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At Chicago's newest downtown "hotel," guests can swim out, but will they ever leave? Friends of the Chicago River, an environmental group, cut the ribbon on Saturday on the city's first "fish hotel," off the ...

A bystander was shot and killed in a gang fight while chatting with a friend. Family members say the innocent teenager had just gone out for a breath of fresh air.1.3

The architect's concept is breathtaking: A spiraling, 115-story tower that would pierce the sky along Chicago's lakefront and grab the title of the nation's tallest building.3.4

The largest mall owner in the Southeast has agreed to buy Yorktown Center in Lombard, one of the Chicago area's last independently owned regional malls, according to several people familiar with the plan.2.7

THA Nussbaum, 57, philosopher, and professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago, is in training for her next endurance race.

CHICAGO --He sent members of New York's Gambino crime family to the federal pen and he jailed terrorists who planned to strike America with a wave of bombings.5.7

The euro had its biggest weekly advance in more than eight months against the dollar as evidence mounted that Europe's economy is accelerating.

The University of Chicago said Friday that Dr. Bennett Leventhal, who was ousted last year as the chief of child and adolescent psychiatry, did nothing wrong.3.1

On April 11, a female officer in the Chicago Lawn District -- an 11-year veteran -- was videotaped in a J.C. Penney security office in a "physical altercation" with a suspected shoplifter, said police spokesman ...4

But only a professor from Indiana University could lay claim to sleeping on the atomic bomb the night before it was dropped on Hiroshima.2.7

An Addison nursing home was fined $50,000 by the Illinois Department of Public Health after a resident fatally choked on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that an employee had mistakenly given to him.

The 9-story Home Insurance Building, the world's first metal-framed skyscraper, was built in Chicago in 1885.2

Hooters Air is adding another destination from the Gary/Chicago International Airport: St.3.1

A high-profile black minister hired two years ago to head external affairs for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services resigned this week, officials said Friday.2.7

Building on his long-standing commitment to protect workers' rights and improve conditions for working men and women across the state, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich recently signed legislation that broadens ...2.7

The Festival of New Trumpet Music has become a contender among New York's jazz-concert series.2.9

As sunlight flooded the church from a window above, Brad Hunter brought his 2-week-old baby girl, Leah, in front of the congregation for her first blessing.2.7

Any discussion of great restaurant cities in the United States has to include Chicago.2.7

Charges of theft of election material, resisting arrest and battery against a Bellwood police officer were dismissed Friday after a prosecutor said evidence in the case would not produce a conviction.2.7

Pedestrians have the right of way, but sometimes there are so many of them when you are trying to make a right turn with the green light that you run out of time.2.9

Thousands of Roman Catholics spilled onto the streets near Buckingham Fountain on Friday afternoon, trekking a half-mile from the Hilton & Towers Hotel to Grant Park's Butler Field for the Archdiocese of ...5

Sentencing a college student to probation rather than prison for causing a deadly crash last year on the Northwest Tollway was not an easy decision, a Kane County judge said Friday.2.7

By SANDY THORN CLARK Special to JUF News Peace has to remain the goal and the focus as Jews and Christians gather in interfaith dialogue, say representatives of both religions attending the annual conference of ...2.7

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States increased to 1.6 million in 2002, up 31 percent from 1997, according to figures released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau.2.7

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority may rebid a job to reconstruct and widen a stretch of the Tri-State Tollway after bids for the work were up to $140 million over the agency's estimates.2.7

CHICAGO-The West Loop's proximity near the Ogilvie Transportation Center and Union Station, furnished space and "an extremely aggressive economic package" were enough to lure Tetra Tech, Inc.2.7

Illinois Tool Works Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has elected James H. Wooten, Jr.2.7

Dear Tom, Would you recommend taking a picture of yourself next to a tornado? My friend Kathleen did and I've enclosed the photos to prove it.2.7

Thirteen households in Rock Island, Henry and Mercer Counties will receive downpayment assistance from the ADDI program.2.9

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels announced today that it has arranged the sale of The Raphael hotel on behalf of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.2.7

Police said an unidentified man was killed when he was struck by at least one vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway after running into traffic near Pershing Road early Friday.

Real estate prices just too steep? Team up with a friend, buy a two-flat and save a bundle of cash.2.7

Leyna Rynearson and Shauna Pittman are all about the cool acronyms. The West High students recently launched a nonprofit called S.T.A.N.D., or Surviving Today's Apathetic National Distress.2.7