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Each week we choose one photo as the "Photo of the week" and ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242749/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:14:39 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242749/ ALTON - The city's engineer-on-retainer, an official, engineering firm, alderman and contractor are sorting out what remedies are needed regarding new sidewalks and a parking lot at Third and ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242750/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:14:38 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242750/ (1) Comments Naperville, Ill. - An elementary schoolteacher originally from Brown Deer is dead and two other people have been injured after being stabbed at a suburban Chicago bar. Naperville ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242753/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:05:54 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242753/ NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A 27-year-old man has been charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of an elementary school teacher at a suburban Chicago ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242752/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:37:55 -0500 Associated Press http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242752/ February 3, 2012 (NAPERVILLE, Ill.) (WLS) -- An elementary school teacher was stabbed to death in a suburban bar. Shaun Wild was 24. Another man, a football player at North Central College, was ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242456/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:21:46 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242456/ Bowling Green got off to an 18-1 start on its way to a 41-16 halftime lead. The Falcons were never threatened in the second half as the lead remained above 16 points. Scott Thomas added 14 points ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242748/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:44:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203242748/ Updated Feb 4, 2012 at 5:40 PM CST PEORIA, Ill. -- In these tough economic times, one group is working to help underprivileged college students get into the workplace. Saturday, the Tri-County ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203240984/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:53 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203240984/ RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) – A River Forest man who took in dozens of foster children since 1996 and volunteered with local youth groups was charged Friday with the sexual abuse of two girls. ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203240195/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:30:03 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203240195/ February 4, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Dozens of angry customers of a South Side tax preparation business showed up at several of the company's locations Saturday, complaining they had not yet ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203240683/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:28:14 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203240683/ Bonnie Burkman of Arnold, Mo., can't keep her eyes off Cappuccino, a barn owl perched on TreeHouse Wildlife Center senior wildlife technician Pam Lippert's hand Saturday at the Lewis and ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239566/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:32:44 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239566/ After 65 years in the business, Henry Saenz has closed the doors of Barleff's in Godfrey and he will be remembered as a "one-of-kind" clothing salesperson and tailor. Saenz, 87, ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239565/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:32:43 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239565/ Updated Feb 4, 2012 at 5:07 PM CST PEORIA, Ill -- A father and his two young children are dead tonight, after a fire destroys much of their Peoria home early Saturday morning. A father and his two ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239564/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:10 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239564/ Shaun Wild (Left) and Willie Hayes are two victims of a stabbing in Naperville early Saturday. Wild died from his injuries Saturday. Hayes remains in intensive care at Edward ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239563/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:54:32 -0500 NBC5 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239563/ MADISON, Wis. (CBS) The wild and wacky Big Ten might actually be starting to sort itself out. Ohio State, the consensus favorite in the conference this year and undoubtedly the most talented Big ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239270/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:12 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239270/ SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Freshman Pat Connaughton had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Notre Dame made 11 3-pointers and beat No. 15 Marquette 76-59 Saturday. Connaughton shot 5 for 8 on 3s to lead the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239271/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:06 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239271/ CHICAGO (STMW) - A 25-year-old woman who was driving her 59-year-old mother and her 2-year-old nephew early Saturday in the West Side Garfield Park neighborhood was wounded when an errant bullet ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239272/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:01 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239272/ Protestors in Chicago gathered to call for no sanctions and no war against either Iran or Syria after Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at stopping the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239267/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:44 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239267/ Chicago Bears rookie JT Thomas had a big surprise today for his No. 1 fan. Thomas created a foundation to help kids inspired by his brother who has autism. Thomas met 14-year-old Anthony ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239268/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:42 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239268/ A person died when a van spun out and was hit by a semi truck near the Portage plaza of the Indiana Toll Road. Indiana State Police say the van may have hit some ice on the roadway at around 4:30 ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239269/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:35 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239269/ I just wanted to let you know that my new ebook, ???I Love the Work But I Hate the Business,??? is on sale now for just $9.99At: www.mpsportsmedia.comFilled with anecdotes, stories and photos from ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239256/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:21:46 -0500 General Sources http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239256/ Would you blow up the Bucks and start over?This would lead to my follow up.Does Jennings want to stay. If he wants to go- then I trade everyone. No choice.If he wants to STAY, then I have ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239257/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:21:42 -0500 General Sources http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239257/ LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) -- The defense attorney for one of two men charged with killing five members of a central Illinois family wants to withdraw from the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239568/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:17:50 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239568/ ​Dan McGrath writes a column for The Chicago News Cooperative. http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239202/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:13:48 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203239202/ Antiabortion activist Randall Terry, a write-in candidate for president, demanded that a Chicago station run an ad showing aborted fetuses during the Super Bowl. The FCC ruled against ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237665/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:18:30 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237665/ CHICAGO (AP) -- The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238040/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:01:23 -0500 Associated Press http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238040/ Similar disputes have been playing out in a number of cities in recent years as the corps has declared 10 percent of the levees in a new database of 2,200 federal levee systems ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238043/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:58:22 -0500 New York Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238043/ The city of Chicago has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a 2006 lawsuit filed by a South Side family alleging abuse and extortion from rouge police ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238036/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:56:55 -0500 NBC5 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238036/ In December, the brain of former NFL player Lew Carpenter was found to have an advanced case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, despite never having suffered a concussion. Here's an excerpt ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237732/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:44:07 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237732/ A woman was charged with felony DUI after allegedly hitting another patron with her car in a West Side club parking lot. Alexis Dumas, 29, of the 800 block of North LaTrobe Avenue, was charged with ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237728/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:25 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237728/ Gov. Pat Quinn is set to announce the members of a state commission that will raise scholarship money for students from immigrant families. Quinn will name the Illinois DREAM Fund Commission on ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237729/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:22 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237729/ WGN-AM Friday with Jonathon Brandmeier. The governor says that in a "weak moment" he accepted the challenge to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon. The "Cinnamon Challenge" is an old ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237730/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:19 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203237730/ CHICAGO (AP) -- Given the state's financial predicament, lawmakers will need to consider every possible strategy for cutting the state's Medicaid budget this year, Illinois Department of ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238039/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:18:12 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203238039/ WOOD RIVER -- A country concert featuring Steve Lowe of Alton as Willie Nelson will be presented at 7 p.m. today, Saturday, at Vaughn Hill Church of Christ, 662 S. Bellwood. Admission is free. ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236417/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:51 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236417/ Tweet Widget CHAMPAIGN -- Police are looking for a Champaign man who fled the scene of an accident on an Interstate 74 exit ramp Friday night. Illinois State Police at Pesotum said about 7:30 ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236413/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:51 -0500 The News-Gazette http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236413/ Tweet Widget BISMARCK -- The Vermilion County Sheriff's Department has investigated an alleged bullying incident at Bismarck-Henning High School this week but found no evidence of a crime, ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236414/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:49 -0500 The News-Gazette http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236414/ Tweet Widget OGDEN -- A Champaign man was arrested early Saturday for drunken driving after his car allegedly ran a school bus carrying junior high school students off the interstate in western ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236416/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:48 -0500 The News-Gazette http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236416/ Tweet Widget URBANA -- Melissa "Missy" Mullins Lackey is being remembered as a person who helped others cope with the very demons that haunted parts of her life. The 36-year-old Urbana ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236415/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:47 -0500 The News-Gazette http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236415/ CHICAGO (STMW) – Two Chicago police officers sitting in a squad car were shot at early Saturday in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. The officers were sitting in the car in the 3800 block ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203235190/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:27:20 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203235190/ PORTAGE, Ind. (STMW) – Indiana State Police are urging motorists to drive cautiously and to reduce their speed on wet or ice- and snow-covered roads, following a fatal crash on the Inidna Toll ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236070/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:27:15 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236070/ The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago kicks off its 2012 season with a 10th anniversary birthday bash Saturday. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago kicks off its 2012 season with a 10th ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236068/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:24:21 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236068/ CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' human rights department says it's found substantial evidence of discrimination at the Chicago office of a German industrial ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236418/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:01:33 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203236418/ o A man once charged with killing his daughter has paid a tipster whose information led to a convicted rapist in the girl's death. Kevin Fox and his family refused last year to pay $100,000 ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234519/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:25 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234519/ Tweet Widget DANVILLE -- Danville Area Community College is hosting a college financial aid event for families of students who will be attending college in 2012-2013. The purpose of the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234609/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:58 -0500 The News-Gazette http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234609/ Tweet Widget DANVILLE - The HALO Project and County Market are partnering to offer the public some guidance in making healthy food choices. Beginning Monday, the "Fast and Easy Healthy Food ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234610/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:56 -0500 The News-Gazette http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234610/ The Rev. Jim McClarey of the Savoy United Methodist Church sets up his cardboard box for temporary shelter Friday night along Neil Street in Champaign, for the One Winter Night homeless ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234608/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:55 -0500 The News-Gazette http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234608/ PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – A semi-trailer truck driver was killed early Saturday when he hit a horse trailer that had broken free from an SUV on the Indiana Toll Road near Chesterton. The ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203233507/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:09:00 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203233507/ CHICAGO (STMW) – Police shut down a dangerous party at an unlicensed West Side nightclub early Saturday, seizing thousands of dollars in cash and arresting eight people -- including a man and ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203233377/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:08:55 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203233377/ (CBS) He owns the most 4,000-yard passing seasons of any quarterback in NFL history, already has a Super Bowl ring on his finger and is the only player ever to win four MVPs. Fox Sports has named ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234283/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:08:50 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234283/ February 4, 2012 (JOHNSBURG, Ill.) (WLS) -- The search for a fisherman who might have fallen through the ice on a lake in Johnsburg has become a recovery mission. Family members and friends were ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234281/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:04 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203234281/ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Pack lightly, Super Bowl fans. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joined NFL and other officials in warning that security for Sunday’s game at Lucas Oil Stadium ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203232398/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:30:55 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203232398/ 07:28 AM ET 02.04 | The Hornets are taking center Chris Kaman off the trade market for now and will permit him to return to the team, league sources confirmed Friday afternoon. The Hornets ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203232386/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:09:27 -0500 General Sources http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203232386/ A video made with help from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago is being used in Illinois prisons. It's called "Outside the Walls: Life Beyond HIV." Its goal is to educate prisoners about ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203230318/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:08:01 -0500 Washington Examiner http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203230318/ iPhone . "Will you take ours?" Other tourists ambled up for the ritual, strangers photographing strangers under the warm winter sun, all of us enjoying the fun of preserving an image of ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228071/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:06:12 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228071/ It won't overwhelm you like the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls. It's not as big as Yellowstone Park. In fact, it's probably not as large as a nearby forest preserve.But to some, the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229619/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:06:09 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229619/ Dr. Michael J. Campbell served as an Army captain in the South Pacific in World War II, treating soldiers suffering from highly contagious diseases such as ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229617/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:06:02 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229617/ At Tailgaters' expansive sports bar in Bolingbrook, patrons can bet $2 every few seconds on touch-screen, bingolike games while sipping their beers and watching TV.That would be illegal in ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228176/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:59 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228176/ American Academy of Pediatrics ' consumer education website, healthychildren.org, in a corporate sponsorship that some health experts denounce as a serious conflict of interest.In response to ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228156/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:55 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228156/ PepsiCo have launched dozens of health and wellness initiatives designed to promote physical activity and movement. Stressing balance, moderation and sensible choices, the corporations are funding ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228155/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:52 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228155/ Evanston and a garbage collection company that recently filed a civil lawsuit alleging the city is trying to force its waste transfer station out of the north suburb.The lawsuit, filed in January by ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229616/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:49 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229616/ Cook County on a trial program in which a loan fund will be created to buy vacant foreclosed homes, renovate them and resell them at low interest rates. Six suburbs will take part in the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229615/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:45 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229615/ For once, the sound of construction trucks is music to the ears of Lake Barrington residents who have complained for decades about a sprawling, illegal dump that is now undergoing a final cleanup by ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229614/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:41 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229614/ The 32-year prison sentence a Chicago man received Friday for murdering a co-worker at a Burr Ridge trucking firm did not provide enough justice for the victim's widow."I hope he kills ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229613/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:36 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229613/ In the aftermath of a fatal high-rise fire last month, Chicago city officials said Friday that fire safety reports for hundreds of older residential towers are now available online and will be ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229418/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:32 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229418/ Commuters endure cold temperatures near Jackson Street in January. Harsh winters contributed to Chicago's high ranking on Forbes magazine's list of most miserable ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229612/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:28 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229612/ Lamont Herron can still smell the bubbling pots of soul food in the kitchen of his West Side home, as he huddled with his aunties while they cooked and cooked and cooked. That's where the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229620/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:24 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229620/ The city of Chicago has agreed to pay a South Side family $700,000 to settle a 2006 lawsuit that alleged a group of rogue police officers extorted thousands of dollars during a series of armed raids ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228216/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:21 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203228216/ Ondelee Perteet was paralyzed in 2009, at age 14, after Robert Sansberry shot him in the face. Sansberry, 17, was sentenced to 20 years in prison ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229621/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:17 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229621/ After a yearlong delay, Kevin Fox, above, once wrongly charged with the murder of his 3-year-old daughter, Riley, has agreed to pay a reward to the FBI tipster who led law enforcement to the real ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229622/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:12 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229622/ Blair Jones #19 of the Calgary Flames battle for the puck with Duncan Keith #2 and Ray Emory #30 of the Chicago Blackhawks in first period NHL action on February 3, 2012 at the Scotiabank Saddledome ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229611/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:59:51 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203229611/ Maddy Eschbacher, a sophomore, sheds a few tears when the last of her locks falls to the floor as her head is shaved in honor of her 3-year-old cousin diagnosed with cancer during the first St. ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225832/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:55 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225832/ GODFREY - The village will utilize its new Code Red Emergency Notification System, starting Monday. The village will call the entire community Monday afternoon to announce, promote and try out the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225833/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:53 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225833/ State Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, reads from a storybook, "Tag Along Fred," to students from Ginger Cramsey’s first-grade class at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Wood River ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225834/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:49 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225834/ HARDIN - The Calhoun County Board approved the submission of invoices to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the biking and hiking trail feasibility study. The members of the Calhoun ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225836/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:47 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225836/ SPRINGFIELD - Illinois could add 100,000 new enrollees to its Medicaid rolls in the near future.The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, which administers Medicaid, asked the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225837/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:45 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225837/ BETHALTO - The deregulation of Illinois' electrical market is creating a surge of solicitation in the village from electrical suppliers. Several companies are canvassing Bethalto with sales ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225835/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:43 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225835/ The ratings-challenged "Rosie Show" has let go of as many as 30 employees and contract workers in recent weeks, Crain's Chicago Business reported ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224010/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:46:51 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224010/ Updated Feb 3, 2012 at 10:18 PM CST PEORIA, Ill. -- One of the men who plead guilty to bank fraud late last year walked free Friday. U.S. District Judge James Shadid sentenced 23 year old ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225825/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:28 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225825/ Updated Feb 3, 2012 at 7:56 PM CST It was an about-face from directors at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, made in the face of explosive backlash from the American public. Friday heads of the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225826/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:25 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225826/ Updated Feb 3, 2012 at 6:31 PM CST Matteson, Ill -- A Bradley University professor and founder of the Peoria chapter of Planned Parenthood dies at the age of 110 on her birthday. Jane Ising seen ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225827/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:22 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225827/ Updated Feb 3, 2012 at 7:42 PM CST Community leaders in Peoria are pleased the city's Carver Center may be the recipient of millions of dollars in TIF funding, but say the improvement should ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225828/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:18 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225828/ Updated Feb 3, 2012 at 10:10 PM CST PEORIA, Ill. -- Earlier this week, we brought you a story about the campaign to bring comedian and show host Ellen DeGeneres to Peoria for the Women's ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225829/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:15 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225829/ Updated Feb 3, 2012 at 12:12 PM CST DALLAS, TX -- Days after announcing it would cease the majority of its funding to Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen for the Cure apologized and reversed the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225830/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:11 -0500 WEEK http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225830/ TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Thirty-one members of Congress prodded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday to consider a multi-billion-dollar plan released this week for cutting a Chicago-area ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225843/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:42:26 -0500 Associated Press http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225843/ The show, which had been taped in the massive studio vacated by The Oprah Winfrey Show, has moved into a smaller, more intimate area. As a result, about 30 employees have lost their ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225819/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:35:04 -0500 NBC5 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225819/ Authorities say an alert witness provided the information they needed to arrest five people after a Chase Bank location on the city's north side was robbed Friday ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225821/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:34:47 -0500 NBC5 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225821/ Carmelita Johnson's body was found three months after she went missing in Jan. 2010, but it stayed in the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office for more than a year because nobody knew who ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225822/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:34:30 -0500 NBC5 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225822/ Since the Super Bowl started, only two have featured the Chicago Bears. The 44 other Bear-less bowls have created a quandary for Chicago fans. Who the heck do we cheer for? It's easy when the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225823/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:34:26 -0500 NBC5 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203225823/ Dear Tom,A friend in North Pole, Alaska, (260 miles north of Anchorage), indicated the temperature was 51 degrees below zero and at the same time a weather observation at nearby Eielson Air Force ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224429/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:23:00 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224429/ ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Chicago Wolves surrendered the game's first goal, but rattled off four straight markers en route to a 4-2 Illinois Lottery Cup victory over the Rockford IceHogs ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224417/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:11 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224417/ CHICAGO (AP) -- Jeremy Montgomery scored 16 points and ClevelandState shot 68 percent Friday night in a 65-47 victory over Loyola of Chicago. Trevon Harmon, Aaron Pogue and Anton Grady added 10 ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203223991/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:07 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203223991/ CHICAGO (CBS) — Chilly temps and dry heat can do a number on your skin.As CBS 2′s Mary Kay Kleist reports, there are simple ways to make sure winter doesn’t make you look old. In ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224418/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:02 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224418/ CHICAGO (CBS) — The staggering economy has created scores of abandoned commercial housing developments across Chicago. Should they be torn down when years go by and they become eyesores? CBS ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224419/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:54 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224419/ CHICAGO (CBS) — He has four businesses to be concerned about, but he still finds time to do something to change the lives of inmates at the Cook County jail. Inside the jail is a barber ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224421/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:45 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224421/ CHICAGO (STMW) – Five people, including a 3-year-old girl and police officer, were hospitalized following a smoky fire that started Friday night at a North Side apartment. The fire started ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224420/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:39 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ad135a7dc74b4c33/id/203224420/