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Ray Manzarek, who has died of bile duct cancer aged 74, created the signature keyboard sounds on the Doors' classic tracks LA Woman, Riders on the Storm and, perhaps most memorably, Light My Fire.

Let me see if I understand this. The city of Chicago refuses to give the Chicago Cubs a single dollar of taxpayer money - which I agree with - to rebuild Wrigley Field, the third largest tourist attraction in the state of Illinois and the host of 81 games annually.

Kevin Zolkiewicz sent us these photos on Saturday showing the new pedestrian crossing signals pointing diagonally across the intersection of State Street and Jackson Boulevard, right outside DePaul University's Loop campus.

DePaul University in Chicago, US has unveiled plans to build a new events and convention facility near McCormick Place with an investment of $140 million.

Near the boeing Building, center, a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train moves on the Lake Street double-decked, double-leaf trunnion bascule bridge over the Chicago River April 3, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.

A DePaul University student was sentenced to 145 days behind bars Thursday after admitting his role in a deadly Indiana brawl that claimed the life of a teenager from Chicago's Beverly community.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday announced plans to construct a $173-million stadium for DePaul University's Blue Demons adjacent to McCormick Place, the city's largest convention center.

Thomas Hynes, the former Cook County Democratic Party boss, is paid $80,000 a year by DePaul University for lobbying at City Hall and has represented the university for years.

On Rahm Emanuel's second anniversary as mayor, he announced major changes to two of Chicago's top tourism attractions, Navy Pier and McCormick Place.

The Women's Executive Committee of the Illinois CPA Society is hosting a Women's Leadership Breakfast Friday, May 17, featuring documentarian and author Dr.

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Details about a new arena at McCormick Place are slowly leaking out, including a reduced price tag, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel is not expected to speak more on the topic until at least Thursday, according to a report by CBS Chicago.

The convention business has been disappearing from Chicago, with competition from warm places like Orlando or Las Vegas siphoning off the dollars of free-spending business people.

In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, photo,a home is for sale in Oklahoma City. Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell again to new record lows.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to announce this week plans for a $300 million 12,000-seat arena for DePaul University at McCormick Place - a proposal that will call for millions in taxpayer dollars, sources tell the Chicago Sun-Times. The mayor will also announce plans to build two mega hotels on McPier property in the hopes of aggressively growing ... (more)

Evan Fry of Franklin was recognized in April as a Big Man on Campus at the University of Oklahoma for outstanding accomplishments in leadership, service, honors and academics.

Chicago is lucky to still have a full-time classical-music radio station in WFMT , but for fans of composed music that's less than a hundred years old, there aren't so many opportunities to hear it outside of the concert hall or by purchasing recordings.

Roman Ira Levy has been named Chairman of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.

Leonard A. Jason, professor of clinical and community psychology at DePaul University and director of the Center for Community Research, is the author of Principles of Social Change published by Oxford University Press.

DePaul University students will host its second annual dance marathon to benefit the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.