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Five fun facts for St. Patrick’s Day

Here are five things about St. Patrick’s Day that you may not have known.
In Pictures: St. Patrick's Day Parades around the world

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Will Asian carp turn up in fishing expedition near Lake Michigan?

Federal officials start the four-day expedition Monday. Its aim is to determine whether the Asian carp has infiltrated water locks that are designed to keep the species out of Lake Michigan.
In Pictures: Rahm Emanuel: Taking on Chicago
In Pictures: St. Patrick's Day 2011
Five fun facts for St. Patrick’s Day

Here are five things about St. Patrick’s Day that you may not have known.
Asian carp: Midwest states welcome new US efforts -- but still want more

The Obama administration has announced 13 additional measures to address concerns about a potential Asian carp migration. But many Midwest states are demanding a permanent barrier to separate the Mississippi River from Lake Michigan.
Asian carp: multiple efforts afoot to find a Great Lakes solution

Five Great Lakes states are suing Illinois to force it to close two shipping locks. But US officials are pursuing other ways to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes, and even the Chicago mayor has a proposal.
St. Patrick's Day: Why do we wear green?

On St. Patrick's Day, a look at how three well-known traditions came to be.
In Pictures: St. Patrick's Day Parades around the world
Bright Green
Is the dye in the Chicago River really green?

On Saturday morning, an hour or so before Chicago's annual St. Patrick's Day parade, members of Chicago's Journeymen Plumbers Union added about 40 pounds of dye to the Chicago River, temporarily transforming a stretch of the waterway into a vivid green.
Great perils of the Great Lakes

Invasive species, sinking water levels, and pollution are worrisome trends. But there’s also grandeur to be seen aboard a bulk freighter.
Diggin' It
Flowers and fashion in Chicago

Each summer Chicago's Magnificent Mile bursts into bloom.