After 9 years, Bears and Smith part ways

Chicago Tribune sports columnist Steve Rosenbloom on the Bears firing Lovie Smith. (Posted: Dec 31, 2012) ...

Armstrong better, Green Day to resume tour in 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Green Day is going back out on the road. The Grammy-winning punk band announced new tour dates Monday. The band cancel...

Essay: In Pursuit of Answers One May Not Want to Know

I jogged into the Stanford Cancer Clinic with my boyfriend, the youngest people there by two decades. We stood there sweating and holding ha...

Tribune Co. emerges from bankruptcy

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Ten Worst Films Of 2012

I don’t necessarily enjoy highlighting the bad stuff. I do like to give every film a chance, in spite of possible preconceptions. As such, I...

Top Ten Films Of 2012

This list represents the best new films I saw throughout the year and includes feature films that received a UK general release between Janu...

4th quarter: Bears 26, Lions 24

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‘The Hobbit’ stays atop box office for third week

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ” continues to rule them all at the box office, staying on top for a third-straight w...

Well: Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain

Anyone whose resolve to exercise in 2013 is a bit shaky might want to consider an emerging scientific view of human evolution. It suggests t...

Airlines' plans for 2013 up in the air

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Chicago police backtrack after confirming 500th homicide

Chicago police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the 1000 block of North Lavergne on Chicago's West Side. (Chris Sweda/ Chica...

Katie Holmes’ Broadway play ‘Dead Accounts’ closes

NEW YORK (AP) — Katie Holmes ‘ return to Broadway will be much shorter than she would have liked. The former Mrs. Cruise ‘s play “ Dead Acco...

Surgery Returns to NYU Langone Medical Center

Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Senator Charles E. Schumer spoke at a news conference Thursday about the reopening of NYU Langone Medical Ce...

Wall Street extends losses, Dow slides 1 percent

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Snow buries parts of Northeast, flights canceled

A powerful winter storm is hitting the Northeast, one day after it hammered the Midwest and plains. Snowfall could top a foot in some areas....

Apple CEO’s pay takes big hit vs. record 2011 package

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook’s 2012 compensation package of just over $ 4 million is a huge cut on paper for the top execut...

Soprano Bartoli: My voice has more colors, shadow

LONDON (Reuters) – Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has released a year-end blockbuster that is part mystery story, part research proj...

Measles: Measles Epidemic Is Spreading in Central Africa

Jehad Nga for The New York Times An internally displaced persons camp in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to recent vi...

Toyota to pay big to settle suits

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One of Chicago's most feared mobsters dies in prison

Frank Calabrese Jr., ex-mobster and author of the book Family Secrets, speaks to the Chicago Tribune's John Kass on March 14, 2011, at B...

Ticket rush: Film fans hand Hollywood record cash

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The big deal for Hollywood is not the record $ 10.8 billion that studios took in domestically in 2012. It’s the fact tha...