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- Weathering the storm: 9 necessary tips for using a chainsaw to clear debris
- Seven ways to say ‘Hello’ … with chocolate
- Banish back-to-school lunchbox blues with grapes
- 5 ways to improve your workday every day
- Labor and delivery: No laughing matter
- Family bursting with pride as Trayce Thompson gets call to join White Sox
- Cubs’ starting pitchers feel strong, confident they’ll finish strong
- Monday’s recap: Cubs at Pirates, ppd.
- Monday’s recap: Rays 5, White Sox 4
- Joel Edgerton writes, directs and stars in the creepy ‘The Gift’
- Tuesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
- Joel Edgerton photos
- Sean Flannery explains ‘Drunk Science’
- Jason Segel nails his most dramatic role yet in ‘The End of the Tour’
- Wednesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
- Wednesday weeknight dance clubs
- Under Clubber: Patron’s Hacienda and Ñ Wednesdays
- Frank Chaves will retire as artistic director of River North Dance Chicago
- 2 wounded in shooting outside hip-hop concert in New Jersey
- New Hampshire officials probing tent collapse that killed 2, injured 22
- Andrew football poised for big improvement in Year 2 under Dave Connell
- Lake County runners lead pack at Detweiller at Dark
- Corrections and clarifications for Aug. 4, 2015
- Custody battle leaves lonely son in its wake
- Man released from hospital after Loop stabbing
- Tuesday at Beauty Bar
- Take a peek at new Illinois science exam’s concepts, performance expectations
- Beyond coding: General Assembly wants to fill education gaps
- Photos: Chemistry lab
- State workers’ suit against Duckworth spills into Senate bid
- Plastic bag ban causes confusion
- Idaho’s law banning secret filming of animal abuse ruled unconstitutional
- After storm, a dad’s death at Wood Dale fest is lamented, will be litigated
- Puerto Rico misses loan payment, prompting rating downgrade
- ISU Solar Car Team finishes 3rd in Texas race
- Prickly City- Trump
- Chicago police investigate priest pulled from ministry over items on computer
- New Chicago parade in the works, this one for Halloween
- Michigan Avenue group hosting inaugural Halloween parade
- Building collapses amid monsoon rains in India, killing 12
- Prickly City: The one thing Trump is right about will terrify you
- Jewish extremist arrested in arson attack that killed Palestinian toddler
- Off-duty sheriff’s deputy wounded in Little Village shooting
- Sunday’s storms: 5,831 lightning strikes, search for them near you (interactive map)
- Strike that: Updated map of all 30,000 lightning strikes (search for your house)
- Jon Lester’s advice to young Cubs: Play stupid
- How Chicago can steal back tech talent
- Paul Christiano, talented dancer and choreographer with a difficult past, is dead at 39
- Norridge police officers caught on video saving man from fire
- Governor’s fruitless witch hunt a waste of taxpayer dollars
- Dove’s Luncheonette, Parachute among Bon Appetit’s ‘Best New Restaurants’
- Lame Game: Kevin White’s shin and Bears’ suspicious cover stories
- Oak Park orders Tasty Dog to vacate village-owned building by Aug. 10
- A week into camp, which rookie has impressed?
- Will Willie Young make the Bears?
- Godzilla fans descend on Niles
- Can Shea McClellin succeed at inside linebacker?
- Is Jay Cutler’s biggest fault the way he handles adversity?
- What’s the deal with Kevin White’s injury?
- ‘Can’t get my black girl panties in a bunch’ over Hulk Hogan dropping the N-word
- How are reps divided between Will Montgomery and Hroniss Grasu?
- PDF: Sophia Eggleston lawsuit against Lee Daniels and Fox
- PDF: Federal lawsuit filed in Sandra Bland’s death
- PDF: Hamburg police press release on Patrick Kane investigation
- Chef and restaurateur Yoshi Katsumura dies at 65
- Should Bears have kept Stephen Paea for their 3-4 defense?
- Could Lamarr Houston go to defensive end?
- Busch Gardens back in business after rains close theme park
- Man shot dead in Gary
- ‘Deja de tomar fotos’, le advirtieron al fotoperiodista asesinado Rubén Espinosa
- Crime Stoppers: Man wanted on warrant for obstructing justice
- Will the new offense feature a fullback?
- Why is Lance Briggs still unsigned?
- It’s early, but will Jon Bostic make the team?
- Health Calendar: Learn about Parkinson’s disease Aug. 12 in Waukegan
- ‘Real Housewives’ star Kim Richards accused of shoplifting
- United CFO leaves for PayPal
- Elevated Films brings indie movie screenings to Whole Foods rooftop
- Tax hikes
- Willowbrook woman, 66, missing
- Trustee urges people to vote, not boycott Mundelein, over mayor’s July 4 speech
- Mundelein residents confront mayor on ‘moral crisis’ remarks
- La Grange couple ties the knot with local flair
- Monthly series at Indiana Dunes mixes musical heritage, history
- Does owning a gun make you safer?
- Neighbor on the river has one foot in the door
- Humor book by ‘Mindy Project’ star coming in 2017
- Apple names Chicago’s Belly as partner in business services
- Darien Council clears path for extended stay hotel
- Officials puzzled over Yosemite jumpers’ deaths
- Brent Musberger to call North Dakota State-Montana season-opener
- ‘Canned hunting’ of lions in South Africa raises concern, debate
- Mitchell Pool hosts ‘Last Splash’ Aug. 9
- Planners approve Apple Tree Estates modification
- VHT Studios Names Janeen Archer Area Sales Executive, Seattle Market
- Readers react: City vs. suburbs, paid sick leave and ‘evil white guys’
- Apple names Chicago’s Belly as partner in business services
- Gwen Stefani y Gavin Rossdale se divorcian
- Back-to-school shopping? Here’s how to earn extra credit for style
- School Notes: Libertyville District 70 names new director of Special Services
- New science test signals shift in how subject is taught in Illinois
- My town calls my lawn ‘a nuisance.’ But I still refuse to mow it.
- Dogs can practice natural herding talents on Wisconsin farm
- Obligados a salir de su país para seguir a su padre
- Quickly: ‘Fire Mike Pence and hire a governor that will govern for all the people.’
- For something different, check out ‘Turn of the Screw’
- Abel’s makes authentic Mexican dishes
- Casino roundup
- Fire at historic Maple Street Chapel underscores need for sprinklers
- Dog herding classes
- Bottoms up? Lunchtime drinking making comeback, some say
- La vida después de la final de la Libertadores
- Playwright imagines Maya Angelou’s ‘Last Poem’
- YouTube superstar MattyB raps at North Shore Center
- $549 Caribbean cruise includes 7 nights and port calls in Belize City, Cayman Islands
- Silents are still golden at Pleasant Home
- Honeysuckle Hill’s plants ‘rescued’ by volunteers
- Q&A: Mark Schlereth on Bears’ team leadership
- Quickly: ‘Time to support public education in Indiana’
- Preston Jones of Canvas
- Travel events: From D-Day re-enactments to an Irish festival
- Sacerdote es investigado por la Policía
- Midwest still home to a handful of unique ferry crossings
- Wilmette grants final approval to The Wilshore project
- Midwest still home to a handful of unique ferry crossings
- Rutter: Jacob need not have died if adults had acted
- 50 Cent says expenses are $108,000 a month, including $5,000 on gardening
- Search on for shooter outside Big Sean, J. Cole concert
- Balacean a un alguacil en La Villita
- Lake Forest Car Show raises $10,000 for Skin of Steel
- West Dundee OKs their part of agreement to revamp Spring Hill Mall
- Edging garden beds adds an elegant finishing touch
- Lake Forest Car Show benefits Skin of Steel
- Q&A: A look at climate change plan and its impact on states
- St. Charles leaders reopen talks on video gambling
- Reversing the tide on climate change
- Five things to do in Northwest Indiana from Aug. 7-13
- Cutting edges for the garden
- Candace Madison, former high school basketball coach reunite at Triton
- Drone drops drugs in Ohio prison yard, spurring inmate fight
- 2016 Chevy Volt plug-in can go 420 miles before refueling
- Miss America winner, contestants visit Disney World
- Burr Ridge church marks groundbreaking milestone
- LaGrange Highlands photographer captures nature, works to restore environment
- Festival of Art
- Annual Glencoe festival showcases 110 artists
- Chicago-area UFC fighter set for bout in Houston
- Elmhurst’s York Theatre to show art and foreign films, documentaries
- Batalla final por la Libertadores
- Brad Paisley to mentor on ‘Voice’ with Blake Shelton
- Oswego may combine Plan Commission, Zoning Board
- Unusual calls keep Naperville firefighters busy
- Frank seeks Mandel’s Lake County Board seat
- CVS earnings rise despite no tobacco fix
- Billy Bob at 60: The not-pitiful Brangelina ex
- ‘Trumpsplaining’ speaks to frustrated voters
- Elmhurst’s York High School will get a new outdoor classroom Aug. 8
- Fireworks replace cannon at Northern Illinois football games
- Nuevo récord de jonrones en las menores
- Persimmon features jewelry, gifts, clothes in downtown Wilmette
- Photos: Sandra Bland
- Niega Kate que imitará a Primera Dama
- Update: Dog stolen from Heartland Animal Shelter found safe
- Bruce Willis, Blake Lively to star in Woody Allen’s next film
- Public input sought on South Shore projects
- Evanston’s 2nd Act Players host benefit improv show
- La familia de Sandra Bland demanda
- A Biden-Trump campaign would set a new low — which might be good
- Glenview Dental Associates celebrates 20 years
- Westchester pizzeria pulls car show plug
- Every Premier League team’s most exciting young prospect
- 2 giants of the podium, now inside the box
- Pau Gasol: ‘Jugar con Kobe Bryant en el Barcelona sería divertido’
- #ilooklikeanengineer
- Celebrating Billy Strayhorn, an overlooked master, at 100 with a new festival
- West Aurora School District examines new policy on nepotism
- Stigma against disabled community handicaps able-bodied observers
- Letter: Distracted drivers are the problem, not cyclists
- Policía pide a narcos denunciar a su competencia
- Village grapples with how to better clean up litter in Skokie
- Deerfield’s Vince India still chasing the PGA Tour
- Five things to do in Lake County from Aug. 7-13
- Henry’s HEROES raises $5,000 to stop ‘epilepsy monster’
- Fifth undercover video alleges fetal organ sales by Planned Parenthood
- Two Oak Park bank robberies
- Lake Forest sells bonds to pay for infrastructure, residential site improvements
- EU regulators clear Pfizer’s purchase of Hospira
- Speak Out
- Deerfield’s youth softball, baseball teams finish strong summer
- Former Downers Grove North brass player now races stock cars
- Longtime city leader dies: ‘Hank loved Waukegan’
- Man armed with knife robs South Loop bank
- Letters to the editor: Military service could help black families
- Dragonflies swarm lakefront
- Art enriching in more ways than one for McAuley students
- New #ILookLikeAnEngineer movement trumpets diversity in STEM
- Hamburglar generates buzz but not burger sales for McDonald’s
- Here & Now for Aug. 4
- Warning issued for lake safety
- Your social media activity could get you fired. Is that legal?
- Illinois offering $7,500 in down payment help
- United Way finds nonprofits struggling due to state budget stalemate
- Community Digest: Low-cost pet vaccine clinics set for Aug. 15, 22
- Kermit and Miss Piggy announce breakup
- Rauner asserts his control of Illinois GOP
- In wake of another world record, Katie Ledecky even more impressive
- World Rowing to seek viral testing in Rio Olympic waters
- Johnsburg man, 41, killed in pedestrian accident
- New Colony’s 2016 season includes multi-city premiere
- Community briefs: Ice cream social planned in Aurora
- Long snapping gives Barrington’s Ethan Tabel a path to playing time
- Glencoe native aims to break stereotype of opera
- Evanston author debuts novel-inspired rock show at benefit
- Technology upgrades at Hinsdale District 86
- Rauner signs law ending automatic transfer of some juveniles to adult court
- Thomas on Sox’s chances: ‘I wish they wouldn’t have stood pat’
- Cops are not “always right”
- Ceres’ Table names new executive chef
- Ricardo Ferreti: ‘No me importa si River se siente campeón’
- Hinsdale District 86 Board finds common ground on goals for new school year
- Caminarán 200 millas contra recortes a programas de salud
- Two new assistant principals hired by West Aurora
- The economics behind Europe’s migrant crisis
- Five things to do in the western suburbs from Aug. 7-13
- New Trier sophomore leads the field in George Cup
- Route 59 merchants: Construction has hurt business
- The swizzle is the drink of summer
- Community sports calendar
- Medicaid
- Tiger Woods’ schedule depends on result in PGA Championship
- Prosecutors: Lake Forest teacher kissed student without consent
- Naperville families get rush out of obstacle course race
- Lyme disease still stuck in controversy, but there is hope
- Following outcry, Des Plaines rescinds $27,000 check to city manager
- Salman Rushdie to receive Tribune Literary Award
- 8 cocktails to make before seeing Fantastic Four, out Friday
- Republican presidential candidates
- New Chicago concerts on sale: Disclosure, Mick Jenkins, Deafheaven
- Oak Street Bridge removal postponed again
- Ken Griffin speaks out on ‘painful’ divorce, considering Citadel IPO
- Will Co. Sheriff’s PD warns of telephone scam
- Obama would win again
- District 36 aims to integrate STEAM in ‘idea lab’ this fall
- Questions the Fox News debate demands
- 3 Barrington High School alumni are National Merit Award winners
- Periscope vs. Meerkat: Which has the edge?
- How to go country in the ‘burbs
- Disabled runners seek chance to qualify for IHSA state track meet
- Black Cat Ball will benefit Hinsdale Humane Society
- Mike Huckabee
- East Aurora High School graduation ceremony to move to DeKalb
- Regional Transportation Authority
- Charges added against teacher in sex case
- Gino’s East to bring new menu items to Pilsen location
- Route 59 merchants: Construction has hurt business
- The Illinois pick-your-pocket bill
- Yes, potato salad can be healthy
- Mokena infant gets new liver
- First Bank & Trust’s Simon Yohanan Appointed to Illinois BancService Corporation Board of Directors
- 2 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Drake-hosted event in Toronto
- Modern-day slavery
- District 203 to distribute 8,000 computers to high school students
- Lake Forest athletes over 80 featured in photo exhibit
- Art enriching in more ways than one for McAuley students
- YouTube stars to offer fashion, beauty tips at Chicago tour stop
- A swarming spectacle: Rains bring boom year for lakefront dragonflies
- Michael Waltrip Racing feeling painful squeeze of consolidation
- Michigan woman suing for $300 million over ‘Empire’ character
- Highland Park not immune to pension woes
- North Aurora Days returns with bands, beer, and more
- Statement from Rod Blagojevich on appeal
- Who will pair with Pernell McPhee at outside linebacker?
- Bolingbrook golfer could set state high school title record
- 7 people with Legionnaires’ disease have died in New York outbreak
- Innovative technique cuts down football injuries at Nazareth
- 4 wounded, including county correctional officer, in city shootings
- Shout Out: Alejandra Zavala, Pool on Pacific employee
- ’42nd Street’ coming to Loop in March 2016
- St. Joseph shows potential for another special basketball season
- Nazareth setter Emma Decker draws national recognition
- Woman missing from Gresham neighborhood found
- Organizer: Glenview Farmers Market hitting its peak
- ‘Gotta Bingo’ is retro, is it charmingly retro? Debatable
- Talk of the County: Readers unite in defense of the Amstutz
- Porter commissioners appoint interim department heads
- Farmers Market
- American doctor defends lion hunt in Zimbabwe, says he followed rules
- All-Tchaikovsky program at Ravinia gala
- Another test.
- Navy sends remarkable people to North Chicago to lead recruits
- Jet Ski driver rescues 2 boys who drifted from Waukegan beach
- FBI investigating two Monday bank robberies in Oak Park
- Ravinia Ball funds learning programs
- No interviewers are asking Tom Cruise about Scientology — and that’s not surprising
- Letter: College savings plans should be on back-to-school lists
- A month into its life, Baxalta finds itself fending off Shire
- Chicago mother sues Catholic Charities over premature birth
- The case for sweet wines, an ideal pairing for seafood
- Scouting pays off for lobster hunt winners
- Montgomery Festival set to open Friday
- District 203 to distribute 8,000 computers to high school students
- John Asbaty leaving White Oak Tavern, so try these 4 dishes soon
- Caretakers: Stolen dog found, returned in good health
- Gino’s East opening in Pilsen, adding Mexican menu items
- Zest Health raises series A funding
- Chicago Parks Foundation Appoints Zachary Watters to Inaugural Auxiliary Board
- Elmhurst allows car sales, microbreweries downtown and in other commercial areas
- St. Edward looking for QB to team with Dwayne Allen Jr. in backfield
- Naperville families get rush out of obstacle course race
- Evanston woman gets probation for DUI pedestrian death in Skokie
- Piden a corte decidir apelación de Blagojevich
- Community briefs
- All about dragonflies (infographics)
- Just opened: See what Coalfire Pizza’s cooking in Lakeview
- Westchester woman enjoys Paul McCartney, family at Lollapalooza
- To Apple: Yes Siri, that’s my voice mail; no Siri, I don’t need email
- Here’s why there were so many dragonflies at Lollapalooza
- McCormack brothers practice becoming passing combination for Hinsdale South
- St. Edward looking for QB to team with Dwayne Allen Jr. in backfield
- Two-way stop signs coming to Recreation Park neighborhood
- Cars.com names tech sector veteran Colette LaForce chief marketing officer
- Frank Lloyd Wright day trips to take in Midwest properties
- Mayor Dave Schmidt’s legacy honored at barbecue fundraiser
- Police release photo of Waukegan bank robbery suspect
- Oak Park Village Board approves 20-story project for downtown
- Mayor Schmidt¿s Annual Grilling for the Arts barbecue fundraiser
- How back-to-school shopping can teach your kids money lessons
- Photos: Coalfire Two opens in Lakeview
- Mumps outbreak at University of Illinois leads to call for re-immunization
- Female athletes over 80 star in Lake Forest photo exhibit
- Hispanos de EEUU preparan ‘bienvenida’ al Papa
- So long, Mr. Inspector
- Owners of Penny Center won’t pursue rezoning to residential
- Zest Health raises $6M in Series A funding to expand team, services
- Board considers keeping Tony Sanders as District U46 CEO indefinitely
- Park Ridge aldermen debate appeals process for appearance board
- Hired’s offer: New job, signing bonus, bottle of bubbly — in 19 days
- Safe Haven leader Christine Eaddy gives West Side kids direction, protection
- To minimize abortions, give <i>more</i> money to Planned Parenthood
- Red Stars’ Vanessa DiBernardo emerges as key contributor in second pro season
- Plainfield passes ‘cupcake law’ to protect home bakers
- Springfield chess
- From politicians to bros: The budding vape culture
- Homeless man charged with slashing tires in Aurora Transportation Center lots
- ‘This is my dad. He’s bald,’ and other hair-razing realities
- Vaping is all the rage – even eclipsing cigarettes in some places – but is it addictive?
- First GOP debate field
- City Council OKs pay raise for Park Ridge development director
- Lombard woman who killed husband waiting for spot in mental health center
- City looks to reclaim $385K from wrongful death settlement
- Powerade Sueno Alianza soccer scouting program visits Naperville
- Iran deal is like selling a used car, dents and all
- East Aurora elementary principal, district administrator resign
- Glenda Ritz to lead West Side turnaround talk
- Notre Dame coach: RB Greg Bryant won’t play this season
- Early reports say Bolingbrook could add Pakistani sister city
- Lake Central considers sign denial options
- Highland Park Art Center raises $26,000
- Giovani dos Santos: ‘Llego en mi mejor momento’
- Officials probing New Hampshire tent collapse that killed 2, injured 32
- Oak Forest man robbed in Midlothian
- Illinois Senate votes to turn on another budget spigot amid stalemate
- Caretakers: Stolen dog found, returned in good health
- Driver who ran out of gas, sleeping teen arrested on warrants
- Church bus driver appears in court; remains in jail
- Park Ridge commemorating 70th anniversary of World War II’s end
- Shoppers in Evanston react to first days of plastic bag ban
- April Rose returns as ‘Loop Rock Girl’
- Cubs 5, Pirates 0
- Nazareth’s Brandon Bossard picked to join White Sox at Area Code Games
- Kadner: Why Billy Pierce was a South Side legend
- Tornado slipped under radar, emergency officials say
- Ask Tom: Does Deerfield have fewer severe weather events than Chicago?
- Kermit y Miss Piggy anuncian su separación
- Schmitz: Tebow shows faith in his comeback
- Disney beats estimates on earnings, misses slightly on revenue
- Lake County tornado
- Cop discusses interview with murder defendant
- Dave Dombrowski out as Tigers GM; Al Avila takes over
- Tom Brady testimony in NFL ‘Deflategate’ released
- University Park 10-month-old suffocates
- Sills named to fill vacated District 202 board seat
- Currents, waves present risk to lake swimmers
- Ray Rice makes another pitch for NFL job
- Grieving dad, Illinois mom tell James Holmes jury of devastating loss
- Frank Thomas rooting for one more homer — for charity
- Fighting Parkinson’s with boxing
- Elgin school’s ambitious sports programs earn it a fitness center
- Rich Central football gets high marks in chemistry
- Sheriff: 1 man fires in vicinity of soldiers at Camp Shelby in Mississippi
- Mike Martz still a believer in Bears quarterback Jay Cutler
- Frankfort faces teardown issue in historic downtown
- North Lawndale home for youth an exercise in healing
- Highland Park Art Center holds 27th Gogh Green Recycled Art Sale
- Phone battery rental kiosks arrive at Union Station
- Northwest Indiana Oilmen returning to college teams with sharpened skills
- Chris Enyeart hired as athletic director at Lake Central
- Frankfort faces teardown issue in historic downtown
- Official: Mississippi courthouse shooting suspect faced assault charge
- Friends: Slain Memphis officer was strong, but avoided confrontation
- Rays 11, White Sox 3
- What’s the cost of avoiding the Planned Parenthood videos?
- Food, games and sirens all part of Naperville’s Night Out against crime
- Cubs tinker with rotation so Jon Lester could start his next four at home
- Cook Co. looking into why dog was left in hot garage after eviction
- Make that 20 straight days of 80 degrees or higher
- Milwaukee archdiocese settles abuse cases for $21 million
- Netflix to give new parents a year of paid leave
- Filing lawsuit, Sandra Bland’s family says it’s ‘possible’ she did commit suicide
- Friends and rivals, Raymond Knoll, Tee-k Kelly in Western Am hunt
- Will County may scale back new courthouse
- Wounded Warrior Project uses golf outing to raise funds and spread word
- Wounded Warrior Project golf outing
- Baseball: Windy City ThunderBolts vs. Gateway Grizzlies
- New Chicago schools chief calls for teacher concessions
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Aug. 4
- Fitness center to fill empty hardware store in Aurora
- Local Roundup: Notre Dame running back Greg Bryant won’t play in 2015
- Alfredo Rodriguez powers Slammers to road win
- Tuesday’s recap: Cubs 5, Pirates 0
- Joe Maddon already thinking of lineup moves for Miguel Montero return
- Robin Ventura wants to see more consistency from Avisail Garcia
- ThunderBolts’ Austin Gallagher flips on power switch
- Joe Maddon dazzled by Starlin Castro’s defense