Local news

• Quinn lets tax hike out of bag

• Last students late on Marion Catholic tuition are back

• Chicago mayor, top cop shrug off no-confidence vote

• Jon Yates: What's Your Problem?: Delinquent collection agency gets called out

Nation/World

• Great polar melt-off feared

• Army to end forced extended tours

• U.S. births break baby boom record, topping 4.3 million

• Obama goes west -- to California-- to sell his plan

Sports

• David Haugh: Williams has to excel to solidify line

• Cubs to retire No. 31 for Jenkins, Maddux

• Frazier out as expected for Illinois, Brock to start

• Rick Morrissey: Illinois assumes role of 'underdog'
  • Joakim Noah's picks

Business

• Few investment pros predicted market collapse

• AIG chairman asks for bonuses back

• Stocks rise on Fed move to buy $300B in Treasurys

• Today's BizWrap: Check it out, sign up

Opinions

• Editorial cartoons

• Grading the governor

• Steve Chapman: Congress in a lynching mood

• In defense of earmarks

Entertainment

• Last night's 'Lost': Sun rise

• Greg Kot at South by Southwest

• 'American Idol': The yowl heard 'round the world

• Kanye West pokes fun at himself on TV

Living

• Sunday brunch, reconsidered

• Eric Benderoff: Microsoft rolls out new Internet Explorer 8 browser

• That's fashion? Photos

• Amy Dickinson: Spurned lover needs to move on

Travel

• There's soccer—and there's Barcelona

• Chinatown eating tour for just $20

• Just about everything plays down in Peoria

• Following the maple sugar in Vermont Photos

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