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Al Capone

Al Capone ruled Chicago's underworld of crime duri more...0 points

Al Capone ruled Chicago's underworld of crime during the 1920s. His gang controlled the city's gambling, prostitution, and illegal liquor ...0 points

The Untouchables - Eliot Ness and Prohibition

After Prohibition was passed, a set of racketeers more...0 points

After Prohibition was passed, a set of racketeers began to trade alcohol, including Al Capone. To take them on a special unit was formed at ...0 points

Chicago Holiday Train

Get on the Holiday Train! The Chicago Transit Aut more...0 points

Get on the Holiday Train! The Chicago Transit Authority operates Santa's Holiday Train every year, taking tourists and locals alike aroun...0 points

Chicago Free and Low Cost Legal Services

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Get the legal services you need! Got a legal problem? Low on cash? Unemployed?

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Jerry Springer

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Find out about the man behind the controversial and loved talk show and watch your fave clips !!0 points

A Chicago Christmas

Every region has their own peculiar holiday celebr more...0 points

Every region has their own peculiar holiday celebrations, and the city of Chicago, Illinois is no different. Whether you are a Chicago resid...0 points

Valerie Jarrett

Learn more about Chicago's Valerie Jarrett, a more...0 points

Learn more about Chicago's Valerie Jarrett, a close friend and advisor to President Barack Obama. A lawyer, businesswoman and political ...0 points

WAA Youth Rec Sports and Travel Teams in Naperville and Aurora, IL

The Wheatland Athletic Association is a non-profit more...0 points

The Wheatland Athletic Association is a non-profit parent volunteer sports-minded organization which provides youth rec and travel athletic ...0 points

Jerry Springer Show

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Find out all about the crazy Jerry Springer TV show and watch your favorite clips !0 points

Chicago's Millennium Park

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Welcome! This lens features one of Chicago's most magnificent public parks, Millennium Park. Millennium Park is an award-winning center for...0 points

Best Books About Chicago

Chicago is a diverse and interesting city, and th more...0 points

Chicago is a diverse and interesting city, and the books written about it are just as fascinating. From travel guides on seeing Chicago&#3...0 points

Family Vacation - Driving from Chicago to Orlando

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For the second year in a row, we took our family vacation to Orlando, Florida. This year, we decided to drive down from Naperville, Illinois...0 points

Chicago Christmas Ornaments

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Deck your halls with your favorite Chicago sports team, or show your family's local heritage in the land of Lincoln with these Chicago and ...0 points

Cheryle Jackson

Learn more about this Chicago civic leader and adv more...0 points

Learn more about this Chicago civic leader and advisor and friend of Barack Obama. At one time Cheryle Jackson was named as a potential repl...0 points

Vintage Chicago Travel Posters

Please enjoy these vintage prints of Chicago postc more...0 points

Please enjoy these vintage prints of Chicago postcards, turned into posters suitable for framing. Whether you are a Chicagoan, former Chicag...0 points

Kiddieland - Melrose Park, IL

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I took this photo at the Kiddieland amusement park in Melrose Park, Illinois. It was sunset on our family's last visit to the final season ...0 points

About Chicago

Welcome, This lens is all about the city I was bor more...0 points

Welcome, This lens is all about the city I was born and raised in Chicago IL. Chicago has many nicknames such as: "The Windy City", The Wh...0 points

Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky is an influential crime novelist bes more...0 points

Sara Paretsky is an influential crime novelist best known for her heroine V.I. Warshawski, a Chicago private investigator. She has earned en...0 points

Alpana Singh: Sommelier and "Check, Please" Host

Alpana Singh is perhaps the most beloved sommelier more...0 points

Alpana Singh is perhaps the most beloved sommelier in all of Chicagoland. A wine expert at a very young age, Singh is the youngest person to...0 points

Best Movies Set In Chicago

Whether it is the comedy of John Hughes or the act more...0 points

Whether it is the comedy of John Hughes or the action of Batman, Chicago has played host to a variety of movie sets over the years. Here are...0 points

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit Cath more...0 points

Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit Catholic university established in Chicago in 1870. It was founded by the Roman Catholic relig...0 points

The 1908 Chicago Cubs

Before the billy goat, before the black cat, befor more...0 points

Before the billy goat, before the black cat, before Bartman...the Chicago Cubs won a world series! In fact they won two in a row, 1907 and 1...0 points

Tammy Duckworth

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A veteran, national guard member, health care advocate and civil servant, Tammy Duckworth is a true American hero.0 points

Metro: Chicago's Independent Concert Venue

Metro is one of the country's most renowned indepe more...0 points

Metro is one of the country's most renowned independent concert venues. Established in July 1982, Metro has become a playground for new and...0 points

Chicago Cubs

The magic number is 0, and we did it! A five to fo more...0 points

The magic number is 0, and we did it! A five to four victory today over the St. Louis Cardinals

I was so sure that they would win, I have...0 points

Chicago's Cloud Gate

Welcome, this lens is about one of my home town's more...0 points

Welcome, this lens is about one of my home town's tourist attractions, Cloud Gate, a/k/a the Bean. Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoo...0 points

Chicago Flag

What's blue and white and starred with red? The of more...0 points

What's blue and white and starred with red? The official municipal flag of the city of Chicago, Illinois! Read on to learn more about the C...0 points

Rahm Emanuel

Former Congressman, Democratic strategist, and now more...0 points

Former Congressman, Democratic strategist, and now White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel is on the move!0 points

Jim Belushi

James Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Chicago. more...0 points

James Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Chicago. Jim is the third of four children.  Jim started his acting career in the shadows of h...0 points

Smart Bar: Chicago's Independent Nightclub

Smart Bar is one of the country's most renowned in more...0 points

Smart Bar is one of the country's most renowned independent nightclubs. Established in July 1982, Smart Bar has become a playground for new...0 points

Andrew Greeley

Chicagoan Fr. Andrew Greeley is a Catholic priest more...0 points

Chicagoan Fr. Andrew Greeley is a Catholic priest and sociologist who is the author of many works of fiction and non-fiction.  Among hi...0 points

Mike Quigley: Illinois Congressman

Mike Quigley was a Cook County Commissioner prior more...0 points

Mike Quigley was a Cook County Commissioner prior to winning the special election for the Illinois 5th Congressional District on April 7, 20...0 points

Celtic Music: Liz Carroll

Liz Carroll's parents emigrated from Ireland to Ch more...0 points

Liz Carroll's parents emigrated from Ireland to Chicago, where Liz was born. Her father played button accordion and began teaching her musi...0 points

Double Door: Best Club In Wicker Park

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Located in Chicago's historic Wicker Park neighborhood, Double Door has been serving Chicago music fans since 1994.0 points

Obama YES WE CAN is In Full Bloom !

Only The Best ! - Illustrated by TanituIsland, &qu more...0 points

Only The Best ! - Illustrated by TanituIsland, "Obama - YES WE CAN, Love Blossoms" Inspire Evolution & Change. - Created with Passion & At...0 points

Things to do in Chicago

Travel books and websites abound about what to see more...0 points

Travel books and websites abound about what to see and do in Chicago. Not to knock the advice of seasoned travelers or authorities like From...0 points

Roland Burris: Illinois Senator

Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris was more...0 points

Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris was been named by then-Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill Barack Obama's former Senate Seat in...0 points

Tom Geoghegan: Chicago Labor Lawyer

Learn more about Tom Geoghegan, a Chicago labor la more...0 points

Learn more about Tom Geoghegan, a Chicago labor lawyer, author, and political figure. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Illinois' 5th Co...0 points

Jan Schakowsky - Representative For Illinois' 9th Congressional District

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has represented Illin more...0 points

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has represented Illinois' 9th district since 1998, and is one of Congress' most popular members.0 points

Chicago Independent Radio Project

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Learn all about the efforts of The Chicago Independent Radio Project (aka CHIRP) to bring a new low power FM community radio station to Chic...0 points

Chicago Style Hot Dogs

Welcome! This lens is about one of Chicagos' favor more...0 points

Welcome! This lens is about one of Chicagos' favorite foods, the Chicago-style hot dog. It's either steamed, boiled, or broiled all-beef h...0 points

Luis Gutierrez

During his eight terms in the U.S. House, Congress more...0 points

During his eight terms in the U.S. House, Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez has worked to establish himself as an effective legislator and energ...0 points

Danny Davis

Representative Danny K. Davis has served the 7th C more...0 points

Representative Danny K. Davis has served the 7th Congressional District in Illinois since 1996. He currently serves on the Committee on Ways...0 points

Chicago's India Town

One of my favorite ethnic neighbourhoods in Chicag more...0 points

One of my favorite ethnic neighbourhoods in Chicago is the stretch of Devon Avenue in West Rogers park known unofficially as Little India or...0 points

Chicago's Deep Dish Pizza

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Welcome! This lens is about Chicago's delicious Deep Dish Pizza. As a Chicagoan, we have a vast array of pizzerias around our metropolitan ...0 points

Resurrection High School

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Learn about single sex education in Chicago at Resurrection High School, a college preparatory high school for young women.0 points

Portage Park in Chicago, IL

Portage Park was created in 1913 by the Old Portag more...0 points

Portage Park was created in 1913 by the Old Portage Park District, an independent park board formed by local citizens to enhance property va...0 points

Cubs fans - their secret lives

The 2009 season has come and gone. This year we st more...0 points

The 2009 season has come and gone. This year we started saying "next year" a bit earlier than we expected. We had more drama than ...0 points

Lisa Madigan: IL Attorney General

Learn more about Illinois Attorney General Lisa Ma more...0 points

Learn more about Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Elected in 2003, she is the first female attorney general for Illinois. She is a De...0 points

Forrest Claypool

Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool is the f more...0 points

Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool is the former Superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District, a $400 million government agenc...0 points

Ministry - Industrial Metal

Ministry was an industrial metal band, active fro more...0 points

Ministry was an industrial metal band, active from 1981 to 2008, who are widely regarded as one of the pioneers of industrial metal.

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Studs Terkel: Author, Historian, Broadcaster, Actor

Learn about Studs Terkel, the Chicago author, hist more...0 points

Learn about Studs Terkel, the Chicago author, historian, broadcaster and actor widely regarded as America's greatest conversationalist. Bri...0 points

Chicago Sports

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Welcome! This lens is all about our lovable Chicago Teams, from the Cubs to the White Sox. Even though we keep hoping for a World Series or ...0 points

Chicagoland Speedway

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It took until 2001 for NASCAR racing to be a reality in Joliet, IL ~~ that was when Chicagoland Speedway had it's debut races (Jimmie Johns...0 points

Chicago History Museum

Formerly known as the Chicago Historical Society, more...0 points

Formerly known as the Chicago Historical Society, the Chicago History Museum is a privately endowed, independent institution devoted to coll...0 points

The Chicago River

People fish in it but you can't eat your catch. To more...0 points

People fish in it but you can't eat your catch. Tourists take architectural cruises down it. Its appeared in film. Its dyed green every St....0 points

The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879 a more...0 points

The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879 as both a museum and school. Built on rubble from the 1871 Chicago fire, the museum housed ...0 points

The Metra Train

Chicago's Metra Trains may not be as famous as the more...0 points

Chicago's Metra Trains may not be as famous as the El trains (those elevated trains that shook Jake's apartment in the Blues Brothers and ...0 points

John Dillinger

John Dillinger's story is an ironic one. Legend ha more...0 points

John Dillinger's story is an ironic one. Legend has it that he used to conduct bank robberies under the guise of shooting a movie, also ana...0 points

Jesse Jackson Jr

Chicago politician Jesse Jackson Jr. is the son of more...0 points

Chicago politician Jesse Jackson Jr. is the son of the legendary civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson. He has represented the 2nd cong...0 points

Chicago Politicians

There's a reason Chicago is called "The Windy more...0 points

There's a reason Chicago is called "The Windy City", and it isn't because of the wind coming in off Lake Michigan - the real origins of ...0 points

Rod Blagojevich: Former Illinois Governor

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Learn more about Illinois' impeached former governor, Rod Blagojevich. Investigated for various corruption charges, including selling then ...0 points

Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan is one of the most successful educator more...0 points

Arne Duncan is one of the most successful educators in Chicago public school history. He is also an advisor and friend to President Barack O...0 points

Chicago Blackhawks Schedule, Information, & Tickets

The Chicago Blackhawks have officially started the more...0 points

The Chicago Blackhawks have officially started their 2009-2010 regular season campaign. Founded in 1926 as one of the original six NHL teams...0 points

Build Your Own Obamicon

Shepard Fairey's Hope image has been a pop culture more...0 points

Shepard Fairey's Hope image has been a pop culture phenomenon since it first appeared on Barack Obama's campaign literature and merchandis...0 points

Mike Royko

Learn more about Mike Royko, Chicago's Pulitzer pr more...0 points

Learn more about Mike Royko, Chicago's Pulitzer prize winning journalist.0 points

AARP Chicago Lakeview East Chapter Happenings

As the Public Relations liaison for The Chicago La more...0 points

As the Public Relations liaison for The Chicago Lakeview East Chapter of the AARP I wanted to let others know we are an active chapter. We h...0 points

Are the Chicago Cubs Cursed?

The Chicago Cubs are one of the most storied teams more...0 points

The Chicago Cubs are one of the most storied teams in all of sports. The magical Wrigley Field, the legendary voice of Harry Caray, Mr. Cub ...0 points

John Fritchey: Illinois State Representative

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Learn more about Illinois State Representative John Fritchey, who was also a candidate for the 5th Congressional district in 2009.0 points

Jane Byrne: 50th Mayor of Chicago

Learn about Jane Byrne, the 50th Mayor of Chicago! more...0 points

Learn about Jane Byrne, the 50th Mayor of Chicago! Elected in 1979, Jane Byrne was the first and so far only female Mayor of the city of Chi...0 points

Emil Jones

Retired Illinois Senate President Emil Jones was o more...0 points

Retired Illinois Senate President Emil Jones was one of the trailblazers in African-American politics in the state of Illinois. A particular...0 points

The Chicago History Journal

The Chicago History Journal was created in Novembe more...0 points

The Chicago History Journal was created in November of 2007. Since that time, I have added a network of sites all focused on Chicago's hist...0 points

Meet Cathleen Falsani: Writer for the Chicago Sun-Times

Cathleen Falsani is both the religion columnist an more...0 points

Cathleen Falsani is both the religion columnist and religion reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, where since 2000 she has covered ...0 points

Adler Planetarium

The Adler Planetarium, America's First Planetarium more...0 points

The Adler Planetarium, America's First Planetarium, was founded in 1930 by Chicago business leader Max Adler. The museum is home to three f...0 points

Patti Blagojevich

Patti Blagojevich is best known for her husband Ro more...0 points

Patti Blagojevich is best known for her husband Rod's troubles as Governor of Illinois.

She appeared on Season 2 of I'm a Celebrity... ...0 points

Is your Favorite Chicago Baseball Team - Cubs or White Sox

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I like them both Chicago is a city divided on their baseball teams. Whether you are a Chicago White Sox fan or a Chicago Cubs fan, you are p...0 points

Chicago Dog Boarding

Do you consider your dog a member of the family? D more...0 points

Do you consider your dog a member of the family? Do you consider convenience, safety, cleanliness, and structure important components of pet...0 points

Casimir Pulaski, An American Revolutionary War Hero

The name Pulaski has intriqued me for years. From more...0 points

The name Pulaski has intriqued me for years. From Pulaski Avenue in the south Chicago suburbs, to Casimir Pulaski Day, and most recently to ...0 points

Dick Durbin

Illinois' senior Senator, Dick Durbin, is one more...0 points

Illinois' senior Senator, Dick Durbin, is one of Congress' most powerful leaders.  The Senior Senator from the state of Illioni...0 points

2016 Olympics Chicago

The International Olympic Committee has shortliste more...0 points

The International Olympic Committee has shortlisted Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro for the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games.T...0 points

Chicago Bears Tickets

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Buy Chicago Bears Tickets


Little History

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Sara Feigenholtz: Illinois State Representative

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Sara Feigenholtz is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 12th District since 1995. Feigenholtz liv...0 points

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ChiTown Foodie

I want to return to the food creativity that I had more...0 points

I want to return to the food creativity that I had when constrained by my student budget days. I made incredible meals that many used to enj...0 points

Chicago's Navy Pier

If you have ever been to Chicago, especially in th more...0 points

If you have ever been to Chicago, especially in the summer, odds are good you visited or at least drove by and saw the historic Navy Pier.&n...0 points

Free Chicago Personals

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Find local Free Chicago Personals by zip code. Enjoy free Chicago chat rooms with local singles and live video chat. Get private with one on...0 points

Smashing Pumpkins Concert Tickets

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative more...0 points

The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup ...0 points

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