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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 in 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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SummerSlam 1994 was the seventh annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 29, 1994 at the newly-opened United Center in Chicago, Illinois, which had opened eleven days earlier. The tagline was "So Hot it's Scary". The pay-per-view had two main events. The first featured Owen Hart fighting his brother Bret Hart in a steel cage match. Bret won the match, but the storyline feud escalated after Owen and his brother-in-law Jim Neidhart attacked Bret after the match. The other main event was a match between The Undertaker, the original Undertaker portrayed by Mark Calaway, and Brian Lee, who portrayed a "fake" Undertaker. The original Undertaker won the match, and the impostor did not appear in the WWF again. The undercard featured a match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between Diesel and Razor Ramon, which Ramon won to regain the title. The other major angle going into SummerSlam was a feud in which Tatanka accused Lex Luger of joining the Million Dollar Corporation, a stable of heel wrestlers. This storyline turned out to be a swerve, as Tatanka was revealed to have secretly joined the corporation.

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

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The discography of Kanye West, an American rapper and singer, includes nine studio albums (including several collaborative albums), two live albums, three video albums, four mixtapes, over 100 singles (including nine collaborative singles and fifty-five as a featured artist), ten promotional singles and eighty-four music videos. In 2003, West collaborated with rapper Twista and singer Jamie Foxx on the song "Slow Jamz", which became West's first single to top the US Billboard Hot 100. West's debut album, The College Dropout, was released in February 2004. The album peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). West released his second studio album Late Registration in August 2005. It peaked at number one on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 860,000 copies. Late Registration produced five singles, including "Gold Digger", which topped the Billboard Hot 100. The album has sold three million copies and has gained triple-platinum certification from the RIAA. Graduation, West's third album, peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and shipped over 957,000 units in its first week, breaking the record set by his previous album. Graduation held the number-one spot on the Billboard 200 for over a month, also reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned five singles, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Stronger". West's fourth album 808s & Heartbreak was released in November 2008 and became his third consecutive number-one release on the Billboard 200. West released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, his fifth studio album, in November 2010. The album hit number one on the Billboard 200, continuing a streak of number-one albums for West. In 2011, West collaborated with American recording artist Katy Perry on a remix of her song "E.T." which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, marking West's fourth number-one single on the chart. Watch the Throne, a collaboration with Jay-Z, was released as West's sixth studio album in August 2011. Peaking at number one on the Billboard 200, seven singles were released from the album. (Read more...)

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... that the Chicago Sun-Times credits JumpStart Toddlers as the first video game targeted towards babies?
... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station?
... that the Chicago Community Bond Fund sought to put itself out of business by eliminating cash bail?
... that Leander Schnerr survived the Great Chicago Fire and subsequently became the archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey?
... that William Heath Byford performed the first ovariotomy in Chicago in 1860?
... that the Chicago "L"'s Laflin station had an elevator for caskets?
... that Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium smoker?
... that Damen, despite being one of the busiest stations on the Chicago "L", lacks accessibility for the disabled?

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Kirk James Hinrich is an American professional basketball player, currently starting at point guard for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He is also a member of the USA National Team.

Hinrich was exposed to basketball at an early age, due to his father, Jim, being a high school basketball coach in Sioux City, Hinrich's father coached him from the third grade through high school. As a high school senior, Hinrich was named the 1999 Co-Iowa Mr. Basketball, along with future college teammate and roommate, Nick Collison. Hinrich originally committed to play basketball at Iowa State but when the coach at the time Tim Floyd took the head coaching position for the NBA's Chicago Bulls, Hinrich changed his mind and decided to attend the University of Kansas. While playing college basketball for Kansas, Hinrich helped his team reach the Final Four in the NCAA basketball tournament in 2002 and the championship game against the Carmelo Anthony led Syracuse University in 2003. Hinrich played all four years at Kansas before being drafted to the NBA. Hinrich is often referred to as "Captain Kirk" due to the fact that he has been voted a team captain for the Bulls for four consecutive years.

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The Chicago Board of Trade Building houses the Chicago Board of Trade, the world's largest futures and options exchange. It is located at 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, in the Chicago Loop community area. First designated a Chicago Landmark on May 4, 1977, the building was subsequently listed as a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978. The building was then added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 16, 1978. The tallest building in Chicago for over 35 years the structure is known for its art-deco architecture, sculptures and large scale stone carving, as well as large trading floors. A popular sightseeing attraction and motion picture location, the building has won awards for preservation efforts and office management. The Chicago Board of Trade occupies 33 percent of available space, with financial and trading concerns occupying 54 percent of the 3-building complex. The landmark has been the site of a number of visits by dignitaries, including the Prince of Wales in October 1977. Trading operations have been used as scenes in movies such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the streetscape in the LaSalle Street canyon is used in the movies The Untouchables and Road to Perdition.

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"Once you've come to be a part of this particular patch, you'll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real." — Nelson Algren

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April 25, 2024 – 2024 NFL draft: The first round of the NFL draft is held in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., with the Chicago Bears taking former USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick. (Chicago Tribune)

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Chicago

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 Man Enters the Cosmos (pictured) is one of four Henry Moore sculptures in Chicago, two of which are at National Historic Landmarks?
...the South side of Chicago hosted a Black Renaissance that paralleled the Harlem Renaissance?
...that the Chicago race riot of 1919, which resulted in 38 deaths, 537 injuries and approximately 1,000 displaced, was the worst riot of the Red Summer of 1919?
...that during Ted Snyder's six year tenure as dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, the business school has relocated two of its four campuses?

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