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Part of O'Hare's expansion has stalled, blocked by the religious beliefs and constitutional claims of the 160-year-old St. Johannes Cemetery. With the court battle nearing its end, time may have...
by Geoffrey Johnson
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Major swaths of Chicago lack access to healthful food. This simple truth hides a thicket of related problems that researchers, activists, and public officials are struggling to resolve
by Jennifer Wehunt
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Tapping into nostalgia for classic shows and movies, Neal Sabin has built plucky Weigel Broadcasting—operator of WCIU, Me-TV, and the new This—into a regional TV dynamo
by Josh Schollmeyer
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How a brilliant Harvard student invented the classic board game Diplomacy—and then went on to a long career as a La Grange Park postman
by Edward McClelland
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A band of hard-charging Lincoln Park activists scuttled the Latin School’s deal for priority use of a new soccer field on public parkland. But, in the end, did anyone really win?
by Debra Pickett
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The source of the name Balbo Drive, the Italian aviator Italo Balbo, was a Fascist thug who backed Mussolini and was honored by the Nazis. Why do his memorials here persist?
by Scott Ackman and Christopher Schwarz
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It seemed an obvious question when the quadriplegic man came to the emergency room at County Hospital. The answer revealed a wonder of pain, sacrifice, and heroism. His doctor tells the story.
by Brendan Reilly
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The Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg reveled in his role as a hard-drinking writer in the old mold. Then one awful night, his wife had to call the police
by Marcia Froelke Coburn
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Before she died in 2004, Kathleen Savio, the third wife of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson, repeatedly warned authorities she would be killed. Now her death has been reclassified a...
by David Murray
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The grand Blackstone hotel was a favorite of U.S. presidents, movie stars, smart-set Chicagoans, and jazz musicians. Now, after decades of decline, it's beautifully buffed up and back in business
by Christine Newman
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