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Anthony Rendon is headed to the Angels. What does it mean for Kris Bryant and the Cubs?
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Ask Amy: Trauma survivor faces more challenges
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Kofi Cockburn accidentally hit a referee in the head during Illinois’ win against Michigan
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Man, woman wounded at party after bullets fly into West Pullman home
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Outdated Lincoln Park Zoo lion house to be modernized and renamed after $15 million donation
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Businesses hit hard by new property tax assessments in the suburbs — but homeowners could catch a break
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Column: Horowitz report finally unmasks Adam Schiff. Who’s going to call him out on his lies?
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tl;dr: Buying (legal!) weed for dummies, ‘Home Alone’ house 30 years later and a trip to the Bahamas reveals the coral crisis
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Daywatch: Isolated timeouts lead to school crisis, property tax burden shifting in suburbs and a guide to Chicago’s newest food hall
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Theo Epstein sees Albert Almora Jr. as ‘a real bounce-back candidate’ for the Cubs
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3 takeaways from Illinois’ 71-62 win over No. 5 Michigan, including Kofi Cockburn’s growing reputation
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What to buy the person on your list who is asking for a new smartphone or tablet
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Last-minute gifts for the people you forgot to shop for
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Best ugly Christmas sweaters
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German family that owns Krispy Kreme giving millions to atone for Nazi past
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The best reef-safe sunscreen
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Feast Day of Guadalupe draws thousands to Des Plaines shrine
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Southwest Airlines says it will give workers $125 million from Boeing 737 Max settlement
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Parents of Indiana toddler who fell to her death sue cruise company
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Environmental groups sue steel giant ArcelorMittal to enforce Clean Water Act after toxic spill into Little Calumet River kills 3,000 fish
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Eating only during a 10-hour window improved health for those with common syndrome
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Looking for some new takes on Christmas veggies? Here are a few you’ll want to try.
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Crackdown on unruly passengers on international flights starts Jan. 1
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Speak Out: Impeachment will backfire on Democrats
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Mike Gapski, the NHL’s longest-tenured trainer, will work his 2,500th Blackhawks game tonight. And the lifelong Chicagoan shows no signs of slowing down.
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Armed man dies after being shot by officer in Fort Madison, Iowa
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UAW ratifies Fiat Chrysler contract that includes $55 million for Belvidere Jeep Cherokee plant
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Lin-Manuel Miranda debuts ‘In the Heights’ trailer
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Oak Lawn to pay $100K and possible attorney costs for former village manager charged in hit-and-run crash
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Clint Eastwood on ‘Richard Jewell,’ criticism and finding stories
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A Belgian art collector thought he had won a wooden Picasso model in an auction. ‘Unfortunately, this is how Gary works.’
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True-crime podcast retells the story of Molly Zelko, the mob-busting Joliet journalist who vanished in 1957
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Pianist Mike Jones, who has played along side magical duo Penn & Teller for 17 years, returns to the Green Mill Jazz Club
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Things to do in Chicago today | Dec. 12
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The Brexit election: U.K. voters choose today between quick Conservative divorce or a second vote with Labour
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Head of technology for Indiana prison system charged with molesting child for 6 years at state-owned home on prison grounds
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Paris 2024 Olympics chooses Tahiti to host surfing events
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If you don’t think art can change a life, ask Sixto Rodriguez, who in his 70s is enjoying a resurrected career thanks to a movie called ‘Searching for Sugar Man’
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Cousin showdown: Matt Ryan, Mike McGlinchey meet for 1st time in NFL
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Help Them to Hope
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International team rallying around only Presidents Cup win
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La familia de Emiliano Zapata visitó la polémica pintura; así reaccionó
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International team rallying around only Presidents Cup win
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Katie Kadan almost didn’t audition for ‘The Voice.’ Now the Chicago singer may win the show.
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Chicago served as a muse for awe-inspiring local band Oux
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Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 2 charter schools, including Illinois’ first online public school: ‘You are breaking apart my family.’
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Who’s No. 1? Top picks Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield ready for QB duel
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Dwight Howard thriving in his smallest role yet with Los Angeles Lakers
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Broadway’s ‘Be More Chill’ is coming to Chicago — in an updated version 2.0
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Art Institute gives free admission to City Colleges students
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The best piano mat
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The best aquarium heater
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The best framing nailer
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The best digital caliper
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The best Hoover carpet cleaner
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The best pH meter
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The best laser engraver
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Trabajadores de Miami protestan por bajos salarios con plátanos pegados con cinta
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The best ankle weights
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The best Makita replacement battery
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The best cold sore treatment
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The best Transformers toy
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The current decade will go down in history as the Earth’s warmest
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Talavera, la tradición alfarera de España y México, declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad
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Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
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J.J. Barea, viajero frecuente y feliz a México
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Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
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Introducing the 2019 News-Sun Boys Soccer All-Area Team
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3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 136-102 win over the Hawks, including Kris Dunn’s defensive goal and Thaddeus Young’s challenge to the bench
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Un niño pequeño fue baleado en el suroeste de Chicago
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Second City skewers holiday season in ‘Ugly Sweater’ show at Beverly Arts Center
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Ma’qiis Haywood is the 2019 News-Sun Boys Soccer Player of the Year
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Wintry storm makes for slippery, sloppy morning commute
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West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
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Madrigal dinner planned at West Aurora High School
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Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
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Elena Poniatowska revela que fue abusada sexualmente por el escritor Juan José Arreola y que es el padre de su primer hijo
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Column: I can’t fight the feeling of Ebenezer Scrooge thanks to my December birthday
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Drug court addicts aren’t only abusers of prescription meds, opioids. It’s our kids, the elderly, millions of us.
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Column: Fearless, peerless Greta Thunberg spends first day as Time’s Person of the Year proving why she’s worthy
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Wintry storm makes for slippery, sloppy morning commute
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2 officers injured by suspect who led a nearly 65-mile chase through 10 Milwaukee communities
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Gobierno y familia de Emiliano Zapata acuerdan mantener en exhibición la pintura polémica
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Aurora Library Board to vote on creating a library district
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Baghdad mob strings up corpse of teen gunman who killed six, officials say
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McDonald’s Bacon BBQ Burger sports limp bacon and a forgettable beef patty, but the crispy onion strings rescue it
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Post-Tribune boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
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Daily Southtown boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Friday, Dec. 13, 2019
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32 towns and villages around the world that are magical at Christmas
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Father, girlfriend charged in fatal 2018 beating of his son, 9, killed in Freeport while visiting from Forest Park
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Almost 30 years later, Chicago suburb residents say ‘Home Alone’ changed the neighborhood — but they’re OK with it
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Lamar Jackson was selected after these 4 quarterbacks in the 2018 NFL Draft
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Petrak: Lyons Township runner with visual impairment maintains drive to compete
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Boys basketball notes: Charleston recruit RJ Ogom relishes doing ‘a little bit of everything’ for H-F
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Pesebre muestra a Jesús, María y José encarcelados
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Column: Communities that celebrate different religions, cultures personify the holiday season
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Pat Disabato’s annual high school football report card puts bow on championship season for Southland
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Trump slams Greta Thunberg, teen climate activist, after Time magazine honor: ‘Greta must work on her Anger Management problem!’
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Letter: Black market to be big problem once marijuana is legal
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Lake Forest mansion with guest house and underground walkway: $4.4M
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Did your kids sign up for TikTok or Musical.ly? You could claim a share of $1.1 million class-action privacy settlement.
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Cubs add pitching depth by selecting Trevor Megill in the Rule 5 draft
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‘It really brightened the holiday already’: Project connects Chicago families with free Christmas trees
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Vacant houses, sparse internet and high poverty: Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census
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No hay mañana para los Chicago Bears
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‘That was definitely a motivator’: Loss in third-place match at state fuels fire for Providence’s Kevin Countryman
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Jimmie Delgado working to ‘make our community a family’
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Concern over ICE raids prompts new protocols designed to protect students at Township High School District 113
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In Michael Eric Dyson’s new book, Jay-Z is the living embodiment of American ideals
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‘Richard Jewell’ review: Clint Eastwood’s seething, flawed reminder that sometimes the fake-news rap is legit
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Bob Rosenberg, the longtime official scorer for the Cubs and White Sox, will not return in 2020
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Column: Tourists are still flocking to the ‘Home Alone’ house. I get the appeal.
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Boys basketball notes: Career scoring record in sight for 21st Century senior guard Johnell Davis
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10 ex-NFL players charged with defrauding healthcare program
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Bingeable winter television: More than 25 shows to get you through winter
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Speak Out: Maybe Kaepernick will run for president
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Destigmatizing mental health treatment this holiday season: ‘Seeking help is not a sign of weakness’
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The Arctic may have crossed key threshold, emitting billions of tons of carbon into the air, in a long-dreaded climate feedback
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‘The Flash’ and ‘The Matrix 4’ get release dates from Warner Bros.
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Clerk battered first day on job during armed robbery at Glenview liquor store, police say
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Posada anual por una reforma migratoria
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10 questions with… ECC art gallery curator Juan Fernandez
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Periódico Hoy se despide tras dos décadas y media junto al deporte en Chicago
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Chicago hotel named one of the world’s best by Condé Nast Traveler
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100% her year: How Lizzo became the one thing we all loved in 2019
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Booked it! Chicago theater casting announcements for Dec. 12
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Golden Globe nominee Andrew Scott wants you to know he’s more than ‘The Hot Priest’
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends website shaming budget naysayers: ‘Since when is letting voters and residents know how aldermen voted bullying?’
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Illinois layoffs top 1,000 for second straight month, with nearly 200 let go at Sears parent
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Downtown Aurora parking lot reopens with new signs
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EatingWell: It’s easy to feel festive making this pomegranate parfait
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‘It’s a good confidence booster’: Jake Lenschow puts on a show as Burlington Central cruises past Dundee-Crown
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Colombia threatens to sue Walmart for linking the country to cocaine on a Christmas sweater
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4 more marijuana dispensaries get OK to sell recreational weed; now there are 32 approved statewide, 9 in Chicago
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Hundreds pack Evanston church to discuss city’s local reparations fund: ‘It was time to lead in urgency’
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TBOX and Harry Potter drinks — here are 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
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Bartomeu asegura que el Clásico Barcelona-Real Madrid ‘se jugará’
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Things to do in Chicago this weekend: Harry Potter drinks and dinner, TBOX, 99-cent cupcakes, gingerbread house workshop, drag brunch
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Pentagon watchdog investigating $400 million border wall contract awarded to firm that used Fox News appearances to push for the job
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Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra performs Home for the Holidays
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‘American Dharma’ review: Trump frenemy Steve Bannon gets the best of a perplexed filmmaker
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A forward with guard tendencies, Ben Schwieger puts growth spurt to good use for Waubonsie Valley
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World of Chocolate’s cocktails in an ‘igloo’ and 1940s ocean liner vibe help raise money for AIDS Foundation of Chicago
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5 things you should look for when reading a CBD label
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‘If it was up to us, we’d have our own team:’ Bad Bulls breakup can’t end Jabari Parker’s Chicago dream team
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Naperville real estate appraiser wins $100 worth of Aurelio’s pizza every month for next five years
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3-year-old boy shot in arm outside West Side library in ‘another unacceptable incident,’ police say
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Editorial: AJ Freund’s mother pleaded guilty to his murder. The reckoning over his tragic abuse must continue.
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Lamar Jackson would be the Ravens’ first MVP, but not Baltimore’s. Who would he join in the city’s lore?
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These states are most likely to legalize marijuana in 2020
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Girls basketball notes: Junior guard Jen Tomasic’s career high helps end Lake Central’s two-game losing streak
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Christmas shopping? Orland Park police auction to feature laptop computers, phones, high-end watches
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Amazon compra derechos de la Champions en Alemania
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The year in art was explosive, scene-changing and expanded far beyond the walls of galleries. Here’s a look at some things that mattered in 2019
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Community news
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14 facts you might not know about the real North Pole
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A ‘Good Fellow’ inspired gift-giving to the needy in 1909
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Michigan man who committed crime in Upper Peninsula so he could return to prison gets his wish
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago police merit promotions process has become ‘illegitimate’
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‘It was so good’: Freshman guard Abby Drendel delivers in third quarter, sparks Naperville North past Oswego
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‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ series will explore the Griswolds’ daily lives in the suburbs of modern-day Chicago
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Homer Glen planning next round of improvements at Heritage Park
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Shout Out: Jackson Bradford, a danseur and choreographer eyeing the Lincoln Center stage in NY
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Calumet City man charged with hitting woman in the face with a gas can
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No solo de Emiliano Zapata; Fabián Cháirez también ha realizado obras a semejanza de los luchadores El Santo y Blue Demon
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As vaping death count surpasses 50 in U.S., hospitalization rates are highest in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
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Jeff VanderMeer trips up his ‘Dead Astronauts’ as they try to rescue a ruined world
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‘Explosive’ Kevin Pierre-Louis has a big opportunity with the Bears likely playing without their starting inside linebackers
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Sandy Duncan will star in new ‘Middletown’ comedy in Chicago
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Single-digit wind chills are forecast for the Bears-Packers game Sunday at Lambeau Field
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Senior Lauren Umbright, a throwback to another era, stands tall for Naperville Central, regardless of the sport
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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ renewed for Season 4 at Amazon
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Column: Best wishes for 2020 and beyond
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Derrick Rose disfruta el renacer de su carrera
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Review: Phodega serves Chicago’s best bowl of pho south of Argyle Street
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Happy hour deals in Chicago: Dec. 12-Dec. 18
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Shout Out: Stan Cook, executive director of HCS Family Services in Hinsdale
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Free things to do this week include holiday bazaars, tuneful guitars and getting your fight on
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Killers who stormed a kosher market in Jersey City were ‘fueled’ by anti-Semitism, official says: ‘The evidence points toward acts of hate’
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Aurora sees plan for city’s first recreational marijuana dispensary on Route 59
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Primer avance de ‘In the Heights’, la película
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Voters’ dogs brighten up Britain’s general election
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2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer headed to dealerships in spring
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Grieving parents plead for return of their baby’s ashes after their west suburban home was burglarized: ‘Billy didn’t deserve this.’
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Former Naperville youth football teammates are now opponents in Saturday’s 120th Army-Navy game
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2020 Honda Passport now for sale
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AP Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, first winner from LSU
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Vacant Gary schools heading to market again, this time at more ‘realistic’ prices
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State taps Ernst & Young to help with Thompson Center sale
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Have a heart: Cheerios changes shape for new marketing campaign
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Commentary: Mayor Lightfoot’s call for ComEd hearings sounds good, but …
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How not to ruin that pricy piece of meat in the holiday meal
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Trustees approve posing home rule question to voters, but fear property tax hike may loom
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On its fourth try and after a social media boost from Kim Kardashian West, Senate backs measure affirming century-old Armenian genocide
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Top 15 albums of the decade
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker expects to miss the next debate but won’t drop out of race
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Tinley Park asks state to remove contaminants from abandoned mental health center
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Cubs leave the winter meetings empty-handed — but with some clarity: ‘We have a sense of which teams are interested in our players’
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Pentagon tests long-banned ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean
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Review: ‘Bombshell’ breezes through a Fox News rebellion
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Couple who bought $120k duct-taped banana during Art Basel Miami sense it will be iconic, plan to gift it to a museum
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Twitter brings back election labels for 2020 U.S. candidates
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Spectacle starts work on Gary Hard Rock Casino site
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Se vienen nuevas reglas en Grandes Ligas
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Faith leaders gather in Arlington Heights for anti-gun vigil and remembrance of shooting victims, including at Sandy Hook school
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Online charter school once run by ex-Gary schools leader Pruitt to close
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At least 4 students taken to hospital from Chicago elementary school after police say they took Xanax
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Letters: ‘Merit’ system killed Chicago police morale
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19-year-old charged with murder in fatal shooting of nurse in Little Village
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Robert Heller, longtime owner of Arlington Heights lumberyard, dies
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Comedian Chris Cotton dies at 32
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‘How things used to be’: Sand Ridge takes visitors back in time Christmas Past program
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1 man dead, 2 wounded outside Park Manor candy warehouse, among 7 wounded in Thursday shootings
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Column: Small-business advocates ask state lawmakers for help during Park Forest forum
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Top stories of the decade: 2010 — Jerry Hobbs freed from jail after being wrongfully accused of daughter’s murder
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Portage man’s love of lights makes his home a must see during the holidays
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Ex-top aide to Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown given 2 years in prison as judge notes Brown’s absence. ‘And she’s not here to help you when you need help.’
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White Sox leave winter meetings still in need of starting pitching. Rick Hahn says they will ‘err on the side of being aggressive.’
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Freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, who flipped Republican seat in 2018, says he’ll vote for impeachment
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Defendant takes stand Thursday in 2018 Zion murder trial; jury starts deliberations
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Developer says proposed 5-story building at Main and Water streets would add to downtown Naperville’s ‘grandeur’
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Commentary: Greta Thunberg vs. Donald Trump
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The Spin: Federal judge calls out Dorothy Brown | Lightfoot says she’s no bully | Fritz Kaegi’s first property tax assessments are in
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Federal regulators propose overhaul of anti-redlining law
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River Forest approves recreational marijuana businesses, with some restrictions
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Corrections and clarifications
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Editorial: Taxation tough love from Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi
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Jobs that might not exist in 50 years
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Commentary: What the parole of Chester Weger meant to my family
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Parolee charged in fatal shooting at CTA Howard Street station last week
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50 staggering statistics from the business world
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Stunt work took her from UCLA gymnast to ‘Watchmen’ hero
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Chicago man charged with DUI in Aurora
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Community news: Oak Lawn Community students donate meal baskets for Thanksgiving
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Longtime Wilmette administrator Tim Frenzer to retire in February 2020
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Will County set to tax marijuana sales, but may ban sales in unincorporated areas
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Bike shelter demolition kicks off first step of work leading to new Clarendon Hills Metra station
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Should the city of Chicago have to pay $44 million for a shooting involving an off-duty police officer? Federal judges set to rule
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NHL players often compete with high levels of pain, but getting sick is another matter: ‘It’s the whole body’
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Kim Foxx, local officials lead community safety forum at Oak Park Library
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Column: It’s nice to see baseball’s hot stove warm back up with major free-agent deals after a couple of years of frozen markets
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New laws going on the books in 2020 across the U.S.
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RSA: Radio independiente
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Federal labor board hands Fight for $15 a major defeat in its push to unionize McDonald’s
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Waukegan District 60 school board approves property tax levy increase despite plans to keep it flat
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Shout Out: Romy Block, owner of multivitamin business in Highland Park
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Family, friends hold vigil for Montgomery man fatally shot in Aurora
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Blackhawks place defenseman Calvin de Haan on IR with a right shoulder injury that ‘likely’ will keep him out long term
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Daycare seeks city approval to relocate from Jefferson School to Park Ridge Methodist church
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Las rolas por Domingos en Vocalo: Álbumes del 2019
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Elementary student is 10th whooping cough case in Oak Park and River Forest within the past month
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Colombia y esa ‘vaina’ de la economía naranja
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CTA’s Holiday Train ‘unavoidably delayed’ after police activity near Oak Park
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Handwritten thank-you notes for large purchases helps hardware stores connect with customers, Ziegler’s Ace owner says
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A look inside the Bears’ halftime routine: How they cram a lunch break, study session and mental reset into 13 minutes
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Crosby: Elf on Shelf envy comes out of hiding this time of year
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Bears receiver Allen Robinson, nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, says he wants to be ‘a voice to the kids’ in Chicago
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U.S. and China near modest trade deal that would suspend planned tariffs and de-escalate 17-month trade war
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3 things we learned at Bears practice, including Eddy Pineiro kicking in frigid weather and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix’s take on facing former Packers teammate Aaron Rodgers
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Like 911, federal regulators to set up 3-digit hotline for suicide prevention: 988
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All is not (yet) lost: Sizing up the Bears’ playoff push and the clash with the Packers on the Bear Download podcast
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Community news
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Community news
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New Zealand recovers 6 bodies from toxic volcanic island
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Quickly
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House panel delays historic vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump after 14-hour debate
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Church briefs