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IHOP celebrates its birthday with 60-cent pancakes on Tuesday
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Top places for selfies in South Florida
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eBay offers ‘membership free’ deals on Apple products and more with rival Prime Day sale
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Amazon Prime Day: 8 freebies and hottest deals (half off Amazon devices) you can score now
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NTSB: Engines may have failed in helicopter crash near I-57
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‘Very much counter to the plan’: Trump defies advisers in embrace of Putin
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Home Run Derby
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‘Bizarre.’ ‘Shameful.’ ‘Disgraceful.’: Republicans join Democrats in condemning Trump’s remarks
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Morning Spin: Rauner’s campaign spent nearly $8 million last quarter. Pritzker’s spent more than double that.
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Father-son driving lesson takes wrong turn
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Move over Amazon: Target launches one-day sale with freebies, 30 percent off deals
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Anne Heche returning to Chicago for ‘Chicago P.D.’ role
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‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ review: We choose to accept it
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Trump’s ‘America First’ morphs into ‘Me First’
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Elmhurst History Museum recalls roller skating days at The Elm and other Chicago area rinks
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‘Jabari’s homecoming’: Parker to the Bulls makes perfect sense to his Simeon friends
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Instagram-friendly ‘wndr museum’ is coming to Chicago, tickets on sale Tuesday
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Anthony Bourdain unloaded on Bill Clinton and Trump in one of his final interviews
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San Francisco to consider tax on companies to help homeless
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Officer shoots dog after finding man clinging to car to escape attack
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Ford to spend up to $299 million to settle Takata air bag lawsuits
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Bryce Harper’s epic Home Run Derby duel with Kyle Schwarber will be hard to top
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Q&A with QB Mitch Trubisky
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Elon Musk’s attack on organizer of Thailand cave rescue rattles investors: ‘What is he doing?’
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5 must-see concerts in Chicago this week: Girlpool, Zola Jesus, Sylvan Esso
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Explore Chicago: Dig up the past at Graceland Cemetery
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Concussions not that unusual among high school students
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Urgent care clinics are prescribing too many unnecessary antibiotics, study says
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Talk of the County: Not everyone worthy of praise in cave rescue story
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Gary eyes purchase of former Franklin Elementary property
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Hosting an interfaith dinner and want to say grace? Here’s what to do
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Prickly City-snapchat
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Amazon hopes Prime Day glitches don’t turn away customers
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Goldman’s Blankfein to retire as CEO, Solomon to take over
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Danica Patrick, who grew up a Bears fan, is now ‘the biggest Packers fan,’ thanks to boyfriend Aaron Rodgers
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This scam assumes you’re having an affair (so be careful if you really are)
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Literary fiction or genre? When Megan Abbott and Naomi Novik are writing, who cares.
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What’s wrong with baseball — and 18 ways to fix it
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Late-night hosts skewer Trump’s news conference
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Key West will be overrun with ‘Papas’ for Hemingway Days this week
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Loyola recruit Tykei Greene leaves program for Manhattan College
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Hawaii volcano boat tours continue after lava injuries
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Take that for data: NBA preps for expanded betting on games
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Cedar Lake man killed on U.S. 41 in St. John
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Could baby boomers spur a housing bust?
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Se corona junto a su padre
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Next Ford Fusion may be more like a wagon than a midsize sedan
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Hammers boss Pellegrini backs Anderson to add ‘new dimension’
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New Trier Board approves security upgrades, including shatter resistant window film, double-buzz entryway
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Talk of the County: Foxconn will hurt Lake County
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General Motors picks up market share in pickup truck war with Ford, FCA
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WFMT’s Carl Grapentine prepares to sign off after 22 years
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Drew Schad to lead cast of Shattered Globe’s ‘Crime and Punishment’
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Gaylord Palms to tell ‘A Christmas Story’ theme in ICE
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From Lou Boudreau to Kirby Puckett: Chicago area’s all-time MLB baseball team
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Talk of the County: Trump-Putin 2020
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Former WGN-AM sportscaster Judd Sirott lists Glencoe house for $760,000
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Naperville swimmer expecting invite to 2019 Special Olympics World Games
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Twins’ Fernando Rodney leaves game early to become a U.S. citizen
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Talk of the County: Congressmen or comrades?
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DuPage Children’s Museum focuses on transportation for event
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Gardeners, whip out the color wheel to craft eye-catching plant combos
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‘The Band’s Visit’ to float in for Chicago premiere September 2019
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Los premios MTV se ponen latinos
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Oak Brook Park District to seek $17.9 million referendum to buy McDonald’s property
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CR7 tendrá un sueldazo en la Juve
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Wrestlers sue Ohio State over doctor’s sexual misconduct
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Northbrook contributing $15,000 toward YMCA mini bus
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East Dundee trustees on the fence about starting mosquito abatement program
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Jawbreaker to play only Midwestern show at Aragon Ballroom in November
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Second-chance points: Matt Hanushewsky, Rocco Ronzio help Hersey regroup
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6 scenic spots to enjoy pizza outdoors along Wisconsin’s Great River Road
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Former Griffith student accused of bringing gun to school accepts plea deal
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Former WGN-AM sportscaster Judd Sirott lists Glencoe home for $760,000
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District 64 to gauge Park Ridge’s interest in district’s administrative office building
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Chicago Marathon adds 2 elite runners to women’s field for October race
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Nueva cultura de béisbol será expuesta en Juego de Estrellas
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Russian prosecutors want to question U.S. intelligence agents
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Cave-diving experts feel the ripples of the Thailand rescue — a rise in demand
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Spirit of Italian aperitivi captured in cans sized for toting on summer outings
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Elmhurst Council approves $30,000 American Legion grant, with stipulations
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Officials say Islamic State suicide bomber kills 20, Taliban kill 9 police
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Jupiter’s moon count reaches 79, including tiny ‘oddball’
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Underwood outraises Hultgren in latest fundraising quarter, new finance reports show
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Beach Bum Band brings Calypso beat to summer concert series
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New Trier Board approves tentative $106.78 million budget, relying on $101 million in property taxes
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5 easy ways to create a healthier, happier you this summer
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Urban farmers forced off land find new ground to grow
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6 simple ways to dress up ice cream using ingredients you’re sure to have on hand
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Boy who was run over by boat while swimming in Fox River is recovering, police say
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How to take your fruit salad from boring to brilliant
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‘It’s a small little repair, but it has a rippling effect’: Free brake light clinic set in Oak Park
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Chance the Rapper will not be releasing new music this week
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On ‘The Bachelorette,’ hometown dates bring confessions of love — and a wrenching goodbye
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Black Tiberinus is coming to the Chicago Riverwalk
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The CDC director’s deeply personal reason for fighting opioids: His son nearly died of an overdose
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Construction of building on site of former Valpo bakery expected to begin in August
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Lawmakers warn Trump tariffs threaten local newspapers
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This simple sauce is summer’s best burger hack, and other tips
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My worst moment: ‘Queen Sugar’ star Bianca Lawson and a messy wardrobe malfunction
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Urban farmers forced off land find new ground to grow
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After the Trump-Putin news conference, here’s why people are talking about the Dixie Chicks
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Alabama officers suspended for alleged ‘white power’ gesture
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Niles auction to feature political memorabilia, personal items belonging to late Congressman Dan Rostenkowski
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Speak Out
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Argentina airport evacuated due to grenade-like pot grinder
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Oak Brook adds online travel services to hotel tax revenues
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2 boys, ages 11 and 13, charged with causing over $100K in damage to South Elgin trolley museum
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Lake Barrington carries on preservation goal with latest land acquisition
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Proposed sports facility hints at the future of Northbrook Court
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Concejal ofrece donativo tras aceptar fondos de centros de detención
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Homeland Security advisory council members resign over immigration policies
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Vehicle crashes into Homewood Dairy Queen
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‘That is a tunnel of noise’: Western Springs residents talk sound walls, park impact from proposed I-294 expansion
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Quickly
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Sugar Grove Corn Boil offers family fun, tribute to first responders
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Los medios contra la apnea compiten por un espacio en la cama
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2018 fantasy football QB rankings, from Aaron Rodgers to Joe Flacco
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Prairie Elementary assistant principal moving into lead role at school
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Amended lease OK’d for satellite health department office in Porter County
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Amsterdam’s fire chief took on ‘white male culture.’ His employees tried to have him killed.
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Nothing screams ‘I NEED GLASSES!’ like squinted eyes and a confused look
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Liver cancer death rates rise 43 percent in U.S., CDC reports
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NAACP lifts travel warning against American Airlines
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East Aurora approves archway for new stadium
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Emanuel won’t judge officers’ actions in fatal police shooting, says he wants to use it to ‘help all of us learn from this’
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Readers react: President Trump in Helsinki
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How the Obamas managed to become invisible in Washington, D.C.
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Aislado, Trump queda bajo enorme presión por relaciones con Rusia
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Just Opened: Etta brings hearth-fire cooking to Bucktown
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‘It’s a wonderful community event’: Food, entertainment draw people to Taste of Park Ridge
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‘It’s hypocritical’: Chicago Latino Caucus to return donation from private immigrant detention company
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Brett Kavanaugh goes against a century of Supreme Court precedent
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Porter County Expo Center upgrades cost comes in under budget
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Taste of Park Ridge
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Beyond Home Run Derby: Baseball should add skills competition to All-Star festivities
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Peet’s Coffee taps former Wrigley executive as new CEO
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Loyola bids adieu to old pool, looks forward to new aquatic center
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Gary gunshot victim identified
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Just Opened: Etta brings hearth-fire cooking to Bucktown
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Coon Creek Country Days returns to Hampshire
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The ‘Holy Grail’ of baseball cards – a 1952 Mickey Mantle worth millions – goes on display at Denver museum
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Scrapping aldermanic privilege is an affront to local homeowners
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Civil War weekend returning to Carpentersville for third year
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Mike Kudla, former star on Ohio State 2002 national title team, dies at 34
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‘Picnic in Paris’: CarefulPeach Boutique celebrates Bastille Day in Oak Park
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After social media push, organizers raise enough to pay for Ida B. Wells-Barnett monument
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Bastille Day in Oak Park
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Bicyclist surpasses gates as Wisconsin bridge lifts and falls into gap, narrowly avoiding serious injury
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El ‘Bolillo’ Gómez deja la selección de Panamá
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Board won’t move Griffith polls from school buildings
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Commercial property rezoned for up to four residential units in Park Ridge’s South Park neighborhood
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Lake Bluff Park District gets $350K state grant for beach accessibilty improvements
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The awkward obligation: When you suspect a student is dangerous
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Developers make minor density adjustment to 702-unit Polo Club proposed for south Naperville
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Time for some old-school fun at Wisconsin State Fair
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Park Ridge aldermen tentatively support allowing cosmetic tattooing, but hold off on addressing ‘body art’
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Comings & Goings: Lorenz Appliances opens Mokena store
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The best gyros in Chicago? Look for the pork
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Moran: A remarkably not difficult trip from the flat beaches to the ones with dunes
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Orioles likely to trade Manny Machado shortly after All-Star Game; top Dodgers prospect targeted
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Proposed ordinance would fine Arlington Heights parents with truant kids
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Like Amazon, Target.com crashes amid one-day sale
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Lake Forest aldermen reject plan for car wash combo: ‘The site is too small’
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Commissioner Rob Manfred: MLB must discuss whether ‘organic changes are good for the game’
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What’s happening in Park Ridge: Final outdoor orchestra concert this week; History Center to host open house
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Learning lessons: Hunter Rumachik and Jimmy Fairley step up but Huntley eliminated from summer baseball state tourney
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Free concert planned in downtown Aurora
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Iceberg, visible from space, could wash away nearby village in Greenland
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Vanilla ice cream: Which is best? A blind tasting of a dozen ice cream brands.
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364-unit apartment building will help attract luxury renters in Warrenville, developer says
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‘Heartbreak Hotel’ review: Elvis musical needs the real story
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The Civil War experience comes to life at Glenview History Center
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‘It’s of strategic importance’: River Forest hears concerns, suggestions on proposed North Avenue TIF district
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Displaced Syrians protest near Israeli troops after airstrike hits school, killing 10
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What the rest of us can learn from the Wild Boars soccer team about importance of survival, coping skills
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Lake County Municipal League joins protest against possible ‘negative effect’ of Foxconn plant
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Obama denounces ‘politics of fear’ in speech: ‘If people can learn to hate, they can be taught to love’
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‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ review: Sequel is a seaside confection
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Elizabeth Cambage scores WNBA-record 53 points for Wings over Liberty
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One year later, search continues for South Elgin 10-year-old who authorities say was abducted by her mother
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Woman sought in Grandwood Park armed robbery
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Papa John’s founder: Stepping down as chairman a ‘mistake’
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Post summit Trump
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Alivio e incertidumbre en caso de asilo de familia hondureña
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Kellogg Co. Chairman and CEO Steven Cahillane’s Lincoln Park mansion
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Four days of food, fun, music on the bill for Lincolnwood Fest
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Lincoln Park Zoo gala, Zoobilee, celebrates 150 years
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Lincoln Park Zoo Ball
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United Airlines expects passengers to pay more through September
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Pritzker spent nearly $11 million on advertising in recent months, compared to almost $5 million for Rauner
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Sports calendar
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Prosecutor in girl’s 1988 killing hails genealogy databases
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Goldfish Swim School headed to Park Ridge
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You’ll be a happy camper if you vote in the Tweet of the Week poll
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Al Capone bootleg brewery in South Loop set for demolition
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Did Bryce Harper cheat in the Home Run Derby? Some Cubs fans think so.
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Police: Child wasn’t at West Side home where cops were in standoff
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Waukegan takes out loan to pay off $9.5 million wrongful conviction settlement
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Church news
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New writer’s ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ series will focus on Spidey basics: Laughs and love
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Girl rescued from Crystal Lake swim beach, flown to hospital after being found unresponsive
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Reporter removed from Trump-Putin summit says he held sign to ask a question
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Trump’s shots at NATO allies reflect an ugly attraction to tribal leadership
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Kane County sees 7 percent increase in felonies in 2018
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William Carvalho: ‘Si gano la Liga Europa con el Betis me quito el bigote’
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Former Notre Dame soccer standout Michele Fumagalli, mom of a toddler, beats long odds to reach CrossFit Games
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New dockless bike-sharing program could debut in Oak Park in 2019, officials say
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Cedar Lake man held on child pornography charges
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Growing numbers of U46 students spending summer break putting on a play; this year it’s ‘Les Miserables’
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Community bands together to decry recent Valparaiso graffiti
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Aurora City Council approves Youth Commission appointments
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Is being a sports fan worth the agony of defeat?
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New world for Oyster: Neuqua Valley product Megan Oyster right at home as defender for Seattle Reign
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Shop Outdoor: Hemingway District, Downtown Oak Park team up for sidewalk sale event
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Frankfort police seek suspect in arson, burglary at Durbins Pizza
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Trump is on Putin’s side, not America’s
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Bremen High School District 228 board ousts president
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Lake Zurich Boy Scouts praised after helping crash victims during South Dakota hiking trip
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New Regina Dominican principal sees ‘tremendous power’ in having an impact on high school students
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Summer rainfall has shuttered beach, soaked parks more in 2018 than year before: Park District officials
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Glencoe caucus pushing application deadline for public office back to after Labor Day
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Brexit campaigners broke electoral law, watchdog group says
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Disabato: World Wiffle Ball Championships prove to be a big hit in Midlothian
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These Southland pets need new homes
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Charles Weigel, former Elmhurst mayor, dies
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Photo: Clow Farm relegated to history books as demolition clears way for new Naperville subdivision
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Ask Tom: What is the definition of a cold front?
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El Chicago Fire sigue incorporando refuerzos
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Metra’s Fox River rail bridge project in Elgin on schedule for 2020 completion
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‘War and Peace’ and my pal Putin: A new TrumPoem, based on the president’s words
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U.K.’s Theresa May faces down revolt over Brexit trade bill
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Slowik: Some unopposed candidates have big campaign war chests
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Worried mayor pleads for calm as officer in Laquan McDonald case is set for trial
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Emanuel tops $10M for re-election bid, five times the total raised by his 10 challengers
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Trump’s Putin pivot: Following a blunder, a dubious disavowal
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Alejandro Fernández y Los Tigres del Norte invitan a ‘dreamers’ a su gira
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Federal judge remands Keystone Montessori lawsuit against River Forest to state court
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In unusual move, judge silences media lawyer in Chicago cop’s high-profile murder case
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Inmigrantes ‘actores de su propio desarrollo’
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‘Skyline forever changed’: New Lake County Courthouse tower dedicated Tuesday
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Happy Zahora: Matt Zahora finishes strong as St. Laurence tops Lyons in summer baseball state quarterfinals
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Wendell Carter Jr. named to All-NBA Summer League first team
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Lalley sworn in as new Elgin police chief, seven other cops receive promotions in Tuesday ceremony
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This fireworks bill is a dud
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Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman takes center ice but focus is on Corey Crawford
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Emanuel: Take away Trump’s security clearance after summit with Putin
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TEDxNaperville video titled, ‘Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies’ surpasses 1 million views
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Trade commodities such as Manny Machado and J.A. Happ stimulate All-Star rumor mill
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Records detail orderly suicide of lawyer accused of impersonating Cook County judge
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East Aurora board members spar over immigration ‘safe zone’ request
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Fire land Raheem Edwards from Impact for $400K in TAM
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Meet the Estbys
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Kids crash antique double-decker Disney bus into tree at Volo Auto Museum, officials say
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Metra train hits pedestrian near Homewood station
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Rauner declines to remove Illinois from multistate voter database, criticizes Trump over Putin meeting
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Is there room for a little godliness at Google?
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Special investigations can be witch hunts. The Mueller probe isn’t one.
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Warriors coach Steve Kerr receives contract extension
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Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker to captain WNBA All-Star Game
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Immigrant children describe hunger and cold in detention
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Fire damages the Gold Pyramid House in Wadsworth
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San Francisco bans tour buses from ‘Full House’ residence
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Another sunny day with lower humidity across the Chicago area
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Ambitious all-female initiative seeks to cut by half the number of women in state prison
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Arizona Cardinals suspend GM 5 weeks after extreme DUI plea
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Hawaii lava boat tours continue after explosion, injuries
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Fielding of dreams: Sure-handed Danny Zardon helps the Joliet Slammers lead Frontier League in defense
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Bright future: Croatia loses close game in International Baseball Challenge at Oil City Stadium, continues to make gains
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White Sox’s Jose Abreu enjoys first All-Star start