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Four members of the volunteer security patrol known as the Guardian Angels were stabbed late Tuesday while trying to break up a robbery at a Red Line train station on the Near North Side , Chicago police said today.

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A Chicago police officer man filed a lawsuit today against a local pizzeria after getting into a crash last year with one of its drivers while he was on duty.

Boats operated by the Chicago police and the U.S. Coast Guard monitor activity on the Chicago River near the Michigan Ave.

On Thursday evening Swedish trumpeter Emil Strandberg makes his local debut at Elastic , improvising in various combinations with some of Chicago's finest: trumpeter Jaimie Branch, bass clarinetist Jeff Kimmel, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, drummer Frank Rosaly, and modular synthesizer player Brian Labycz.

This shake season, we couldn't help noticing how chef-driven creations have transcended the traditional fast-food varieties .

More than a third of deaths in adult captive chimpanzees are caused by complications of heart disease, and veterinarians don't know why.

Well, it appears Pakistan will be represented at the NATO summit in Chicago after all.

The city of Chicago has changed its mind. Last week, officials pulled the permit for a demonstration by National Nurses United after the group added a performance by Tom Morello to their event.

The first Bulgarians settled in Chicago during the first years of the 20th Century.

After Mayor Richard Daley left office, the future of privatization in Chicago was uncertain at best.

Polite, "quiet as a mouse" woman turns up dead and there's no sign of her new husband.

Cook County commissioners agreed Monday to pay $600,000 to settle the county's portion of a lawsuit brought by Michael Tillman, whose allegations of police torture have shined a spotlight on former Mayor Richard Daley.

Chicago Police Officer John McCarthy, left, and his partner Lucas Wise nabbed an alleged bank robber this afternoon.

Just days before the NATO Summit that he hopes will showcase Chicago as a global city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a plan Monday to build a massive, $200 million air cargo center that will solidify O'Hare International Airport as one of the world's largest air cargo hubs.

Bond was set at $3 million for a Chicago man charged with first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting of two 20-year-olds in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Passengers who ride the South Shore Line to Chicago should expect "rigorous" security checks this Sunday and Monday, and 11 trains will be cancelled Monday due to the NATO summit at McCormick Place , the railroad announced today.

For an easy way to offer thanks and honor to your hardworking mom, take her to Yumz Gourmet Frozen Yogurt on Sunday, May 13th.

"A Watered Garden: Christian Worship and Earth's Ecology," by Benjamin M. Stewart, explores a deep connection between Christian worship and ecology, the interdependence of every living organism on Earth and throughout the universe.

The number of listed downtown Chicago luxury condos for sale in the first quarter of 2012 was down 19.7% compared to first quarter 2011.* There were 509 downtown Chicago condos for sale priced $1,000,000 or higher in the first quarter down from 620 a year ago.