• World's Columbian Exposition returns to the Field Museum.
• Rare orange Francois Langur monkey 'Pierre' born at Lincoln Park Zoo
• Why do Americans rally around royal baby boy?
• To undershirt or not to undershirt?
• Blanding's turtles may - slowly - grow in the wild with help of Brookfield Zoo
• Blackhawks 'Superfan' Bob Gertenrich attends 2,000 straight home games
• LP Zoo research: Chimps have human-like personalities
• A house call for your grill? Detailers make cookouts easy- and clean
• 'Drutter' replaces golf clubs, spares golfers' back pain
• Rare1913 Liberty Head nickel up for auction at Heritage Auctions
• Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare! Theatre stages dusk to dawn readings
• Photos capture melting Fulton Market Cold Storage building
• Boston bombing renews 'resolve' of runners
• Field Museum gets meteorites from Russia
• Animatronic dinosaurs roam Brookfield Zoo in Dinosaurs Alive! exhibit
• Street sign honors soldier killed in Iraq
• Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
• Want to write in Hemingway's Oak Park home? Here's your chance
• Barber's job saved his life at Auschwitz
• Stone Age uncovered at Field Museum
• Irish Eyes smile, vote on Chicago as U.S. headquarters for St. Patrick's Day
• Ode to a Snow Blower, by Frank Mathie
• Creatures of Light exhibit opens at Field Museum
• Mary Magdalene shin bone on Ill. tour
• Rapping pastor preaches religion with rhyme
• What is a takin? Find out at Lincoln Park Zoo
• Hadiya Pendleton's injured friend Lawrence Sellers speaks
• Paczki Day in Chicago: Polish tradition, Fat Tuesday indulgence
• Bumek, the 'little bum,' makes homeless feel at home at Polish American Association
• Apes form unusual bond at Brookfield Zoo
• WWII veteran collects, restores, sells artifacts
• Plumbing company does good for do-gooder
• Which winter hat is the best?
• Rescued sea lions find home at Shedd
• Miniature model of CSO on display 100 years later
• Restaurateurs build Great Northwest-style pizzeria -- log by log
• Man keeps Corvairs on the road
• 'Black cat and black dog syndrome:' Color plays role in adopting of cats and dogs
• Leafcutter ants cut and chomp away at Notebaert Nature Museum
• 89-year-old hosts yearly Christmas wonderland in Morton Grove
• Canoe designer leaves historic legacy
• Man does random acts of kindess for strangers
• Hyenas welcomed at Lincoln Park Zoo
• Free Twinkies with order at Baby's restaurants in Orland Park, Country Club Hills
• Shedd's 'Penguin Hops' beer on tap at Revolution Brewery
• Norman Rockwell's 'Willie Gillis Food Package from Home' could bring in $10M at Susanin's Auctions in Chicago
• Baby giraffe newest addition at Brookfield Zoo
• Barbara Streisand, Elvis and Diana Ross- all came from public housing
• 'Drunken doughnuts' on offer at Chicago bakery
• 90-year-old car salesman could be Honda dealer's rookie of the year
• Deerfields Bakery customers vote with their taste buds
• Happy Halloween! Bats cause a scream at Field Museum Chicago
• Ringling Brothers circus performers debate in race to become Boss Clown
• It's a girl! Shedd's baby beluga whale ready for public debut
• Halloween masks flying off shelves at Chicago costume shop
• Baby gorilla born at Lincoln Park Zoo
• Open House Chicago: Explore the city's skyline at Kemper Building Observatory
• UniverSoul Circus looks for 'it' at auditions
• Buddy Guy, Chicago blues legend, to get Kennedy Center Honor
• Great pumpkins survive drought
• Revamped bird exhibit takes flight at Field Museum
• Garage gives old gas guzzlers an electric spark
• Lady Liberty shines at Oriental Institute exhibit
• Chicago Jazz Festival 2012 Preview: Milton Suggs' philosophy on jazz
• Wilmette couple restoring Illinois prairie
• 'Pepe' the penguin roams free at Brookfield Zoo
• Baseball greats Ted Williams, Willie Stargell, Joe DiMaggio and Larry Doby featured on USPS stamps
• 85-year-old restores birch bark canoe
• Pontiac collectors gather for national convention
• Chicagoan to sail in his 50th Mackinac race
• Gorilla 'JoJo' king of the jungle at Brookfield Zoo
• Taste of Chicago 2012: Half the fest, but all the Taste?
• Xtreme BUGS at Brookfield Zoo
• Happy Birthday, Oreo cookie!
• It's a boy! Shedd's baby dolphin 2 weeks old
• 'Color Jam' invades the Loop
• All Christ King graduates headed to college
• Brookfield Zoo welcomes baby bison
• New lion Sahar on exhibit at Lincoln Park Zoo
• Girl, 6, ships thousands of shoes to Haiti
• Donated meteor coated in stardust
• Adoptable puppies cuter by the dozen
• Adoptable puppies cuter by the dozen
• 'The Priests' perform at Holy Family Church
• Jokes needed! Site collects smiles for cancer patient
• Endangered Mexican wolves screened for rare cancer research at Brookfield Zoo
• 'The Owl Whisperer' creates nests for baby birds
• Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra celebrates 65 years
• Baby gorilla dies at Lincoln Park Zoo
• 'Ron Santo Suite' raises money for diabetes research
• 'Unbroken' WWII vet talk to high schoolers
• National Veterans Art Museum to move
• Wild African kitten rejected by parents, raised by zoo staff
• Gorilla JoJo heads to suburbs; son gets bachelor pad
• Wouldn't you rather be outside? Record-breaking temps
• Girl Scouts celebrates 100 years
• Man takes 50 jobs in 50 states in 50 weeks
• 92-year-old Glenview woman celebrates 23rd birthday
• Shy rescue dogs need compassionate homes
• Aardvark born at Brookfield Zoo