A second murder charge has been filed against a suspect in the killings of seven women in Indiana, as authorities disclosed they found what was to be the weapon for his next victim: A bathrobe tie knotted in two places.
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A federal judge has granted a request by a Chicago attorney to appoint a monitor to oversee hiring at the Illinois Department of Transportation, dealing a blow to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn less than two weeks before Election Day.
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Taking a page from the pope’s playbook, incoming Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich will forgo the historic Gold Coast mansion that has housed Chicago archbishops for more than a century, opting instead for more modest digs inside the rectory of Holy Name Cathedral, the archdiocese...
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Chicago’s arts and festivals chief on Wednesday defended last summer’s money-losing Taste of Chicago festival along with the first-time Great Chicago Fire Festival that culminated in a flame-out that disappointed tens of thousands of spectators lining the Chicago River.
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Ted Cruz doesn't trust Barack Obama to protect Americans against Ebola or defeat the Islamic State. But Cruz wants to give him another power: deciding that some Americans will no longer be Americans.
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Everything you need to know about Beltway nepotism, corporate cronyism and corruption can be found in the biography of Robert Hunter Biden.
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When the starter's gun sounded for the 34th annual Beijing International Marathon on Sunday, air pollution measured 20 times worse than what the World Health Organization considers safe to breathe. Anywhere else in the world, this would have been a scandal worthy of collective...
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Illinois billionaire Ken Griffin, who in July filed for divorce from his money-manager wife, said in a court filing Wednesday that Anne Dias Griffin continues to buy luxury goods and designer clothing with credit cards for which he is stuck with the bill.
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In a glass tower topped with solar panels, wind turbines and rooftop gardens, a team of architects and planners who helped turn a once-moribund industrial tract into a trendy neighborhood in this river port town is crafting ways to bring street life and energy efficiency to a...
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Given that he has talked about hastening newspapers' transition from print to digital practically from the moment he got the keys to the Chicago Sun-Times and its sister publications almost three years ago, no one should be surprised Wrapports Chairman Michael Ferro would be willing to...
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Vice President Joe Biden campaigned in Lake County on Wednesday, trying to boost Democratic prospects in races for U.S. Senate, governor and Congress.
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Sen. Dick Durbin has maintained his fundraising dominance in his re-election campaign, reporting more than $1.3 million in contributions during the year's third quarter and $4.7 million in cash left at the end of September.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel picked investment executive and former Cook County official Kurt Summers Jr. to be the new city treasurer Wednesday, saying it's important to quickly get the right person in place to manage municipal investments rather than waiting for voters to fill the job at the...
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Injuries have the Chicago Bears’ defensive back seven in flux ahead of Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady.
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Joakim Noah said he has work to do on his surgically-repaired left knee but is happy with his overall progress and has experienced no setbacks or pain during training camp.
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Retired Chicago Bears Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher was highly critical of Bears quarterback Jay Cutler on Wednesday, acknowledging his former teammate's talent but saying he doesn't do enough to win games.
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Transporting a 100-piece orchestra and all of its instruments, wardrobe and other cargo items from Chicago to five European cities was already complicated before the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service got involved.
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The current production of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," playing through Nov. 9 at the handsome and justifiably renowned Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, stars Larry Yando as the increasingly delusional title character and features the music of Frank Sinatra. It is...
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The first striking thing in "Vodou: Sacred Powers of Haiti," the haunting, otherworldly new temporary exhibition at the Field Museum, was the smell.
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Here's a quick lesson in animal naming and a chance for you to try your hand at it.
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Social media is annoying. There's a lot of "I hate it when this happens and when that happens" going on.
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One year from today will be Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, the date to which Doc Brown flew Marty McFly 30 years into the space-time continuum with the help of their flux-capacitor-powered DeLorean time machine in "Back to the Future." Yet we're still waiting on those flying cars,...
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If you drive a car made in the early 2000s, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants you to see your dealer -- right now.
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I don’t get it. Designing a beautiful luxury car to compete with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8, BMW 7 means that every consideration must be brought to the table. Jaguar designed the most gorgeous dashboard on the market, packaged it in distinctive navy leather with white...
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Marc Silverman, afternoon co-host of WMVP-AM’s “Waddle and Silvy,” has moved from the city to the northern suburbs, paying $950,000 for a four-bedroom, 4,014-square-foot house in Riverwoods and selling his longtime condo in Ukrainian Village for $644,000.
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Oprah Winfrey has had a change of heart.
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