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This cousin of the raccoon is the first new carnivore discovered in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years. Native to the Andes Mountains of Colombia and Ecuador where it's still living, the olinguito was actually first identified in a Field Museum specimen storage room in Chicago.
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Jackson pleaded guilty to using more than $750,000 from his campaign fund for personal purchases, including a Rolex watch, furniture and fur capes and parkas.
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For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a lesser-known Chicago classic, the Jim Shoe sandwich. It's also known as the "Gym Shoe," the "Jim Shoo" and "delicious."
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Ondelee Perteet survived being shot more than three years ago, but his recovery has been long and uncertain. Still, thanks to his mother, Detreena — who he calls "a drill sergeant" — the teenager is relishing his second chance.
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The U.S. men's soccer team was stymied by Panama's efficient defense and their own tight play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final for more than an hour Sunday, but it took less than one minute for substitute Brek Shea to enter the game and tap the match's lone goal into the net.
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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus hosted a day-long meeting on guns, youth and gang violence in Chicago. They plan to hold forums in New Orleans and Baltimore, and take a list of solutions to urban violence to Washington.
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For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a classic Chicago food called Gravy Bread. As hip Chicago insiders, we learned about it yesterday.
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School officials say they have to take tough steps to close a $1 billion budget deficit. Teachers say the administration is going back on a promise to keep cuts away from classrooms.
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Despite one of The Paul Butterfield Band’s better known recordings, I sometimes wonder if anyone was ever really 'born in Chicago.'Blues harp player Carey…
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Some famous writers, painters and musicians have done some of their best work in their later years. But at a pair of retirement communities in California, older people are proving that you don't have to be famous — or even a professional artist — to live a creatively fulfilling life in old age.