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- Purdue, Michigan State get physical — Spartans prevail
- Marquis Howard’s game-changing 3-pointer lifts West Aurora
- Illinois 69, Nebraska 57
- Mom of slain Urban Prep student: ‘Can you please put a sheet over him?’
- Notre Dame’s Hesburgh remembered for his acts of kindness
- Like Mike: Russell Westbrook first since Jordan to get four consecutive triple-doubles
- Is a line of credit right for your business?
- From footballs to tires, inflation’s important
- SXU to host ‘one-stop shop’ health fair
- Weekend brunch in Chicago: 9 new options
- Weekend: Eat. Drink. Do.
- ‘Maps to the Stars’ is ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Miserable’
- Kaneville community
- Ask Amy: Boss’ treatment takes toll on worker
- Police warn of armed robberies in Bronzeville
- Rayvonte Rice helps Illinois keep NCAA hopes alive in his final home game
- Clinton requests State Dept. release her emails following Benghazi probe subpoena
- Ferguson city employee fired, 2 others on leave over racist emails
- Vernon Hills basketball starts playoff run with a rout
- Boys gymnastics season preview
- Women Driving Excellence reach out at Auto Show
- “Dying Light” a fun run, day or night
- 270 support New Trier athletics at Booster Bash
- Blotter: Yoga pants stolen in Wheaton
- 2015 brides love lace, sleeves, soft colors
- Cameras to plant monitors: 5 top picks for smarter homes
- Midlothian man passionate about Navy
- Epilepsy patients giving high marks to surgery
- ‘Night at the Races’ raises $40,000 for LFHS athletics
- Townhomes will soon replace Libertyville’s Bolander Park
- Review: ‘Unfinished Business’
- 2105 brides love lace, sleeves, soft colors
- Review: ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’
- 100 Women Who Care NSC gives $13,000 to Special Gifts Theatre
- Man critically hurt in South Chicago shooting
- Neo-Futurists ‘Redletter’ strays all over the media landscape
- Gas taxes and fees (infographics)
- Interest groups pushing gas tax overhaul to fix Illinois roads
- Lake Superior ice caves reopen today
- How NORC at the University of Chicago is innovating research, data use
- Geofeedia announces $3 million in funding, hits $6.8 million total
- Johnson incluyó a hispanos en su defensa de derechos civiles
- Photos: U.S. ambassador to South Korea attacked
- One year later, MH370 families not coping, only ‘existing’
- Two babies’ bodies found stashed in Gary funeral home ceiling
- Why Ringling is ending its elephant acts
- Cornel West cancels speech at U. of I. over Salaita dispute
- Extra-alarm fire spreads to three homes: ‘It was terrifying’
- Fifth Third Bank study finds Chicagoans pretty impatient
- Mariachi Los Camperos continúa el legado de Don Nati Cano
- Embajador de EEUU estable tras ataque con arma blanca
- Why this yoga bootstrapper thinks he can beat a half-billion-dollar company
- ‘Chicago Fire’ en Español
- Park Ridge Mayor David Schmidt dies
- Loop commuters brace for construction headaches
- Prickly City: The War Over War Powers
- Thursday’s matchup: Thunder at Bulls
- Glenbrook South, Matt Grinde start strong, but fall in Blackhawk Cup
- Curt Schilling posts a nice win for fathers
- The Biblioracle: Who is the Great American Novelist?
- E-reader: Leslie Jamison on the loneliest whale
- Comic book roundup: ‘Adventure Time: Candy Capers,’ more
- Upcoming Chicago literary events
- Review: ‘Blue Stars’ by Emily Gray Tedrowe
- Review: ‘The Future of the Catholic Church With Pope Francis’ by Garry Wills
- Me, My Shelf and I: Wendy McClure and Christopher Sienko
- Dames Who Read book club
- Review: ‘God’s Bankers’ by Gerald Posner
- Erik Larson on ‘Dead Wake’
- Chicago book news: Henríquez, MacLean paperbacks released
- Robert Goldsborough continues Nero Wolfe legacy with ‘Archie in the Crosshairs’
- New in paperbacks: Phil Klay’s National Book Award-winning ‘Redeployment’
- Reviews: ‘Saturday Night Live: The Book,’ ’75 Years of Marvel Comics’
- Review: ‘World Gone By’ by Dennis Lehane
- Highlights at this year’s Story Week
- From the archives: A review of E.L. Doctorow’s ‘Ragtime’
- Shedd Aquarium welcomes new rescue dog
- PICTURES: Elephants with the Ringling Bros. Circus
- Library Notes for March 5
- Anuncian programa del Festival Ravinia 2015
- Nine of 10 sexual abuse claims dismissed in Milwaukee archdiocese bankruptcy
- When a non-lawyer defends himself in a criminal trial, questions of competence arise
- Cubs prospects face world champion Giants
- Ringling Bros. elephants leaving show
- Ravinia Festival announces 2015 lineup
- Datebook for March 5
- Woman accused of Facebook chatting before crash that killed 3 kids
- Images from ‘Saturday Night Live: The Book’
- Images from ’75 Years of Marvel Comics’
- Photos: SXU health fair
- Dorie Greenspan, ‘Holiday Cookies’ cookbook among IACP award finalists
- Skilling: More record cold, then maybe 55 by next week
- Prosecutors: No charges for NASCAR driver Kurt Busch
- Échale cerebro a tu relación
- Syracuse frat members charged after pledge suffers frostbite
- Northwestern’s $92 million gift will go toward biomedical research
- Taming the wilds of Milwaukee Avenue
- Me, My Shelf and I: Wendy McClure and Christopher Sienko
- Review: ‘Maps to the Stars’
- Lawsuit claims Naperville police used excessive force
- 2 questioned in attempted home invasion that left man dead
- Chicago Tribune’s ‘Holiday Cookies’ cookbook is an IACP award finalist
- Should the Bears trade Brandon Marshall?
- Illinois schools face long NCAA tournament odds
- Naperville debates allowing liquor license holders to serve in office
- Chicagoing for March 5
- Photos: Jodi Arias trial
- Coach Thibodeau must be so lonely at practice
- Skrillex to join Diplo in Jack U as Spring Awakening headliner
- Should the Bears trade Brandon Marshall?
- Chicago’s birthday gift list: a healthy Derrick Rose, Cubs World Series and, obvi, Malort
- Review: ‘Kung Fu Elliot’
- Man shoots self while showing friends how to take apart handgun
- Man accused of buying auto insurance from scene of car wreck
- Aurora City Council honors Whitey Peters
- Review: ‘Road Hard’
- Another resident steps forward with plan to save historic house
- Help Squad: Do you know about these tax facts?
- Deportistas extraordinarios en los Guantes de Oro de Chicago
- Hillary Clinton plays fast and loose with emails and democracy
- C.H. Robinson Promotes Stéphane Rambaud to President of Global Forwarding
- ‘Beauty and the Beast’ staged by kids, for kids in Northbrook
- Morton Grove Park District showcases Korean culture
- Reward offered for information on Montgomery murder
- Lumpy mattresses don’t lie in “Princess and the Pea”
- Impish “Ramona” makes her way to TWS stage
- Smarty Pants entertains with Big Balloon Show”
- Pet of the Week: Maggie, a 4-year-old pug
- Review: Meghan Trainor makes magic at House of Blues
- Kids create videos to spotlight bullying problem
- Love Essentially: Couples discuss sex life on new TV show
- Up North for March 5
- Mayor: ‘Good Wife’ wrong about Evanston politics
- Oo La La! 19th Century Association harks to Paris
- Disney World: Toy Story Mania, Soarin’ expansions on tap
- El nuevo Chicago Fire apuesta por el puro músculo
- Dad bloggers push Amazon to rename Amazon Mom program
- Gathering seeks to break down racial barriers
- Higginson: Mah-jongg + vodka tonic = epiphany
- Congressmen neglect duties
- Young: How did 113 go so wrong in superintendent search?
- Cubs to sign Phil Coke: report
- Review: Zero stars for ‘Chappie’
- Thoughts on Magic Kingdom’s new hub
- SeaWorld’s new sea lion show in the works in Orlando
- News and Schmooze: Buffalo Grove man runs a marathon in all 50 states
- Don’t Miss: Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival
- Animals
- Oak Park Women’s Guild hosts movie fundraiser for local family
- Tiny Caribbean isle has become a culinary powerhouse
- Lawmaker calls for expansion of state role on O’Hare noise
- The art of combining facts and filmmaking
- Carmen La Talegona debuta en Chicago
- The Distance: All the right angles
- Youth baseball and softball give back to hungry and homeless
- Prairie-style home, sold for $10, is moved to new lot in Evanston
- 2015 Chevy Trax nudges into small crossover segment
- Snuggie seller settles charges that it deceived customers
- Q&A: K.C. Johnson’s Bulls mailbag
- Steve Patterson rescued two eaglets. Is he a Good Samaritan or a scofflaw?
- Sure signs of spring despite the ice
- Deerfield’s ‘incredible’ wrestling season comes to a close
- Rusted Root endures by keeping in touch with audience
- CTA and CPD leaders speak against adverse pension ruling
- Round Lake Heights man pleads not guilty to felony meth charges
- Jukely Unlimited, a subscription service for live music, hits Chicago
- On the South Side, an intoxicating brew of movie and music
- NPH won’t host the Oscars again
- Swimmer Allen Tran stands out at Highland Park
- Universal: 2015 Halloween Horror Nights will be its longest ever
- Rolling Meadows fire
- Plane skids off runway at LaGuardia
- Netflix picks up series from Chicago native Brit Marling
- Americans spent $58 billion to pamper, protect pets in 2014
- Competition for kid audiences moves to Internet screens
- Going Green Matters relocates, adds interactive exhibit
- Nouveau co-founder’s professional touch adds pop to his Canton home
- Under Armour Brand House
- Barrington swimmer Colin O’Leary rises to state occasion
- Budget battle is heating up between Rauner, local government
- Belleisle goes full brass at Mickey Finn’s
- Rahm, Chuy — tell us the truth
- Cast shaking things up to the sounds of Elvis Presley
- McNulty Irish Dancers step lively for St. Patrick’s Day
- DCFS budget cuts could affect older foster youth (chart)
- Kim Kardashian goes platinum for Fashion Week
- Northwestern University receives $92 million gift
- McDonald’s executives see ‘urgent need for reset’
- Letters to the editor
- Neighbors news
- Blomberg, Braiman give state-of-villages address
- Ridgewood grad’s clutch play has been key for UW-Parkside this season
- Yukich top vote-getter in Homer Glen
- Highland Park hockey gets by with giant heart
- Lake Zurich to up annual resurfacing budget to $2 million
- Van Bergen house makes slow journey to Evanston home
- Park Ridge Mayor David Schmidt dead at 57
- Delta plane skids off LaGuardia runway
- Foodies have upcoming events to satisfy their tastes
- Mayor: Rauner’s budget plan would ‘devastate Waukegan’
- Oasis of the Seas heading to Port Canaveral
- April trial set for McHenry County man accused of shooting sheriff’s deputies
- Speak Out
- Commuting downtown in winter is physically, financially exhausting
- Cool Cities, Elmhurst College co-sponsoring environmental film
- ‘Infinite Monkey Cage’: They have facts and they’re not afraid to use them
- Panel calls for pardon of famous paleontologist credited in discovery of ‘Sue’ the T. rex
- Noah’s Ark’s DeMars celebrates 12 years of ownership
- Oswego Cyclery buys old fire station downtown
- Registration for park programs start March 9
- Yelp opens Chicago office
- Vince Vaughn makes unexpected cameo in stock photos
- Butterfield students become NASA cadets for a day
- Nineteenth Century Charitable Association called on 20th century Paris
- Police dragnet catches Waukegan man accused of firing gun in Zion
- Palos Heights moving ahead on recreation center renovation
- U.S. airlines to Gulf carriers: ‘Compete fairly’
- Here & Now for March 5
- Noise-mitigating improvements near railroad can be refunded up to $9,500
- Microsoft outlines plan to bridge Xbox and PC video gaming
- Quickly for March 5: ‘Easy to fix other people’s problems’
- No one injured in Aurora shooting
- Caricature artist draws on subjects’ personalities, lifestyles
- Oak Park Women’s Guild movie fundraiser
- NorthShore University HealthSystem welcomes Dr. Jianfeng Xu
- ‘Other’ Brandon Marshall, fake NFL reporter troll Bears fans
- García contra las cámaras de luz roja
- Glenview reverses stance on housing vouchers
- Empleos de verano y el alivio migratorio
- Gender is more than a term
- 14 Irish rock bands — that aren’t U2 — to check out before St. Patrick’s Day
- 24/7: Keeping an eye on eagles and eaglets
- Sen. Coats to host regional roundtable
- Waukegan man gets 40 years for murder with victim’s kids in courtroom
- Chicago Street picks old-fashioned show for children’s theater
- Congressmen are not paid to protest
- Ballet troupe has a different spin on things
- From Beatle fan to Beatle tribute band member
- Joe Maddon still believes in Edwin Jackson
- Seasoned flapjack flipper has more than one skill
- Albrecht: BHS choral teacher nominated for Grammy
- Regional superintendents continue to play key role for Illinois’ schools
- Photos: Caricature artist Matt Stinnett
- Tour Europe via Siskel center
- Female dolphin born at Discovery Cove
- Student who aided girl who had seizure, Special Olympics bowler honored
- Yelp announces 100 additional jobs for its new Merchandise Mart office
- District U46 approves new bullying, protest policies
- ‘Buboy’: ‘Mayweather nunca ha enfrentado a un boxeador como Pacquiao’
- Illinois woman pleads to ID theft ring
- See Cirque Italia in Palm Coast, Daytona Beach starting at $20
- Photojournalist leaves legacy as a class act
- Cubs reach agreements with 20 players
- Libertyville NASA cadets
- Winnetka honored for 100 years of council-manager government
- Gov. Scott Walker’s miserable leadership skills
- Aumenta la pobreza entre niños de Illinois
- Northbrook dentist makes getting crowns faster, easier
- ‘Black Madam’ out of hospital, murder trial still on hold
- Toll road planners pitch deal to Lake Council
- Elgin family business wants to build on dreams
- Talk of the County: Waukegan streets have become race tracks
- Legacy Guild rocks for a cause
- Phil Rosenthal’s Margin Call: Baby elephant’s walking papers
- Man dies after jumping off balcony in Rolling Meadows fire
- State Dept. will review Hillary Clinton emails for possible release
- Legal aid clinic to launch soon in Highland Park
- Unions sue to block Rauner executive action
- Davek Alert Umbrella
- Caterpillar faces questions, possible penalties over tax strategy
- Small town rallies around beloved leader facing cancer
- New Hampshire dad accused of punching 3-month-old who had 17 broken bones
- States on edge about the future of health insurance markets
- Mural helps put riverfront high-rise on the map
- As strike lingers, some BP workers return to refinery
- Two who came to officers’ aid honored; ‘I guess there’s a guardian angel up there’
- Selma anniversary a time to thank those who risked their lives for civil rights
- ‘Garden-pedia’ authors get to the root of gardening terminology
- District 218 board meeting chopped from Louie’s
- Trail attacker pleads guilty to sexual abuse of jogger
- Willie Wilson, power broker? No
- District 203 policy focuses on cyber-bullying
- A fair for parents of kids with special needs
- Waukegan middle schools have plenty of basketball star power
- Zion-Benton rally falls short to Niles North
- Kristin Cavallari vs. Olivia Munn
- Cubs Game Day: Cubs lose to Giants, tie A’s
- Favorites rule during March Madness in Illinois
- Materials to be replaced on MWRD-owned Skokie site
- How to be a part of the 2015 Printers Row Lit Fest
- NewCity construction in progress
- Cardinal Egan, retired NY archbishop, dies at age 82
- Hopes rise as spring comes March-ing in
- An older John Danks also feels smarter
- Sixth man Dan Favela has St. Edward pushing for a sectional title
- Friends, family gather to mourn stabbing victim
- ‘Garden-pedia’ authors get to the root of gardening terminology
- Kyle Schwarber hits grand slam in first at-bat
- Under Armour set to open on Michigan Avenue
- Handgun, knives, stun gun found in Vernon Hills’ Deerpath Park
- Together again, Larkin, Bartlett renew rivarly in regional final
- ‘Assassin’ game ends in school lockdown, principal says
- The battle between parents and PARCC
- Presidio opens in former Bluebird space in Bucktown
- AbbVie wins 3-company battle to buy cancer drugmaker for $21B
- Elgin Cross-Town Classic bowling challenge features new lineups
- Martin Luther King III wants to make it easier to vote
- iPhone 6, cash stolen from HPHS locker
- Decorated New Trier teacher up for national SHAPE award
- Friday’s matchup: Oilers at Blackhawks
- Harrison Ford sufre un accidente aéreo
- Letter: Our businessman governor will make Illinois proud again
- Ringling Bros. circus eliminating elephant acts
- West Aurora survives close call, aims for Kerkman’s 24th regional title
- Police blotter: Road rage, home burglaries
- Taft Law Firm Welcomes Litigator John M. Riccione
- Open thread: The Week in Review
- Camping at Sebastian Inlet a getaway to recreation, paddle sports, wildlife
- Best-sellers: Hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus Chicagoland hits
- Mechanical ‘Chappie’ is a frustrating disaster
- Police warn against scam artists during tax season
- Homewood-Flossmoor is ready to state its case
- Plane crashes on LA golf course; pilot critically injured
- Northbrook dentist makes getting crowns faster, easier
- Eye drop bill aims to fill refill gaps
- Father tells jury about boy’s death at Boston Marathon
- City issues 200+ tickets for not shoveling sidewalks
- Chicago impartirá estudios latinoamericanos
- Yearlong CTA train reroutes for Wilson station work begin Monday
- Dundee history program looks at Max McGraw and his wildlife preserve
- Girls basketball: Scouting 3A, 4A state finals
- Boys basketball feature: Hinsdale Central a different animal with healthy Matt Rafferty
- Girls basketball: After “devastating” decision, Homewood-Flossmoor playing for last year’s seniors
- Newark boys advance to Class 1A sectional final
- Arlington Heights hopes to fill former downtown Panera spot
- Shaun Maloney’s reading list
- Small feet, big expectations for Fire’s Shaun Maloney
- Jeb Bush’s Lake Forest stop shines light on big money politics
- Palatine schools hire board candidate as classroom aide
- Hablamos Espanol Expo to celebrate Hispanic culture in Elgin
- Silicon Valley gender bias suit puts spotlight on industry
- Testing? We don’t need no stinkin’ testing!!!
- Watching ‘Unfinished Business’ is all work
- Help! I’ve fallen into the parent trap
- Dog’s leg amputated after being shot, tied to train tracks in Fla.
- Garcia promises to remove red light cameras on first day in office
- Thursday’s recap: Dodgers 6, White Sox 1
- Hunter Pence to miss 6-8 weeks with broken arm
- Girls basketball: Bogan reflects on “fruits of labor” before first downstate berth
- 15 things to do with the kids
- Giants 8, Cubs 6
- Friday’s matchup: Bulls at Pacers
- Hall and Oates sue granola-maker
- Disorderly conduct charge reinstated in Highlands School incident
- White Sox prospect Tim Anderson content to learn from Alexei Ramirez
- Waukegan ponders fines for not shoveling snow
- Friday’s matchup: Fire at Galaxy
- Photos: Harrison Ford plane crash
- Girls basketball: Associated Press Class 3A, 4A all-state teams
- When it comes to exes, Amber Rose got it right
- Two write-in candidates campaigning for open Franklin Park seats
- Will County weighs ban on video gambling
- Forum focuses on hoarding problem in Kane County
- Turkey hunters can double up
- District U46 to hold special-needs resource fair Saturday
- The Brass Monkey, ’70s American and French brasserie, opens in West Loop
- Michigan Avenue blocked by trauma center protest
- Some eyedrops study results
- Regional title on line in third matchup of Geneva, St. Charles East
- Facebook an online wake when celebrities die
- Crestwood fails to secure its own ZIP code
- 1 dead after being hit by Metra train near Round Lake
- Unions sue to halt Rauner’s move to withhold ‘fair share’ fees
- Witness: Man accused in Naperville stabbing death ‘pounced’ on victim
- Judge dismisses one Gasthaus lawsuit; liquor commission ruling expected
- Rauner expected to talk taxes in Elgin; unions plan protest
- Cubs 2, A’s 2
- Girls basketball blog: Narang predicts the 3A, 4A winners
- Serious strain of bird flu found in Minnesota turkey flock
- West Aurora looks to change fees to rent school facilities
- Neighborhood parade on Saturday a matter of Irish pride
- Regional title for Metea Valley would be a perfect 10
- Photos: Will County considers ban on video gambling
- Boys basketball: Niles North out, Zion-Benton back in Class 4A tournament
- Caterpillar, Brad Keywell take on the Internet of Things with Uptake
- Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson focused on season opener
- Costs higher for 6th Street Schoolhouse demolition
- Three Chicago-area prep stars to play in Jordan Brand Classic
- Moody’s downgrades Chicago Park District’s debt rating
- Benet’s Emily Schramek saw Redwings’ state potential last year
- Defense asks judge to move grandmother’s trial in girl’s running death
- Sister’s emotional testimony caps day at King trial
- Can high school rivalries go too far?
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- White Sox prospect Tim Anderson content to learn from Alexei Ramirez
- Netanyahu’s warning on appeasement
- Joakim Nordstrom steps into key penalty-killing role for Blackhawks
- Lesson from health fair: Take care of yourself
- North Central grad Ed Mathey returns to coach baseball at ‘home’
- Huntington Ingalls receives $23 million toward next Ford-class carrier
- Cubs add experienced lefty Phil Coke to bullpen
- Meet the 2015 Chicago Fire
- Thursday’s recap: Cubs 2, Athletics 2; Giants 8, Cubs 6
- New SW Side classrooms proposed to ease overcrowding
- Man sentenced in battery, though victim said she lied about attack
- Morgan Park’s playbook includes a silver lining
- State rep wants to end break for college employees’ kids
- Mayor David Schmidt remembered for vetoes, civic passion
- ‘Fish in the Dark’: Broadway debut for Larry David’s brain
- Lincoln-Way East grad Kara Krolicki lights up threes for St. Xavier
- Train carrying crude oil derails near Galena
- Signs indicate Bears are ready to say goodbye to Brandon Marshall
- Carol Stream man charged with sexually assaulting girl with spina bifida
- Harrison Ford hizo un aterrizaje forzoso en Los Ángeles
- Boys basketball blog: Helfgot predicts upsets in 4A regional finals
- Valparaiso University women lose at Oakland
- Basketblog: Breaking down the area’s regional finals
- U.S. ambassador slashed with knife recovering after 80 stitches, surgery
- Philadelphia officer shot dead while trying to stop robbery
- Mike Hutton’s Top 10 boys basketball rankings
- Jurors in Jodi Arias case: We were 11-1 for death penalty
- Keifer Sykes makes every minute count as Horizon League Player of Year
- Experts: Ferguson must move quickly to rebuild public trust
- Grateful Griffith makes triumphant return in sectional
- Aide was on phone with GOP candidate for Missouri governor moments before he shot himself
- Qué hacer el #FDSenChicago
- 25 years for woman who hatched plot to kill drug dealer
- Teniya Page, Tiara Webb, Alyssa Jurges named to AP All-State team
- Post-Tribune Prep Scoreboard for Thursday, March 5
- Griffith turns lights out on Gary Lighthouse with early 14-0 run
- Illinois man charged in stabbing death of teen
- Ask Tom: What is the Maunder minimum?
- Cold weekend, then above-normal temperatures next week
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, March 5
- Thursday recap: Bulls 108, Thunder 105
- Indiana’s Tevin Coleman goes to great pains to impress pro scouts
- Welder who robbed an Indiana bank says he ‘had no other choice’
- Bulls 108, Thunder 105
- Would you call 911 on another parent?
- Russell Westbrook scores 43, Bulls still rally for 108-105 victory