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It's been 30 years since their teenage son and brother staggered bleeding through the alley behind their south suburban home. But Kenneth Hellstrom Jr.'s family didn't lose hope that his killer would be found.

McDonald's Corp. is reviving its campaign to ditch the dictionary definition of ''McJob,'' this time setting its sites on the vocabulary of Britons.

Police rescued residents stranded on balconies late Monday during a a multi-story apartment fire in west suburban Carol Stream. There were no reported injuries, but the entire building was evacuated, police said.

A man was hospitalized in serious condition with burns after his cigarette lighter exploded while he was reportedly smoking a crack pipe early Tuesday on the South Side.

It's difficult enough to go a whole year without missing a day of school.

Citing "explosive growth" and "canyonization" in Streeterville, newly elected Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) said Monday he is not prepared to sign off on Children's Memorial Hospital's plan to put a heliport atop its soon-to-be-built $800 million hospital.