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    Posted: 04 Nov 2010 12:34 PM PDT
    Keeping teen drivers on their toes, and not on the gas pedal, is key to lower insurance rates

    So you've been cruising along with affordable car insurance for years thanks to a clean driving record. Then, like an annoying fender bender during slow-moving traffic — bam — your premium skyrockets.
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:34 PM PDT
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:42 PM PDT
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 05:44 PM PDT
    One person died and two people were seriously injured in a fire in the upper floors of an apartment building on the West Side this afternoon, a Fire Department spokesman said. A family member at the scene said it was a 3-year-old boy who died.
    Posted: 05 Nov 2010 04:43 PM PDT
    White House advisors stay in key posts, despite urging from some Democrats to bring in new blood after the election. 'The president needs a broader range of views,' says one.

    Despite the historic defeat dealt to Democrats on Tuesday, President Obama appears to be resisting wholesale staff changes that would pry apart the circle of advisors he has relied on since the 2008 campaign.
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 03:26 PM PDT
    Bears defensive back D.J. Moore moved his mother, Doris, to Chicago to try to get her clean. She is addicted to crack, and now she is leaning on her middle son, the athlete who stayed out of trouble. "I look at D.J.," she says, "and I'm just so proud of him."
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT
    Happy Meals and soda in the cross hairs

    The government tells us what medicines we may take and what recreational substances we may ingest, but when it comes to food, we decide what goes down our gullets. Gun-owning barbecuers coexist peacefully with Humane Society vegans. To paraphrase the old adage, your freedom ends where my stomach begins.
    Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT
    Peterson Park neighbors say Park District's Trails of Terror is destroying woods

    Halloween may be an "X" on the calendar, but some residents who live near Peterson Park say their most frightening days are ahead as Chicago Park District officials this weekend finish dismantling the popular Trails of Terror exhibit on the Northwest Side.
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT
    40 years later, questions still surround an unsolved murder at NIU

    Doreen Vogt was watching the evening news when tragic scenes from Northern Illinois University filled her with a pain she's spent the last four decades trying to forget.
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT
    D.J. Moore moves his mother to Chicago to try to get her clean

    D.J. Moore doesn't hesitate to name the most influential figure in his life.
    Posted: 05 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT
    Democrats in legislature still appear reluctant

    Gov. Pat Quinn sees his election victory as a mandate from voters to raise the state income tax to pay for schools. "I think our message of investing in education was supported by the people," Quinn told the Tribune.
    Posted: 05 Nov 2010 08:27 AM PDT
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:08 AM PDT
    SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni judge has ordered the country's security forces to arrest a radical U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida.
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:45 AM PDT
    Fresh off his narrow election win, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn sat down with the Tribune to discuss the way forward. He talked about taxes, education and whether he has a mandate from voters.
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 11:29 AM PDT
    MUMBAI, India (AP) — President Barack Obama is announcing trade deals worth $10 billion with India that are expected to create 54,000 U.S. jobs.
    Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:40 PM PDT
    Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:26 PM PDT
    Posted: 05 Nov 2010 07:12 PM PDT
    90 years after young girl's death in Blue Island, finding her grave helps descendants find some closure

    All her life, Amy Malysa heard the sad family tale of a little girl who'd been killed by a runaway hearse steps from her home in suburban Blue Island. The whereabouts of that little girl's grave were a mystery. That is, until a remarkable twist.
    Posted: 05 Nov 2010 06:44 PM PDT
    8A, Halftime: Sandburg 17, Lyons 14 Receiver Tres Oliver threw a 39-yard pass and caught an 18-yard TD pass in a scoring drive that has helped visiting Sandburg take a 17-14 lead over Lyons at halftime of a Class 8A second-round state playoff game.