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  • Dolphin raises head
  • Chicago Zoological Society officials say three Brookfield Zoo bottlenose dolphins are pregnant.
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local
  • A new trend in the restaurant industry could someday find its way into homes. Moto Restaurant is among the first in Chicago to use a hydroponic garden to grow many of the ingredients that chefs use in the daily dishes.
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recipes
  • A new trend in the restaurant industry could someday find its way into homes. Moto Restaurant is among the first in Chicago to use a hydroponic garden to grow many of the ingredients that chefs use in the daily dishes.
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food & recipes
  • Watch Phil Schwarz's 7-day outlook.
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weather
  • Federal health regulators say an experimental insomnia drug from Merck can help patients fall asleep, but it also carries worrisome side effects, including daytime drowsiness and suicidal thinking.
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healthbeat
  • Cloudy, warm and humid with showers and thunderstorms likely Tuesday.
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7-day forecast, phil schwarz
  • In this file photo, pigeons fly inside their coop at Pigeon Paradise in Knesselare, Belgium.
  • A pigeon named Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman.
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strange
  • An American flag blows in the wind at sunrise atop the rubble of a destroyed home a day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
  • The Red Cross in Chicago is preparing to mobilize to send help to the tornado region. People who wish to make a donation to support the Red Cross response to the disaster in Oklahoma can visit redcross.org or call 1-800-REDCROSS.
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local, jason knowles
  • At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
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news
  • At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
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national/world
  • Residents in some parts of the Chicago area are cleaning up from some heavy rain, lightning and strong winds that moved through overnight.
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news
  • Residents in some parts of the Chicago area are cleaning up from some heavy rain, lightning and strong winds that moved through overnight.
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local
  • Boys with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to be overweight as adults, according to new research.
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healthbeat
  • Opening statements have begun in the murder trial of James Ealy, the man accused of strangling Mary Hutchison during a 2006 robbery at a Lindenhurst Burger King.
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local
  • More protests were planned Tuesday over the plan to close or consolidate 54 Chicago public schools.
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local
  • A Florida man pleaded guilty in the death of William Pettry, a Chicago Bears fan, who was stabbed to death at a bar in Jacksonville.
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local
  • Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments at a civil trial in Chicago that pits an 87-year-old investor against "Apprentice" host Donald Trump.
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local
  • A second day of tornadoes in Oklahoma. One touched down in Moore, causing extensive damage on Monday. On Sunday, two people were killed in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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national/world
  • The Million Dollar Quartet is on the verge of setting a new record in Chicago Theatre. On Sunday May 26, it will become the longest-running musical in Chicago history.
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entertainment
  • Three vehicles crashed at an intersection in Oswego Tuesday, causing at least one serious injury.
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local
  • Two Occupy protesters are suing sheriff's officers in a central Indiana county who they say shoved one of them roughly into a wall and arrested them when they entered the county courthouse.
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indiana news
  • An Illinois House committee has OK'd a measure to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in the state.
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illinois news
  • Race horse trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni leaves after a disciplinary hearing at the British Horseracing Authority, in London.
  • The Godolphin doping scandal deepened Monday, with British racing authorities announcing that seven more horses have tested positive for steroids, including the winner of the world's oldest classic.
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national/world
  • An Israeli woman is taken out of a bank in the town of Beersheba.
  • A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said.
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national/world
  • This arrest photo made available by the Broward County Sheriffs Office shows former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson
  • Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on charges that he violated probation stemming from an altercation with his now ex-wife, TV reality star Evelyn Lozada.
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sports
  • After a wave of thunderstorms and torrential rain lashed the Chicago area Monday night, the worst of it appears to be over - for now.
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local