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On Tuesday, the board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board agreed to disinfect sewage from two Chicago-area treatment plants. Their 8-1 vote is the latest move in a long debate over the cleanliness of the Chicago River, one that has grown to involve state and federal authorities.

Memorial Day is a time to honor fallen military members, but some Chicago-area veterans will try to draw attention to soldiers on active duty.

If you're taking a single prescription drug, it's not so hard to know which side effects to look out for.But if you're taking more than one, there are potential side effects for each drug to keep track of, plus a possibility the drugs will interact to create problems on a whole other level.It's not

If laughter is the best medicine then Chicago must be the feel-good city. After all, it's the home of improvisational theater.

In the spring, bee hives get so rich with honey, so crowded with baby bees, they often burst in two. Some bees stay in the original nest with a new queen, but a second group, led by the old queen, heads off to establish a new home.

Along the mighty Mississippi River, rising waters carry musical echoes of the river's long history of floods. Many of those sonic tributaries reach back to perhaps the worst one in U.S. history: The Great Flood of 1927.

Imagine picking up a nice juicy burger and taking a bite, only to find out that the meaty burger you're biting into didn't come from an animal — it was grown in a lab.Sound far-fetched? The reality of test-tube burgers in the supermarkets may be close to becoming a reality.