and clarifications for Aug. 21, 2015
- Football 2015: Bishop Noll team preview
- Football 2015: East Chicago Central team preview
- David Sharpe brings state championship pedigree to LaPorte
- Football 2015: LaPorte team preview
- Football 2015: Munster team preview
- Football 2015: North Newton team preview
- Football 2015: Clark team preview
- Football 2015: Merrillville team preview
- Football 2015: Lake Central team preview
- Football 2015: Calumet team preview
- Football 2015: Boone Grove team preview
- Football 2015: Whiting team preview
- Football 2015: Andrean team preview
- Football 2015: Lowell team preview
- Football 2015: River Forest team preview
- Football 2015: Hanover Central team preview
- Football 2015: Rensselaer team preview
- Bryan Schmidt ready to lead as Andrean quarterback
- Football 2015: Valparaiso team preview
- Football 2015: Hammond team preview
- Football 2015: Highland team preview
- Aurora parents sponsoring heart screening in memory of son
- Football 2015: Chesterton team preview
- Football 2015: North Judson team preview
- Home-field advantage a big upgrade for Lake Central
- Football 2015: Morton team preview
- Football 2015: Wheeler team preview
- Football 2015: Roosevelt team preview
- Football 2015: Knox team preview
- Two days of action set for Wilmot Raceway during Kenosha County Fair
- Football 2015: Lake Station team preview
- Ben Geffert right back at home as Griffith’s football coach
- Football 2015: Michigan City team preview
- Building being rehabbed in Maywood (map)
- Tax dollars for distressed homes (infographic)
- Costs, delays mounting on taxpayer-backed suburban rehab project
- Lincoln Park home with elevator, rooftop deck for $4.195M
- North Korea warns of war with South Korea after exchange of fire
- Entrepreneur professor tries to create ‘atmosphere for all voices’
- Florida woman says she secretly recorded Jared Fogle
- The summer of our discontent
- Mister Trompudito…
- Woman dead, at least 13 others wounded in shootings
- Investigation of a police-involved shooting
- Ravens news and notes after Day 2 of joint practices
- Lisa Marie Varon is running Squared Circle again and will judge restaurant’s Roddy Piper costume contest
- Services in Ohio set for Army skydiver killed in Chicago air show
- Why to start a business out of college – and why not
- Can the Khan of Madiganistan be touched in 2016?
- Zoe Schor leaving Ada St., planning something new
- Molly Shattuck sentenced
- Progress for the Bears (kinda, sorta)
- 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S
- Rutter: Male-made cultural rules keep most rapists safe
- New parking law passed in Hobart
- Old-fashioned general store takes Mundelein back in time
- 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S stuns on the inside and out
- Patricia Reyes Spíndola, una mujer de fe en ‘Fear the Walking Dead’
- Anna D. Shapiro at Steppenwolf Theatre: Work in progress
- Elite New Hampshire prep school tackles ‘hook-up’ culture amid rape case
- First look at Hobart budget OK’d by council
- Email problems keep springing up for those in power
- Project Mc2 dolls intended to nudge girls toward STEM careers
- Mitch Daniels op-ed: A fix for student loan debt
- Social Graces: Can you turn down a bride or groom without losing a friend?
- Amy Poehler’s show gets backlash for R. Kelly joke
- Open thread, the week in review
- North Central student works to bring harmonica lessons to local classrooms
- Five standouts from the Ravens-Eagles joint practices
- Help Squad: Patient gets relief from large, wrongly issued medical bill
- Naperville high schools crack top 100 in Newsweek list
- What to do about your hotel renovation frustration
- Airline fees, surcharges and rules: Where’s the breaking point?
- Utility line dilemma faced in Hobart downtown project
- Diocese: Pastor steps down after being found naked in school
- Report: RGIII could play against Ravens next Saturday
- Prickly City- Like a God
- Davich: Parents chasing dreams for their children
- Ravens-Eagles joint practice
- Libertyville dance squad preps for big season
- Highland Park High School gets in the spirit
- Paying biggest debts first might not be best, study says
- Islamic State destroys ancient monastery in central Syria
- Why medical marijuana can still get you fired in Illinois
- Giphy Cam sparks moving, colorful Internet addiction
- ‘Oldest message in a bottle’ finally reaches its destination
- Collegis Education Hires Chief Executive Officer Vin Riera
- Girl drowns in Gurnee pool
- ‘Horrific’ toll of unsolved Robbins rape cases
- Men face Oswego, Aurora burglary charges
- Retailers need to quit with the excuses for not making clothes in larger sizes
- México confirma que indigente golpeado en Boston es mexicano
- Police wound boy, 14, on South Side: ‘This is like a really, really bad dream’
- Paramount leads Equity Jeff noms its first season in the mix
- PHOTOS: 2015 Equity Jeff nominees
- Ferretti será entrenador interino de México por 4 partidos
- Cops: Man steals backhoe in Oswego, goes on joy ride
- Later school start times hurt students
- Valuables taken in car break-in
- Spanish waste management company moves U.S. headquarters to Indiana
- Talk of the County: What has Obama done for you?
- Is Donald Trump the Jimmy Carter of 2016?
- Bolt ansía rebasar rivales y nuevos récords en Beijing
- Experts: Deleted online information never actually goes away
- Bulletin Board: Government meetings around Lake County
- There’s too much testing in school
- Grab a beer and a dry erase pen for this tour of One North Interactive’s office
- Tax suburban workers to save Chicago
- Mundelein band brings 245 musicians on field
- Lifeway expanding kefir production in Waukesha
- Mundelein High School band readies for season
- Female soldiers cap history-making week with Ranger School graduation
- Don’t blame the Air and Water Show for US problems
- Business Calendar: Network before work Aug. 28 in Lake Forest
- Photos show blow-by-blow of fight over bike man was trying to sell
- For some, happiness is staying single
- Se busca sospechoso de varios asaltos sexuales a mujeres
- Club Calendar: Bicycle Club of Lake County meets in Libertyville
- Speak Out: Union members are taxpayers
- Letters to the editor: U of I top officials out of touch
- The Air and Water Show must go on
- Suzette Robinson, Evanston’s Public Works director, leaves post
- Four finalists for Purdue Northwest top job
- Sometimes, medical marijuana is the only hope
- Church news: Listing of activities and events in the region
- Hammond’s Dairy Belle to open in Schererville
- Pension and bond debts drain school resources
- Convicted of battery of a child, former Batavia man seeks new trial
- New Trier bands to tour Italy during spring break 2016
- Body recovered off Foster Avenue Beach
- Terrence Howard forced to confront past from witness chair
- One Direction ticket sales, resale prices down for concert at Soldier Field
- First look: Kitchfix brings coconut-oil coffee, bone broth and more to Gold Coast
- Woman charged in fight with relative
- Daniel Bryan talks CM Punk, Kurt Angle and ‘Total Divas’ at Wizard World
- Lake Barrington man charged with DUI, hospitalized after motorcycle hits deer
- Person of interest questioned in attacks against women in Lincoln Park
- Sandwich fire victim grieves loss of rescue animals
- Conservatives double down on anti-abortion extremism
- Ugly cry remembering the ‘Six Feet Under’ finale with Sia’s ‘Breathe Me’
- Elmwood Park High School cheerleaders back teams through thick and thin
- Aurora man found sleeping in driveway faces burglary charge
- Man shot to death on way home from second job: ‘All he did was stay home and go to work’
- ‘What now?’ the mother asked. ‘We have to arrange a funeral.’
- Evanston Township High School’s marching band preps for season
- Oak Park teens competing in Illinois Battle of the Bands
- John Leguizamo: La buena compañía en ‘American Ultra’
- Quickly: ‘Steelworkers shouldn’t be too quick to go on strike’
- Jury selected for suspended FSU running back Dalvin Cook’s trial
- Saturday’s Bit Bash showcases Chicago’s independent game developers
- Sandwich fire victim grieves loss of rescue animals
- Cubs adding Toyota logo to landmark Wrigley marquee
- ABC developing sitcom from Shonda Rhimes and a Chicago improv vet
- Waste company leaving Illinois for Merrillville
- It’s for real: St. Pete says pier demolition to begin any day now
- U.S.: Tests show Islamic State used mustard gas in attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq
- Elmwood Park High School Cheerleading Team
- Evanston Township High School Marching Band
- Hurricane Danny strengthens into Category 3 storm
- Woman who stole money to buy donor sperm to be jailed after due date
- Day of Caring volunteers clear Valparaiso park
- Swan song for Tiffany Chen at Naperville Central
- Grupo proinmigrante cuestiona nuevo programa de Inmigración
- Smart shopping tips for the ‘musts’ you can’t locate
- Carpenters plan to build union hall in Merrillville
- Girl, 16, went missing 10 days ago from Woodlawn neighborhood
- Lyons Township High School alumni take granola company to next level
- Kendall leaders, Metra officials to meet about future commuter service
- McDonald’s to branch out into western Siberia
- Jake Johnson on ‘Digging for Fire’ and batting sixth
- ‘Kitten season’ finds no room for more cats at shelter
- It’s time for Little League baseball to make some changes
- Law & Order: Utah man wanted for downtown Valparaiso crimes
- Bocce Club vote key to Highwood development plans
- Why citizenship should remain a birthright
- Crafted Block & Brew brings relaxed vibe to MetroWest neighborhood
- Ice Miller Partner James M. Snyder Named by Best Lawyers© as 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” in Public Finance Law practice area
- United flight attendants want federal mediator
- Police promise to enforce curfew laws in Gary
- Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins is making bucket hats now
- Hija de la encarcelada Nestora Salgado trae a Chicago campaña de información
- Eight great white sneakers for guys
- Opposing spiking municipal retirement funds
- Electronic monitor gone, arrest warrant issued for Dontae Blount
- Donald, your birthright idea is sounding like racism
- Speeding on Washington Street in Oswego in spotlight
- Pension spiking in the suburbs
- EEUU afirma haber matado al terrorista ‘número dos’ del Estado Islámico
- Steve Harvey to air show despite ‘disrespectful’ audience at Chicago taping
- Man saved from burning vehicle after pileup on tollway
- Speak Out caller: Nothing funny at Slide the City Algonquin
- Lake County Stormwater Management Commission continues public outreach
- Artisticology moving to ‘bright creative space’ in East Dundee
- Community Briefs
- Street parking regulations in plan for downtown Huntley
- Parents who forgo immunizations must face risk of kids getting disease
- Violinist jumps from Waukegan to Michael Jordan’s rare air
- Abandoned pit bull Kinzie recovers from abuse, needs a new home
- Women’s journeys to Navy SEALs likely would start at Great Lakes
- Mundelein family leads overdose awareness event
- Indoor pool to offer lessons, fitness, lap swimming in McCook
- Encuentran un cuerpo sin vida en el lago
- New Director of Sales & Marketing
- Buzz Bait Taqueria now open in Old Town
- Lake County volunteers pack in a Day of Caring
- Proposed baseball field dedication prompts Lincolnwood policy change discussion
- Hammond man faces more child pornography, prostitution charges
- Bridge to Waukegan lakefront to be closed 9 months
- Afghan ties with Pakistan sour as Taliban gain strength
- Michael Jordan quiere ‘lo que es justo’
- Radio voice of Ridgewood football ‘loves his school’
- A battery-powered Bluetooth streamer for less than $15
- Ronda Rousey will fight former boxer Holly Holm on Jan. 2
- Ryan LaRoche named exec chef, culinary VP at Mariano’s
- Reunion of technical school alumni draws more than 50
- Longing to hear a candidate as eloquent as Jimmy Carter about inequity
- Photos: Buzz Bait Taqueria
- UNESCO chief: Islamic State systematically destroying heritage sites
- Oak Brook Park District adding parking for Family Recreation Center
- Martinez found guilty in Mary Austgen murder
- Eat This: Triple-dipped beignets at Azul 18
- LemonAid fundraiser returning to River Forest on 9/11
- Stretch of 159th Street closes as widening project gets underway
- Chicago mob story heading to the big screen
- Phil Ponce sells Ravenswood home; Mayor Emanuel getting new neighbors
- Will County reports spike in West Nile mosquitoes
- Joliet pledges $10 million for new Will County courthouse
- Aurora City Council set to OK environmental contract for Broadway properties
- Park Ridge youth football programs prepare players to fly as Hawks
- Hard work delivers national titles for LFHS dance squad
- NYPD sergeant accused of having sex with teen kills himself
- Firefighter ‘support group’ rallies around captain
- Tribune Top 20 countdown: No. 14 Montini
- Former Elburn police officer pleads not guilty to sex assault charges
- Home-field advantage a big upgrade for Lake Central
- Elmwood Park High School debuts new science classrooms
- Report: Illinois hires consulting firm to advise on responding to misconduct
- Glencoe gives liquor license to restaurant co-owned by ‘rehabilitated’ felon
- Sur Papier: Beverly Arts Center hosts Parisian artist’s U.S. debut
- David Sharpe brings state championship pedigree to LaPorte
- Glenbard West expansion to raze much of decades-old botanical garden
- Mayor: Gas explosion at New York school caused by lit match
- River Forest pedestrian killed by car on North Avenue
- Mistrial declared in case of N.C. police officer accused of killing unarmed black man
- McHenry Co. minister charged with child porn: police
- Dancers emulate Michael Jackson for charity event with late singer’s mother in attendance
- Fox Lake police chief, cop on leave amid internal investigation
- Ben Geffert right back at home as Griffith’s football coach
- Cog Hill, Gleneagles at center of land dispute
- Lake Forest High School Poms want a repeat national title
- Tribune Top 20 countdown: No. 13 Providence
- Jackson event tied to school supply giveaway
- Campus food pantries help students in need
- Bryan Schmidt ready to lead as Andrean quarterback
- Time for Naperville to look in the mirror and see a miser
- Aurora City Council set to change vendor for red light cameras
- Tiger Woods claims share of lead at Wyndham after shooting 65
- Potential late-arriving Hillary Clinton primary challengers, ranked
- Prosecutors reveal new details about blaze at Aurora radar facility
- Autopsy: Suspect killed by St. Louis police was shot in back
- Sheriff’s office clears embattled Oswego Township official of any illegal activity
- Squeeze play: Yankee Stadium a monument to Wall Street money it taps
- Federal police grant bought SUV for Harvey mayor’s use, sheriff says
- Not much fan mail in the age of Twitter
- USW marchers rally in Gary for fair contract
- ‘Selfie’ class provides look within at IUN
- Decision nearing, Biden games out mechanics of a 2016 run
- Warren receiver Micah Jones catching eye of Big Ten schools
- Iconic Montgomery bridge closed for renovation
- What to Watch 4: Bears secondary primary concern in test against Andrew Luck
- USW marchers rally in Gary for fair contract
- Palos Hills to review rules on backyard chickens
- Is it A.J. Schurr’s turn to run offense for Army Black Knights?
- Islamic State’s No. 2 leader killed in airstrike in Iraq: White House
- Is it A.J. Schurr’s turn to run offense for Army Black Knights?
- From Katrina’s ruin: New Orleans strives to build a stronger city
- CEO of cheating website says he’s faithful husband
- Refugees flee one crisis, and stumble into another in Europe
- Rauner signs bill allowing nursing home residents to install cameras
- The 2016 field is full of deadbeats
- Yes, winter is coming. So what? Breathe
- Man who brought tiger into a bar gets 12 months supervision
- Katrina and the next crisis
- Joe Maddon not a fan of 3:05 p.m. starts at Wrigley
- Worker asleep with heroin on chest gets prison
- Warren receiver Micah Jones catching eye of Big Ten schools
- As Bears QB headaches continue, Colts cherish their Luck — Andrew that is
- Downtown rowhouses clear hurdle in Tinley Park
- A.J. Lewis overcomes a loss much greater than any game — his mother
- Football No. 6: Brother Rice’s Cam Miller looks to make up for lost time at quarterback
- Murder charges filed in case of missing Bartlett man
- Streets becoming safer for Naperville pedestrians and cyclists
- Ex-cop tries to have $3 million settlement thrown out after bombshell
- What Michael Jordan’s Dominick’s lawsuit teaches us about business
- Oak Forest mayor nominates new alderman
- Community news: Garfield Street in Valparaiso to be closed
- Ask Tom: Can ice be used against a hurricane?
- A.J. Lewis overcomes a loss much greater than any game — his mother
- Scott Walker gives conflicting answers on birthright citizenship
- Cog Hill, Gleneagles at center of land dispute
- Man gets jail in Facebook harassment case
- The Daily Southtown’s Girls Volleyball Preseason Top 10
- Boston College recruit Jane DeJarld goes solo for Mother McAuley
- Elgin U46 board member targets school fees
- County audit: Missing pets rarely reunited in animal services ‘maze’
- Aaron Schock’s attorneys trying to keep documents from feds
- Cubs 5, Braves 3
- Molly Shattuck sentenced to 48 weekends in community corrections center in Del. rape case
- For Indiana State’s Travis Starks, success right around the corner
- Illinois dismisses forward Darius Paul from team
- Quickly: ‘Unemployment rate in Indiana doesn’t reflect reality’
- Everybody getting into the act as Cubs post a 5-3 victory over Braves
- William Kehoe, cabdriver known for doling out advice, dies at 63
- Town of Munster accused of dragging feet on human rights ordinance
- Warmth to return Saturday, Sunday — then chill out
- Friday’s recap: Cubs 5, Braves 3
- Security guard, gunman dead after NYC federal building shooting
- Football: Munster 20, Lake Central 19
- Illinois seeks dismissal of soccer player’s lawsuit
- Miguel Montero prods Kyle Hendricks to alter 1st-pitch plan
- Anti-abortion group releases video snippet after court win
- Illinois prison data breach exposed hundreds of personnel files to friend of inmate
- Football: Lowell 21, Crown Point 7
- Source: Ex-Bears QB Erik Kramer was found shot in possible suicide attempt
- Free spirit from Crown Point may next head north to Alaska
- Football: Andrean 15, Merrillville 12
- Jordan says ‘it was never about the money’ after $8.9M jury award
- ‘Protegeré mi nombre al máximo’: Michael Jordan tras ganar indemnización de $8.9 millones
- Football: Hobart 35, West Side 6
- Board Briefs: Lincolnwood renews contract with red light camera provider
- Valparaiso struggles to run the ball in season-opening loss to Penn
- Jeff Proctor answers call, Munster upsets Lake Central
- Andrean stops Merrillville on goal line as time expires for opening win
- Firefighter killed in Washington state from west suburbs
- ‘Inmigrantes ilegales’ responsables de violencia en Chicago, dice Donald Trump
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 21
- Kids benefit from annual school supply giveaway in Hammond
- Allie Quigley hits 3-pointer to give Sky 87-85 win over Mystics
- Hobart takes advantage of mistakes, rolls past West Side
- Spotlight shines on Jordan Jusevitch in Lowell’s win over Crown Point
- NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau reaches U.S. Amateur semifinals
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 21
- Local Roundup: Providence wins second straight tourney in boys golf