Confronting a deficit totaling millions of dollars, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago will shutter seven grade schools and merge or consolidate six more by next school year. It's one of the final administrative acts by Cardinal Francis George before he retires Nov. 18.
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Two CTA buses powered exclusively by batteries entered service Wednesday in a $2.5 million electric bus experiment that transit officials expect will be good for the environment, public health and the agency's bottom line over the long run.
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A Waukegan School Board member who told a large, agitated crowd to "shut up" at Tuesday night's board meeting addressing the teachers strike apologized Wednesday.
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Under a threat of being charged with contempt, a suspect in the killings of seven women in Indiana politely answered a judge's questions Wednesday, a week after he stood in court stone-faced and silent.
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During the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, the rhetoric of government officials damaged their credibility. To avoid a repeat of those missteps in response to Ebola, officials should heed the following lessons from those medical crises.
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It was the summer of 1969 the first time I came to Chicago, two months shy of my 12th birthday.
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In responding to the Ebola crisis, President Barack Obama is being his usual self — passive, detached, unable or unwilling to lead. So say his critics, who accuse him of being an idle observer of his own presidency.
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Comcast Corp has reached a $50 million settlement in a decade-old lawsuit accusing it of overcharging cable television subscribers, 1-1/2 years after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a larger version of the class-action case.
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Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews has placed his three-bedroom Lakeshore East condominium unit on the market for $2.25 million and is said to be on the hunt for larger home.
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Seventeen Illinoisans made the latest Forbes 400 list of the nation's richest people. Four out of the Illinois 17 are women and five are members of Chicago's famous family, the Pritzkers.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel has given up on Chicago's public safety and its public schools, new mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia said Wednesday in his first public appearance since announcing his fledgling campaign.
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Cook County prosecutors are investigating a longtime South Side alderman who offered raffle tickets to people who vote in next week's election, a move the alderman on Wednesday conceded was wrong.
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Chicago elevator inspectors failed to perform more than three-quarters of their required annual inspections last year, resulting in about $772,040 in lost inspection fees, according to an audit released Wednesday by the city’s Office of Inspector General.
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NEW YORK -- At least the misleading injury reports are in midseason form.
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Can we fast-forward to May? Because that's all that matters with the Bulls. Oh, sure, we'll watch the revamped Bulls play their way into contention over the next six months. But this is about May and June. Especially this May and June.
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Don't be surprised to see the Bulls get better as the season progresses, particularly since November features the typically brutal schedule.
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"This issue is much bigger than music, it's about a free society," said Jesse Elliott, sounding more like a social economist than a guitarist in a rock band. "There are fundamental ideas (at stake), how we communicate as human beings."
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Yes, his parents divorced when he was 12. Yes, he was the kind of kid who wouldn't accept authority until authority proved its logic to him.
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Golden sound of Musikverein is music to ears of Muti, CSO One of the greatest-sounding concert halls in the world is about to host one of the great symphonic ensembles.
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When Facebook released its Rooms app last week, I, along with just about everyone else, expected the company's answer to Snapchat, Secret and Whisper — an app where everything you do quickly disappears.
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Boo!
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Automobiles must evolve to remain competitive. To keep their cars fresh, automakers run product cycles that typically last four to seven years before a vehicle is redesigned from the ground up. In between, cars are treated to a "midcycle refresh" that usually includes new front and...
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest carmaker, plans to launch more than 20 models of battery-driven cars in China by the end of 2018, as it capitalizes on Beijing's support for low-emission vehicles in the country's campaign against pollution.
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You may not have found the home of your dreams, but it may not be time to give up the hunt just yet.
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Q: Our condominium association consists of four units. The board coordinates lawn maintenance and snow removal services; however, the board has assigned unit owners to maintain the common elements inside the building and move the garbage cans to an area where the trash collectors will pick...
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