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    chicagotribune A 17-year-old boy was pronounced dead this afternoon, two days after he was shot inside a vehicle steps away from his home in the Albany Park neighborhood.    

    4 hours ago by Staff report

      chicagotribune After the Chicago School Board meeting Wednesday, many of the aldermen who argued unsuccessfully to keep schools in their wards open said they were disappointed with the process.    

      4 hours ago by By John Byrne and Bill Ruthhart

        chicagotribune Lawyers for two Roman Catholic-owned companies in Illinois and Indiana argued before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday that a law forcing them to include birth control in their employees' benefits would violate their First Amendment rights.    

        4 hours ago by By Manya A. Brachear

          chicagoist The salesman asked the driver to stop, but he was told to "shut the f--- up," so he jumped from the car. [ more › ]

          5 hours ago by Samantha Abernethy

            chicagoist If you've never listened to Indiana band Murder By Death, be not afraid of the menacing name. [ more › ]

            5 hours ago by Samantha Abernethy

              chicagotribune A 43-year-old truck driver who was shot by a Merrillville police officer he was beating in a Planned Parenthood parking lot this week has been charged.    

              5 hours ago by Staff report

                chicagotribune Two men were discovered dead inside a car this afternoon on the South Side in the city's West Englewood neighborhood.    

                6 hours ago by By Deanese Williams-Harris

                  chicagotribune A suspicious substance found in mail sent to federal prosecutors in Chicago harmed no one and required no evacuations of the main federal courthouse today, officials said.    

                  9 hours ago by Staff report

                    chicagoist Brian Urlacher won't be a first ballot Hall of Famer. These highlights show he deserves to be enshrined in Canton, however. [ more › ]

                    9 hours ago by Chuck Sudo

                      chicagoist Even with the schools spared today, this is the largest wave of school closures in the country. [ more › ]

                      7 hours ago by Chuck Sudo

                        blogabull Not much going on in this post, just some links that popped up at the end of the season that I found interesting. We will be getting heavy into offseason talk soon enough, though it's a long way to July... Rob Mahoney at SI.com had a list of impending free...

                        16 hours ago by your friendly BullsBlogger

                          chicagotribune WASHINGTON -- First lady Michelle Obama, whose great-great-great maternal grandmother was a slave, made a short trip from the White House on Wednesday to the nearby Decatur House, touring the historic former home and its adjacent slave quarters.    

                          8 hours ago by By Katherine Skiba

                            chicagoist Terriers prove that — much like the breed of dog they've chosen to name their band after — pop music has no specific size, shape, color or sound. [ more › ]

                            8 hours ago by Katie Karpowicz

                              chicagoist This cocktail class will teach you all about mixing cocktails with the famous spirit. [ more › ]

                              9 hours ago by Anthony Todd

                                chicagoist Last week was National Etiquette Week but this instructional video produced by the United States Navy in 1967 purported to help commissioned and non-commissioned officers work on their game with dark-haired beauties. (Blondes, we assume, couldn't be bothered with.) [ more › ]

                                8 hours ago by Kevin Robinson

                                  abclocal.go Several protesters were removed from the Chicago Board of Education meeting where officials voted to close 49 CPS schools and one program.

                                    chicagoist Emanuel, in a statement, touted the project as a jobs creator for the estimated 6,500 temporary construction jobs the projects are expected to produce and riffed on his standard trope the improvements are geared to making Chicago a “world class city.” [ more › ]

                                    9 hours ago by Chuck Sudo

                                      chicagoist Here are a few spots in Chicago where we like to go to keep ourselves looking and feeling fine. [ more › ]

                                      9 hours ago by Staff

                                        chicagomag Spiaggia and Cafe Spiaggia are two Italian legends under one Mag Mile roof. Great food. Ridiculous prices. They're tourist traps—but maybe you should go anyway.

                                        11 hours ago by Jeff Ruby

                                          media.apps.chicagotribune Continual updates as Chicago Public Schools board meets on closing dozens of elementary schools.    

                                            chicagoist Green City Market's Junior Board kicks off its annual "Meet the Market" series 6 p.m. May 23 at BellyQ. [ more › ]

                                            10 hours ago by Chuck Sudo

                                              chicagotribune Schaumburg trustee Frank Kozak and his wife Char survived a terrifying encounter with the Moore, Okla., tornado when the twister demolished the ranch house where they were staying, their son Steve said Wednesday.    

                                              11 hours ago by By John Keilman

                                                chicagotribune Officials at Morton West High School in Berwyn said the school was placed on lockdown briefly early Wednesday afternoon as a precaution.    

                                                11 hours ago by Staff report

                                                  chicagoist   If you're a Flickr user and wish to have your photography considered for "Around Town" or other Chicagoist features... [ more › ]

                                                  11 hours ago by Samantha Abernethy

                                                    chicagoist Here are five must-see recommendations for the upcoming season. [ more › ]

                                                    13 hours ago by Chuck Sudo