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Change at the top: North Chicago begins search for a new football coach after finishing 2-7 in 2018
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Ask Amy: Dad wants to address son’s music choice
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Travis Scott on ‘Astroworld,’ returning to theater and three Grammy nominations
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This is your brain on solitude: Why alone time is what you need, now
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Chicagoan of the Year: Nan Giordano stays behind the scenes in her all-out dance company
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Mark your calendar, pack your bags: A globetrotter’s guide to the world’s big events in 2019
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Chicagoans of the Year: As architects of mixed-income housing, Peter Landon, Jeff Bone and Catherine Baker never aim for the low end
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Chicagoans of the Year: Directors of Manual Cinema have created a whole new art form
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Most popular Beacon-News stories on the web in 2018
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Chicagoan of the Year: Bing Liu, Rockford filmmaker could make a splash at the Oscars
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Chicagoan of the Year: Terra’s Elizabeth Glassman brought Chicago visual arts into sharp focus
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Chicagoan of the Year: Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel is a distillation of the unsettling political, social and cultural vacancy of 2018
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Chicagoan of the Year: Ari Brown nobly upholds the regal tradition of Chicago tenordom in jazz
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Chicagoan of the Year: Ravinia chief Welz Kauffman provides new understanding of Leonard Bernstein
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Chicagoan of the Year: Rapper Saba turns grief into a year of musical catharsis
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‘If I can do this, you can do this’: Cook County judges inspire students of similar backgrounds
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Bears Q&A: Which potential wild-card opponent would be most dangerous? Does a lack of 1st-round picks in 2019 and 2020 hurt?
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You’ve dreamed of quitting the job you hate in a blaze of glory. Here’s why you shouldn’t.
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So you’ve decided to quit your job. Here’s how to leave gracefully
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Free markets and U.S. energy independence
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When it comes to playing or resting their starters against the Vikings, the Bears should _____ . Our writers fill in the blanks.
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With no Chicago Women’s March this January, supporters challenged to focus on community action
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Meet the 10 who made a difference in Chicago’s culture in 2018
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Bears playoff picture: Week 17 scenarios and your guide to scoreboard watching (and rooting)
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Petrak: Online map detour offers look at different economies in America
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Australian trader pleads guilty to ‘spoofing’ in Chicago
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Notre Dame receiver Miles Boykin once hated the Irish while growing up in Chicago’s south suburbs, and he still craves to be different
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Man charged with killing mom on Christmas Eve, leaving body in garbage can near home
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Man struck by car, killed on Interstate 80-94 in Hammond
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Blip or correction? Tech sector declines leave many investors wondering.
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Family of wrestler forced to cut dreadlocks won’t seek legal action
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5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
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Best Chicago happy hour deals: Dec. 27-Jan. 2
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Something fur everyone: Mascot Hall of Fame marks opening day in Whiting
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How the all-American muscle car will outlive the doomed sedan
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4 plays that will haunt the Bears if they don’t get a first-round playoff bye
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10 worthwhile New Year’s resolutions (that have nothing to do with the gym)
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EDM giant Galantis comes to Chicago to bring in the New Year right — with a boom
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Your roundup of New Year’s Eve concerts, from Noname to Bully
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Trumpet great Nicholas Payton will swing in the New Year
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Deep Breakfast has graduated from a joke to a ripping good Chicago shindig
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Eight great moments in theme-park land, 2018
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East Aurora District 131 makes national honor roll for growth and enrollment it its advanced placement courses
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Rusia asegura que su misil viaja a 27 veces la velocidad del sonido
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Bulls Q&A: Will Jim Boylen be the coach next season? Is Wendell Carter Jr. hitting the rookie wall?
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Prickly City- black hole
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Behind the scenes of the new HGTV series ‘Windy City Rehab’
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‘Liyana’ review: Swazi orphans and the plight of AIDS
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From mega grocers to bustling downtowns, economic development weighed heavily in 2018 for some northwest suburbs
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Disney: New Year’s Eve fireworks livestreamed from Magic Kingdom
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Rose vuelve a Chicago y ayuda en triunfo de Wolves
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The 20 best Chicago sports quotes from 2018
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Sears’ bankruptcy, Carson’s comeback, farewell to Hancock name: Chicago’s top 10 business stories of 2018
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Fallece Sigi Schmid, el técnico con más triunfos en la MLS
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Top stories of 2018: Foxconn, chemical plants on Lake County’s environmental radar
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Harwood Heights gas station sells Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $850K
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Nadal llega confiado al Abierto de Australia tras cirugía
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Interview with ‘Amazing Kreskin’ reveals 2019 predictions… about himself
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Chicago Fire acquire center back Marcelo from Sporting CP
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How to stay warm while working in your winter garden
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Chris Jones looks back on Chicago theater in 2018
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History or hatred? Selling Hitler’s belongings and Nazi artifacts stirs a backlash
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Ronaldo speaks out on racist chants towards Napoli’s Koulibaly
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The snippets, flashes and brilliant blips from 2018, the year without end
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The 10 worst NBA shoes worn this year, especially Lonzo Ball’s ‘Madagascars’
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How Fox’s 25 seasons of covering the NFL changed the game
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Obligados por la tragedia
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Man found dead in Gary, ID sought
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New year, healthy you: 4 steps for a healthier you
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Pioneer Press 2018 Football All-Area Defense: First Team and Second Team
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The best places to eat in Chicago this year? These 5 must-visit neighborhood destinations
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Cristina Umaña: La que pone el orden en ‘Distrito Salvaje’
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Orlando Science Center set for Noon Year’s Eve
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Los campeones de la Champions
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Oak Park police: Masked man asks for assistance at ATM, robs user of $400
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East Aurora High School honors late Chief Brent, scientist as distinguished alumni
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New policies, road work, elections keep Lake County busy in 2018
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Column: Want an autographed baseball? You might have to settle for a couple squiggles.
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La Ruta: ‘Para todas, para siempre’
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ESPN touts higher ‘Monday Night Football’ ratings despite reported Christmas Eve drop
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Ancelotti: ‘Next time we’ll stop the match by leaving the pitch’
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Elon Musk says insults aimed at Thai-cave rescuer are protected by First Amendment
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‘To this day, I’m obsessed with Notre Dame’: Chicago pipeline remains strong as Irish gear up for Cotton Bowl
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Instagram update: Don’t panic, it was an accident, and a short-lived one
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What to do about noisy upstairs neighbors
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Review: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in ‘Holmes & Watson’ a looney-tuned misfire
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Help Them to Hope donations for Dec. 27
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Federal court in 2018: ISIS, pipe bomb guilty plea, gang murder indictments
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Trump claims without evidence that ‘most of the people not getting paid’ in shutdown are Democrats
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President Trump bragged to military in Iraq about 10% raise they’ve not been given
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Americanos in Beverly brings fresh flavors to classic Mexican cuisine
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Republicans seek optimism, lawmakers search for normalcy as Democratic regime prepares to take control of state government
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Winter on the Green offers familiar fun for family, friends in Frankfort
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Lo acusan de matar a su madre la víspera de Navidad y dejar el cuerpo en basurero
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Video captures frightening near-miss after gate fails at Mokena train crossing
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Hombre de La Villita asesinado cerca de su casa en Navidad
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Los escándalos más sonados del 2018
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Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker picks outgoing Republican lawmaker to lead Illinois Department of Revenue
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Purdue Northwest closes the chapter on 2018
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Glencoe approves property tax levy increase ahead of vote on annual budget
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Just in time for the holidays, Mundelein approves ‘bring your own wine’ ordinance
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Talk of the County: Wondering when Mexico will pay for a border wall
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Former Insys CEO to plead guilty in opioid kickback scheme case
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Barrington Hills voters to decide competitive race for three trustee seats
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15 things to do with the kids Jan. 7-13
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10 things to check out in the western suburbs in 2019
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Frenchman begins lone voyage across Atlantic Ocean in a barrel, propelled only by currents
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Toy stores, under siege in the U.S., find new life in China
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Hinsdale top stories of 2018
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What I learned by not drinking for 2 years
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‘StealMe123’: Hackers, thieves and your vulnerable passwords
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Chef’s Choice: Desserts and pastries should be more than just something sweet with coffee or at the end of a meal
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AMLO pide ‘juego limpio’ tras accidente aéreo
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The 10 weirdest celebrity apologies of 2018, from a cemetery selfie to a very awkward tweet
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LeBron James named AP’s male athlete of 2018
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10 stories about drinking and health: The good, bad and ugly
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Pit bull euthanized after attacking two women in Buffalo Grove neighborhood
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Hepatitis C and drug abuse often go hand in hand, but screening for infection lags
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Come Feb. 1, girls will be allowed to join Boy Scout troops as the group rebrands itself Scouts BSA
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Speak Out: Recycling and neighborhoods
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Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery in Palos Hills features retrospective of namesake
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Man City’s losing streak, Chicago Fire’s new signing and the best of the week in soccer
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Slowik: Illinois shows Republicans are key to ending a budget standoff
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Marquis Hill, Anat Cohen signal a very hot winter
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Retired Clarendon Hills police officer alleges in lawsuit he was denied promotion, harassed because of military obligations
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Prince Amukamara named 2018 Bears Media Good Guy
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Stolen vehicle crashes into building on South Side following police pursuit
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Can’t delete Facebook? Here’s how to live with it
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Term limits are trending in Southland communities. There are several reasons why.
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Column: ‘Ghosts of Christmas Past’ exhibit keeping holiday magic alive at Oak Park River Forest Museum
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South Shore Arts exhibit focuses on graffiti artists
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UIC student Shalyha Ahmad is ‘safe,’ police say she was ‘never missing’
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Mundelein’s eminent domain case against recycling warehouse ramps up
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Blackhawks prospects Adam Boqvist and Evan Barratt starring at World Junior Championships
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Transgender inmate moved to Illinois women’s prison after alleging years of abuse
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From Renee Fleming to Spektral Quartet, an enticing winter ahead
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Twice the thriller: Bryant Brown records double-double, but Waukegan falls to Fremd in double OT
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Letter: Responsive school boards
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‘Shut the box’ and ‘snow snakes’ among the 1700s-style games kids can play at Isle a la Cache event
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Elgin sets record year for new business growth, and 2019 looks to be more of the same, officials say
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Should the Illinois Tollway keep spending this $25 million?
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ESPN’s Sean McDonough: The father, the son and being wholly stoked to call Notre Dame-Clemson
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10 things to do in Northwest Indiana in 2019
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The Trump market
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Photographers Choice: Sports photography from 2018
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Death of Paraguayan scientist found in North Side scrapyard ruled an accident
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‘Adventures of Robin Hood’ in South Holland for all ages
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Baranek: Former Bloom standout Danielle King makes impact at Marquette as an ‘amazing leader’
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10 celebrities millennials love the most
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12-year-old boy survives avalanche that buried him
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It’s chemistry class for the Bulls’ core of Zach LaVine, Lauri Markkanen and Kris Dunn
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Merrillville employees to receive raises
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Legal marijuana industry toasts banner year
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Jesús Molina se integra a Chivas para el Clausura 2019
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From ‘Tobacco 21’ to controversial projects, eventful 2018 for Barrington, Lake Zurich residents
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Quickly
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Forced to choose between campaigns in Waukegan, candidate withdraws from school board race
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Indiana 51 crash closes road, dampens water fix
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Peruano Yotún llega a México con Cruz Azul
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Loving the national parks to death
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District 113 eyes $7.4 million cafeteria makeover for Highland Park High School
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Snarf’s Sandwiches just laid off its employees the week of Christmas — again
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Oak Park massage parlor’s business license revoked following prostitution arrest
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Ring in the new year at parties planned at Elgin-area libraries and businesses
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The author you need to read now: Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Peruvian mid Yotun leaves Orlando City for Cruz Azul
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5 things to do in Lake County Jan. 4-6
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‘Sleet is Chicago’: Political activist, lawyer dies at age 41
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Community news
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OUCC says water rate hike should be denied
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Time won’t stand still during Highland Park’s 150th anniversary year
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5 things to do in the western suburbs Jan. 4-10
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7 things we heard from Bears coordinators, including how Vic Fangio feels fans’ enthusiasm and glimpses of Mitch Trubisky’s growth
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Lincoln-Way band in California for Tournament of Roses Parade
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Joven mexicana con DACA vende tamales en La Villita para poder pagar sus estudios universitarios
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Faces of 2018: Leader of Aurora girls mentoring programs looking forward to growing, expanding
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Shooter still sought as Waukegan man cuts deal for his role in 2016 carjacking attempt
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Help Them to Hope Donations for Dec. 28
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Notre Dame College Prep students lead holiday collection effort for area’s homeless
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After decades in Naperville, Ribfest is considering location change for 2020
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Three men rob Jared jewelry store on Route 59 in Aurora, flee on foot: police
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Former Aurora Mayor Weisner in hospice following cancer treatment complications: officials
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Shout Out: Matt Jennings, a Barrington High School alum who coaches volleyball
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Faces of 2018: Father whose son’s remains were found along Fox River works to change mental health stigma
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Gunman dressed as postal worker delivering package seriously wounds couple on Far South Side
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Cubs lose minor-league field coordinator Tim Cossins to Orioles, promote Chris Valaika to hitting coordinator
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Happy Henderson: Junior guard/forward Jaden Henderson sparks Jacobs to upset of King in pool play
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Corrections and clarifications
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Pioneer Press 2018 Football All-Area Honorable Mention
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Franklin Park videogame tournament offers players an opportunity to ‘go outside the box’
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Ask Tom: Is there such a thing as a mist oasis?
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Cold winds may bring snow flurries Friday
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Popular Logan Square restaurant to add 4% surcharge to bill for staff health insurance, raises
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West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
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Chicago elections board bumps 3 mayoral candidates from February ballot
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Mary Cameron Frey, covered Chicago’s society and philanthropy scene, dies
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Skeete shooter: Marcus Skeete steps up as balanced Waubonsie Valley slips past Payton in tourney at Jacobs
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Hemp becomes legal and could be Illinois’ next big cash crop
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Kaboom: Sophomore guard Courtney Blakely breaks out with 31 points as Bishop Noll tops Chicago Marshall
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In Michigan’s woods, protesters battle an aging oil pipeline they say threatens the Great Lakes
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Shutdown set to extend into new year after Congress punts on budget, border talks
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Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018
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‘Green New Deal’ divides Democrats intent on addressing climate change
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With Vic Fangio sure to be in demand, the Bears might need to think outside the box to keep the defensive mastermind
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Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
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‘Clearance rate’ for rape cases fell last year to its lowest point since at least the 1960s, according to FBI data
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Bear Download podcast: Will the Bears-Vikings matchup in Minnesota be a playoff preview?
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Father of Guatemalan boy who died in custody believed bringing him would ease entry into U.S.
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From his torn ACLs to his wedding ring, Notre Dame’s Drue Tranquill is not your average college football player
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Jonathan Taylor runs for 205 yards in Wisconsin’s 35-3 rout of Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl
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Cell signal traced to ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen outside Prague around time of alleged Russian meeting: sources
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Fantasia’s land: Baines powers unbeaten Thornwood past Stagg for Hillcrest Holiday Classic title
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Digest (Dec. 27): John Jones seeking to end skid at Laurel Park
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To the rescue: Koron Davis leads way off the bench, but Bowman loses to Chicago Farragut in Big Dipper
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Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
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Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
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Nation’s oldest World War II vet dies in Texas at age 112
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Driven: Morgan Park’s Marcus Watson lights up Big Dipper in front of Illinois coach Brad Underwood
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A new year, a new you
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No aliens: New York transformer explosion lights up sky, knocks out power