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- Revell models for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Revell gets a piece of the ‘Star Wars’ action with 4 model kits
- Take the stress out of laundry with these timesaving tips
- Can’t make it to the tailgate? Host the ultimate ‘staygate’ instead
- The anatomy of the canine and human funny bone [Infographic]
- Start a conversation with your teen about their health [Infographic]
- 6 curb appeal boosters that increase your home’s resale value
- Six style tips to prepare your home for the holiday season
- 4 things you can never stop focusing on to succeed in business
- Utah spoils Jim Harbaugh’s debut, beats Michigan 24-17
- Officials: 3 hurt in University of Arkansas machete attack
- Down 2 sets to none, Murray comes back to win at U.S. Open
- Glenbrook South girls volleyball team struggles to find winning lineup
- From Northerly Island to Meigs Field and back
- No. 2 TCU outlasts Minnesota 23-17
- Most Chicagoans will stay and stomach property tax hike, experts say
- Blufish sushi owners to expand to third location
- Ask Amy: Widow engages family in sales job
- Shout Out from Brian Paul, co-founder of Saving Tiny Hearts
- Police search for missing woman with dementia
- 8 wounded in separate shootings
- Top 10 burning questions for Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’
- Kids don’t need superheroes when Fed Man is here
- What college students need to know about fending off hackers
- Shooting at Sacramento college kills 1, wounds 2
- NYPD: Teacher arrested after drone crashes at U.S. Open
- Sí, sí, pero no crecemos
- Chicago Riverwalk dining guide: Every bar and restaurant, deciphered
- St. Charles 7th-grader collapses, dies after cross-country meet
- Escaping that D.C. state of mind
- Slain Fox Lake cop’s funeral set for Monday in Antioch
- CPS says Dyett to reopen as arts school; hunger strikers not appeased
- Idris Elba responds to James Bond author’s ‘too street’ remark
- Chicago marks deadliest day by gunfire in more than a decade
- U.S. takes in tens of thousands of refugees, but very few from Syria
- Disney unveils Star Wars toys amid marketing blitz
- ‘Force Friday’: Disney unveils Star Wars toys amid massive marketing blitz
- FSU-Texas State preview: Three keys to victory
- Family: Couple in fatal Lake Shore Drive crash were headed to Ravinia
- 5 charts putting the Syria crisis in context
- Afroman fined, ordered to get counseling for punching fan
- Adding to The Perspiration Principles
- Uber will deliver you baked goods to benefit after-school programs
- Opulent Hinsdale estate for family living, entertaining: $2.849M
- 10 art shows to see this fall
- Chicago pride, illustrated
- Taste the 1893 World’s Fair
- 10 thoughts on Bears’ 24-0 win over Browns
- Trying to block out the Bears’ offensive line issues
- Social Graces: What to do when you forget someone’s name
- Prickly City- cold hard cash
- Boaters unhappy with boat launch traffic plan
- Chaz and Roger Ebert roles are cast for ‘Black White Love Play’
- Senior housing plan takes shape in Hobart
- ‘Bad at Sports’ makes art make sense, at ground level
- Pictures: Sneak peek at the props of Halloween Horror Nights 2015
- Robots get a hand up
- BG Days 2015: Buffalo Grove sends summer off in style
- Buffalo Grove Days 2015
- Football coach born without hands denied driver’s license in Wisconsin
- Niños migrantes ahogados fueron enterrados en Siria por su padre
- Youth Council considers creation of teen court
- Climate change will hit Alaska hardest
- Hinsdale’s Metra station to get repairs outside and new restaurant inside
- Stevenson’s Spirit Fest should be wetter this year
- Youth Council exposes Gary teens to public service
- Climate change: A global emergency
- Helping the environment improves the economy
- District 102 eliminates early-morning playground time
- Chicagoing for Sept. 3
- Por qué el acento de Pablo Escobar en ‘Narcos’, te hará ver ‘El patrón del mal’
- Quiz: Could Hugh Hewitt ‘getcha?’
- Catholic men play role in pregnancy
- County to add five trees to banned list
- Q&A: Franco Cisternino, retiring barber
- Halloween Horror Nights props pop up at Universal
- 2015 BMW i3 photo gallery
- Microsoft said to weigh multibillion-dollar headquarters revamp
- Labor Day weekend: Your ultimate guide to picnics, barbecues and outdoor dining
- Julius Rosenwald, an under-recognized giant
- Telluride Film Festival: Enough Oscar speculation, already
- A Red Orchid Theatre names new management
- More heartbreak for Ebola survivor after baby boy dies
- Oswego OKs concept of sharing some services with Yorkville, Montgomery
- Blue Mass in Aurora to honor first responders
- Sad science of parenthood: It’s time to change the discussion
- Fantasize about a faraway weekend trip with a tour through the Orbitz office
- Con más ‘ánimo para luchar’
- Funeral del agente fallecido de Fox Lake será el lunes
- Republicans reject their own party
- Minister search firms play matchmakers for pastors, churches
- Shout Out: Malini Patel, co-owner of tea detox company
- Kyle Schwarber out with mild rib cage strain
- When will Republican candidates tackle U.S. debt?
- The U.S. must rethink Social Security
- Information sought on Aurora veterans
- Photo of drowned Syrian toddler may finally open world’s eyes to the reality of a brutal war
- Lake County Star Almanac
- Top 10 car features for tailgating
- Men sought in possible North Aurora child luring incident
- Rocker Chrissie Hynde: Assault by bikers is ‘the way it was’
- Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi join for climate change song
- Johnsonville recalls pork sausage over possible contamination
- City pays law firm $470,600 to fight police overtime lawsuit
- Trump’s first foreign policy pop quiz goes badly (as they often do)
- Junta de Educación paga servicio de internet en casa a uno de sus miembros
- Why Carly Fiorina is a long shot for veep
- Two new ‘Empire’ songs released before Season 2 premiere
- College notes: Casey Durham, Amanda Orchard pace Pittsburgh volleyball
- Official: Islamic State militants destroy ancient tombs in Syria
- Lenhoff: From hunting to abortion, no easy answers around
- Northwestern taps Silicon Valley veteran to lead The Garage
- Kendall Sheriff’s Dept. says woman lost $10,000 to phone scammers
- Photos: Chicago’s summer of violence
- Speak Out: Rauner not out to destroy unions
- Author visits with Walden elementary students
- Jon Sciesza visit
- Lombard dermatologist faces prison time for defrauding Medicare, others
- 2 men claiming to have found Nazi gold train go on Polish TV
- Virtue Cider selling majority stake to Anheuser-Busch
- Public invited to celebrate conservation group’s 1st anniversary
- Preview: Texas at Notre Dame
- How to smoke brisket, the Texas crutch way
- Friends of Marlene summer party raises $19,000
- Hidalgo, insurrección y muerte
- Spacecraft with Russian, Dane, Kazakh docks at International Space Station
- Ridgewood’s Patryk Panocha, Volodymyr Zhyryh are ‘core of the defense’
- The campus sex crisis: A college survival guide for the 21st century
- Bruno Bichir: ¡Muy gallo!
- Second City to move or cancel shows through Sept. 20 after fire
- Dyett reabrirá como escuela de artes
- Mega Challah Bake: 1,000 women make bread in Skokie before Rosh Hashanah
- Small bumps on the road to same-sex equality
- ‘Game of Thrones’ casts ‘UnREAL’ star Freddie Stroma for season 6
- STEM pilot classes begin in School District 220
- Glenbrook South’s Daniel Jenkins delivers in his first start at QB
- New Orleans master Henry Butler shakes up Jazz Fest
- Is your business male or female?
- Skokie tests emergency alert system during National Emergency Preparedness month
- Family members of woman who died sue Park Ridge hospital
- Aurora officials say success breeds need for restaurants
- Gary cop fired for second time
- Director Paul Quinn, brother of Aidan Quinn, dies at 55
- Mundelein trustees mull vote on gambling, alcohol at gas station
- Judge grants Salma Hayek restraining order against 2 women
- Skokie to commemorate 14th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
- Niña hondureña recibe ansiado asilo
- Plum streusel: Make it now with stone fruit from local farmers markets
- Mike Helfgot’s football blog: H-F, Stevenson ready for rumble
- Man and 17-year-old boy wounded in West Side shooting
- Tarean Folston now Notre Dame’s unquestioned main man in backfield
- Good Grapes holds art contest to benefit Chicago women’s shelter organization
- Janitors strike at Barrington High School is over
- Club Calendar: Illinois Dunesland Garden Club luncheon Sept. 15 in Zion
- Business Briefs: UnitedHealthcare honors two Lake County companies
- Preview: Stanford at Northwestern
- Drug ads include a lot of warnings — probably too many, FDA says
- Do drug ads help patients or lead to expensive treatments?
- Floatopia Miami
- Pictures: Buoyancy in the spotlight at Miami Beach’s Floatopia
- Preview: Wisconsin vs. Alabama
- Guaranteed Rate adds 75 loan officers
- PHOTOS: ‘The Rainmaker’ at the Greenhouse
- Tasting fresh mozzarella hand-stretched at a market near you
- Not all doom and gloom for the Chicago River
- Man charged after Lincolnwood mall fight sentenced to 120 days in jail
- Police remember fallen officer a year after his death
- Photos: ‘Force Friday’ in Chicago
- Munster man charged in fatal crash
- Postcards encourage residents to use Morton Grove library amenities
- Legal-focused high school readies first graduating class
- Tasting fresh mozzarella
- Lurie Children’s to acquire first physician practice
- From eggs to trees, USDA promotional programs controversial
- Dr. Carole Eldridge Promoted to Vice President of Post Licensure Programs at Chamberlain College of Nursing
- Two years of Willow Road construction come to an end
- Protecting Illinois’ waterways
- Friday Exit for September 4, 2015
- Chaka Khan through the years
- O’Hare noise complaints top 2 million for year
- Develop programs for youth to help prevent violence
- Cops release image of man wanted in Morgan Park slaying
- Cocaine charge brings 6-year sentence
- Elmhurst invites all to Rock the Block
- Every day, America sees more savagery
- Sen. Dick Durbin through the years
- What Trump’s appeal tells us
- Fewer Chicagoans underwater on mortgages
- Author and former Tribune reporter to speak at Glencoe Public Library
- Law & Order: Hammond accused of attacking neighbor
- Shout Out: Heidi Reinhofer, Disney princess impersonator
- LTHS parents get a taste of high school
- No, the system isn’t broken
- LT Open House
- Cubs 14, Diamondbacks 5
- Niles plans to buy Greenwood Avenue property for stormwater basin
- No-contact order between Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter and man lifted
- ‘American Idiot’ cast performs ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’
- Parks prepare for deer hunting in Porter County
- Examining why we work can make our work lives better
- Review: Dreams still grow in parched earth in ‘Rainmaker’
- A complete guide to the celebrity guests on Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ tour
- Oak Lawn neighbors divided on dividing lot
- Flyover used to help locate spilled oil in Mississippi River
- Venezuela compite por primera vez por el León de Oro en Venecia
- Force Friday: The coolest new Star Wars products by price
- The Friday Exit: A tech-world Tweet that struck a nerve on Syria
- 2 men charged in Uptown double slaying
- Letters to the editor: College of DuPage and rights of the unborn
- Is your technology hurting your child’s development?
- Lincolnwood moving ahead of former Dominick’s building development
- Man charged with DUI after multi-vehicle crash in Elmwood Park
- Back to school: Walden kicks off year with ice cream social on humid evening
- Indigente indocumentado será enjuiciado por asesinato
- Traveling Vietnam War memorial
- Reality TV stars get married in Oswego
- Pictures: Best new Star Wars products by price
- Midwest Conference football coaches show little love for Lake Forest
- Dan Auerbach fronts new band The Arcs for diverse sound
- Police say 11-year-old fatally shoots intruder, 16, in St. Louis County, but witness accounts differ
- Teachers went begging during the Great Depression
- Steve Jobs was a Syrian migrant’s child
- Talk of the County: Fox Lake Lt. Gliniewicz is a hero
- Girl, 14, missing from the city’s Chatham neighborhood
- City to offer ticket, tax amnesty program
- Church news: Listing of activities and events in the region
- #ChicagoForOne: Dude celebrates friend’s bachelor party alone, records it on Instagram
- Expectations high for experienced Notre Dame heading into season opener
- How about a town hall do-over, Mayor Emanuel?
- Gloria Trevi lidera con ‘El amor’
- Tip leads Bynum family to Illinois as search continues
- 6 nights in Colombia, including air, for $1,017 per person
- Mount Carmel grad John Wirtel a long snapper for Kansas Jayhawks
- Where to go to laugh while The Second City undergoes repairs
- Business Calendar: Property Investors Association meeting Sept. 8
- After ‘Can’t Feel My Face,’ can the Weeknd get any higher?
- Foster gearing up for re-election bid as challenges loom
- Franklin Park Ice Arena cool and ready for reopening
- Planting spring bulbs under trees: Careful how you dig around those roots
- First look inside Theaster Gates’ new Stony Island Arts Bank
- Franklin Park Ice Arena reopening
- Sweet, tangy, bitter grapefruit becoming a go-to beer ingredient
- Quickly: ‘Go elsewhere if you don’t like the prices at fruit stands’
- After 60 years, Diz Russell’s wife said it was time to retire; then came his final show
- Board briefs: Public invited to Lincolnwood’s annual 9/11 memorial
- ‘(T)ERROR’ and 9 other art house movie events to keep an eye on this fall
- Empty Harlem Avenue lots on Orland Park’s ‘radar’
- Man dies 3 days after West Side shooting
- Nelson Algren fan ready to ‘Take a Walk on the Wild Side’ in Miller
- Ask Tom: Has it ever been freezing here in the summer?
- Speak Out caller: Any American who joins ISIS should go to prison
- Benghazi panel questions Clinton aide amid public spat
- Traveling Vietnam War memorial in Lake County through Labor Day
- Chicago improv theaters in addition to The Second City
- Ask Tom: Why more rust near the ocean?
- East Dundee needs renovated village hall as funds go to other projects
- Metra, Amtrak services disrupted after Northwest Side crash
- Friends of Marlene raises $19,000 to support breast cancer patients.
- Best Buddies team up for car wash fundraiser at OPRF
- Study gives College of DuPage low marks
- From Meigs Field to Northerly Island Park
- Gary police panel discusses discipline, resignations
- A photo, a turning point? All depends on Europe’s leaders
- New plan for Black Oak Bayou finds fans, detractors
- A garden of hope at Aurora church
- ‘Arthur & George’ feels a trifle too elementary
- Chicago mayor candidate Garcia to lead off Latino activities at ECC
- Would-be basketball player arrested in Illinois
- DUI charges upgraded against Lisle’s village clerk
- Lake Michigan town adds line thrower to rescue arsenal
- Letters to the editor: Medical pot a necessity for some
- Chirico wants local caterers to get equal treatment elsewhere
- ‘Dios tiene un propósito para mí’: sobreviviente de Willowbrook
- 26-year-old man gets four years in prison for FAMU hazing death
- A $90 million payday for Hospira CEO after sale to Pfizer
- Oswego trustee to resign next month
- Wilmette warns of Lake Avenue lane closures for sewer project
- Topgolf facility swings into Naperville
- Glenwood man charged in fatal South Side hit-and-run crash
- Now is the time to fix the government
- Northerly Island’s nature preserve now open
- 12 of America’s best road trips
- Topgolf facility swings into Naperville
- Remodel of River Grove Binny’s almost done
- Jailed Kentucky clerk’s attorney: Marriage licenses for gays void
- Minnesota man sought in wife’s death arrested in Waukegan
- La Bamba in Sleepy Hollow to undergo name change
- Allstate raising some Illinois homeowner rates by average 5.3%
- Handwriting may be key in Crown Point murder trials
- Opinion: Obama must do more to protect Arctic environment
- Man accused of attempting to kidnap children will remain held without bond
- International company buys Aurora sheet manufacturer
- A duel lesson for sparring Rauner and Madigan in the Land of Lincoln
- Community news: Opportunity Enterprises seeks volunteers
- Freeman-Wilson announces ecumenical, volunteer programs
- Elgin still pondering plans for Fox River Country Day School property
- Texas State is a ‘good test’ for young FSU squad in season opener
- Elgin still pondering plans for Fox River Country Day School property
- Preview: UNLV at Northern Illinois
- Newest East Dundee building should increase downtown foot traffic
- School strikers endure hunger, my criticism, to win
- Activists to continue hunger strike over Dyett High School’s fate
- Ousted Will County judge seeks quick return to bench
- Aretha Franklin blocks documentary screening at Telluride Film Fest
- Chicago cop won’t be fired for Michael Brown shooting comment
- Gay rights advocates: Jailed Kentucky clerk is no martyr
- Great America’s new ‘dark ride’ marks next evolution in thrills
- Opinion: Sales tax, garbage fee ‘most responsible path,’ writes Naperville mayor
- What’s next for Lincoln-Way North building?
- Desperate refugees heading for Europe are innocents in havoc
- Aurora to amend pay-by-plate train station parking
- Illinois employers report mass layoffs of 2,140 people in August
- Rauner vs AFSCME: Round 2!
- Oak Forest park gets makeover
- Fantasy football mock draft: Who goes No. 1?
- Animal control trying to locate chickens on the loose in Elgin
- Walk-a-thon and pet fair in Hammond benefits animal rescue group
- Oak Forest park gets makeover
- East Leyden student wants to get more girls in tech
- Bears’ QB competition gets new twist
- What’s next for Lincoln-Way North building?
- Funeral and procession for fallen Lieutenant on Monday (map and info)
- Soderquist debit card use probed by feds in trial
- Former Tribune Co. CEO Stanton Cook dies at 90
- Friday’s recap: Cubs 14, Diamondbacks 5
- Buddy’s Place assists families in their grief journeys
- Elgin’s Beer and BBQ @ Bowes benefits parks and recreation department
- Antiques analyzed at River Grove fundraiser
- Opinion: Businesses taxed enough already
- More videos, DNA analyzed in Fox Lake manhunt
- Blackhawks mum on whether Patrick Kane will be at preseason camp
- New state vaccine requirements get quick adoption in Norridge, Harwood Heights
- What to do with threatening neighbors displaying mental illness?
- Sanders proposes big changes to District U46 school boundaries plan
- Environmentalists, Waukegan coal plant clash over 9-year-old permit issue
- Older drivers get rules of the road refresher course
- Rush-Copley class offers a family atmosphere
- Smaller acorn sculptures to be sold in Oak Lawn
- Former Concordia University coach charged with sexually assaulting teen
- Cardin to oppose Iran nuclear deal
- Niemeyer wants new hearing on quarry plan
- Academic debate: Do cameras click in classrooms?
- Jon Lester struggled some but offense picked him up and ‘W is W’
- Grace United Methodist welcomes new pastor
- Elmwood Park police plan to pay respects to fallen Fox Lake police officer
- Quickly: ‘Mill doesn’t owe you anything’
- Elgin police partner with AAA and DQ to promote bike safety
- Fire at Washington state Planned Parenthood clinic ruled arson
- Cubs shake off injury to Kyle Schwarber in 14-5 drubbing of Diamondbacks
- On Labor Day, pay honor to your life’s sweat
- Naperville man waives extradition in Louisiana child sex case
- Washington court: Charter schools are unconstitutional, cannot receive state funds
- Mason Foster, Dante Rosario among Bears’ cuts
- Austria says it and Germany will take refugees from Hungary
- Fox Lake residents unsettled, searching for justice this Labor Day
- Football: Andrean 30, New Prairie 19
- Oak Lawn may have liquor commission
- Opinion: Cleaning up Naperville roadkill is a dirty job
- Employment growth brings both opportunities and challenges
- Texas officer who killed football player was hired on 3rd try
- City gearing up for a hot and humid weekend
- Football: Merrillville vs. Crown Point
- Football: Merrillville vs. Crown Point
- Two arrested in dispute at Oak Lawn dealership
- White Sox 12, Royals 1
- MAG unit strikes at the heart of crime
- Realtors thrilled with industry rebound
- Football: LaPorte 49, Valparaiso 38
- County counts $2 million insurance savings
- Football: Lincoln-Way North 27, Sandburg 14
- Rauner, AFSCME back to bargaining
- Chicago broadcasters reflect on 50 years of Homewood-Flossmoor radio station
- Speak Out: Illinois needs new blood in politics
- Newest East Dundee building may increase downtown foot traffic
- Football: Mount Carmel rolls to win over Morgan Park
- Star Wars Force Friday hype hits the Fox Valley
- No. 4 Baylor shows plenty of offense in 56-21 win at SMU
- Football: Munster 33, Highland 15
- Two longtime Hampshire officials leave positions
- Football: Brother Rice 49, Crete-Monee 21
- Prosecutor: Town courts staffing could be eliminated
- Jaylan Scott great as Munster moves past Highland
- Quickly: ‘The Republican Party is dead’
- Football: Joliet Catholic 34, Wheaton North 14
- Why I prefer women bosses, labor leaders
- Football: No. 5 Loyola airs it out, routs No. 17 Maine South
- Merrillville avoids 0-3 start with blowout win over Crown Point
- Defense helps Andrean hold off New Prairie rally
- A call to serve, a plan to answer
- Ike James carries Lowell past Kankakee Valley
- No. 5 Michigan State tops Western Michigan 37-24, sets sights on Oregon
- Huntley’s Parkside Pub owner seeks grant money from village
- Dion Williams a wrecking crew for LaPorte in win over Valparaiso
- DeAndre Green leads Zion-Benton past Waukegan 28-8
- Hanover Township Mental Health Board awards grants
- Prep football: No. 4 Naperville Central notches late win against No. 12 Neuqua Valley
- Clinton: Email system not ‘best choice’ but she didn’t ‘stop and think’ about it
- Slugger Jose Abreu looks to progress as a White Sox leader
- Friday’s recap: White Sox 12, Royals 1
- Tyler Egan plays for Anthony Thompson, Mount Carmel routs Morgan Park
- Coming home again to the Idea Oven
- Oregon judge refuses to perform same-sex marriages on religious grounds
- Prep football: No. 10 Phillips overwhelms Carmel