As we've mentioned before, SUE, the Field Museum's T. rex, is throwing a party to celebrate 10 years with the museum (her 10th anniversary with the Field is actually today!). Of course, before a lady can throw a party, she's got to get herself lookin' good, especially when she's millions of years old. In the above photos, Bill Simpson, collections manager of fossil vertebrates at the Field Musem, can be seen giving the giant ruler of the Field a sprucing up as even giant T. rex skeletons need a cleaning. more ›

Sue, the Field Museum's T-rex - billed as "the world's largest, most complete and most famous" T-rex skeleton - is in the midst of getting a sprucing up as her 10th anniversary at the Field Museum approaches. Above, some schoolchildren get an up close and awe-inspiring look at the dino that looms over the main hall at the Field. At least when she's not busy Tweeting. more ›

• One University Park man took the "get off my lawn!" thing too far, shooting and killing a neighbor whose dog urinated on his front yard.
• Be careful on that train: theft on the CTA is up so far in 2010.
• Scott Lee Cohen has a running mate. Unsurprisingly, he did not get his first choice.

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A new study shows that Sue, the Field Museum's mighty T-Rex, may have been felled by something not so mighty, more War of the Worlds than Jurrasic Park: a parasite. The Tribune fills us in on the details, deduced from holes in Sue's jaws. more ›

What happens when a dinosaur gets mounted in a museum? Well, it gets taken out of the ground, cleaned with brushes and dental drills, inventoried and arranged. Fiberglass molds are made, it gets fitted with metal rods for support and, eventually, it’s put on public display with great fanfare and probably some wine and cheese. But then what? It sits there. For years and years and years. more ›