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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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10 things you might not know about the Chicago Bears
Sep 5, 2010 5:00 am
The Chicago Bears owe their name to the Chicago Cubs . The idea was that the brawny, upstart footballers were physically larger than Cubs — they were as big as Bears. Now the Chicago B...
Political fundraisers get creative
Sep 5, 2010 5:00 am
Legislators woo deep-pocket donors with golf, basketball, bourbon-tasting events and moreHouse Democrat Melissa Bean invited donors to the glimmering Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago i...
Craigslist shuts down adult services sections
Sep 5, 2010 2:38 am
Craigslist has shut down its adult services sections, weeks after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and attorneys general from 16 other states demanded that the company do so, officials said Satu...
Chicago man drowns in Lake Michigan
Sep 5, 2010 1:57 am
Three young men from the Chicago area had just arrived in Stevensville, Mich., on Friday when they decided to begin their holiday weekend with a swim in Lake Michigan. Ignoring warnings of dangerous c...
Residents reclaim Nat King Cole Park with overnight campout
Sep 5, 2010 12:17 am
Tents, campfires and children laughing at night will hopefully become an annual sight in the Chatham neighborhood'sNat King Cole Park, residents said Saturday as they pledged to make an overnight camp...
Kindergarten: It's the new first grade
Sep 4, 2010 5:00 am
With homework, testing and full-day classes, today's kindergarten bears a striking resemblance to first grade. Some experts call that progress, but others worry that 5-year-olds are being pushed too h...
Sep 4, 2010 3:14 am
Downers Grove South showdown over clothing raises recurring issuesSpirit Day arrived Friday at Downers Grove South High School with less of a cheer and more of a thud. In fact, it almost became protes...
Brady holds slim lead over Quinn
Sep 4, 2010 1:59 am
Voters growing dissatisfied with governor but remain unsure about Republican rivalVoters don't know much about Republican governor candidate Bill Brady, but they prefer him by a slim margin over Gov. ...
News from the Chicago Sun-Times
Burger King cancels oil contract with Indonesian co.
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
Environmentalists on Saturday praised Burger King's decision to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rain forests..The U.S. hamburger chain giant said Friday that ...
Nurse's patient is long-lost dad
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
NEW YORK -- It was a bittersweet and unlikely reunion.
Dramatic exit was Jet Blue attendant's final farewell
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
NEW YORK -- Sometimes there's no going back.
Obama vows to work on restoring middle-class
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
A strong economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class, not just a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said in paying tribute to the American worker. In his weekly radio...
Earl's biggest damage in Northeast: business
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) Tropical storm Earl's worst damage in New England has been to seasonal businesses hoping to end their summer on a high note.
Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
Five shot near Rainbow Beach on South Side
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
Five people, including a 15-year-old boy and a woman, were shot Saturday night while attending a barbecue in a park near Rainbow Beach on the South Side.
Burger King cancels oil contract with Indonesian co.
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
Environmentalists on Saturday praised Burger King's decision to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rain forests..The U.S. hamburger chain giant said Friday that ...
New Zealand cleans up after quake that tore new fault line
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new fault line in the Ear...
Poll shows Brady with slim lead over Quinn
Sep 5, 2010 10:00 am
A new poll shows voters prefer Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady by a slim margin over Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. The Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows 37 percent support Brady compared to...
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