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Over the weekend, the programmers at Northwest Chicago Film Society announced that they replaced Wednesday night's 7:30 PM screening of The Halliday Brand with another western from director Joseph H. Lewis, Terror in a Texas Town .

There's no question that 2012 has already been a banner year for Chicago's dining scene.

June is startup month at Forbes and my focus is on ABC's Shark Tank, which has been a TV phenomenon spanning three seasons, with eight different angel investors from a variety of industries.

CHICAGO - A 25-year-old Chicago man has been charged in the May 17 armed hold-up of a Northfield candy store and another armed robbery the following day at a boutique in Winnetka.

A gunman who allegedly dropped into an Oak Lawn bank through the roof and zip-tied two employees during a broad-daylight robbery Saturday has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with bank robbery.

Turns out that mayor Emanuel is going to take Spanish classes in order to address the Hispanics better.

Ray Christie of Lakewood and Larry Kozak of Algonquin launch their solar powered canoe during a test run on Crystal Lake on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

When Roy Lichtenstein passed away in 1997 at the age of 73, he left behind a body of work the world still struggles to understand.

I've always had kind of a love-hate relationship with Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, going back to his playing days.

A second Chicago man has been charged today in connection with an altercation last month that ended with four members of the Guardian Angels volunteer security patrol being stabbed.

Mr. Bluhm's investment firm, Walton Street Capital LLC, is poised to hand back to lenders a portfolio of West Coast industrial properties that it bought for $2.9 billion in 2007, at the peak of the real estate market.

After raising millions at three fundraisers Friday night, President Barack Obama woke up in his own bed this morning and walked in his Kenwood neighborhood before going back to Washington.

If you love to hike or take a long walks with your dogs, you don't need to hit the road for Wisconsin to have some fun.

Chicago and Oak Lawn police surround a strip shopping mall where a Bank of America near the 11100 block of South Pulaski was robbed Saturday, June 2, 2012.

Today marks my last blog post on the Bleader. I'll still be working in Chicago and writing about the art scene; you can find me on Twitter .

Saving is simply setting aside money for a short term goal, such as buying a car or going on a... Dorothy Walker of the Alabama Historical Commission, right, and Tracy Wilson walk by the old Madison Park School in Montgomery.

No, not to the fancy government house in Washington. He wanted the familiar bed at his Kenwood/Hyde Park house in Chicago.

Don't see your favorite Southland summer destination on our list? Drop us an address, with a few lines about what makes your favorite site so special.

Business entrepreneur and television personality Donald Trump recently put his Chicago penthouse in Trump Tower on the market for $32 million.

When was the last time you used a real key to open a hotel door? It felt like ages but oh-so-right when we got to literally turn a key just recently at Hotel Burnham in Chicago.