Dune, Set, Hike!: Don’t take a day at the beach lying down
For many beachgoers, a day of sun and sand requires but a few simple provisions – a large, sturdy towel, a clutch of celebrity tabloid rags an…
Green Notes: Reinventing the wheels
Lee Ravenscroft was tired of seeing scrappers driving down the street with trucks overflowing with bicycles.
Dark Energy Survey quests to explain the unexplainable
One of the biggest mysteries for human beings remains finding the components of the universe. And when it comes to Dark Energy, things get eve…
Green Notes: Synagogue reuse project hits a home run
Twenty years after the synagogue closed, Andrew Berlin, chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Berlin Packaging, bought the Silver Hawks in Novembe…
Some 65 acres of cropland lay hidden amidst Chicago's sprawl
Chicago's green thumbs are ingenious. They produce food in vacant parking lots and utility right-of-ways. Yet, their efforts go unnoticed as C…
Chicago River flows through history
The fate of the Chicago River sounds precarious, with drought conditions and a potential carp invasion on the horizon. But the city and state …
What holds energy tech back? The infernal battery
As 21st century technology strains to become ever faster, cleaner and cheaper, an invention from more than 200 years ago keeps holding it back.
Chicago River reversal nothing to be concerned about, experts say
Rumors circulating that the Chicago River may reverse itself due to low water levels in Lake Michigan are bogus, according to experts at the M…
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- 1 Roof blows off LOFS house, vehicles overturn during storm
- 2 Residents, officials surveying damage in wake of Wednesday night storms
- 3 Paula Cooper: Convicted of murder at 15, a Gary woman prepares for her 2013 release
- 4 Gary woman sentenced to die at 16 to be released from prison
- 5 Woman fatally stabbed in C.P. domestic dispute




























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