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Chicago is one of the grand cities of not only the United States, but the world: it's been rated an "alpha world city" by the World Cities Study Group. And that was just for its economic importance--not for its architecture, or its music, or its baseball, or its theater, or even its pizza. Chi-town does everything its own way, and it's famous for just about everything it does.
The Chicago region stretches from below the tip of Lake Michigan northward to the Wisconsin border, and west beyond the Fox River. The Chicago metropolitan area includes such cities as Aurora, Joliet, Napierville, and Skokie; and Kendall County, in the western portion, was the fastest-growing county in the United States for most of this century's first decade.
The Chicago metropolitan area is home to 57 major corporations, and the city has the third largest gross metropolitan product in the nation. It ranks 16th on Union Bank of Switzerland's list of the world's richest cities.
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News from The Chigago Tribune
Paralyzed pit bull finally finds a foster home
Feb 3, 2012 3:30 pm
It took more than two years, but Red, a paralyzed pit bull, has finally found a foster home.
Curtain may drop on Lollapalooza's county tax break
Feb 3, 2012 2:22 pm
Organizers will have to seek County Board's OK for annual waiver of amusement feeAfter years of a free ride courtesy of a clout-laden deal, Lollapalooza might have to start paying Cook County taxes. ...
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
— Operation Homelink, a Chicago nonprofit that gives computers to wounded soldiers and military families, is a finalist in a competition led by first lady Michelle Obama.
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
After years of criticism from some legal circles for the way her office has handled wrongful conviction cases, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said Thursday that she has formed a unit to re...
Surprise return of South Side Irish parade could hurt Tinley Park event
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
During the South Side Irish Parade's two-year hiatus, Tinley Park's own Irish parade drew bigger crowds and more participants who previously attended the Beverly parade.
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
Missionary lived in Africa before teaching mission work at Wheaton CollegeJohn Alexander Gration spent 15 years as a Christian missionary in Africa before starting his academic career and founding the...
Owners of Elgin strip club Blackjack's are charged with tax evasion
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
The father and son owners of Blackjack's Gentlemen's Club skimmed nearly $4 million they were paid by strippers at the Elgin club and used the business as a front to hide additional income from an ill...
UIC student sexually assaulted near campus, alert says
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
Men force woman into vehicle in Saturday afternoon attack A University of Illinois at Chicago student was sexually assaulted last weekend not far from campus, the university said Thursday.
Here's a really super bowl:Greek-style baby goat soup
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
Most Super Bowl feasts are nothing but hate crimes against your taste buds. Those bland Buffalo wings, that bleh cheese dip, the boring little sliders. Do you really want a Betty Crocker empanada? ...
2 sentenced in $17 million scheme
Feb 3, 2012 6:00 am
After ripping off investors of millions of dollars, commodities traders Charles G. Martin and John E. Walsh spent $30,000 on liquor, $50,000 on toys, $1 million at strip clubs and restaurants R...
News from the Chicago Sun-Times
Riley Foxs father rewards tipster who led to her killer
Feb 3, 2012 7:39 pm
The father of murdered 3-year-old Riley Fox has rewarded the anonymous tipster who helped identi...
Metra trains delayed by freight train derailment on NW Side
Feb 3, 2012 4:34 pm
Trains on two Metra lines were delayed Friday morning after a freight train derailment on the No...
2 teens accused of putting noose on black teen charged with hate crime
Feb 3, 2012 8:19 am
Two white teens who allegedly put a noose around the neck of a black youth and held him captive ...
Downtown Chicago Target store to open July 29
Feb 3, 2012 8:14 am
Targets store in the former Carson Pirie Scott site at State and Madison is set to ope...
Man killed, teen girl wounded on South Side
Feb 3, 2012 8:14 am
A man was fatally shot and a 16-year-old girl was wounded Thursday night in the South ...
Father-son owners of Elgin strip club charged with tax evasion
Feb 3, 2012 8:13 am
Anthony Buttitta, of St. Charles, and his father Dominic Buttitta, of South Barrington, the fath...
Some CPS parents worry longer day will hurt special college prep courses
Feb 3, 2012 5:21 am
More than 2,000 parents and supporters of Northside College Prep have signed an online...
Biggert clears the field in GOP congressional primary
Feb 3, 2012 12:45 am
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Hinsdale) saw both her Republican opponents dropped from the ball...
Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney
Feb 2, 2012 9:43 pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) Donald Trump on Thursday announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney for ...
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