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La Grange police said on Monday that they do not yet know why a Chicago woman's vehicle was stopped on the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks at Gilbert Avenue where it was hit by a train at about 5:54 p.m. Feb.

As first reported in Chicago Pipeline , 80s video-game nostalgia and craft beers will form a formidable combination at the forthcoming Emporium Arcade Bar on 1366 N. Milwaukee in Wicker Park.

Another discovery I owe to the blog Invisible Oranges , Tengger Cavalry is a one-man band from Beijing that combines death metal and Mongolian folk music: "Tengger" is a sky god worshipped by ancient Turkic peoples as well as the name of a desert in Inner Mongolia.

This Thursday the Chainlink and New Belgium Brewing present Bicycle Dreams , a documentary about the Race Across America , playing at the Viaduct Theater in its Chicago premiere.

What's happening in the Windy City "Genghis Khan" , Field Museum, Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Road, Feb.

Let this cupid show you how to enjoy your Valentine night. Like Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams characters did in Chicago in their new movie "The Vow" where they dated and eventually married, at The Art Institute of Chicago .

Now that the long list of Valentine's Day goodies is out of the way, here's what's happening the rest of the week.

"Real food fast" is their trademark at Etno Village Grill , 2580 N. Lincoln at the intersection of Sheffield and Wrightwood in Lincoln Park.

Sal was the beloved husband of the late Nora, nee Houston; fond father of Joseph , of Mary and the late Thomas Balsamo; grandfather of Chris, Joseph, Sam , Abe Balsamo, Rebecca Laird and Joshua Laird-Wilson; great-grandfather of six; dear brother of the late Philip, Sam and Dr.

Masterpieces of urban design fill the view from the balcony of your hotel room in the Aqua Tower, an architectural stunner.

Dear Amy: My mom passed away last year, and according to Jewish custom it's appropriate to go to temple for 11 months to recite the Kiddush.

A tow truck carries away a white van involved in an incident with a man and a Chicago Police officer in the alley behind the 7900 block of S. Chappel Ave.

The home at 2266 86th St. is just another three-story home in the Fairfax section of Cleveland.

Most travelers work hard to save money on airfare and lodging, but the cost of activities can really add to your vacation budget.

CHICAGO A man was shot dead by an off-duty Chicago police officer outside the officer's South Chicago neighborhood home when he tried to run the officer over with a van he had used to ram into the officer's garage.

Oliver Laxe, a Paris-born, Spanish-raised filmmaker in his late 20s, understands the educational nature of cinema.

You probably already know about Frankie Rose : the Brooklyn hipster princess played drums in some of the buzziest buzz bands of the mid-to-late aughts before stepping out from behind the kit last year to front Frankie Rose & the Outs .

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Here's an assignment for the screenwriters behind "Shameless" and its eye-popping stories: Discuss what the heck you've wrought, and how.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown's house in the Calumet Heights neighborhood of Chicago caught fire Friday night.