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Aug 15, 2018
The hedge fund run by Sears CEO Edward Lampert has sent the ailing retailer a proposal to buy its popular Kenmore appliance brand and a piece of its home services division.
Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. began formally exploring the sale of pieces of the business after Lampert's ESL...
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Aug 15, 2018
I was lucky to grow up in a house full of books, and most of the books, as befits a house where the adults were in charge, were books for adults. There were books in every room, really, but a set of built-ins in the living room had the bulk of the titles. For years and years, I ignored them.
Until...
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Aug 15, 2018
A plane leaving North Carolina had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff because of an apparent engine problem.
The American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Chicago took off around 8 a.m. Wednesday and returned to the airport shortly thereafter, according to the website FlightAware.
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Aug 15, 2018
Stevie Wonder visited an ailing Aretha Franklin at her home in Detroit on Tuesday.
Franklin's publicist Gwendolyn Quinn told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Franklin's ex-husband, actor Glynn Turman, also visited the Queen of Soul, who is seriously ill. Rev. Jesse Jackson was scheduled to...
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Aug 15, 2018
Now the football truly begins for Roquan Smith.
The newly-signed rookie linebacker took the field Wednesday morning with the Bears for their practice against the Broncos at team headquarters in suburban Denver.
Smith ended his holdout Tuesday morning by signing his fully-guaranteed four-year contract...
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Aug 15, 2018
Two young men were shot dead Tuesday night outside of a store in Harvey, according to a spokesman for the city.
The shooting took place about 10:30 p.m. at a store at 146th and Halsted streets, according to spokesman Sean Howard.
Four males drove up in a black Jeep Cherokee. One got out and went...
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Aug 15, 2018
When the quarterbacks came off the board so early and so often on NFL draft night in April, hope abounded and the countdown began: How long would it take for Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Josh Rosen to begin changing the on-field fortunes of their franchises?
Perhaps just a bit longer...
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Aug 15, 2018
Trump International Hotel & Tower is endangering fish and other aquatic life in the Chicago River, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan alleges in a new lawsuit targeting the president's skyscraper for multiple violations of clean water laws.
The glass-and-steel tower, emblazoned with a sign...
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Aug 15, 2018
Testimony is set to resume for a second day in the trial of two reputed gang members charged in the slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton.
The trial got off to a dramatic start Tuesday when a prosecutor, in her opening statement, described Klyn Jones, a classmate of Hadiya's, holding her friend's...
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Aug 15, 2018
In an effort to ignite a listless offense, Javier Baez will move to the leadoff spot Wednesday when the Cubs face the Brewers at Wrigley Field.
This marks the third time Baez has been in the top spot this season. The Cubs have scored 11 runs in their last five games, and Anthony Rizzo has had only...
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Aug 15, 2018
Constellation Brands is spending C$5 billion ($3.8 billion) to boost its stake in Canadian cannabis grower Canopy Growth Corp., betting legalization of the drug will continue to gain traction in the U.S. and around the world.
Constellation, the brewer of Corona beer, will raise its stake in Canopy...
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Aug 15, 2018
It was decades ago but seems like a headline today: A gunman, with apparently no particular target in mind, enters a Near West Side school and fires a shot that kills a Chicago police officer, solidifying her legacy as an everyday hero.
Now, after years of mass school shootings and the unimaginable...
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Aug 15, 2018
Chris Pratt says "it's not an easy time" as he and the rest of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" cast look to the future of the hit superhero franchise after Disney fired writer-director James Gunn.
Pratt told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that he stands behind social media posts saying...
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Aug 15, 2018
Even Ryan LaMarre had trouble wrapping his head around how his first major-league home run played out Tuesday night against the Tigers at Comerica Park.
The White Sox outfielder, who grew up in Jackson, Mich., as a Tigers fan, hit a 387-foot homer to left field in his first at-bat of the night...
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Aug 15, 2018
A woman still clutching balloons from her birthday party answered her phone outside the emergency room late Tuesday.
"She is really gone," she said, wiping away tears.
Her relative, Estell Roberson, 44, had been sitting on a couch in a home in the 6400 block of South Hermitage Avenue in West Englewood...
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Aug 15, 2018
Roquan Smith's holdout seemed like a fight over nonsense, or at least it feels like a nonsensical hill for the once-proud franchise formerly known as the Bears to die on.
In a protracted negotiation over money and language and a bunch of what-ifs that always seemed unlikely to happen, it looks...
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Aug 15, 2018
Jim VanSickle entered his junior year at Bradford Central Christian High School in the fall of 1979 to learn that he had a new English teacher: a young priest named David Poulson, who had recently been ordained in the Catholic Church.
It was a turbulent moment in the 16-year-old's life. His grandmother...
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Aug 15, 2018
Would you like to kick-start your metabolism and strengthen your immunity to diseases? Just eat fat-burning foods with immune-boosting ingredients, and drink alkaline water.
Actually, that whole paragraph, and its very concept, is a lie. But it sounds promising -- and familiar -- doesn't it? It's...
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Aug 15, 2018
Daniel Palka must've been one heck of a dodgeball player growing up.
The 6-foot-2, 220-pound rookie showed some smooth moves and escapability in the first inning of the White Sox's 6-3 win against the Tigers, when he stayed in a rundown between first and second base long enough for two runs to...
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Aug 15, 2018
Since the first successful face transplant was completed in 2010 in Spain, dozens of other patients have received face transplants.
Last year, Katie Stubblefield, at 21, became the youngest face transplant recipient in the U.S after attempting suicide with a rifle. She was featured this month in...
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Aug 15, 2018
The rise in graduate transfers in recent years, combined with the NCAA seemingly relaxing the rigidity of its undergrad transfer policy, has given college football its own version of free agency every offseason.
Here are five prominent players in new places this season who should quickly make their...
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Aug 15, 2018
Welcome to the weekly Bear Download podcast with Rich Campbell and Dan Wiederer. Listen below or subscribe and listen on iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play All Roquan Smith, all the time: Rich and Dan break down the end of the rookie's 29-day contract holdout (3:54 mark) and discuss what's next for...
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Aug 15, 2018
Gov. Bruce Rauner is the proud owner, once again, of a prize-winning steer after offering the top bid for it Tuesday at Illinois State Fair.
Rauner ponied up $60,000 for "Taco," the grand champion steer, a fair spokeswoman said. It certainly wasn't the highest winning bid the wealthy governor has...
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Aug 15, 2018
Gov. Bruce Rauner is the proud owner, once again, of a prize-winning steer after offering the top bid for it Tuesday at Illinois State Fair.
Rauner ponied up $60,000 for Taco, the grand champion steer, a fair spokeswoman said. It certainly wasn't the highest winning bid the wealthy governor has...
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Aug 15, 2018
Rick Schroeder initially wondered what he got himself into when he consented to being transferred from Northern California to the north central region of the country as an amateur scout for the Cubs six seasons ago.
"The area was so lousy," Schroeder recalled. "But I wondered, ‘Who is this guy?'"
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Aug 15, 2018
Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions weekly.
Does Roquan Smith start Week 1 against Green Bay? — @zr_1ls9
If that isn't the first question most people have about the Bears' first-round pick, it's the second. I don't expect the team to answer anytime soon. Barring something unexpected, Smith...
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Aug 15, 2018
A 44-year-old woman killed in her West Englewood home Tuesday night was a beloved grandmother and source of strength in her family, relatives said.
Bullets fired outside came through a front door and hit the woman on her couch just before 8:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 6400 block of South Hermitage Avenue,...
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Aug 15, 2018
The University of Maryland bills itself, in its own words, as "one of the nation's preeminent public research universities." It says it's a "global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation."
"The mission of the University of Maryland, College Park is to provide excellent teaching, research...
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Aug 15, 2018
Randy Bryce, a union ironworker known by the nickname "Iron Stache," won Tuesday's Democratic primary in the race to replace Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin for a seat he's held 20 years.
Republicans, for their part, pinned their hopes on a former Ryan aide, picking Bryan Steil,...
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Aug 15, 2018
An attempt by Illinois Democrats to generate a blue wave for the November election hit its first rocky shore when party officials announced former Vice President Joe Biden won't attend the party's traditional day at the state fair Thursday because of an to illness.
Biden was supposed to keynote...
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Aug 15, 2018
Italian emergency workers pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel Wednesday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death toll in the disaster to at least 39 people.
The collapse of the Morandi Bridge sent dozens of cars and three trucks plunging as...
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Aug 15, 2018
Co-working company Industrious has bought local operator Assemble, adding three Chicago locations amid expected consolidation in the fast-changing industry.
Industrious doubles its number of Chicago-area locations to six with the deal, and the New York-based company said it plans to continue expanding...
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Aug 15, 2018
It was decades ago but seems like a headline today: A gunman, with apparently no particular target in mind, enters a Near West Side school and fires a shot that kills a Chicago police officer, solidifying her legacy as an everyday hero.
Now, after years of mass school shootings and the unimaginable...
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Aug 15, 2018
Dear Amy: My brother's girlfriend is pregnant. She told him that it might be his or one other man's baby. There's no way to tell who the father is until after the baby is born.
What do I tell my 9-year-old daughter? I don't want her to get excited about a new cousin and then have to let her down.
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Aug 15, 2018
900 S. Elm St. in Hinsdale: $3,995,000
Listed on May 21, 2018
This home features solar panels, floor-to-ceiling glass walls and views of the southeast Hinsdale pond. The open concept floor plan is equipped with a state-of-the-art kitchen, large wall spaces for artwork, a floating staircase and...
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Aug 15, 2018
Welcome to Clout Street: Morning Spin, our weekday feature to catch you up with what's going on in government and politics from Chicago to Springfield. Subscribe here.
Topspin Gov. Bruce Rauner and his Republican Party on Wednesday get their day at the Illinois State Fair, an annual ritual that...
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Aug 15, 2018
Omarosa Manigault Newman is as nationally famous today as that creepy porn lawyer what's-his-name was just a few days ago.
President Donald Trump's former reality TV show villainess is hotter than a glass blower's furnace, so hot it hurts your face just to watch her speak.
She burns so bright that...
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Aug 15, 2018
If you had the choice between renting a pricey apartment in a building decked out with a pool, event space, gym and a dog run, or saving hundreds per month by renting in a building sans amenities, which would you choose?
Developers today are betting big bucks that renters will shell out for fancy...
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Aug 15, 2018
Today's Birthday (08/15/18). Family growth delights this year. Prioritize physical well-being and health. Your career could take an unusual twist. Summer dreams and visions inspire new directions with a partner before you step into the spotlight. Your physical vitality surges this winter. Love...
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Aug 15, 2018
A 44-year-old woman killed in her West Englewood home Tuesday night was a beloved grandmother and source of strength in her family, relatives said. Bullets fired outside came through a front door and hit the woman on her couch just before 8:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 6400 block of South Hermitage Avenue,...
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Aug 15, 2018
When it comes to food, Chicago has many claims to fame, deep dish and hot dogs being the top contenders. But if you widen the lens to outside the city — to encompass the vast Midwest — what do you find? A garden of veritable down-to-earth delights: corndogs from southern Illinois, cheese curds...
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Aug 15, 2018
Democrats embraced diversity in a new night of firsts while Republicans rejected a face of the GOP's old guard on Tuesday as the turbulent 2018 primary season lurched toward its finale.
In Vermont, Democrats rallied behind the nation's first transgender nominee for governor. Minnesota Democrats...
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Aug 14, 2018
A fiery Donald Trump loyalist and a one-time Trump skeptic seized Republican nominations for governor in two states Tuesday, while Vermont Democrats picked the nation's first transgender nominee for governor to represent them in November.
The results came as voters across four states cast ballots...
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Aug 14, 2018
Courtney Vandersloot hit two free throws with 2.2 seconds left and broke the WNBA's single-season assists record, helping the Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 91-88 on Tuesday night.
Vandersloot set the record on a no-look, one-handed pass in the third quarter that gave her 237 assists, breaking Ticha...
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Aug 14, 2018
Ryan LaMarre hit his first career home run and Lucas Giolito recovered from a three-run first inning to strike out seven and help the White Sox beat the Tigers 6-3 at Comerica Park on Tuesday.
Avisail Garcia ended a 0-for-20 slump with a single in the fifth.
Daniel Palka milked a rundown in the...
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Aug 14, 2018
Florida's governor this week made official what residents of southwest Florida already knew: The bloom of toxic algae that has darkened gulf waters is an emergency. The red tide has made breathing difficult for locals, scared away tourists, and strewn popular beaches with the stinking carcasses...
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Aug 14, 2018
In keeping with his tradition of the past few years, Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday placed the winning bid on a steer at Illinois State Fair.
Rauner bid $60,000 for Taco, the grand champion steer at the Springfield fair, a spokeswoman for the fair said.
It's not the highest bid for a steer the wealthy...
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Aug 14, 2018
Less than three weeks before the season, Illinois cornerbacks coach Donnie Abraham has resigned from the staff, the program announced Tuesday night.
A statement by the athletic department said Abraham left for "personal reasons," and coach Lovie Smith indicated Abraham's position won't be filled...
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Aug 14, 2018
President Donald Trump's economics team apologized on Tuesday after press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrongly stated that Trump has created three times as many jobs for black workers as President Barack Obama. At a news conference on Tuesday, Sanders said Obama created 195,000 jobs for African-Americans...
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Aug 14, 2018
Downers Grove native Zack Burdi has shown remarkable progress making his way back from a torn ulnar collateral ligament that required Tommy John surgery last July.
In early January, the White Sox pitching prospect was throwing from 30 feet. On Monday, he struck out all three batters in an inning...
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Aug 14, 2018
Robinson Cano is back in the major leagues with the Seattle Mariners after serving an 80-game drug suspension.
The eight-time All-Star has a new position — first base, for the first time — and a new spot in the batting order, too.
"It feels great to be back, especially the way the team is playing,"...
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Aug 14, 2018
Omarosa Manigault Newman's new book comes with an explosive title. ("Unhinged.") It has a healthy frisson of tension followed by a climactic reveal. (She taped her colleagues! In the White House Situation Room!) And it has just enough cliffhangers to keep viewers coming back for more. (She may...
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Aug 14, 2018
Packers coach Mike McCarthy wouldn't declare Justin McCray the winner of the training camp competition at right guard, but he got pretty close.
What was supposed to be one of the bigger competitions of training camp never materialized.
While McCray's would-be challenger, Lucas Patrick, has spent...
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Aug 14, 2018
Welington Castillo is eligible to return next week from his suspension for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy, but the White Sox likely won't bring him back right away.
The catcher, who was suspended 80 games on May 24, is eligible to rejoin the Sox on Aug. 23 in Detroit....
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Aug 14, 2018
It was the kind of moment teenagers crave: laughing and joking and relaxing with friends at the park, the stress of final exams fading away after an early afternoon release from school.
Hadiya Pendleton and classmates from King College Prep High School had descended on tiny Harsh Park to hang out...
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Aug 14, 2018
As the Senate moves toward confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are leading a lower-key yet deeply consequential charge to remake the entire federal judiciary. The Senate will return Wednesday from an abbreviated summer...
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Aug 14, 2018
West Chicago police have launched a death investigation after they said a burning body was discovered Tuesday.
Authorities said the remains were found in the 1300 block of Joliet Street, which is south of Roosevelt Road and west of Illinois Route 59.
Police did not provide other details except...
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Aug 14, 2018
Palos Township Trustee Sharon Brannigan, whose controversial comments about Arab immigrants have made her the target of protests for more than a year, condemned the statements of a congressional candidate with a Nazi past as "repulsive blather" and offered her critics flowers.
Brannigan made the...
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Aug 14, 2018
Bears rookie linebacker Roquan Smith didn't make it to Bourbonnais for training camp, but he'll have several days on the road to become reacquainted with his team after signing his contract Tuesday morning.
The Bears traveled to Englewood, Colo., for joint practices with the Broncos on Wednesday...
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Aug 14, 2018
While Aaron Donald's second consecutive contract holdout drags deep into training camp, Todd Gurley and the rest of the Los Angeles Rams' offense have identified a silver lining to the persistent absence of the NFL's defensive player of the year.
"We were talking about that last night," Gurley...
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Aug 14, 2018
Shams Charania, who got his start in high school as a 17-year-old Bulls blogger for the Chicago Tribune's ChicagoNow site and has at 24 become a leading national NBA reporter, is leaving Yahoo Sports to join subscription site The Athletic and Chicago-based multi-platform Stadium.
The Athletic on...
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Aug 14, 2018
Ben Zobrist just wanted to talk with home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi.
After Cuzzi resisted, Zobrist responded with a pointed parting shot Tuesday afternoon that resulted in the first ejection of the Cubs second baseman's 13-year career.
"I just basically said, ‘That's why we want an electronic strike...
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Aug 14, 2018
Stephen Shapiro, known as "a superhero" among his fellow attorneys for his frequent appearances before the U.S. Supreme Court, was shot and killed in a domestic altercation Monday at his Northfield home, police said.
A suspect was taken into custody several hours later after a standoff with a SWAT...
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Aug 14, 2018
A Jordanian immigrant was sentenced to death on Tuesday after being convicted in what Texas prosecutors described as the honor killings of his daughter's American husband and her friend who was an Iranian women's rights activist.
Ali Mahwood-Awad Irsan was found guilty of capital murder last month...
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Aug 14, 2018
The trial of two reputed gang members on charges of slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton got underway Tuesday in dramatic fashion.
Here are highlights from the first day of testimony:
"Oh, my God!" Klyn Jones, a classmate of Hadiya's, recounted from the witness stand her friend's last moments....
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Aug 14, 2018
President Donald Trump unloaded on former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman Tuesday, calling her a "crazed, crying lowlife" and "that dog," as a clash rooted in the reality star's accusations of racism focused new attention on his frequent disparagement of prominent African-Americans.
The public conflict...
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Aug 14, 2018
After years of uncertainty, planning and organization, the new Elgin Math and Science Academy finally makes its debut Wednesday.
The school's 208 students will meet their new classmates, be introduced to their new teachers and learn their way around at the Neil Building, the onetime centerpiece...
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Aug 14, 2018
One reason Uber and Lyft are so popular is their ubiquity. You don't have to wait long after tapping on your app and agreeing on a price. What if, however, there was a limit to the number of Uber or Lyft cars that could ply Chicago streets? Fewer ride-share cars would mean longer wait times for...
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Aug 14, 2018
The city of Aurora has begun discussing a plan with private developers to clean up the former Copley Hospital site at 502 S. Lincoln Ave.
The development agreement with Fox Valley Developers, LLC would include the city contributing as much as $3 million toward the estimated overall cost of about...
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Aug 14, 2018
A McHenry man who admitted to killing his wife and leaving her body in the basement for two days was a "freeloader" who didn't want to lose his "meal ticket," prosecutors said Tuesday in closing arguments at the trial of Anthony Harrison.
"It is hard to imagine anyone more guilty of first-degree...
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Aug 14, 2018
The Brewers trounced the Cubs 7-0 on Tuesday in what Ryan Braun suggested was a must-win game, though no game in the middle of August can truly be defined as such.
The Brewers began the day three games behind the Cubs with more than six weeks remaining, and they have seven more games against the...
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Aug 14, 2018
California Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader of the U.S. House, was in Chicago on Tuesday and spent an hour in conversation with the Tribune Editorial Board. She hadn't missed some connection at O'Hare. The country is 12 weeks out from a midterm election that could flip control of the House...
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Aug 14, 2018
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner told reporters Monday he hopes Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan has "been doing something illegal" so that he can be prosecuted.
It was an odd wish, and one that marked a bit of a retreat from other recent remarks by the governor.
For years, Rauner raged that...
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Aug 14, 2018
Sadly, the proposal for a new U.S. Space Force has become a punchline on late-night TV. It is being battered as a needless new bureaucracy, a competitor for the private sector, and an idea that will lead to a vicious militarization of space. None of these arguments is correct.
Many of those denigrating...
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Aug 14, 2018
The Indians lost one of their best pitchers Tuesday when they placed right-hander Trevor Bauer on the 10-day disabled list with a small stress fracture in his right leg.
Cleveland is in complete control in the AL Central, leading second-place Minnesota by 12 1/2 games coming into the day. But any...
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Aug 14, 2018
Do Harvard and other elite universities illegally discriminate against Asian-American applicants?
I'm not sure. But there's another group of people who definitely face routine prejudice in college admissions. They're the quiet types who keep to themselves, often preferring a relaxed evening at...
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Aug 14, 2018
Since the first successful face transplant was completed in 2010 in Spain, dozens of other patients have received face transplants.
Last year, Katie Stubblefield, at 21, became the youngest face transplant recipient in the U.S after attempting suicide with a rifle. She was featured this month in...
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Aug 14, 2018
Since the first successful face transplant was completed in 2010 in Spain, dozens of other patients have received face transplants.
Last year, Katie Stubblefield, at 21, became the youngest face transplant recipient in the U.S after attempting suicide with a rifle. She was featured this month in...
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Aug 14, 2018
The 26-year-old Zion woman who died over the weekend from injuries sustained during a crash Friday night was identified Tuesday as Stephanie Rojas, according to Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper.
Authorities also confirmed the two young children in her vehicle, who were critically injured,...
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Aug 14, 2018
The trial of two reputed gang members on charges of slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton got underway Tuesday in dramatic fashion.
UPDATES: Court adjourns for day | 'Memory problems' | A reluctant witness | Details from that day | Request to strike juror | Note from juror | People's Exhibit...
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Aug 14, 2018
The hedge fund run by Sears CEO Edward Lampert has sent the ailing retailer a proposal to buy its popular Kenmore appliance brand and a piece of its home services division.
Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. began formally exploring the sale of pieces of the business after Lampert's ESL...
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Aug 14, 2018
Paul Manafort's defense rested its case Tuesday without calling any witnesses in the former Trump campaign chairman's tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Manafort himself chose not to testify.
The decision not to call witnesses clears the way for the jury to hear closing arguments in the first trial...
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Aug 14, 2018
As Bears Chairman George McCaskey rode a scooter to practice Tuesday outside Halas Hall, the familiar blue-collar rock of Bachman-Turner Overdrive blared through the speakers.
Takin' care of business, every day. Takin' care of business, every way.
No weekend deejay could have picked a more appropriate...
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Aug 14, 2018
Readers might hold different views about the ongoing demolition of the former Harvey Chicago Park Hotel northwest of the Halsted Street interchange with I-294 in Harvey.
Some may take a nostalgic look back as far as the 1960s, when the four-story hotel was built. Through the decades, couples dined...
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Aug 14, 2018
Amid reports of a toxic coaching culture, the University of Maryland has parted ways with football strength and conditioning coach Rick Court, athletic director Damon Evans announced at a news conference Tuesday.
The dismissal comes less than a week after school sources told The Baltimore Sun that...
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Aug 14, 2018
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the state fire marshal's office are investigating the boat explosion at Wilmette Harbor that took the life of one man and left another with injuries.
The explosion that took place shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday killed 67-year-old Mitchell Z. Sroka,...
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Aug 14, 2018
For anyone to still claim that the Russia investigation is a "witch hunt" is incomprehensible. Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has produced indictments or guilty pleas from 32 people and three Russian companies. Mueller and his legal team should abide by the same oath as federal...
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Aug 14, 2018
On his first carry of the 2017 season, Lincoln-Way West running back Donte Barber hit the hole at the line of scrimmage like a lightning bolt.
He darted right to avoid a defender and was on his way to a big gain, maybe even a touchdown.
Then he heard a pop from his right knee.
There was no contact...
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Aug 14, 2018
A manufacturer of storage safes is closing its two Chicago-area factories and moving operations to Mexico, in part because of the Trump administration's tariffs on metal from China.
Stack-On Products plans to lay off 128 people at its facility in north suburban Wauconda and 25 people at its McHenry...
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Aug 14, 2018
Fresh beef isn't the only new thing on the menu at McDonald's.
Nearly two-thirds of McDonald's restaurants in Illinois are slated for remodeling by 2020 as part of a nationwide modernization effort announced Tuesday.
The Chicago-based burger chain and its franchisees are investing about $317 million...
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Aug 14, 2018
Jose Quintana's past history against the Brewers is history.
Quintana, who entered Tuesday's game with a 4-1 record and 0.92 ERA in seven career starts against the Brewers, was tagged for three home runs — two by Ryan Braun — as the Cubs fell to the Brewers 7-0 at Wrigley Field.
Lorenzo Cain hit...
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Aug 14, 2018
In his 26 years on the Evanston police force, Officer Mark Buell has worked murder, robbery, burglary and home invasion cases and even helped track down $750,000 worth of stolen jewelry.
But on Friday, Buell said his most intense moment as an Evanston cop came earlier this year when he and two...
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Aug 14, 2018
Jose Quintana's past history against the Milwaukee Brewers is history.
Quintana, who entered Tuesday's game with a 4-1 record and 0.92 ERA in seven career starts against the Brewers, was tagged for three home runs — two by Ryan Braun — as the Cubs fell to the Brewers 7-0 at Wrigley Field.
Lorenzo...
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Aug 14, 2018
East Dundee officials are deliberating the future of a former Barrington Avenue water treatment plant currently being used as housing for a veteran and his service dog.
At issue are the numerous code violations that turned up during an inspection of the property, located at 408 Barrington Ave.,...
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Aug 14, 2018
The Pickwick Theatre marquee is taking on a new look these days.
But whether the Park Ridge icon will stay that way hasn't been decided, one of the theater's owners admits.
Park Ridge native Alec Schuetter was recently commissioned to repaint the historic theater's marquee, using old photographs...
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Aug 14, 2018
A 51-year-old highway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa collapsed in a driving rain Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 16 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte called it "an immense tragedy ......
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Aug 14, 2018
There's nothing like a late charge from Tiger Woods to juice the ratings of a major golf tournament.
The Nielsen company said that CBS reached 8.5 million viewers Sunday for final-round competition at the PGA Championship from St. Louis. That's a whopping 73 percent increase from the 4.9 million...
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Aug 14, 2018
President Donald Trump escalated his messy clash with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, referring to the longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in his White House, as "that dog!"
The pressure on Manigault Newman increased, as the Trump presidential campaign filed...
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Aug 14, 2018
A Chicago police officer on desk duty for years in connection with one of the Police Department's worst scandals in its history has filed a federal lawsuit against the city that alleges that the department refused to hold a disciplinary hearing, violating his constitutional rights.
In a front-page...
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Aug 14, 2018
When it comes to competitive running, comedian Kevin Hart is no ordinary joker.
Hart announced on Instagram that he plans to run in the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 7. Hart ran the New York City marathon in 2017, posting a time of 4:05:06.
In his post, Hart said his goal for the Chicago race is to...
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