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- Bulls 102, Pacers 100 (OT)
- Rescue crews evacuate residents as water spills over levees in Midwest
- Boys Basketball: IC Catholic Prep 58, St. Edward 46
- Boys Basketball: DeKalb 41, Geneva 39
- Local college basketball roundup: DePaul falls to Georgetown 70-58
- Prosecutor: Woman held in deadly Vegas crash had pot in system
- Jimmy Butler carries Bulls down stretch of 102-100 victory in overtime
- Boys Basketball: Tampa Catholic 80, Neuqua Valley 57
- Boys hoops: California power knocks off Homewood-Flossmoor for Hinsdale title
- Evanston finishes fifth at Montini, aspires for even more success
- Boys Basketball: Evanston 41, Batavia 40
- Boys hoops: Downers South stuns Hinsdale South at the buzzer of Jack Tosh semifinal
- Boys hoops: York’s 3-point shooting knocks down Downers South in Jack Tosh semis
- Who had the lousiest year in Illinois?
- Bowl game roundup: Rafael Gaglianone’s 29-yard field goal lifts Wisconsin over USC
- China dice estar construyendo su segundo portaaviones
- Young couple encounter Christmas circus
- Dance for health in free Park Ridge classes
- Linda Gorham tells tales that help explain the world
- Metea Valley’s Dylan Ervin wins title at Berman wrestling tourney
- Post-Tribune Bowling Scores
- 5 realistic resolutions for a healthy New Year, new you
- Chicago English Speaking Union begins 95th year celebration
- Atacada por su hiyab, una musulmana enseña ahora autodefensa
- Hersey students raise $23,000 to help injured veteran build home
- Open Gym gets kids moving in an indoor playground
- Petting Zoo lets kids try an array of instruments
- Girls Basketball: Riley Ott already a difference-maker at LaPorte
- Rescatistas ayudan en labores de evacuación por inundaciones
- Madre de joven estadounidense prófugo, deportada a EEUU
- Wood-n’t winter be fun in DuPage Forest Preserves
- Bowling notes: Merrillville teen Cameron Woods perfect at Stardust II
- Snapshot: ‘A Kwanzaa to Remember!’
- Dos explosiones matan a 16 en el norte de Siria, según medio
- Dos explosiones matan a 16 en ciudad del norte de Siria
- Grupo EI mata a 16 en ataques a restaurantes de ciudad siria
- EEUU: Cierran I-55 en ambas direcciones por inundación
- Ranch-style home in Oak Brook: $1.49M
- Federal housing policy leaves poor kids at risk of lead poisoning
- How well do you know your top news headlines from 2015?
- Inventables begins shipping Carvey, its 4th desktop carving machine
- 8 wounded in shootings on Northwest, West and South Sides
- Photos: New Year celebrations around the world
- Ataques del Estado Islámico en Siria dejan 16 muertos
- Judy Baar Topinka’s son sues her chief of staff over campaign funds
- Mueren 4 adolescentes en choque frontal en Indiana
- 2 charged in string of armed robberies on Northwest Side
- Mississippi River towns on high alert even as flooding forecast improves
- Protesters call for Emanuel’s ouster at his Ravenswood home for 2nd day
- Emanuel touts Tasers, training to cut Chicago police shootings
- Dunbar slayings prompt a rethinking of Black Lives Matter
- Bill Cosby, Jared Fogle and the peril when a pitchman’s brand goes bad
- Winter Guide 2016: Dance shows off its eclectic side
- Will Notre Dame’s C.J. Prosise play in the Fiesta Bowl?
- BBC says website knocked down due to apparent attack
- Lions coaching change seems to have helped QB Matt Stafford
- Comunidad negra se siente traicionada por Bill Cosby
- Thursday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Avalanche
- Agroindustriales piden uso de transgénicos a Evo Morales
- Agroindustriales piden uso de transgénicos a Evo Morales
- Four Orlando theme park additions worth watching in 2016
- Last chance to catch ‘Beetlejuice Graveyard Revue’ at Universal
- Quick study, that Jimmy Butler
- Animals
- Niñita con brazo amputado recibe gatita sin una pata
- Wall Street abre a la baja en el último día de 2015
- Amazon investors emboldened by 3 million new Prime members
- Cotton Bowl matchup: Michigan State vs. Alabama
- Orange Bowl matchup: Clemson vs. Oklahoma
- Potchen’s 2nd chance banks on making good
- New year challenges perfect past theory
- Winter theater preview 2016: Major tours and world premieres
- Prickly City- discontentment
- Bar shootings marked start, end of 2015 in Lake County
- Winter jazz preview: From ‘Messiah’ to Marsalis to Marinaro, a busy season
- For Brazil’s white-collar criminals, 2015 was the Year of the Snitch
- Biggest Bears improvement this year?
- Rep. Darin LaHood puts Aaron Schock era behind, charts his own course
- What will the Bears do with Alshon Jeffery in 2016?
- Warren High School looking to catch up with alumni ahead of centennial year
- China stirs up trouble at sea, building islands in international waters
- Detienen a ruso buscado por Interpol en Ecuador
- El canal cumple 16 años en manos panameñas
- Fission fiction: Chrissy Kolaya fictionalizes the Superconducting Super Collider in ‘Charmed Particles’
- The Biblioracle: New Year’s reading resolutions
- Des Plaines Public Library Tuesday Discussion Group
- Review: ‘The Death of Cancer’ by Vincent T. DeVita Jr. and Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn
- Young adult roundup: ‘Calvin,’ more
- Is there a bigger offseason need than a pass rusher?
- Keith Lee Morris maps unsettling corridors in ‘Travelers Rest’
- Has Hroniss Grasu done enough to start next year?
- Obama-Seinfeld ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ episode airs
- Orthodox priest, Palos Hills resident assert alternate version of Chicago history
- Merrillville business owners get council warnings
- Best college towns in America
- Which one-year contract guys will be back for Bears?
- What will it take for Bears to win NFC North next year?
- Did the Bears handle the Bucs’ onside kick correctly?
- Will the Bears spend big in free agency?
- Will Jermon Bushrod be back in 2016?
- Time to get moving in local political races
- Looking back can pave the way for a bright 2016
- Are Willie Young and Lamarr Houston in the Bears’ future plans?
- Chicago New Year’s Eve expected to draw big crowd, bigger TV audience
- A workout to overcome incontinence — and look good too
- Gary for Life sets big goals with small steps
- Gary homicides down by 1 in 2015
- Chicago architecture preview 2016: Key decisions due on Obama Library, Lucas Museum
- Abogada de Cosby dice que cargo es parte de campaña política
- Brighten up your home
- Man killed trying to climb NYC’s Four Seasons Hotel
- Where did the moon come from?
- Will bananas become extinct?
- This is why ninjas carried crickets
- 5 favorite Chicago beers of 2015
- Woman beats DUI rap with claim her body brews alcohol
- Would you board the Titanic replica Titanic II?
- Watch: The year in Showcase
- 3-pointers: Breaking down the Bulls’ OT victory
- Brian Kelly, Urban Meyer ready for some football at Fiesta Bowl
- Illinois IDs meet almost all federal requirements
- Play-Doh was originally supposed to clean your walls
- Wall Street opera a la baja en el último día de 2015
- East Aurora school looks to create greenhouse and science lab
- Let’s make 2016 the Happy Year
- The horrifying mystery of the Dyatlov Pass incident
- Bill Cosby’s lawyer accuses prosecutor of playing politics
- A new year brings new traditions
- Average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage back above 4 percent
- How many lightbulbs would it take to power human civilization?
- Shots in the Dark New Year’s Eve 2015
- The Art of Celebration – NYE 2016 at Public Chicago
- Las fiestas de Año Nuevo, marcadas por el temor a nuevos atentados
- May 2, 1989: Paralyzed student returns to his school
- ‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch grew up in wealthy but unstable home
- In 2016, respect life
- Male and female brains are the same
- A farewell to Soldier Field
- Countryside funeral home notes changes in how we mourn
- March 19, 1989: Injury can’t dim Kenneth Jennings’ determination
- Birds, skunks and smoking highlight 10 years of columns
- ‘Star Wars’ captures our eternal struggle between good and evil
- Why should people care about ‘Star Wars’?
- Remembering the Battle of the Bulge
- These smart bullets can steer themselves
- ‘Star Wars’ was just plain awful
- This camera can track moving objects around corners
- Vintage: Celebrating the New Year in Chicago
- What financial markets say about the year ahead
- Talk of the County: Trump is used to giving orders
- The mystery of the dIsappearing river in the Devil’s Kettle
- 3 Park Ridge girls lacrosse players participating in national showcase
- Why using exciting words can make you a worse writer
- Stop peeing in the pool!
- Environmental impact of Route 53/120 project
- Tough defense, 3-point shooting leads Glenbrook South to tourney title
- Obamacare sign-ups rise to 8.5 million for 2016 health coverage
- What rats can teach us about addiction
- Shout Out: Josh Leventhal, a friendly train rider
- Villarreal se impone al Valencia y sube a cuarto en España
- Madre de estadounidense prófugo ya está detenida en EEUU
- It would take a decade to try every Coca-Cola beverage
- Rap of the Dead: A tribute to the famous (and not famous) people who died in 2015
- Letters to the editor
- Woman, 81, killed, six hurt when car flips over in Bartlett
- Earth is rapidly losing its farmable land
- 5 things involving North Shore athletes to watch for in 2016
- State’s Atty. Alvarez asks FBI to join investigation of fatal police shooting of 2
- Speak Out: No need for gun control
- Letters to the editor
- Help Them to Hope: Donations hit $61,000
- New Year’s Eve TV specials: What to watch, who has the best celebrity guests
- Mundelein superintendent says no plans for teacher layoffs
- Why police calls involving the mentally ill often end in tragedy
- The quick guide to home financing
- Bar shootings marked start, end of 2015 in Lake County
- Talented defenses connect Loyola football program’s title teams
- NFL coaches who could soon join Chip Kelly in looking for work
- Amid split rumors, Jenny McCarthy praises marriage to Donnie Wahlberg
- Obamacare’s bumpy ride for consumers
- Paul Sassone: ‘Stay until the last dog is dead’
- Development coalition in Waukegan signs pact with agency in China to bring businesses to Lake County
- Getting it right in the new year
- AT&T is doing away with the two-year contract once and for all
- Local lawmakers back recycled bills
- Kevin Moore’s family thankful for support after wrestling injury
- Glenview police, firefighters lose in annual benefit hockey game
- Políticas de vivienda ponen en riesgo de envenenamiento por plomo a niños pobres
- Speak Out: A lot of people are pro-Trump
- Enorme incendio en un hotel de Dubái en Nochevieja
- Golden Paw Gala raises $43,000 for Heartland
- Van Gaal nuevamente bajo la lupa en United
- Adolescente de EEUU con “affluenza” está retenido en México
- Seasonal treats inspired by Charlie Brown special
- Marches for Change
- TCU QB charged with assaulting officer, suspended for bowl game
- At Hong Kong McDonald’s: Open kitchen, table service — and quinoa
- Jewell Loyd enjoys success as WNBA rookie, proves critics wrong
- School Board leader calls Kaneland teachers’ contract ‘fair agreement’
- 2016 preview: Leyden tests online class on snow days, new industrial construction
- 2016 preview: Development on Grand and North, police memorial coming
- What’s coming in 2016: More buildings, marijuana, grocery store, pool vote
- New anthology recalls deft writing of noted art critic Robert Hughes
- 2016 possibilities: New movie theater, Culver’s, more video gambling, Middle Eastern deli reopening
- E-reader: Three looks at life inside, outside the Westboro Baptist Church
- LO ULTIMO: Madre de joven con “affluenza” irá a la corte
- Sean Phelan scores 14, but St. Edward falls in tourney title game
- Two Round Lake Beach men accused of robbing driver at gunpoint
- Chicago police once again allowed to wear knit caps
- Ohio State’s Tommy Schutt out, trying not to be down after breaking foot
- No hubo heridos en incendio de hotel en Dubái
- Up North for Dec. 31
- Catholic school in Prospect Heights scrambles to avoid shutdown
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township receives $50,000 donation
- Cal quarterback Jared Goff leaving early for NFL draft
- McDonald’s like you’ve never seen it before
- Chicagoing for Dec. 31
- Geneva gives it a go, but DeKalb wins on late shot for tourney title
- Beach Park man pleads not guilty to charges he killed wife, stepson
- Hesed House poet writes own ticket to better life
- Glenview benefit hockey game
- Joe Gliniewicz, Justus Howell deaths among Lake County’s top stories of 2015
- What Taylor Swift, Britney Spears and Shania Twain concerts taught me in 2015
- Why is Facebook saying you’ve been friends for 46 years?
- Gary woman wins Mega Millions jackpot
- Young football players from Merrillville heralded as champions
- Clubes ingleses buscan refuerzos en mercado de invierno
- Texas: 31 inmigrantes hallados ocultos en apartamento
- Inmigrantes detenidos levantan huelga de hambre en Miami
- Fixing Chicago police: Don’t reinvent the wheel
- What lurks beneath the Great Lakes? An oil pipeline that couldn’t get built today
- Trekkies rejoice: New ‘Star Trek’ stamps are coming in 2016
- Bulls assign Cristiano Felício to D-League
- Datebook for Dec. 31
- Why do police officers shoot to kill?
- Photos: Fire at Address Downtown hotel in Dubai
- Boundary changes, full-day kindergarten, science on U46 horizon in 2016
- Jalen Brunson, Evan Boudreaux the basketball gifts that keep on giving
- Run to Shake Shack, get a free milkshake. Then go running again.
- Macro Rubio: The president that could have been
- Who wants to be president?
- Getting rid of IDs
- Heart of the Home: Real estate agents bullish on 2016
- ‘Spoiled brat’ is no defense for breaking the law
- Electricista muere en accidente de elevador en crucero
- Proof that the U.S. can’t secure its border
- Here & Now for Dec. 31
- New year to bring new, redeveloped businesses to West Dundee
- This is how you spell robbery
- Marijuana is the lesser of two evils
- Illinois fumbled on its IDs
- New Illinois laws aim to keep teens out of prison system
- Girls basketball notes: Natalie Dudek soars into Reavis scoring history
- Rauner is unreasonable
- Liberty Township mom faces neglect charges
- Why cheap gas won’t necessarily mean lower prices at the store
- The fix for fantasy sports
- Student loans run lives
- When will GOP candidates talk about real issues?
- Twitter faces backlash over its new diversity leader
- Notre Dame quarterback DeShone Kizer thrilled to play Ohio State
- What Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina and others hope to resolve in 2016
- A look ahead to Elgin area news for 2016
- Rhyss Lewis helps Chesterton boys basketball team to strong start
- Dyer woman named queen at St. Lucia celebration in Chicago
- Munster graduate Drew Hackett growing with new-look UIC program
- South Side Citgo cited for watered-down gas
- These 14 characters stole the show in 2015 movies
- Falla en Facebook invita a celebrar 46 años de amistad
- Girls basketball notes: Aurora Christian’s Kirsten Madsen faces fear
- AP EXPLAINS: How much money you just saved on gas in 2015
- Inundaciones provocan evacuaciones en Missouri
- Neuqua Valley can’t contain Florida superstar Kevin Knox in finals
- Mag Mile marchers remember victims of gun violence in Chicago
- 2016 brings tax hikes for Chicago, Cook County, city schools
- 1 officer injured, 2 rescued in Back of the Yards fire
- Naperville North’s Winston Elston beats Hinsdale South with 3-pointer
- Noon Year’s Eve
- Will a private-sector fusion solution meet all of our energy needs?
- Quickly: ‘People have forgotten how to be grateful’
- Resolution announced in dispute between Waukegan and north side senior
- N.Y. man charged with planning New Year’s Eve terror attack
- Sun setting for Books at Sunset
- 17th Betty Bash raises $60,000 for Mothers Trust
- Wrestling notes: Austin O’Connor, Jake Silzer deliver for St. Rita
- Pontiac roundup: Devin Gage’s buzzer-beater leads Curie past Simeon
- New year brings new opportunities in Aurora area
- Madigan vs. Rauner fundraising
- Democrat Martin O’Malley fails to qualify for Ohio’s primary ballot
- Israel rechaza libro sobre amor judío-árabe para escuelas
- Winter Chamber Festival marks 20 years.
- 2nd man charged in Portage shooting death
- Kids accidentally shot people 5 times a week on average in 2015
- Roger Pascal, corporate litigator and ACLU stalwart, dies at 74
- Golden Paw Gala raises $43,000 for Heartland
- Elmwood Park library’s youth department gets a facelift
- New year brings new opportunities in Aurora area
- Sweet Home Chicago raises $1M for WINGS
- Best-sellers: Hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus Chicagoland hits
- Betty Bash raises $60,000 for Mothers Trust Foundation
- Donald Trump should think twice about taking on Bill Clinton
- New year will bring municipal and school finance questions
- What’s ahead for the Hinsdale area in 2016?
- Clarendon Hills faces challenges in 2016
- New year may bring financial concerns, development and flood relief
- Early Aurora New Year’s Eve party ‘like Lollapalooza for kids’
- EEUU abrirá 3 albergues más para menores migrantes
- Fuente AP: Obama reforzará revisión de antecedentes en armas
- Wall Street cierra a la baja en última jornada de 2015
- Bill Cosby, and how we dismiss victims
- Will County deputies save girl’s Christmas
- Park Ridge mayor not taking sides in library tutoring debate
- Servicio de WhatsApp, intermitente en víspera de Año Nuevo
- George Lucas se disculpa por llamar “esclavista” a Disney
- Shout Out: Joseph Jannotta, history buff, author
- Smoking ban in Elgin parks, directives for police among new laws
- Kane County 4-H honors volunteers
- Park Ridge Historical Society planning design for history center
- Shout Out: Melissa Drapatsky and Sasha Diskin, Wilmette friends
- Church news: Listing of activities and events in the region
- Pizza Wars: D219 Foundation awakens for not-so-cheesy cause
- Shout Out: Michael Peters, emergency room doctor
- EPA orders barrier for nuclear waste at Missouri landfill
- New cruelty laws help authorities protect animals
- Balloons drop on ‘Noon Year’s Eve’
- Judges don’t need all-black robes to impress, do they?
- Lake Forest Symphony, Young Artists present holiday concert
- Citrus Bowl preview: Michigan vs. Florida
- George Lucas se disculpa por llamar “esclavista” a Disney
- Sugar Bowl preview: Mississippi vs. Oklahoma State
- Snyder pushes Portage’s future as he starts 2nd term
- Rose Bowl preview: Iowa vs. Stanford
- Marian Catholic parents sue over drug testing
- Brothers sworn in as mayor, City Council member in Lake Station
- Chimney fire causes minor damage to Elgin home
- LO ULTIMO: Texas encausa a madre de joven con “affluenza”
- Sleepy Hollow voters need to pass tax increase on next ballot
- Ben Carson staffers quit, question his readiness for White House
- Newton y Panthers buscan recuperarse tras perder el invicto
- Clinton War on Women
- Northwestern, Tennessee took similar paths back from midseason adversity
- Review of last year’s garden can benefit spring planting
- Closed in 2015: Chicago bars and restaurants
- Photos: ‘Noon Year’s Eve’ in Homewood
- Developer working to change face of downtown Aurora
- Undergrads get short shrift these days in higher education
- Houston dominates, beats FSU in Peach Bowl
- Minnesota dentist who killed lion won’t be charged in deer herding complaint
- Early Aurora New Year’s Eve party ‘like Lollapalooza for kids’
- George Lucas apologizes for calling Disney ‘white slavers’
- Caitlyn Jenner settles suit by woman injured in deadly crash
- Bears’ Matt Forte on his uncertain future: ‘I’m not anxious’
- Friday’s matchup: Knicks at Bulls
- A bad cop with a Taser is still a bad cop
- A look ahead to Elgin area news for 2016
- Mom of ‘affluenza’ teen jailed in Los Angeles after deportation from Mexico
- Boys hoops: York wins own Jack Tosh title behind senior guard play
- LO ULTIMO: Madre de adolescente no violó la ley: Abogados
- Madre de estadounidense prófugo ya está encarcelada en EEUU
- Scott Darling gets start in goal for Blackhawks vs. Avs
- Boys Basketball: York 45, Naperville North 40
- Jack Tosh final: York vs. Naperville North
- Lincoln-Way board ‘saddened’ by lawsuit over decision to close North high school
- California condor that helped save species returns to wild
- Golf courses annexation battle heats up
- Source: Obama to act next week on gun background checks
- As 2015 ends, Illinois cheerfully heads toward disaster
- Jones leads No. 6 Terps women past Illinois in Big Ten opener, 79-63
- Hoverboards landing some in area emergency rooms
- Students’ meal card donations to food pantries hinder colleges’ bottom lines
- Dubai’s New Year’s fireworks kick off amid tower blaze
- Chicago station sold watered-down gas
- Huskies’ holiday run ends just shy of goal
- Fired Western Springs police sergeant reinstated with back pay
- Activists protest again outside Mayor Emanuel’s house
- Officials see light at end of tunnel as ash borer battle continues
- Elgin saw gun violence in 2015
- Fifteen Elgin-area stories that made headlines in 2015
- Five area banks robbed in 2015
- Elgin public safety workers assist during two state crises
- Ask Tom: How did the jet stream come to be given that strange name?
- York’s Ryan Camp earns Jack Tosh MVP following championship win over Naperville North
- Bears bracing for possibility Adam Gase will leave for head coaching job
- Kane County forming regional Search and Rescue team
- Record flooding brings travel to standstill in St. Louis area
- South Elgin’s SEBA Park wins design and development award
- College Football Playoff semifinal: No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17
- Clemson tops Oklahoma 37-17, advances to national championship game
- Swimming notes: Crown Point girls add diving depth
- Notre Dame looks for more ACC success with Demetrius Jackson
- John Oliver’s infectious intellectual shtick works
- College basketball preview: UIC at Valparaiso
- West Dundee mayor, residents not supportive of meat processing facility
- Police replace presents stolen from car on Christmas Eve
- Why prosecutors charged Cosby 12 years later, and why other rape cases quietly die
- Police in Munich warn of ‘imminent threat’ of attack by Islamic State
- Urban Meyer’s Notre Dame connections go beyond coaching
- Chi-Town Rising and celebrations around Chicago
- Photos: Chi-Town Rising
- Chi-Town Rising 2015
- State Department: Dozens of old Clinton emails newly classified
- Pat Disabato: St. Laurence’s Alex Martinez stood tallest in 2015
- Tony Baranek: 2015 marked by sadness, sister act, striking feats
- There’s no stopping Thornton’s Sam Taylor III
- A year of excellent beer, revisited
- Go ahead, resolve to lose weight. These companies are counting on it.
- Local college notes: St. Francis’ Jean Pietrzak a man for all seasons
- 30.000 vacas murieron por tormenta en Texas y New Mexico
- Liberan a cóndor de California que ayudó a salvar especie
- Boys hoops: Curie outlasts Peoria Manual for Pontiac title
- Local roundup: Joliet Catholic boys’ holiday title drought is over
- Thursday’s recap: Blackhawks 4, Avalanche 3 (OT)
- Actor Wayne Rogers, Trapper John on ‘M.A.S.H.’, dies at 82
- NBA admits officials missed critical call that helped Bulls beat Pacers
- Con 38 puntos de Thompson, Warriors resiste ante Rockets
- Multitudes llenan Times Square para recibir el Año Nuevo
- Facing tight budgets, Waukegan teachers turn to crowdfunding
- Blackhawks 4, Avalanche 3 (OT)
- New emails show Emanuel City Hall scramble on Laquan McDonald shooting
- Visclosky sets annual town meetings
- College Football Playoff semifinal: No. 2 Alabama 38, No. 3 Michigan State 0
- Clemson rolls to 37-17 victory against Oklahoma in Orange Bowl
- Multitudes reciben 2016 con una fiesta en Times Square