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- Free scary face pancakes for kids at IHOP on Halloween
- Cubs have no second thoughts about second baseman Javier Baez
- Oil rig explodes in Louisiana lake, injuries reported
- NLCS Game 2 turning point: Justin Turner’s three-run homer
- Mitch Wojcik’s persistence helps him become state meet participant
- Lack of dependable arms in bullpen causing problems for Joe Maddon, Cubs
- Bats betray Cubs again, Dodgers win another battle of the bullpens in NLCS Game 2
- Jordan Howard: NFL Digital Diaries
- It’s a smash ending as three-run homer gives Dodgers victory over Cubs in NLCS Game 2
- California firefighters say they’re gaining the upper hand as death toll reaches 40
- Man in critical condition after double stabbing
- 6 shot, 2 fatally, in Sunday shootings in Chicago
- Gun-toting brother-in-law wants to open-carry around kids
- Cut in hockey, Lincoln-Way East’s Brett Gardner races to front of pack
- Morning Spin: Emanuel presents budget this week; Democratic governor candidates debate
- Michael Reese redevelopment
- What Melania Trump could learn from Monica Lewinsky
- Decade after Mooseheart’s memorable football season, lessons ‘in game of life’ remain
- Elderly man robbed, elderly woman sexually assaulted in Lansing
- Three men sought after armed robbery at Speedway in Naperville
- Austrian poised to become Europe’s first millennial leader
- Steve Scott to receive special Jeff Award
- Naperville couple investigated for alleged fraud to fund horse stables
- 10 thoughts on the Bears’ 27-24 overtime win over the Ravens
- 9 pivotal moments in Cubs’ 4-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS
- Venezuelan socialists claim victory as opposition cries foul
- Finding a favorite in the unpredictable NFC is anyone’s guess
- If Joe Maddon has a bonus clause for crazy, then the Cubs manager just cashed it
- EU backs Iran deal, urges U.S. Congress to protect it
- Remembering the time a fan shot at Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan
- How Trump’s Obamacare subsidy cuts could affect your county
- Ed Sheeran tells fans of bike accident, arm injury
- New exhibit at Milwaukee Art Museum, a wine cruise in Michigan and more
- In the wake of river cruise success, Backroads launches fleet of ocean trips
- Gynecology museum
- Chicago’s weekend toll: 64-year-old teacher hit by stray bullet, young mom slain in front of home
- Cub fever is back — will bosses be as forgiving this year?
- Chicago-area high school football Week 9 rankings
- Ask Anna: Is it normal to be attracted to my partner’s twin?
- Trump leaves Congress to clean up his Iran nuclear deal mess
- While cruising, learn more by tapping the power of plugged-in local guides
- Chicago nightlife at Debonair Social Club last week
- Prickly City- Pat’s birthday
- Cachorros: los bates de Bryant, Rizzo y Contreras se enfrían
- In a breast-obsessed world, more women ‘go flat’ after mastectomy
- Teaching your child how to deal with rejection
- Kaepernick presenta querella ante NFL y señala complot
- Lupita, la voz de tres generaciones hilando tradiciones prehispánicas
- Zidane wary of ‘complete’ Kane
- Chicago man accused of stealing $880 worth of candles in Burr Ridge
- Trump is turning and turning in a widening gyre
- Guardiola aims to keep Man City players humble
- ‘Yesterday’ by Felicia Yap reviewed in this week’s crime fiction roundup
- JBF hosts demos featuring Stephanie Izard, Mindy Segal
- Grave, el niño rescatado de un vehículo sumergido
- Julian Assange’s ghostwriter pens ‘three true stories of the digital age’
- Former United Chairman Jeff Smisek lists Trump Tower condo for $4.7 million
- Colapsa puente en municipio central de Cidra, dejando familias incomunicada
- Thousands expected to wear bald caps in solidarity with cancer patients
- Los fans albicelestes vivieron con el corazón en la mano
- 169-unit apartment proposal moves forward in Glenview
- Guide to Chicago’s Northwest Side Italian food, with owners’ stories and must-have orders
- Ex hostage explains why he and his American wife had kids in captivity in Afghanistan
- Al Michaels sorry for Harvey Weinstein joke on ‘Sunday Night Football’
- Go behind the scenes of the Prince-themed episode of ‘Empire’ filmed on the South Side
- Dennis Hastert accuser’s lawsuit invokes Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill
- Bass fishing tournaments, bobcats, oak trees and inland trout fishing
- Woman’s freak fall led to 8-day hospital stay in Japan, ‘lessons learned’ about travel insurance
- Nordstrom halts hunt for a buyer
- Western Springs OKs spending up to $25,000 to finish Metra platforms
- The Trade Desk isn’t finance, but it worked out for this job-seeker anyway
- Plague outbreak now threatens Madagascar’s largest cities
- Hinsdale Central and Lyons Township team up to raise money for Puerto Rico hurricane relief
- Carmel soccer tops rival Mundelein, enters 3A playoffs with confidence
- Teachers in Plainfield School District 202 authorize strike
- Protesters raise fists, kneel silently before Bears-Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium during national anthem
- Hinsdale Central fundraiser for hurricane relief
- Letter to the Editor
- Las Vegas tourism sees changes in aftermath of shooting
- Navy Pier Flyover, bridge for biking and walking, will cost more, take longer to build
- Stepping into ‘a different time frame’: Guerin goes back to the ’50s for its fall play
- Warren-Newport library seminars tackle stress through ‘living in the moment’
- #MeToo campaign proves scope of sexual harassment, flaw in Mayim Bialik’s op-ed
- Portugal wildfires kill at least 32; 4 dead in Spain
- More than 2 dozen schools reviewing basketball programs in wake of federal corruption scandal
- Matan a una maestra y a una madre, en actos violentos el fin de semana
- Picking a health insurance plan? Prepare for the unexpected
- STIs and Relationships: What a Diagnosis Really Means
- White Sox mourn death of former teammate Daniel Webb
- New Jersey man convicted in New York bombing that injured 30
- América y Chivas se enfrentan en polos opuestos
- Middle school students volunteer around Lake County
- Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Rotary Run generates enthusiasm and support for local charities
- “Picnic” at Guerin College Prep
- Katana now offering lunch
- Hinsdale Rotary Club Run
- Beam’s Cruzan Rum distillery up and running after Hurricane Maria damage
- Joven estadounidense regresa a ‘conocer su país’ tras ser criado en una comunidad indígena en Oaxaca
- Reabren en México casi todas las escuelas tras sismos de septiembre
- Vislumbra Marjorie de Sousa victoria
- Ophelia kills 3 in Ireland’s worst weather in decades
- A look at Pasta Fresh
- ‘Chavela’ review: Ranchera singer with a voice like a ‘tremendous canyon’
- Tacha Alfonso Cuarón al gobierno mexicano de deshonesto
- White House: $4,000 more for families with business tax cuts
- Microsoft email-access fight with U.S. gets Supreme Court review
- Talent show, Halloween fair headed to West Leyden
- Joe Jonas engaged to ‘Game of Thrones’ star Sophie Turner
- Weinstein Co., mired in sex scandal, may be up for sale
- Damp dogs deliver for Hadley Institute’s ‘Hounds for Hadley’ walk
- Decade later, renovated Gary fire station reopens
- Russell Westbrook’s Thunder was a one-man band. Now he’s conducting an all-star ensemble.
- Bulls newcomers poke fun at own anonymity in new video
- Owl banding program
- Marvel releases first full trailer for ‘Black Panther’
- La fase de grupos de Champions alcanza su ecuador
- Area families help decorate Long Grove with scarecrows during festive event
- Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg’s cooking show is the cultural exchange America needs
- El fin de DACA podría suponer la pérdida de 20,000 maestros bilingües
- Kane’s Champions League rise faces Real acid test
- Jackson Township board opposes 25 million-square-foot Northpoint warehouse proposal
- Golf notes: Jackson Bussell wins; Lake Forest, St. Viator take 2nd
- Oak Brook firefighters new contract mostly same as before
- Mike Madigan smiles!
- Water rates up 20 percent since ’14
- Top 13 foodie cities in America
- New Cardinal Square buildings in store for downtown Mundelein
- Man with history of animal abuse to be released for probation violation without ‘chemical castration’
- In an extreme world, Democrats need to move left
- Theo Ubique to produce ‘Sweeney Todd’ this spring
- Park Ridge wildlife trapping program suspended as money runs out
- Girls golf state notes: Barrington takes 2nd; Stevenson vows to return
- Talk of the County
- Gardiner’s Monteverdi cycle concludes with triumphant ‘Poppea’
- ‘Hounds For Hadley’ walk
- Unraveling NAFTA, ‘worst deal ever,’ could hurt U.S., experts say
- Our 10 favorite things from Chip and Jo’s Magnolia Target line
- ‘Hard Times’ at Lookingglass a chance to escape to the circus
- ‘Rosita se asusta’, un cómic para niños sobre el miedo a la deportación
- Is Kyrie Irving just a sidekick? Is DeMarcus Cousins not a winner? Five players with labels to shed.
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- Talk of the County
- T-Mobile, Sprint may be getting close to a merger
- New Oak Brook cellphone tower would improve service, generate revenue
- Louisville officially fires Rick Pitino amid federal investigation
- MBA Guide
- Oak Park District 97: Public works move might be more costly than estimated
- Pierde Peña Nieto a su fiscal general… otra vez
- David Kaplan on Joe Maddon’s bullpen call: ‘You cannot (do that)’
- Lighter winds help crews gain on California wildfires
- Column: Good taste fails in Lake County GOP’s call to arms
- Video: ‘Changing My Major’ from ‘Fun Home’
- Speak Out
- Drug cartel linked to 600-pound marijuana bust in Round Lake Park, police say
- Calendar
- Fall, spring are good times to core aerate your lawn
- Lurie Children’s Hospital seeks state permission to add beds for cancer patients
- Trump’s threats against the press are hollow, but not harmless
- Six games in, LFA’s first season of eight-man football is a winner
- Steppenwolf to host public memorial for Mariann Mayberry
- Cubs playoff watchers
- Trump say Cuba ‘is responsible’ for attacks on U.S. personnel
- Libertyville Cubs fans glued to their TVs
- 2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country T6 AWD at a glance
- This Kenneka Jenkins-inspired law would be an overreach
- Kyle Adams, Kevin Eloiza give Buffalo Grove soccer an offensive boost
- At Disney World, 4 hotels in pilot program to accept dogs
- River Grove residents voice concerns over Go To Logistics’ plans in village
- Inside the ‘adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump
- Anti-Trump interventionists long overdue for self-reflection
- New ‘Essential Marilyn’ book suggests why @marilynmonroe has 260,000 Twitter followers
- Producers Guild to expel Harvey Weinstein, creates task force to address sexual harassment in Hollywood
- Quickly
- Roskam has big cash lead over Democrats hoping to replace him
- One of Sears’ biggest investors quits struggling retailer’s board
- River Forest Village President Adduci re-elected to IML board
- Does Major League Baseball really want to speed up games?
- Two-way play sets apart Nazareth’s Diamond Evans
- Basement fire leaves Naperville home uninhabitable
- Park Ridge officials: Some streets closed, but no widespread reports of major flooding caused by weekend rainfall
- Two TV shows have figured out Gen X’s greatest gift to society: Grouchiness
- Amid turbulent politics, Anish Kapoor returns to Cloud Gate to celebrate the Year of Public Art
- Iraqi forces seize Kirkuk as tensions soar over Kurdish independence vote
- Girl Scouts have every right to be angry about new Boy Scouts rule
- Bomb kills reporter who covered Malta’s ‘Panama Papers’ link
- A California family thought their dog had died in the fires, but she was waiting for them
- North Shore residents concerned about rail expansion attend educational forum
- Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, held captive for five years, pleads guilty in connection with disappearance
- Young Bulls face tall task to succeed on defense
- Strawdog announces cast of Ibsen’s ‘Pillars of the Community’
- West Aurora’s Liz Stefancic and Maria Goheen are ‘a dream come true’ in doubles
- Police: Shooting of child riding bike in Zion ‘not random or accidental’
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 17
- Plans OK’d for townhouse development in Morton Grove
- Suit seeks to force some striking Palatine school employees back to work
- Carl Edwards Jr. remains confident: ‘This game is failure. It’s so funny.’
- Porchlight’s Chicago cast of ‘Billy Elliot’ surely will win you over
- On the wagon: Volvo V90 Cross Country is an AWD alternative to minivan, crossover
- Halloween in Harwood Heights: Village makes plans for costume party
- Scientists witness huge cosmic crash, find origins of gold
- Somalia truck bombing toll over 300 as scores missing
- Rain creates ‘fairly ideal’ conditions for Carpentersville bike race
- Developers try again with upscale apartments in Tinley Park
- Brandon Fischer dazzles for Lyons in tough loss to Hinsdale Central
- Wisconsin governor tells NFL players to stop anthem protests
- Girls volleyball notes: Moira Mixan stays ready, plays steady for Mother McAuley
- DCFS opens neglect investigation after girl, 7, accidentally shot in South Side home
- When a Chicagoan is shot, we all bleed
- Center in Palos Park logs more space for art classes
- Southbound Naper Blvd. to reopen for evening rush hour
- Aurora Holiday Food Drive hits 10-year mark
- Bronzeville’s Michael Reese Hospital site is latest offering for Amazon’s HQ2
- Chicago and Illinois submit bid for Amazon’s HQ2
- The softer side of Michael Madigan
- City Hall can’t legislate away a tragic death
- Kitty Conley’s Scratching Post
- Joe Maddon on criticism: ‘Social media doesn’t count at all’
- The footstool: A simple step to help relieve constipation
- Mundelein concert event benefits music program and local history
- Owl enthusiasts give a hoot for Dunes banding program
- 96-year-old Lake Bluff man charged with criminal sexual assault of child
- Humboldt Park trans woman fights for equality in Chicago and Cuba
- Corrections and clarifications
- Nursing mothers deserve a chance to serve on juries
- DuPage judge stripped of duties after arrest for discharge of gun in residence
- Community news
- Teach Hollywood a lesson: Boycott the movies
- New Libertyville Metra station on hold after bids come in more than $1M over budget
- Young mom shot dead on front steps of her Far South Side home: ‘It had to be targeted’
- Haunted tours scheduled in Waukegan
- Aurora eyes next step in North Aurora Road widening project
- Trump, McConnell reaffirm alliance on GOP agenda, insist they’re ‘closer than ever before’
- Overthinking it? Your brain makes better decisions when it’s on autopilot, expert says
- Rain creates ‘fairly ideal’ conditions for Carpentersville bike race
- Cubs’ World Series ring taken off auction site, scout no longer with organization
- Bulls claim guard Kay Felder off waivers
- Feeling fatigued? 3 ways women can boost iron intake
- Shedding new light: 8 surprising facts that will have you rethinking your lighting
- 10 tips for a tailgating touchdown
- Alexis Miestowski named the Post-Tribune 2017 Girls Golfer of the Year
- No flooding issues on Fox River following weekend storms
- Lake Zurich officer receives statewide award for work to deter, educate drunken drivers
- Leyden students honored
- Author Dave Eggers meets with Arlington Heights readers
- ‘We’re going to have to bring it:’ Cubs need an early spark
- Ask Tom: When is the average date of the first sub-60-degree high?
- Can Cubs create a beat at Wrigley to match the Dodgers?
- Police: Dogs that attacked boy in Aurora euthanized; owner fined
- Amid threats of violence, OPRF homecoming goes off without incident
- Man indicted on murder, rape charges in death of Muslim teen in Virginia
- Aurora to offer free electronic recycling
- OPRF homecoming
- Florida governor declares state of emergency in advance of speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer
- Valparaiso’s Bill Miller is the Post-Tribune 2017 Girls Golf Coach of the Year
- Church news
- Watch South Side native Meagan McNeal battle to stay on ‘The Voice’
- Park Forest family fights hunger on Halloween
- Water main break cancels classes at Rich East
- Mitch Trubisky’s numbers not eye-popping, but John Fox sees growth
- Aurora police hold mother of boy critically injured in retention pond crash
- East Chicago pipe bomb suspect from Munster set to appear in federal court Tuesday
- Bears agree to 5-year extension with Fox
- East Chicago Central’s Jenasae Bishop on road to recovery from torn ACL
- Cold bats an ‘extraneous factor’ for Game 3 starter Kyle Hendricks
- Ladies Health Day offers screenings, music, discussions
- Trump declines to express confidence in drug czar nominee who helped weaken DEA
- Pat Schultz 1956-2017: Carpentersville mourning death of trustee
- Enfrentamientos dejan ocho muertos y dos detenidos en el noreste de México
- Police probe possible link between Orchard Road fatal crash, Aurora shootings
- Kevin Anderson taking six-month sabbatical from duties as Maryland’s athletic director
- Padre de 4 enfrenta deportación por ‘orden de exclusión’ de hace décadas
- Trump calls for short-term Obamacare fix and reaches out to Republican leaders
- Notre Dame adds basketball exhibition to benefit Hurricane Harvey relief effort
- Teen crash deaths in Illinois drop by half since ’07, graduated licenses credited
- Elgin readies downtown for Nightmare on Chicago Street
- Vinculan a cartel mexicano 600 libras de marihuana decomisada
- It’s time for Joe Maddon to shake up the Cubs lineup
- Trevor Noah and ‘The Daily Show’ in Chicago
- Kyle Czerak’s header helps ACC beat Harvest Christian for regional title
- Can the Bears start stacking victories?
- Chicago’s gang wars claim the life of a teacher
- East Dundee seeks food vendor to operate caboose
- Justice Elena Kagan talks about life on the Supreme Court during Chicago appearance
- Tiger Woods cleared for golf activities with no restrictions
- Are you among the 260,000 following @marilynmonroe? New ‘Essential Marilyn’ book suggests why
- Grading the Bears: Push from offensive line leads to Week 6 win
- Chicago police warn cabdrivers of armed robberies in South Shore
- ‘The Daily Show’ lands in Chicago to film this week
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 17
- Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane excited for Nick Schmaltz’s return from injury
- North Korea says ‘a nuclear war may break out any moment’
- Warm, dry weather to linger through Saturday in Chicago area
- Niños estadounidenses, el gran daño “colateral” de los padres con DACA
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 17
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Oct. 17
- Dorothy Krejci, who founded Naperville school for special needs children, dies
- A bone shard, a molar, an artificial hip — the grim task of finding victims of the California fires
- Connor Murphy has been odd man out in Blackhawks’ defense rotation
- McCain condemns ‘half-baked, spurious nationalism’ in clear shot at Trump
- Blackhawks to air 24 games in Spanish
- Another year, another league title for Jack Barry and Naperville North
- Robin Lopez on NBA’s wild offseason: ‘It was pretty exciting as a fan of basketball’
- Aaron Judge, CC Sabathia help Yankees beat Astros 8-1, trail ALCS 2-1