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Happy 200th Birthday to Illinois, the Most Average American State By Edward McClelland The Land of Lincoln may be unremarkable — but that's helped it move America forward more than perhaps any other state. Read more
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The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now By Carrie Schedler From Bayan Ko to Bibliophile, the most buzzed-about restaurants in December Read more
Got $5 Million? A Gold Coast Row Home Is Yours By AJ LaTrace And if you don't, they're pretty to look at anyway. Read more
The White Sox Could Make 2019 Their Year. Seriously. By Jared Wyllys The AL Central is impressively bad, and the free agent pool boasts names like Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. Now's the time for the Sox to make a run. Read more
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See Future College Stars for $17 at the Chicago Elite Classic By Terrance Noland Including one surefire NBA lottery pick. Read more