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2017 > December > 20
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Police: South Side carjackings happened 2 blocks, 1 hour apart
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Judge dismisses lawsuit brought by choreographer who alleged Michael Jackson molested him as a child
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Police warn of attempted carjacking, robbery in Bridgeport, Chinatown
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Senate passes GOP tax bill, setting stage for final House vote on Wednesday
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Winter rules: Parking restrictions in play after of 2 inches or more of snow in Elmwood Park
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Morning Spin: Rauner on messaging woes: ‘Very, very difficult’ to explain complex issues to 12.5 million people
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Stepdaughter wants a room with a view
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Bucktown home with custom details: $1.3M
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Socialism is still popular in U.S. despite the Venezuelan example
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Mosul’s gravediggers say civilian death toll from battle against Islamic State nearly 10 times higher than reported
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Agent arrested, accused of taking photos in women’s bathroom at University of Wisconsin
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Cardinal Bernard Law, central figure in Catholic Church’s child sex abuse scandal, dies at 86
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Save the Seats is coming Dec. 27 — here’s a sneak peek
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10 years after red light cameras came to suburbs, state hasn’t assessed whether they’ve improved safety
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Trump EPA pick for Chicago office cut enforcement, scrapped climate change information in Wisconsin
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ATM skimmer found at store in the Loop
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Attention freelance goalies: Canada’s looking for you! There’s even an app for that.
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Review: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’ will flip you out at Hard Rock Stadium
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New blow for Uber as top EU court says it’s a taxi company, not a tech service
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Bears Q&A: Can Mitch Trubisky attract an offensive-minded coach? Where is Ryan Pace?
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Lyft driver carjacked on South Side: ‘He kicked me and said a lot of expletives’
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Police officers pull woman out of car before it catches fire
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Northwestern’s Charlie Hall poses like Wilt Chamberlain after his 1-point game
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Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital unveils $200 million expansion
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Coding, cracked: Why these Chicagoans of all ages decided to dive into code
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Shoutout to Ryan Pace and John Fox: No Bears voted to Pro Bowl for 3rd straight year
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Wednesday’s matchup: Magic at Bulls
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The most disappointing NFL players of 2017
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Will County breaks ground on new 10-story courthouse in downtown Joliet
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Phillies, Carlos Santana agree to 3-year deal worth $60 million
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Track lemurs in Madagascar, celebrate Orthodox Easter in Greece and more
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Help Them to Hope
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New Elgin charter school picks principal, won’t reveal name until January
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Jonathan Toews’ ranking on NHL’s all-time captains list draws ridicule
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Trump’s ticket to survival: Ban all the words he detests
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Not your grandma’s cruise ship: New technology coming in the next few years
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Prickly City- delusional
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The NFL is in need of vision. Its owners can’t see through the white-out.
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Eating algae, Stevia 2.0 and other nutrition trends for 2018
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Man sentenced to jail for racially abusing Man City’s Sterling
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Is Trump done with Bannonism?
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Man who stole taxis in suburbs after robbing drivers gets 15 years in prison
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Former Arsenal midfielder Rosicky announces retirement
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Just 5, Chicago boy is struck by a bullet for second time in two years
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FIFA sign Chinese sponsor for 2018 World Cup
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John Stamos kept a piece of Chicago history from his ‘ER’ days
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Caligiuri calls for USSF to delay GM decision
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Disney sets performers for Epcot arts festival concerts
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Want to visit the tiny Pacific island of Palau? First, sign the pledge.
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‘All the Money in the World’ review: Plummer seamlessly subs for Spacey
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NYCFC lose out on potential stadium site
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Chicago, la mejor ciudad para pasar la Navidad
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New York Islanders to leave Brooklyn, return to suburbs
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El Chicago Fire apunta en serio por Iker Casillas
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Eva Longoria confirma su embarazo
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‘The Voice’ finale: How Chloe Kohanski won despite a big mistake by Miley Cyrus
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Worth a trip: Mezcal old fashioned from Vol. 39
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Top Chicago business stories of 2017
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Gary looks for Genesis Center partner, buyer
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Shout Out: Rich Silverstein
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The feminist energies of William Blake and Faith Wilding take over Chicago
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2017, el año del ajuste de cuentas por acoso o abuso sexual
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GOP Senator: Vote in January on fate of young immigrants
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Pernell McPhee the 15th Bears player placed on injured reserve this season
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Shout Out: Jeff Kollar
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Police: Traffic rerouted downtown after man jumps from building
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Twin Peaks helps create deep-dish pizza puff as part of Dusek’s Sound Bites program for performers
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Fury Hip Hop is all about taking control — of everything
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A brilliant show about ‘stupid’ art; knocking over reliquaries at Shane Campbell Gallery
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Familia latina pierde su hogar tras incendio de su árbol de Navidad
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Ricky Martin regresará en 2018 a Las Vegas con su espectáculo ‘All in’
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Chance the Rapper and Jeremih release ‘re-wrapped’ edition holiday mixtape
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Best year-end deals on 2017 cars
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U.S. home sales climb 5.6 percent in November to 11-year high, but Chicago area lags behind
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Report: Orlando hotel occupancy up for November
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‘Cowardly killers’ walked into an elementary school Christmas party and fatally shot a Mexican journalist
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Year-end incentives cut thousands off new car prices
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After fighting global poverty and disease, Community Trust’s Helene Gayle shifts focus to Chicago
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Sweden proposes tough sexual assault law amid #MeToo movement and fear of immigrants
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Sesame Workshop child refugee plan wins first MacArthur $100M challenge
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El Clasico, also played in Chicago
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First gene therapy for inherited disease — blindness — gets FDA approval
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Walker School students comforted by visits from an Angel
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‘Who steals a toilet?’ Former NBA player Charlie Villanueva tweets about burglary
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Friends of the Green Bay Trail to restore another section of popular walk-bike trail next year
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Home away from home: Fox Valley families serve as ‘surrogate parents’ for youth hockey players
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OPINIÓN/Adiós 2017 y Feliz 2018
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Guest room delight for the holidays (Infographic)
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5 ways to feel good while getting fit
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Dog show myths and facts
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Catt Sadler explains why she left ‘E! News’: ‘There was a massive disparity in pay’
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Chicago Fire in serious pursuit of Iker Casillas
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Ozuna and Cardi B collab is ‘killing it’
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Shopping in stores is a misery — can wine, yoga and storytelling make it fun again?
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Chanukah Wonderland 2017
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Investigators looking into whether Amtrak engineer was distracted before fatal wreck, official says
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U46 board divided over policy keeping kids from class for missing health records
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Star Wars Day at Nothbrook Library
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Navidad es ‘El Cascanueces’
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Kym Mazelle, Britain’s house music star, returns to Gary
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Turkey seeks jail term for Enes Kanter after NBA player insulted President Erdogan
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Arsenal to address mice problem at Emirates Stadium
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Coinbase looks at insider trading after offering bitcoin cash
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Speak Out
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Column: Time to say goodbye after years of covering Lake Barrington Shores
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Stop-motion animator uses humans and it’s hilarious and amazing
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5 things to eat, drink, and do this weekend
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Ofrece PRI dinero a Eugenio Derbez
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New reads bearing Yuletide joy
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Teen flips car in attempted carjacking on West Side: Cops
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Chunk of Idaho with ‘dazzling’ star scenes becomes nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve
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Column: Rediscovering the genius of Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Republicans have their own Obamacare now
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The GOP tax plan has a nasty surprise for upper-middle-class parents with kids in college
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Lawsuit: Bottled Blonde sues Chicago in liquor license fight
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Bulls Q&A: Will the Bulls ever lose again? Did they ‘win’ the trade with the Timberwolves?
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Nature serves as inspiration for holiday decorations
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Western Springs Village Board OKs new well to address water concerns
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8 Americans among 12 killed in Mexican bus crash
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10 key takeaways from the Republican tax bill
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Monterrey y Pachuca definen al campeón de la Copa MX
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Photos: Best performances of 2017
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Yorkville looks to extend life of downtown tax district
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Village Squire offers homey atmosphere, comfort food
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3 big problems with the Meryl Streep ‘she knew’ posters popping up in LA
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Suspects who bought gas with fraudulent credit card sought by Naperville police
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Wisconsin priest applauded after coming out as gay: ‘I will embrace the person that God created me to be’
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Community news
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Orioles’ Zach Britton out at least six months with ruptured Achilles
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Bottled Blonde sues Chicago in liquor license fight
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You may not see it, but it’s there. Spring is waiting everywhere.
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Holiday displays keep Christmas spirit wattage up
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5-year-old calls 911 to report that Grinch plans to steal Christmas
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Column: Let’s talk about New Year’s resolutions
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300-acre arboretum donated to Purdue Northwest
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Hizo realidad uno de sus sueños
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Donnelly: Tax bill hurts middle class, preserves corporate loopholes
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‘We have essentially repealed Obamacare,’ Trump says after tax bill passes
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Long distance ballet dancer
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Column: Letting go? I’ll start with clothes tailor made for a yo-yo dieter
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Transfer students may have an edge in admissions
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Shout Out: Jim Ritter, fan of the First Amendment
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‘Feminism’ is the word of the year. Should we be celebrating?
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10 things you might not know about fingerpointing
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How the tax bill impacts homeowners, buyers and sellers
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Help Squad: Ideas for gadgets to buy with that post-holiday cash
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ESPN’s Ryen Russillo is leaving his radio show, will do a podcast through next summer
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Township High School District 214 superintendent among finalists for national award
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Coppa Italia Recap: Dybala scores in Juve win, Torino eliminate Roma
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Giants’ trade for Evan Longoria carries significant risk
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LFA prep hockey team hits the road for top-shelf competition
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Southport Damen Armitage photos
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Solo, Wynalda, Caligiuri among US Soccer presidential candidates
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German Cup Recap: Bayern eliminate champs Dortmund, Bailey leads Leverkusen over Gladbach
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Shout Out: Tim Grafer of Grafer’s Moonlite Hair
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Shout Out: Sarah Chow
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Explosion, fuel oil spill leaves home near Barrington uninhabitable
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El Barcelona y Messi, líderes europeos en disparos al poste
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Swansea sack manager Clement
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A puny tax reform built on broken promises
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‘This Christmas’: How a Chicago postal worker and Donny Hathaway created a holiday classic
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Bears-Browns Week 16 preview
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Peru’s Guerrero ban reduced, cleared to play World Cup
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Unique show offers a ‘Very Electric Christmas’
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Indiana hotel charges guest $350 after she posts negative review
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Bill O’Reilly, Fox News sued for defamation by two additional former employees
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Zeshan B manages to make magic, no matter the language
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Real Salt Lake sign Lennon on permanent deal
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Rauner won’t say if he has moral responsibility for Quincy veterans’ illnesses, deaths
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Nicole Mitchell, Cassandra Wilson top best jazz concerts of 2017
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Paolo Guerrero podrá jugar el Mundial
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Former Chicago, New York journalist gets 5 years in prison in Jewish threats case
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Clarkson: Oak Brook Art League brings light into winter’s dark
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New Lake County vendor promises ‘not your average cafeteria’
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What are you doing on New Year’s Eve?
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Mujeres explican por qué decidieron denunciar a Dustin Hoffman
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Shout Out: James Ross
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2017 in review: Elmwood Park makes push on restaurants; River Grove developments signal new era for village
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Philadelphia Union re-sign Ilsinho, Herbers, Fabinho
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Students defrauded by for-profits may not get full relief
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Ukranian oligarch with ties to Manafort and wanted in Chicago gets holiday reprieve
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When it comes to holiday cards, which celebs do it right?
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Lake Zurich increases water, sewer rates to address ‘aging’ infrastructure
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Defense alleges Officer Van Dyke’s prosecution motivated by media, political pressure
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Quickly
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The new tax challenge for Illinois Democrats
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Notre Dame suspends indefinitely WR Kevin Stepherson, RB C.J. Holmes
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Saint-Etienne pick Gasset as new manager
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Holiday calendar a gift to procrastinating shoppers
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Coexisting with coyotes (and wolves and bears and …) in Illinois
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Man accused in ’85 slaying of DuPage girl can’t tie convicted murderer to crime: judge
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Homewood’s landmark Gottschalk House, once home to village founding father, for sale
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Zion’s Shiloh House decked for historical holidays
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Officials ask for help finding family of man found dead in burning donation box
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Jaycees commit $200k to city wi-fi park but council pushes back on club requests
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San Jose sign Swedish top scorer Eriksson
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2 people from La Grange Park killed in apparent drunken driving crash in Wisconsin
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Waukegan man gets 120-year sentence in child sex abuse case
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Readers react: Republican tax reform bill
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New CLC president’s contract sets salary at $260,000, includes fewer perks
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Philip May, proprietor of May’s Honey Farms, dies
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Ligue 1 Recap: Cavani closes in on scoring record as PSG beat Caen
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Do ‘experts’ always have the answers?
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Corrections and clarifications
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Uncharted territory: Kate Bullman beats buzzer twice to lift Grayslake Central
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Shout Out: Mohammad Khan, wishing Chicago sports teams future success
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Sen. Al Franken to resign Jan. 2 over sexual misconduct allegations
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What would the Salvation Army be without its ‘red kettle’ ringers?
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Bears injury tracker: Josh Sitton unlikely to play versus Browns
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Nashville named latest MLS expansion franchise
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Slowik: 600 pack Elwood hearing to protest development’s impact on rural life
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Jugadora transgénero debuta en vóleibol brasileño
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State Senator Kwame Raoul smoking
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NTSB wants to talk with key Amtrak crew members who are hospitalized
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Shiloh House holiday decore
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Signing day roundup: Oswego East’s Antwain Walker finds home at Northern Illinois
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Man created makeshift blowtorch to clean his car at a gas station, police say
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Former Michigan trooper charged with murder in boy’s death
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Carlos Vela se despide a lo grande de la Real
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Carabao Cup Recap: Bristol City upset Man United, City, Arsenal, Chelsea advance
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Last uncounted ballots: Roy Moore can’t close 20,000-vote loss
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La Liga Recap: Real Sociedad beat Sevilla in Vela farewell match
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How GOP tax bill’s Obamacare changes will affect health care and consumers
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West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Dec. 21
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Quién era ‘El Pirata de Culiacán’
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GOP leaders eye another shutdown-averting stopgap amid struggles for spending deal
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Rauner: Federal tax changes help tax-cut agenda
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Key NSA surveillance program’s reauthorization hits roadblock in Congress
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Scientists present a sweeping new estimate of how much humans have altered the planet
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Oak Park police: Two robberies reported 10 hours apart
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Baranek: From baseball to classroom, Tim Byrdak a major achiever
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Recently Presented Long-Term Progression-Free Survival Data in Multiple Myeloma
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5 cold-weather hacks for winter driving
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5 ways to capture the perfect family photo during your holiday travels
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Points for holiday hosting (Infographic)
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4 tips to ‘sleigh’ the holidays from SIMPLE Mobile
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When buying hearing aids: 6 essential things to know
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Three questions every bariatric surgery patient asks
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Shout Out: AnaCecilia Grace Schildwachter, ballet dancer
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Metra resurrects Rock Island colors to honor retiring CEO
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Just add snow
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Charts: Illinois population over time
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Pro Bowl shutout another reminder of Bears’ critical shortage of playmakers
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Trump just admitted the GOP’s tax cuts were deceptively sold
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Taylor-made: Senior’s decision to focus on basketball pays off for Marist
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Naperville police, city recognize officer, resident who prevented child abduction
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‘Cold, calculating predator’ gets 28 years in prison for Niles tanning salon rape
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Some special events get ax in new Orland Park budget
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Upon further review: Worthy names left off list of state’s 30 greatest college coaches
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Wrestling notes: Near-miss motivates Lincoln-Way West’s Nick Skentzos
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Hearing for man who shot Amtrak conductor trying to help him centers on intent
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5 major Chicago sports teams join together to combat violence
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This Tinley Park house takes decking the halls to a whole new level
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Historic preservation tax credit is saved, but weakened
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Antioch holiday displays handmade with care
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Phillips Park transforms into Festival of Lights
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Northwestern signs a pair who could succeed Justin Jackson
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Notre Dame lands No. 7-ranked class with all 20 of its commitments signing
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Injured defensemen Cody Franson, Jan Rutta won’t play Thursday against Stars
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Trump threatens Jerusalem opponents with U.S. funding cutoff
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Bulls favored for just 2nd time this season
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Aurora man rescues resident trapped in burning house
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Inmate faces new sentence for 2007 slaying of student on CTA bus
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Harlem Globetrotters player returns to Markham to talk about bullying
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Corey Crawford’s stats place Blackhawks goalie among best in NHL
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Defendant fatally stabbed man, threw knife at Christmas tree: court records
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Bears lose to the winless Browns? ‘We won’t be that team’
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Major League Soccer grants Nashville latest expansion team
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Collector given 12 years in prison for selling phony sports memorabilia
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Police arrest man in homicide of boy, 4, in East Chicago
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Charges filed against coach, spectators in Hammond-Griffith basketball game fight
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How treacherous is Kyle Long’s road back after neck surgery?
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The wait is over: Lowell defensive standout Jordan Jusevitch signs with Indiana
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ASK TOM: I am tiring of Chicago’s cold winters. Where should I live?
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Post-Tribune Bowling Scores
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Congress dashes hope for end-of-year solution for immigrant ‘Dreamers,’ punts to new year
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Archive: Home Alone case turns 10 – Media circus caused soul-searching among latchkey-kid parents
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Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Dec. 21
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Illinois still waiting on quarterback Coran Taylor but signs nine from Florida
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A couple of cloudy days before the cold air hits
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A political wish list for Santa
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Liberan a la activista Erika Andiola y a otros seis ‘soñadores’
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Democrats troubled as GOP senators show little urgency to pass law protecting Mueller
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Wisconsin man who stole guns, wrote manifesto sentenced to 14 years in prison
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Trump stands to save millions under new tax measure, experts say
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How Republicans pulled off the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years
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Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Dec. 21
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Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Dec. 21
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Magic passed on Lauri Markkanen, like what they have in 6-10 Jonathan Isaac
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Petrak: Christmas a time for queso and cookies
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In defiance of Trump ban, Pentagon releases detailed policy for recruiting transgender troops
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Triumphant Trump celebrates tax win — but some fear backlash
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Celtics 117, Bulls 92
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Cavaliers 115, Bulls 112
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Bulls 112, Magic 94
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Cubs sign right-hander Anthony Bass
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Los Bulls siguen ganando, y ya van siete al hilo
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Jumping Jack: Ellison helps Marist control boards in win over Rich East
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Bulls have gone from 10 straight losses to 7 straight wins
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EPA says Superfund Task Force created by Pruitt kept no records of meetings
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Court tosses out 1-vote victory in recount that had briefly ended a GOP majority in Virginia
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Confederate statue removed after Memphis sells public park
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Wofford stuns No. 5 North Carolina 79-75 in Chapel Hill