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A debate that might have been little more than a side note has now taken on greater significance. We preview tonight's face-off between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan.

Public lawyers or private lawyers? Who can save the city more money when it comes to settling workers' disability claims? Paris Schutz has the details.

Bollywood megastar Aamir Khan is in Chicago shooting a big budget action film. We bring you Ash-har Quraishi's exclusive conversation with the actor about filmmaking and his provocative talk show.

African elephants could be extinct in the wild within eight years. Learn about the world's largest land mammal, and what research the Chicago Zoological Society is funding to help save them.

A Pakistani journalist is spending a month with us at Chicago Tonight as part of an international exchange program. Mansoor Ali Khan tells us what he's learning about America, and what Americans should know about Pakistan.

We hear some of your thoughts about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appearance on our program last night when we read some of your viewer mail.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2013 budget signals relative calm before a coming fiscal storm. The mayor joins Carol Marin for a one-on-one conversation.

The S&P 500 closes down for the fourth day in a row as the third quarter earnings season begins, and the Fed releases its latest economic data. Kris Kridel of WBBM Newsradio 780 and 105.9FM has those stories, and more top business headlines.

The director of one of next year's biggest Indian films discusses why he decided to film in Chicago.

Legendary sportswriter Bill Jauss died on Wednesday at age 81. We revisit a 2006 interview with him from Chicago Tonight's archives in our web extra video.

Several City Council members aren't showing up regularly to City Hall for work. Paris Schutz has the story.

As the federal deficit climbs, Republicans and Democrats can agree on one thing: the federal tax code needs revamping. But how this gets done is up for grabs. What's the reality behind the rhetoric of closing loopholes and raising revenue? We examine the issue.

It's a bird! It's a porcupine! It's a tiny fanged dinosaur? The Chicago paleontologist who discovered the new species joins us to talk about the odd dinosaur.

A very rare Burrowing Owl was spotted along Chicago's lakefront.

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is riding a jump in polls after last week's debate; some show the Republican has moved ahead of President Obama. Carol Marin has the latest.

Jay Shefsky tells us about companies that pick up food scraps from restaurants and now from your home -- and turn them into compost. And, he takes us to an urban farm that uses that compost to grow vegetables -- and jobs.

The Bears make NFL history. James "Big Cat" Williams dissects the historic win against the Jaguars.

Geoffrey Baer takes an up-close and personal look at...Illinois license plates? Find out more about his unique discoveries in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

We hear what you had to say about the first presidential debate when we read some of our viewer mail.

Pakistani journalist Mansoor Ali Khan joins Chicago Tonight in October 2012 as part of the U.S. - Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism. Khan works as an Anchor/Newscaster for Geo News in Karachi. He will be blogging about his experience in Chicago here on our website.

Joel Weisman and his panel of journalists discuss the week's top headlines.

Joel Weisman and his panel continue their analysis of the presidential debate in this web-exclusive conversation.

Who came out on top after the first presidential debate? We have the analysis.

MacArthur Genius fellow, Dylan C. Penningroth, Associate Professor at Northwestern University and research professor for the American Bar Foundation, talks about getting the grant of a lifetime and how it will impact his research of African American life under and after slavery.

An irreverent and entertaining look at the U.S. Presidents -- all 44 of them.

A Chicago family leads their community to convert an illegal garbage dump into Eden Place: a three-acre nature center for their struggling South Side neighborhood. Jay Shefsky has the remarkable story.