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- Bulls drop their fifth straight in 106-95 loss to Cavaliers
- Error fixed to correct Gary demolition contract
- Woycik: No matter your age, have a heart
- Woman injured in Gresham stabbing
- I wish, I wish: Nonprofit helps seniors realize their lifelong dreams
- Keep your eyewear working well and looking good
- Hanging with Cupid: An inside view of some long-lasting marriages
- Infographic: Raining cats and dogs
- Recover in style: Luxury meets therapy in hotel-like rehab centers
- Free Stuff February: RedEye Skillz
- Assessing emergency plans is important
- Leap year trivia
- Free Stuff February RedEye Skillz Sweepstakes Official Rules
- If retiring in 2016, keep in mind these dos, don’ts
- Troye Sivan is bringing sexy vocals and pop beats to the House of Blues
- Water ways: Is a river or sea cruise right for you?
- Free Stuff February: RedEye Skillz
- Leaping leapers! It’s birthday time for those who count by four
- Young at heart — Tips to positive aging
- Winter escapes: Hassle-free homes help snowbirds flock to warmer weather
- The beat goes on: February reminds us to love our heart
- Memphis women need five OTs to beat Temple 100-97
- Donald Trump eases up on feud with Pope Francis; John Kasich ‘pro-Pope’
- California workplace safety board says no to condoms in porn films
- Oregon lawmakers approve landmark minimum wage increase
- Fishing report
- Outdoors notebook
- A few fish still biting in the Indian River
- Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament is Feb. 27
- Educated Advice: Test scores matter at top colleges
- Clippers arrollan a Spurs en último cuarto, ganan 105-86
- Film firsts: River Bend Film Fest in Goshen attracts fans and filmmakers near and far
- Calumet Region could get national designation
- Readers want gratitude. Preferably in writing.
- Community support, creative programming keep Geneva Film Festival rolling
- Quickly: Trades workers need certification, and more employment
- “Fallout 4”, mejor videojuego del año en los Premios DICE
- 2 dead after car crash in northwest Indiana
- The Republican Party’s carnival of egos
- Lincoln Park home with private deck, sauna: $1.895M
- Catholic Charities appeals to pews to help get Illinois budget passed
- 2 men, teen charged in shooting on Lower West Side
- State budget impasse hits University of Illinois Research Park
- Las bendiciones inútiles
- Billy Corgan: ‘I think I represent the true American value’
- ‘Touched With Fire’ review: Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby depict painful realities of bipolar disorder
- ‘Rolling Papers’ review: Half-baked documentary
- ‘Risen’ review: A ‘Game of Thrones’ take on telling of Easter story
- Man killed in Austin, 4 including boy wounded in shootings
- Cheesetopia, an artisan cheese fest, coming to Chicago
- Eyewitness: Helicopter fell from sky into Pearl Harbor
- Morning Spin: The pun in Rauner’s birthday card
- Charles Koch op-ed: The one issue on which Bernie Sanders and I agree
- Substitute language teacher retires at 89
- Islamic State increasingly using children in suicide missions
- Want to meet an artist? Hyde Park Art Center will play matchmaker
- Nevada’s Democratic race has grown surprisingly close, stakes exceedingly high
- Zika threat forces employers to keep an eye on business travel
- Gym dandies: 20 best high school basketball venues in Illinois
- Sounds like Gar Forman is playing you for stupid, Bulls fans
- International Space Station astronauts give 1.5 tons of trash the boot
- Brookfield Zoo’s Mexican gray wolves
- Elgin-area colleges frustrated by budget battle’s hold on grant funds
- Democratic caucus
- Prickly City- In Petticoat Junction
- Busco novio para mi mujer: O cómo ser ‘cornudo’ por gusto
- ‘Elgin Under Ice’ examines glacial history
- China requires approval for foreign firms to publish online
- Fallece la prolífica escritora boricua Rosario Ferré
- Cubs feel a draft with high picks this spring
- War, peace and the next president
- Former ambassador buys $1.1 million house in Winnetka
- Carpentersville jumps on board Fox River plan
- Vince Vaughn talks ’85 Bears on ‘The Tonight Show’
- Ferrari presenta su bólido de F1
- Errani avanza a la final del torneo de Dubai
- Hijo de Michael Schumacher ficha con equipo de Fórmula 4
- 13 really exciting acts playing Pitchfork Music Festival 2016
- Saying ‘bless you’ after a sneeze and other things that don’t count as volunteering
- Niño de 12 años baleado mientras jugaba en Gage Park
- Jared Fogle’s attorneys face deadline in appeal of 15-year child porn prison sentence
- What to say when someone asks you to guess their weight or age
- Photos: Tesla Model X
- Equity crowdfunding: Cool concept, but should you invest?
- Can you trust your financial adviser?
- Tesla Model X customers finally test all-electric performance SUV
- Christopher Gattelli will choreograph Goodman’s ‘War Paint’
- Jacksons celebrate legacy with Four Winds show
- Chicago Black Lives Matter activist declines White House invitation
- La Grange restaurant-goers can dine and donate
- Man on trial after good Samaritan killed while trying to stop drunken driving
- Chicago Plan Commission approves redevelopment of Lathrop Homes
- 3-pointers: Breaking down the Bulls’ loss to the Cavaliers
- CPS teacher charged with DUI after sisters, 7 and 14, hurt in hit-run
- United toca fondo tras derrota en Liga Europa
- ONU: Zika mermará antes de los Juegos Olímpicos
- Photos: ‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch case
- Shout Out: Pamela Sherman, mom and organizer
- Mother Goose’s rhythm and rhyme build language skills
- A lonely man finds an unusual friend in ‘Balloonacy’
- Kids are all business at Deerfield flea market
- Explore Africa with Disney ‘Lion Guard’ and Kindermusik
- Laura Doherty sings new songs at concert
- Fatal overdoses rising from sedatives like Valium, Xanax
- HBO renews ’70s rock series ‘Vinyl’ for a second season
- District: Four Highland Park schools to close if referendum fails
- The Witch: El regreso del terror visceral y puro
- Beauty brands hope virtual makeovers encourage shoppers to try new looks
- America’s two-party system leaves voters feeling left out
- To stop a child’s tantrum, sometimes you just have to go with it
- Drink This: Fall for an unlikely lover — artichoke liqueur — at La Sirena
- Más de 600,000 puertorriqueños emigraron a EEUU por crisis
- Fallece Harper Lee, autora de “Matar a un ruiseñor”
- Letters to the Editor: Ingenuity saves day for baseball pitcher
- Change in job duties proposed in Merrillville
- Trinity basketball team blitzes Maine South, wins regional title
- 5 things to eat, drink, do this weekend
- West Nile virus gave Lake County head start in fight against Zika
- Letter: A simple solution to Park Avenue Beach issue
- La esposa de ‘El Chapo’ lo defiende y dice temer por su vida
- Does the future have to be a digital future?
- Eat This: Sloppy Joseph stacked high with short rib, beans and chili
- Indiana smoking prevention, smoke-free policies failing
- Tourism board sees Portage project as region draw
- Growing families in Gary’s Miller remembered
- Star Wars stage show, revamped fireworks coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Goose Island sells brewpub to Anheuser-Busch
- Letter: Thanks for the good work, Paul Sassone
- South suburban couple seek answers after daughter goes missing in NYC
- With CSO, Honeck makes familiar music speak freshly
- Talk of the County: Pope Francis criticized on immigration
- Elgin officials, residents debate location for Fourth of July parade
- Jerome Tillis gives St. Joseph one ‘special’ year of wrestling
- John Terry está lesionado y se perderá partido contra City
- Aurora man sentenced to prison for sexual assault of child
- Restaurant openings: A mezcal bar comes to Logan Square, the poke trend hits Chicago
- 2 women dead after car-to-car shooting on Las Vegas Strip
- Billionaire Ken Griffin said to pay $500 million for 2 paintings
- Don’t live in Flint? Lead is still your problem
- Norwegian Cruise Line shuffles stage shows on Escape, Getaway
- Accountability in session at Cubs’ camp
- Zika virus will be ‘way down’ before Rio hosts Olympics, U.N. predicts
- Business calendar: ‘Wake Up Waukegan’ networking breakfast
- Danny’s Liquors to open in former Lincolnwood Wine & Spirits location
- Bonnie Raitt plays rough on ‘Dig in Deep,’ and it sounds good
- Commissioners to state: No new taxes
- La inmigración centra la campaña demócrata en vísperas del caucus en Nevada
- Lifting travel ban to Cuba opens cultural opportunity
- Vatican: Pope wasn’t singling out Trump with ‘not Christian’ comment
- Royal Caribbean Ovation of the Seas gets first taste of water
- Why cheap gas isn’t pumping up economic growth
- Mardi Gras Ball raises $48,000 for Literature for All of Us
- Event puts focus on heart health for women
- Don’t worry, your tax refund isn’t likely to shrink
- What a trauma center would add to Chicago’s South Side
- Shout Out: Walter Castro, veteran parent with a routine
- Clavadistas llegan a Río con dudas sobre el zika
- Oswego looks at future of water supply
- Rutter: VU’s Lutheran heretic finally finds a place to speak
- Imagine a Republican Party under Donald Trump
- Mego: Illinois’ failure to choose a ‘state dog’ needs to be remedied
- Record number of astronaut wannabes apply to NASA
- Deere cuts profit forecast after farm economy declines
- Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart to host 2016 MTV Movie Awards
- Speak Out: The way to make yourself heard is at the polls
- Speak Out: Elgin finds way to spend money instead of saving
- Fan of Waukegan’s music fest proposal wants ‘Kid Rock!!!’
- Port joins green program, after enviro controversy
- Judge moves ‘affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch’s case to adult court
- Cubs sign Aaron Crow
- Michael Phillips’ ‘Film Score’ winds toward finale
- ‘Cocked’ at Victory Gardens Theatre
- Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announced
- Community Digest: Waukegan celebrate Black History Month
- In Antonin Scalia, the arts had a passionate patron – and defender
- NCAA tournament bubble watch: Which Big Ten teams are on the edge?
- Illegal photos taken of students in high school locker room: police
- Inside the unboxing of terra-cotta warriors at the Field Museum
- Waving off science
- Safety advocate asks gov’t to reopen Jeep fire investigation
- Letter: Winnetka Caucus as relevant today as it was 100 years ago
- East Aurora students qualify for state business competition
- Former teacher charged after boy saw nude pictures
- Agente de peloteros acusado de tráfico de personas
- Drunken driver gets jail time, probation in fatal Oak Brook crash
- Sanders supporters like Chipotle; Trump fans prefer Sonic
- Maestro atropella a dos niñas y se da a la fuga
- City Council to vote on Evanston’s Divvy bike-sharing program Monday
- Missing student loan payments shouldn’t end in handcuffs
- Donald Trump shoves Pope Francis into 2016 race
- Taxpayers pick up tab for township’s $46,000 trip to South Carolina
- New apple bakery could be on its way to Long Grove
- Lincolnwood Fest rides, beer tents to stay open an extra hour this summer
- Sex crimes suspect wanted by task force
- Troublesome intersection gets county attention
- Air travel complaints jump 30 percent in 2015
- Board briefs: Lincolnwood to consider commercial signage regulations changes
- Craft beer event on tap at Lake County Fairgrounds
- Chickens do not belong in a city environment
- Me, My Shelf and I: Carl D’Silva
- Tutor accused of molesting boy, 8
- Mt. Prospect firm buys Marriott Lincolnshire; plans for $22 million in upgrades
- Una visita más simbólica que política
- Ted Cruz birther lawsuit makes it to Cook County courtroom
- Knife-wielding monkey terrorizes Brazilian bar after guzzling some rum
- Me, My Shelf and I: Carl D’Silva
- Cooking was ‘passion’ of pizzeria owner killed in storefront crash
- Cops: Truck carrying ATVs struck by train after going around gates in Joliet
- Come on, Springfield: This is an emergency
- We the people don’t matter to self-serving politicians
- Lucas Museum, go it must
- Illinois, strengthen the protection of animals
- Former Athletics, White Sox infielder and outfielder Tony Phillips dies
- Police: Buffalo Grove woman swindled out of $50,000 off Match.com
- Niño baleado: ‘No puedo creer que me pase a mí. No quiero morir’
- Police: 1 dead, 2 injured in Lake County crash
- Naperville News Digest
- Shepard High hosts German themed-event to raise money for exchange students
- A sad goodbye to Abe Vigoda
- Parent group focusing on District 308 black student achievement
- Woman guilty in fatal overdose jailed again for failing drug test, prosecutor says
- Shia LaBeouf to spend 24 hours in an elevator as performance art
- Two killed in I-65 crash
- Heart of the Home: Rock out at Housing Center fundraiser
- Friends of the Parks are friends, indeed
- With friends like these, we’ll have no Lucas Museum
- Northbrook Police make arrest in beauty salon burglaries
- Is asking about ethnicity the same as racism?
- The U.S. needs role models
- JFK’s speech about religious influence worth revisiting
- Climate change may impact maple syrup production
- Controversial storage plan scaled down
- Water main break on Dundee Road in Northbrook leads to lane closure
- Glenbrook North focuses on offensive tune-ups before postseason
- Mundelein mayor organizes summit on economic progress
- Sports Illustrated models send mixed messages
- Visible roots may mean wild winter weather is shaking up your garden
- Ladellia Maggett gives extra burst of energy to buoy Zion-Benton
- Boy, 12, shot while playing outside Gage Park home: ‘This neighborhood is being attacked’
- Partnership between GBS, Special Olympics squad mutually beneficial
- Lafourcade: “Debí haber ido a los Grammy”
- 4 new albums to buy now: Marlon Williams, Wild Nothing, Jack Garratt and Mavis Staples
- Man held on $1.5 million in slaying of man who defended girlfriend at party
- Speak Out: Donald Trump and the pope
- Lost truck drivers disrupt ‘sanctity’ of national cemetery
- Photos: Harper Lee
- These unofficial 2016 Oscars gift bags are worth $232,000 and completely bonkers
- Acusan a maestro de regularización de abusar sexualmente de un niño
- My father, Antonin Scalia
- A message to readers from new Chicago Tribune Editor Bruce Dold
- Community news
- New Trier school board to push for balanced budget despite rises in operating funds
- Mild weather increases bald eagle-spotting along Fox River
- Speak Out: In reference to our state budget crisis
- Harper Lee, author of classic novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ dies at 89
- Winds knock down trees and electrical wires
- Pentagon: U.S. warplanes strike Islamic State training camp in Libya
- Bill could replace jailed East Chicago city councilman
- Brazil vs. the mosquito: Defeating the Zika virus before the Olympics begin
- Jay Michael, developed apartments for young professionals, dies at 34
- Slowik: A little more compassion would go a long way to help Palos patients
- Accident-prone Lake County intersection eyed for safety improvements
- 2nd bond issue approved for schools expansion
- High winds down some trees, a street lamp in Aurora
- Bald eagle sightings along Fox River hit seasonal peak
- IMET cuts estimate of how much it will recover after alleged fraud scheme
- Teacher from Naperville hits two girls while DUI: Chicago cops
- Trucker pleads not guilty of driving over graves
- Hanover Park man sentenced to prison for sexual assault in South Elgin
- Mokena plans to shut recycling center
- Chicago’s new $9.50-per-month trash fee on April water bills
- Letters to the editor: Trump’s candidacy a problem
- Wind, weather lead to power outages, downed trees in Wilmette
- High winds, warm weather in the Chicago area
- Phil Stefani’s 437 Rush to close
- Actors to take flight in Maine East’s production of ‘Mary Poppins’
- Gov. Rauner: First, fix the school funding formula
- Glencoe celebrates Random Acts of Kindness Week
- Dos Urban Cantina review: Most important Mexican restaurant since Topolobampo
- Should we forgive ‘Friends’ for feeling a little offensive in 2016?
- Girls Basketball: Buffalo Grove 52, Lake Zurich 41
- Friends of Marlene shopping day aids cancer patients
- Dos Urban Cantina: A look inside
- Jose Abreu’s former agent indicted on federal charges of human trafficking
- Dance competition draws thousands
- How being a woman can ding your credit score
- Girls Basketball: Trinity 72, Maine South 41
- In Nevada, Clinton’s campaign manager faces his biggest test
- Winter Ale Fest back for third year
- Park Ridge wind damage
- A sprinkle of doubt over Parmesan cheese
- Veterans’ art finds home in Lake County clerk’s office
- Wind knocks out power across area, tears roof off Munster building
- Joe Maddon doesn’t want to hear talk of spring training being too long
- Girls Basketball: Zion-Benton 54, Stevenson 48
- Election Board promises changes to equipment process
- Possible suspect in 86 spa burglaries in Naperville, elsewhere nabbed
- Homer Glen approves contract for new village hall
- Respecting Harper Lee, reclaiming ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
- Girls Basketball: Zion-Benton 54, Stevenson 48
- Mokena Park District projects at center of dispute
- Dunkin’ Donuts coming to Sleepy Hollow
- Lost truck drivers disrupt ‘sanctity’ of national cemetery
- Gary’s Thea Bowman seeks charter appeal
- Juve empata y no logra alejarse en la cima
- Last of ‘Angola Three’ inmates released, thanks supporters
- Ask Tom: How cold was Dec. 24, 1983?
- Virgin Galactic rolls out new SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket
- Harper Lee created the greatest American hero
- Police safely stop woman threatening to hurt herself
- Oregon man pleads guilty to hacking celebrity emails
- Students to get free help as the new SAT takes over Illinois
- Britain’s future, migrant split reveal growing European Union divide
- Palos Hills considers requiring landlords to register with city
- Kouts nurse practitioner trials to be separate
- Woman severely injured in fire at Buffalo Grove gas station
- CPS teacher charged with DUI after sisters, 7 and 14, hurt in hit-and-run
- Queen Elizabeth thins her Chicago condo portfolio
- New bakery not planning to be a ‘dark horse’ in business
- Park Ridge Library trustees ‘disappointed’ by attendance at citizen input meetings
- Hospital counselor choked teen after dispute over juice box, prosecutors say
- Roeser calls for new leadership in East Dundee
- Nadal, a semis de Río sin jugar
- Naperville cyclist seeking world record with 14-day stationary bike ride
- H-F grad Tim Williams leaves Samford for new challenge at New Mexico
- Judge to rule next month in trial over death of Samaritan
- Mourners pay respects to late Justice Antonin Scalia
- Remembering Tony Phillips, a friend who never lost his love for the game
- Chickens now welcome in Will County yards
- Quickly: Nobody can make a profit without good workers
- Girls bowling: Joliet West leads after Day 1 of state tournament
- High winds whip through Elgin area Friday
- Scalia’s role in the Emmett Till case
- Canadá vence a “ticas” y se clasifica a Río 2016
- Auto show a ‘Christmas’ present for Naperville car dealers
- Cubs’ Joe Maddon presses refresh button to keep things light in 2016
- Boys Basketball: Homewood-Flossmoor 59, Stagg 32
- NASCAR creates new penalty system for behavioral offenses
- CPS semifinals: Kenwood vs. Curie
- White Sox closer David Robertson ready to leave ‘terrible’ 2015 behind
- New Jersey taxpayers on hook for $10 million in Christie’s bridge case legal fees
- Fewer potholes in Chicago, another upside of mild winter
- Fallece Umberto Eco, autor de “El nombre de la rosa”
- Kesha pierde querella para liberarse de un contrato
- Pedestrian pathway planned for Route 47 in Huntley
- Republican 2016 hopefuls get emotional on eve of SC primary
- Chris Sale hoping for a better spring — with fall pitching in mind
- Key informant against Mexican cartel to testify at Washington trial
- New Aurora police chief busting rumors, barriers and stereotypes
- Theo Epstein says he and Cubs chairman on same page regarding contract
- New events planned for Huntley’s revitalized downtown
- Deng guía a un Heat sin estrellas, en triunfo sobre Hawks
- Brook López y Nets propinan 7ma derrota seguida a Knicks
- Tras rehabilitación, Sabathia luce optimista con Yanquis
- Boys basketball: Nick Robinson lifts No. 5 Kenwood past No. 4 Curie in wild CPS semifinal
- St. Ignatius regional: Kenwood vs. Downers North
- Huntley to switch to SEECOM for 911 service
- Damaging winds the price for spring-like warmth
- Mike Dunleavy remains on minutes restriction but says back feels good
- Showdown over iPhone reignites privacy debate
- Girls basketball: No. 18 Kenwood edges Downers Grove North for 4A regional title
- Boys Basketball: Merrillville 67, Michigan City 62
- Nick Holmes at home in starting lineup as H-F takes conference title
- Novelist Umberto Eco dies at 84; wrote ‘Name of the Rose’
- Bulls 116, Raptors 106
- Jewel-Osco pulls Parmesan cheese found to have high levels of wood pulp
- Valparaiso’s Tristan Dembowski works OT, advances in state wrestling
- Boys Basketball: Stevenson vs. Libertyville
- Friday’s recap: Bulls 116, Raptors 106
- Boys Basketball: Stevenson 59, Libertyville 50
- Crown Point’s Sasha Stefanovic puts on show as seniors top Lake Central
- Zopp zaps Duckworth in final Democratic U.S. Senate debate
- Judge denies Kesha’s request to sever contract with Dr. Luke
- Chickens now welcome in Will County yards
- Communication key for Cubs outfielders to avoid contact with each other
- Merrillville goes from last to first, clinches conference title
- Community briefs
- Wind gusts knock down trees, power lines across Lake County
- Del Potro, a semifinales por primera vez en más de 2 años
- 2016 Wrestling state finals, Day 1
- Girls Basketball: Lincoln-Way North 60, Marian Catholic 46
- College Basketball: Valparaiso 86, Oakland 84
- Campton Hills alcohol, drug treatment center has supporters
- Blackhawks fine-tuning as they work to position themselves for playoffs
- 2016 Girls gymnastics state finals
- Marian Catholic’s Kordell Norfleet sails into 2A state wrestling finals
- Wrestling: Sandburg’s Rudy Yates, Montini’s Dylan Duncan set for 132-pound showdown
- Developer hopes to build high-end apartment complex in South Elgin
- U.S. women’s soccer team earns Olympic berth with 5-0 win
- Valpo edges Oakland, earns fourth Horizon League title in five years
- Johnny Sauter wins Truck Series opener at Daytona
- Hampshire looks at impact fees and canine fines
- Detroit keeps winning with 83-72 victory over UIC
- Lauren Hunter leads as Lincoln-Way North ends Marian’s regional streak
- Waving off science
- Ridgewood wrestler Vinny Scaletta beats top seed, reaches state final
- Silvia Pinal presenta autobiografía sin miedo a las críticas
- Doug McDermott’s career-high 30 points leads Bulls over Raptors
- Wind tears off part of building’s roof at College of DuPage
- Boys Basketball: Simeon 74, Morgan Park 72
- Rauner vetoes bill to free up $721M in college funding, including scholarships
- High-rises cleared out, trains stopped, flights scrubbed as strong head winds hit
- Local roundup: Paige Reiter powers Lockport bid for state bowling title