Two of Chicago's largest hospital systems on Thursday approved plans to combine, creating a 16-hospital, $6.8 billion system that promises to change the competitive landscape of health care in the Chicago region.
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URBANA -- The University of Illinois board of trustees voted Thursday not to hire controversial professor Steven Salaita, finalizing a decision that has created much backlash on campus and from academia nationwide.
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The Chicago Board of Ethics chairman has accused the City Council’s internal watchdog of making claims that were “categorically false” when describing actions the board has taken on his referrals.
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A longtime alderman is calling for hearings on sleep deprivation in teenagers and the possibility of changing the start times of Chicago public schools to help students get more rest.
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Remember Bitcoin? It was going to change the way we buy things. Forget Bitcoin.
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Wednesday that Russia has withdrawn the bulk of its forces from Ukrainian territory. A shaky cease-fire appears to be holding.
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There's an air of tragedy about President Barack Obama. He wants to chart a new course — pivot to the Pacific, end the long decade of war, do nation-building at home — but the Old World's most derelict, dysfunctional quarters keep pulling him back in. Now, in the...
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Mike Haupers, whose budget for buying machinery had doubled to about $2 million in time for this week's International Manufacturing Technology Show at McCormick Place, had spent about one-third of the money by Wednesday morning.
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Commonwealth Edison Co. said it is working with consumer advocate groups to make it easier for customers to obtain their energy data.
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The 34-story residential tower above Block 37 is moving forward.
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A group calling itself "Friends of the Lucas Museum" has formed to "outline the potential benefits Chicagoans can expect from the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art coming to Chicago" ahead of upcoming public hearings on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's controversial decision to give...
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WASHINGTON -- An official with the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday declined to commit to giving money to Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis in his bid to oust three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
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More than two-thirds of the Chicago City Council is on board with a plan to give the city’s top watchdog the power to investigate aldermen — with at least one string attached.
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Jay Cutler spent Thursday's practice throwing to the likes of Santonio Holmes and practice squad receiver Josh Bellamy instead of refining routes with Pro Bowlers Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. And the timing hardly could be worse.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is dinged, dented and damaged.
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These were not the best two days for Illinois.
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With all respect to Stefon, the gushy club-hopping, seen-it-all, lives-in-a-trash-can-near-Radio-Shack correspondent that Bill Hader played on "Saturday Night Live," the Bill Hader story has everything: A childhood in Oklahoma, a job in a movie theater, community college, years of...
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Some weeks at the movies are like this. You settle for wonderful actors doing some wonderful acting with scripts that support those efforts even as they limit them.
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Let's just get this out of the way: New “Biggest Loser” trainer and Naperville North High School alum Jennifer Widerstrom used to be a gladiator on “American Gladiators.”
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If the social media doctor tells you to open up and say ahhhh, do it. This is one checkup you don't want to miss.
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There is still time to enjoy an outdoor barbecue as autumn approaches. Barbecued chicken is really simple to prepare and is a good standby dish for casual backyard parties. When I am cooking it with a traditional sweet tomato-based sauce, I don't marinate it because the sugar in the...
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Apple just took the wraps off its new iPhone 6, which ships on Sept. 19 for a contract-tethered starting price of $199. Along with the phone came a new — and much-anticipated — device from the Cupertino, Calif., company: the Apple Watch. Apple's first foray into the...
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Mercedes-Benz put high-end sports cars such as the Porsche 911 and Audi R8 on notice Tuesday with the introduction of its 2016 Mercedes AMG GT S.
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BMW’s cheapest coupe lost its top Tuesday as the automaker unveiled the all-new 2 Series convertible.
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Former Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin last week placed his five-bedroom, 10,646-square-foot mansion in north suburban Riverwoods back on the market for $1.75 million.
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Former Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, who now plays baseball in his native Japan, has listed his three-bedroom condominium unit in a Streeterville high-rise for $1.5 million.
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