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A month after Mayor Daley's Olympic team washed out in the race for the 2016 Games, the tide has shifted as planners focus on Northerly Island's long-term place in the lakefront landscape. Full Story »
A month after Mayor Daley's Olympic team washed out in the race for the 2016 Games, the tide has shifted as planners focus on Northerly Island's long-term place in the lakefront landscape. Full Story »
On the eve of Veterans Day, Gov. Pat Quinn announced the site of the Illinois Veterans’ Home at Chicago, a 200-bed facility that will begin construction in 2010. Full Story »
Google is trying to make holiday traveling less painful. Full Story »
A local musician and writer who was last seen Friday at his apartment in the South Side's McKinley Park neighborhood has been safely found, his friends and family announced Monday afternoon. Full Story »
Police are seeking a gray colored Toyota Camry involved in a shooting that left a man hospitalized early Tuesday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side early Tuesday morning. Full Story »
An armed man who allegedly broke into a home dropped his gun and was shot dead by a resident who used the weapon on him Monday afternoon near the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Full Story »
A female student at Northwestern University was the victim of a sexual abuse incident on its Evanston campus, according to an alert issued by the school Monday evening. Full Story »
The No. 2 man at Chicago's 911 emergency center has resigned his $149,832-a-year job to avoid being fired for alleged contract irregularities that cost taxpayers $2.25 million, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Full Story »
An off-duty Chicago Fire Department lieutenant was charged with having a sawed-off shotgun with an unlawful barrel length which he fired at a person breaking the windows of his minivan Monday morning on the South Side, police said. Full Story »
Federal prosecutors say they found a video of Osama bin Laden in the home of a Chicago man accused of plotting to blow up a newspaper in Denmark. Full Story »
Dozens of Illinois prison inmates will be released today as part of the state's plan to save money. Full Story »
The lone state lawmaker to vote against the impeachment of Rod Blagojevich could be kicked off the ballot in the upcoming February primary. Full Story »
The city is promising that the mistakes made last winter with snow removal will not be repeated. Full Story »
Today, attorneys will give closing arguments in the penalty phase of the trial of killer Brian Dugan. Full Story »
There are allegations of election fraud in the race for Cook County board president. Full Story »
A CTA bus plowed into the side of a brick house in the Far South Side Morgan Park neighborhood sending four people -- including the bus driver -- to area hospitals Tuesday morning. Full Story »
You can't turn on your TV, radio or log onto the Internet without hearing about it. Swine flu coverage is everywhere. But there are still plenty of misconceptions about how you can catch the H1N1 virus or the safety of the vaccine. Full Story »
Mourners at a candlelight vigil tonight remembered a pregnant Chicago soldier killed at Fort Hood, citing for her infectious smile and love of music. Full Story »
From the Far North Side to the Far South Side, from Lincoln Park and Lake View to Lawndale and Pullman, victims of violence this past weekend were shot, beaten, stabbed and one even had part of an ear bitten off. Full Story »
A Connecticut woman who was mauled and blinded after a 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her in February will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Full Story »
Some parents of Fenger High School students are looking at their legal options as they push to get their kids transfered out of the South Side school. Full Story »
Chicago police and FBI agents are trying to track down the prime suspect in what they say is one of the most heinous crimes they've ever seen triggered by a dispute over just fifteen dollars. Full Story »
Did pop diva Beyonce Knowles and her Destiny's Child rip off a Chicago songwriter's song? Full Story »
A 3-year-old boy remains in critical condition Monday morning after apparently falling into a swimming pool in his west suburban home. Full Story »
The CTA has new anti-sexual harassment ads up in trains and buses, thanks to the efforts of a group of young Rogers Park women who have campaigned against unwanted touching and rude comments on the transit system. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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