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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents.

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top six busiest airports by passenger traffic, and the region is also the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) of any urban region in the world, generating $689 billion in 2018. Chicago's economy is diverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. (Full article...)

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William W. Powers State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres (2.35 km²) in the Hegewisch community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The area includes 419 acres (1.70 km²) of water in Wolf Lake that provides about 6 miles (9.7 km) of shoreline to fishermen. The park hosts about half a million visitors annually. The park hosts numerous species, which are the concern of ecologist. As a result, some of these species have been placed on special watch lists, and the park has been the subject of extended study as well as the focal point of extensive volunteerism.

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Image 1Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 2Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 3The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 4Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 5Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 6Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 7Aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 8O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 9Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 10Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in the Loop (from Chicago)
Image 11The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 12The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 13A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 14Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 15Daley Plaza and Chicago Picasso, with City Hall-County Building visible in background. At right, the Daley Center contains the state law courts. (from Chicago)
Image 16Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 17The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 18Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 19"Chicago" by Carl Sandburg (from Chicago)
Image 20Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 21Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 22Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 23WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 24A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 25Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 26Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 27Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 28The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 29The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 30Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 31Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 32Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 33Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, North Side (from Chicago)
Image 34The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 35Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 36People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 37Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 38When it was opened in 1991, the central Harold Washington Library appeared in Guinness World Records as the largest municipal public library building in the world. (from Chicago)
Image 39Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 40An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)
Image 41Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 42Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction, initially opened in the 1960s (from Chicago)
Image 43Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)
Image 44Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 45Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011 and other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 46Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 47Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 48Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 49The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 50Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 51The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)

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The list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆKΆ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine women who were known as The Original Group of 1908, and seven sophomores, who were accepted as honor initiates and are known as The Sophomores of 1910. Alpha Kappa Alpha serves the community through a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. The sorority also bestows honorary membership as the highest honor.

Alpha Kappa Alpha states that since the organization's founding, "the sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha has responded to the world’s increasing complexity. The sorority continues to empower communities through exemplary service initiatives and progressive programs." The sorority celebrated a centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008. (Read more...)

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... that Mark Stanforth won the 1978 Chicago Marathon despite running the last few miles with blisters?
... that tickets of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad could be purchased for Bellwood station at a local drug store?
... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station?
... that a college designed for and led by Native Americans was active in Chicago from 1974 to 2005?
... that kids could fight the Great Chicago Fire at Freedomland U.S.A.?
... that the Chicago Sun-Times credits JumpStart Toddlers as the first video game targeted towards babies?
... that Red Blanchard, the owner of Iowa radio station KSMN, commuted 800 miles (1280 km) by plane from Mason City each week to host a radio show in Chicago?
... that YouTuber Joey Santore is known for his "Bill Swerski–esque" Chicago accent and use of profanity on his channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't?

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Maurice Gerrard "Mo" Douglass (born February 12, 1964 in Muncie, Indiana) is a high school football head coach (known as Coach Doug) and former American football safety who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. Douglass played college football at the University of Kentucky after transferring from Coffeyville Community College. Douglass played nine seasons with the Bears on special teams and as a nickel back. He then played two seasons with the Giants. In his early years, he was a witness in a federal trial involving illegal activities by a pair of sports agents. In high school, he had played for Trotwood-Madison High School and graduated in 1982. He returned to coach the team in 2001. In 2007, he led the team to the playoffs for the first time in 25 years. That year, he was accused of luring players from other teams and found guilty the following year, which was met with a brief suspension.

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The DeKalb County Courthouse is located in the county seat of DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S.A., the city of Sycamore. The Classical Revival structure sits on a square facing Illinois Route 64 as it passes through the city. The current courthouse was constructed in 1905 amid controversy over where the courthouse and thus, ultimately, the county seat would be located. The current building is the third structure to bear the name "DeKalb County Courthouse." DeKalb County's Courthouse still serves as the county's primary judicial center and is a contributing property to the Sycamore Historic District. The district joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. As the county's primary courthouse for over 100 years, the site has been host to many trials, including prominent murder cases. The building is cast in the Classical Revival architectural style and contains elements common to that style. Stained glass, columns and a pediment are among the more noticeable features at a glance. The rear facade of the building is designed to resemble a temple and also features stained glass windows. A stone porte-cochere covers the rear driveway. Inside the building's third floor courtroom is more stained glass, in the form of a skylight. During the early 1980s a made for television movie had scenes filmed in the DeKalb County Courthouse's courtroom.

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"Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood." — Norman Mailer

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History of Chicago: Windy City • 1871 Great Chicago Fire • Haymarket affair • World's Columbian Exposition • Chicago race riot of 1919 • Chicago Board of Trade • McDonald's • Millennium Park • Cook County Democratic Party

Geography: Chicago River • Fort Dearborn • Prairie Avenue • Magnificent Mile • Cook County, Illinois

People: Daniel Burnham • Richard J. Daley • Oprah Winfrey • Al Capone • Barack Obama • Michael Jordan • Jesse Jackson • Aaron Montgomery Ward • Marshall Field • Potter Palmer • Harold Washington • Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

Landmarks & Tourist Attractions: Chicago Landmarks • Wrigley Field • Buckingham Fountain • Willis Tower • John Hancock Center • Chicago Cultural Center

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...that the All-American Wistert brothers Albert (pictured), Alvin and Whitey wore number 11 and played offensive tackle as University of Michigan Wolverines before being named to the College Football Hall of Fame?
...that the 1860 Republican and 1864 Democratic national conventions were held at the Wigwam, a building built in just over a month?
...that Chicago City Council alderman Vi Daley has proposed legislation that banks be forbidden to open within 600 feet (180 m) of each other?
...that Lucien Lagrange Architects has been involved in attempts to renovate Union Station in Chicago, Illinois for over twenty years?

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