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Governor Quinn signed into law Saturday new legislation that allows judges to impose harsher penalties on people who use social media or other methods of electronic communication to organize mob attacks.

With drive times under a couple of hours, these are the staff's favorite out-and-back excursions from the city.

Just days after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told the city to get ready for a costly new arena for DePaul University basketball in the South Loop, he's now telling residents to prepare for a $115 million revamp of Navy Pier, the state's most popular tourist attraction.

The Chicago Teachers Union launched the march Saturday morning, with plans to tour throughout the city , stopping at several schools targeted for closure along the way with "block party style rallies." The 30-plus mile march, "Our City.

Two people were fatally shot in the head and another shot dead in the chest in overnight violence that wounded at least nine others, according to police.

Corbett vs. Dempsey , the record label, has just released one of the rarest and most historically murky recordings in the massive oeuvre of the great Sun Ra, issuing Continuation on CD for the first time.

There are two punk-rock festivals happening in Chicago this weekend: HoZac's Blackout and WHPK's Summer Breeze .

Chicago police officer was with his son when he said the animal charged, a claim the dog's owners deny.

SATURDAY, MAY 11 Drivers Gives Fake Name, Charged With Pot Possession Johnathan N. Lipscomb, 27, of the 3200 block of Nelson Avenue in Robbins, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstructing a police officer, driving with a suspended license, improper display of registration and not wearing a seatbelt, ... (more)

ARKive - a U.K. based charity that aims to create a photographic and video record of life on Earth - has come a long way since its launch in 2003, in part thanks to dedicated volunteers like Winnetka resident Cindy Galvin.

It's graduation season, and Columbia College is throwing one hell of a party before it sends its students out into the cold, hard world.

Cooler air has set into Chicago in comparison to unseasonably hot weather Tuesday and Wednesday.

Local punk blowout Riot Fest has steadily grown since it began as a two-day affair at the Congress Theater back in 2005, but it kicked things up a notch last year when it moved into Humboldt Park and transformed into a multistage outdoor carnival, Ferris wheel included .

Lake Forest resident Dean DeBiase , a former College of Lake County student who gained distinction as a Silicon Valley and Chicago business leader, will be the keynote speaker at the college's commencement ceremony on Saturday.. DeBiase, who transferred from CLC a few credits short of earning a degree, will also receive an honorary associate degree ... (more)

Chicago Craft Beer Week, organized by the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild and now in its fourth year, exists first and foremost to expose new people to the great beer made in Chicago - and even the hardest of hard-core beer nerds could probably use a refresher course.

A south suburban woman who said she frequents shops on the Magnificent Mile was robbed of tens of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry Wednesday.

I was up late the other night, reading "Addicted to Guns" , my man Mick Dumke 's latest feature on crime and violence in Chicago.

TUESDAY, MAY 7 Retail Theft Cameron Welch, 19, of the 500 block of West 97th Street, Chicago, was charged with retail theft, according to a report.

When did people start saying "porn" as shorthand for pornography? It sounds like a product of the home video era, when pornographic movies became easier to come by: a flat, workaday term for an increasingly familiar commodity.

A 21-year-old Lincolnwood man was charged with soliciting a prostitute - on his honeymoon.