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Man killed by truck in grocery store parking lot

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:16 PM PST

Every day is Christmas for Uncle Pete

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST

Year-round Santa Claus makes holiday special for hundreds of less fortunate

Like Santa, Uncle Pete comes bearing gifts. And like Santa, he remains a man of mystery to most people he meets. Everywhere he goes, people greet him, often receiving a coupon or gift certificate.

Storms snarl holiday travel

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:18 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Fair weather helped make the holiday sojourn a not-so-painful experience in much of the country Thursday, even with more people on the move than last year, but travelers' luck might be running out.

Wrongful conviction case focuses on felon, retired cop

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST

Cop coerced and bribed felon into giving false testimony in 1993 killing, inmate alleges

A Chicago police officer and the convicted felon he is alleged to have coerced and bribed into giving false testimony are the heart of Armando Serrano's bid for freedom, according to a Northwestern University Law School attorney and a journalism professor trying to win him a new trial.

Biden sees consensus on gay marriage as inevitable

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST

Joe Biden compares the nation's evolving views on gay marriage to the military's changing acceptance of gays and lesbians serving openly.

Vice President Joe Biden, increasingly visible as a key presidential adviser on domestic issues, predicted on Friday that the country was moving toward a growing acceptance of gay marriage.

Bears at full strength in preparation for Jets

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:20 PM PST

Fire officials pinpoint cause of blaze

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 11:44 AM PST

A blaze in a vacant Southeast Side building that killed two firefighters and injured 17 others was caused by wood or trash lit on fire, fire officials say.

Snowfall brings white Christmas

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:39 PM PST

Snow was expected to continue through late Christmas Eve, with a 50 perecent chance of snow showers on Christmas Day.

France's popular holiday foie gras goes down market

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:26 PM PST

The French may be tightening belts when it comes to buying presents, with shopkeepers bemoaning sluggish holiday sales. But their taste for the traditional and once rare delicacy is undiminished.

Christmas is coming, and the goose is getting fat; or, more precisely, its liver is piling on the pounds.

Man charged with receiving pot in 5-gallon buckets

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:46 AM PST

Holiday season 2010 marks return of shoppers

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 01:07 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday procrastinators packed stores Friday morning, grabbing those last few presents, gift cards and the finishing touches for Christmas dinner.

Hawaii governor seeks to discredit anti-Obama 'birthers'

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST

Democrat Neil Abercrombie, who knew Obama's parents, is determined to torpedo the conspiracy theory. Underlying his effort may be a desire to dispel the view that Hawaiians aren't Americans in the same way as mainlanders.

Neil Abercrombie knew Barack Obama's parents when the future president was born here in 1961, and he has been aggravated by the so-called birther movement, which alleges Obama was not born in the United States and thus should be expelled from office.

Chicago gay health center gets money to remain open

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 01:01 AM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's gay and lesbian health center has raised $650,000 in 50 days after a financial emergency had it on the brink of closing.

Heartwarming updates on year's stories

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:45 PM PST

A man donated his kidney to a woman he barely knew. A stranger opened his home to a stranded traveler. A hospice patient found solace in cooking. These are just some of the stories that have filled the pages of the Tribune this year. But they didn't end there.

Californians to spend weekend cleaning up after floods

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:31 AM PST

HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — Leslie Constante burst into tears when she saw a red tag slapped on her parents' garage in Highland, deeming it unsafe to enter.

Holiday rush could be retailers' best season since 2007

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 08:11 AM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — It's Black Friday, The Sequel. Stores are rolling out deals and expect to be swimming in shoppers on Christmas Eve as stragglers take advantage of a day off work. For retailers, the last-minute rush caps the best year since 2007, and possibly ever.

For homeless, site of deadly fire was refuge from the cold

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:07 PM PST

Cause of fire elusive at site where some hid from elements

The back of an abandoned laundry on East 75th Street where two firefighters died was tucked away from the harsh cold. While a cause for Wednesday's fire has not been determined, investigators are pursuing the theory that someone seeking shelter accidentally started the blaze.

Tracking Santa (The Newsroom)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:00 PM PST

The Newsroom - Santa doesn't start his long journey from the North Pole until Christmas Eve, but already, searches on the Web are heating up on the jolly fellow's journey. Enter the North American Aerospace Defense Command, aka NORAD, the U.S.-Canadian military organization …

Quinn grants 34 clemency petitions, denies 51

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has made his way through more clemency petitions, granting 34 and denying another 51.

Bakery recalls food after 100 become ill

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:12 PM PST