First came the floods -- now the mosquitoes.
Environmentally friendly engineering is really right up Chicago's alley -- in a city project called Green Alleys.
It's the season when the red-winged blackbird nests and the males are particularly aggressive. Just ask joggers and bikers and traumatized children
United Airlines says it will eliminate about 950 pilot jobs beginning this summer as part of a plan to cut 1,600 salaried positions and reduce its fleet
Federal regulators have ordered the immediate inspection of throttles on small personal jets manufactured by Eclipse Aviation Corp. after one made an emergency landing
Tornadoes, floods and even a mini-tsunami in Chicago. Pin part of the blame on our old friend La NiÑa
Severe storms flooded central Indiana with as much as 10 inches of rain Saturday and spawned tornadoes that ripped up roofs and flipped tractor-trailers in Wisconsin and the Chicago suburbs.
When the Democratic National Committee meets Saturday on the thorny issue of seating the Florida and Michigan delegations at its August convention, party officials will have to fashion a solution that satisfies supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton and presidential nominee front-runner Sen. Barack Obama.
Investigators are probing commuter train accidents in both Boston and Chicago that resulted in 24 injuries in both cities and one death
A train operator apparently made two key errors in quick succession to cause a derailment that left passengers perched more than 20 feet above the ground and sent several to hospitals
First came the floods -- now the mosquitoes.
Environmentally friendly engineering is really right up Chicago's alley -- in a city project called Green Alleys.
It's the season when the red-winged blackbird nests and the males are particularly aggressive. Just ask joggers and bikers and traumatized children
United Airlines says it will eliminate about 950 pilot jobs beginning this summer as part of a plan to cut 1,600 salaried positions and reduce its fleet
Federal regulators have ordered the immediate inspection of throttles on small personal jets manufactured by Eclipse Aviation Corp. after one made an emergency landing
Tornadoes, floods and even a mini-tsunami in Chicago. Pin part of the blame on our old friend La NiÑa
Severe storms flooded central Indiana with as much as 10 inches of rain Saturday and spawned tornadoes that ripped up roofs and flipped tractor-trailers in Wisconsin and the Chicago suburbs.
When the Democratic National Committee meets Saturday on the thorny issue of seating the Florida and Michigan delegations at its August convention, party officials will have to fashion a solution that satisfies supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton and presidential nominee front-runner Sen. Barack Obama.
Investigators are probing commuter train accidents in both Boston and Chicago that resulted in 24 injuries in both cities and one death
A train operator apparently made two key errors in quick succession to cause a derailment that left passengers perched more than 20 feet above the ground and sent several to hospitals
• By day he's shooting Public Enemies (where he's playing gangster John Dillinger), but at night Johnny Depp has been checking out Chicago's legendary jazz club, the Green Mill. On a recent visit, the actor relaxed over a beer while listening to the local house band, Deep Blue Organ Trio. Between sets, Depp chatted with the group's organist, Chris Foreman, and seemed to blend right into the crowd. The next day, Depp enjoyed a piled-high Reuben sandwich at the Windy City's Kerryman Bar & Grill before hitting up Madison & Friends, a high-end children's boutique in Chicago's Gold Coast.
Chicago school officials are urging that those without the comforts of home be sent to boarding school where they can focus on their schoolwork -- others are weighing that with the anxiety of separation of parents and their children
Thousands of immigrants and activists gathered in cities across the country Thursday to demand comprehensive immigration reform
Blair Holt wanted his mother to have a pendant for Mother's Day. His father, Ronald Holt, was purchasing the gift when his cell phone rang: Blair, 16, had just been shot on a Chicago bus.
An epidemic of gunfire rattled the city during the weekend, with at least 32 people shot and six killed
A message scrawled in a university bathroom -- "Be prepared to die on 4/14" -- left not just the college's campus empty Monday, but also those of two adjoining high schools and a pair of nearby elementary schools
A hospital group says more needs to be done to prevent medication errors in children
An alleged scheme involving the production and sale of counterfeit prints by artists including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall resulted in the indictments of four Americans, two Italians and a Spaniard, federal authorities said Wednesday.
As violent crime keeps dropping, experts look for explanations -- and signs of whether the decline is permanent
True or False: Antibiotics are needed in animal agriculture to keep waste to a minimum
It may not be the most appetizing reading before a hearty holiday meal, but the New England Journal of Medicine is devoting part of its Thanksgiving issue to a giant hairball -- and not the feline kind.
BIGGEST CLIMB: Chicago (22 to 13) BIGGEST FALL: Calgary (11 to 19)
How do you stoke a great rivalry?
Robin Petrovic, a college English teacher, was out dancing at a popular Chicago nightclub, the "Funky Buddha Lounge," when she got into an altercation with the bouncer and called police for help.
Architecture buffs savor Chicago's buildings, but you don't have to be a connoisseur to appreciate the city's masonry and steel marvels.
A trailblazing Chicago school starts economic education early to give inner-city black kids a leg up
Summer heat is winding down on the Lake Michigan lakefront and winter's cold wind is still months away, making this a great time to visit Chicago. And a few minutes on the Internet will show you there's more than enough going on to keep you entertained.
Forget about "The Godfather," prosecutors urged jurors at the start of Chicago's biggest mob trial in years.
Chicago has long been a favorite hangout for old-school steak houses, sport bars, and blues clubs - and it still is. But today the city also boasts an exciting and varied art and food scene.
An ambitious plan to blanket Chicago with wireless broadband Internet will be shelved because it is too costly and too few residents would use it
An ambitious plan to blanket the city with wireless broadband Internet will be shelved because it is too costly and too few residents would use it, Chicago officials said Tuesday.
Long before I moved to California and started my own business, Wizard Graphics (wgiprint.com), I spent almost two years in Chicago. It's my wife's hometown, so she introduced me to the best local food - including Italian beef.
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago included an openly lesbian priest among five nominees for bishop Tuesday, as fellow Anglicans demand that the church bar gay bishops.
The government's star witness was an admitted hit man who casually described how he strangled, stabbed, beat or shot his victims, often not bothering to know why the mob targeted them.
Business activity in the Midwest expanded less than expected in July and at its slowest pace since April, constrained by a drop in new orders - even as hiring expanded - a report showed on Tuesday.
Obama's comparison of student deaths in one city and soldier deaths in another is bad math -- but maybe good politics
The Cup circuit swings into Chicago this weekend as the end of the regular season -- just eight races left -- is suddenly in sight. Here are five drivers to watch when the engines fire on Sunday.
Business activity in the Midwest expanded in June at a slightly slower pace than in May but was still higher than expected, with new orders staying strong even as hiring slipped, a report showed on Friday.
As seminary enrollment has sagged, Chicago's Catholic Church is trying to recruit priests who reflect a diverse flock
Some are starting to wonder whether Mayor Daley's ambitious pledge of four years ago was more politics than policy
(CHICAGO)--Diabetic children who spent the most time glued to the TV had a tougher time controlling their blood sugar, according to a Norwegian study that illustrates yet another downside of too much television.The findings, based on a study of children with Type 1 diabetes, lend support to the American Academy of Pediatrics' advice that children watch no more than two hours of TV daily, said lead author Dr. Hanna Margeirsdottir of the University of Oslo.Type 1 diabetes is the less common form of the disease and used to be called juvenile diabetes. It is not related to obesity and is caused when the body cannot make insulin, which converts sugar from food into energy. People with Type 1 must take insulin daily and regulate their blood-sugar levels.Snacking and overeating can increase blood-sugar levels; physical activity can lower them. While TV-viewing is often accompanied by snacking, the researchers didn't examine diet or physical activity.The study results "suggest that encouraging children with Type
Coming soon: Brood XIII. It sounds like a bad horror movie. But it's actually the name of the billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground
CHICAGO -- Bulls center Ben Wallace threw a white baseball cap over his bushy afro, turned it around backward and actually smiled a little.
CHICAGO -- Bulls forward Andres Nocioni buried the 3-pointer to beat the first-quarter horn, turned toward the Heat bench and windmilled his right arm while letting out a triumphant scream.
When Jack Welch gave a guest lecture at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 2005, someone in the crowd asked, "What should we be learning in business school?" Welch's reply: "Just concentrate on ne...
In pondering the likelihood of playoff upsets, one must first ponder exactly what constitutes upset. A 5 seed beating a 4, for example, does not necessarily scream upset, particularly since home court skews the whole thing. Division winner Miami is a 4 yet begins its quest for a second straight title on the road, at No. 5 Chicago, so who is, in fact, the underdog?
Los Angeles and Chicago are battling to represent the United States in an international contest that will determine the host of the 2016 Summer Games. A decision will be announced this Saturday, but before that, SI.com asked Los Angeles resident, Arash Markazi and Chicago native (and eBay phenomenom) Sarah Spain to present the cases for their respective cities.
Green roofs aren't the future: They're already here. In Chicago, 2.5 million square feet of downtown roof space is now covered with hardy plants such as sedum and prairie grass--the better to lower heating and air-conditioning costs (by 10 percent or more) and dramatically reduce rainwater runoff.
January is long gone. How are you doing with those New Year's resolutions? If you're like most people, you've given up on them by now, but it's never too late to make more resolutions.
Stocks inched higher Friday morning after strong reports on personal income and spending, and manufacturing in the Chicago area, reassured investors about the strength of the economy.
I learned two important things after writing last week's column on the recent struggles of defensive linemen selected first overall in the NFL Draft. One is that there are a hell of a lot of readers who thought I had overlooked Lee Roy Selmon and Ed "Too Tall" Jones, when, in fact, I was discussing the failures of defensive linemen drafted within the last 30 years. The other is that there are a handful of readers out there who think the 2000 draft class produced some of the worst first-round picks in recent history, including its top selection and the inspiration for last week's column, Cleveland Browns defensive end Courtney Brown. It was this second lesson that got me to roll back my sleeves and delve into some draft evaluations for this week's column.
Dear Annie: I read with interest your Feb. 27 column about holding on to health-insurance benefits when changing jobs, but what about pay? I've worked as a finance manager for this company for almost 11 years and have gotten a couple of generous raises that put me at the top of the salary range for my level of experience.
Midway was once the world's busiest airport - until crosstown rival O'Hare overtook it in the early 1960s. Later this year it could reclaim its place in history, this time as the first major U.S. a...
They gave Peyton Manning the MVP award for taking what the defense gave him. Let this be a lesson to all you high school quarterbacks. Listen to what coaches tells you. Go short. Hit your checkdown receivers. Throw underneath the coverage. Don't try to make spectacular plays. And someday you, too, might be standing on football's biggest podium.
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The big strategic issue everyone wants resolved this week, and it is actually a two-pronged question, is this: What in the world happened to the Indianapolis run defense this postseason, and will it be similarly formidable against Chicago in Super Bowl XLI?
New Orleans continues its magical ride this season. The Saints - who joined the NFL in 1967 as an expansion team - will appear in their first conference championship to offer more salve to post-Katrina New Orleans. The Saints are the first team in NFL history to reach a conference championship after losing as many as 13 games in the previous season.
CHICAGO -- A winter storm is bearing down on Chicago as Martin Luther King Day looms Monday, but that burst of warm air you felt swirling around the Windy City late Sunday afternoon was the local populace exhaling en masse.
CHICAGO -- Gone, gone, gone. Marty Schottenheimer's tenure as the Chargers coach was as good as over as soon as Patriots rookie kicker Stephen Gostkowski sent his 31-yard game-winning field goal through the uprights at Qualcomm Stadium.
Now more than ever, top customers of airlines find that loyalty pays. Business 2.0 takes a look at the best � and worst � of frequent-flier programs. By Lia Steakley
1. Boston, Logan International Airport Create your own seafood fest at home after a stop at Anthony's Pier 4 Fish Co. in Terminal B. It will pack up live lobsters to carry onboard. massport.com
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AS IF RESTAURATEURS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT -- paper-thin profit margins, for instance -- they now have to cope with a rash of new regulations. Chicago banned the sale of foie gras after ...
As if restaurants did not have enough to worry about - paper-thin profit margins, for instance - they now have to cope with a rash of new regulations. Chicago banned the sale of foie gras after protesters objected to the force-feeding of ducks and geese.
Treasury prices ended flat Monday, after the yield on the benchmark 10-year note briefly flirted with rising above the key 5 percent level.
Bob Lutz has held top jobs at Ford and Chrysler. Currently he is vice chairman of General Motors. This interview originally ran in the June 14, 2004 issue of FORTUNE.
It's not easy to write a hit song. It's even harder to write a hit song that people grow to despise.
Monopoly, invented in 1935, is getting with the times.
I could start this column with Jacques Barzun's quotation about learning baseball to know the heart and mind of America, but that would be too easy.
If you're a smart entrepreneur, you want intelligence. That means finding groups, individuals and sites with information that can help your business. Here are a few:
Today, creative entrepreneurs across the country are making jewels from junk and housewares from heaps.
The Chicago Auto Show is usually not one of the bigger automotive events of the year, at least in terms of media attention. The fact that it comes fairly close on the heels of the Detroit Auto Show, the grand-daddy of them all, probably doesn't help. This year's show, however, included quite a few notable cars.
It may come as a shock to hometown boosters in New York, Los Angeles and Detroit, but the biggest auto show in North America opens on Feb. 8 and it isn't in any of those cities. Instead it fills the cavernous spaces of McCormick Place in Chicago and draws more potential customers than exhibitions in those lesser cities. Expect it to make plenty of news this year.
Investigators are probing an accident involving a Southwest Airlines jet that skidded off a runway at Chicago's Midway Airport, plowed into an intersection and killed a boy.
What to do with a chopped-up kitchen, breakfast nook and mudroom? Plus an ill-conceived addition that resulted in a cramped 10-foot-by-10-foot family room? If you're the owners of the 1927 red-bric...
A train carrying hundreds of Thanksgiving eve rush hour commuters crashed into vehicles at a crossing in suburban Chicago late Wednesday afternoon, injuring at least 16 people, three critically, a spokeswoman for the rail company said.
SUDDENLY AMERICA'S SECOND CITY finds itself in first place--and it's not just because the White Sox are finally World Series champs again. On Oct. 19, after 157 years as a private, not-for-profit c...
Bonds fell Friday after reports pointed to an expanding manufacturing sector and higher consumer inflation.
A commuter train derailed Saturday morning on Chicago's South Side, killing one person and injuring dozens, officials said.
Integrated Healthcare Systems: This Kent, Wash., company was founded in 2002 to sell bar-code-labeling equipment to hospital pharmacies, but it wasn't until the FDA mandated bar codes in 2004 that ...
Q: Take a rock 'n' roll band with horns, mix it with a mystical funk group and what do you get?
Don't let today's ISM manufacturing survey fool you -- it's really a four-letter word in disguise.
Golfing in Chicago is not for the timid. After all, this is the Windy City, the City of Big Shoulders, that toddlin' town. This is Al Capone's old stomping grounds.
Salem, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Scrutinize our latest list of zip codes with the strongest price appreciation and you might wonder how some of these places could ever be considered "hot."
Thanks to an innovative Chicago label called Soundies, an extraordinary collection of vintage jazz and pop recordings will soon be available on the Internet--fully indexed and searchable. Soundies ...
It started as a routine traffic stop in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin suburb.
Shares of Taser International Inc. fell 6 percent on Friday after a published report said a 54-year-old Chicago man died after police used a Taser stun gun to subdue him.
Wherever he is in Chicago, Ron Huberman always has one thought on his mind: What if?
An apparent natural gas explosion ripped a 150-foot-long trench through the parking lot of a shopping mall on Chicago's Southside Wednesday night, injuring nine people who were transported to area hospitals, according to the city's fire department.
Chicago police are searching for a gunman who opened fire inside a nightclub, killing two people and wounding at least five others, according to a police spokesman.
Treasury prices rose Thursday after a regional manufacturing survey came in weaker than expected.
A fire in a downtown high-rise building injured 37 people, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said late Monday.
When it comes to municipal penny pinching, the Second City is full of firsts.
By filling the space between seedy pawnshops and snooty auction houses, SellJewelry is striking gold. Customers mail their unwanted baubles to the company's Chicago or New York locations or drop th...
From the snowbanks of North Dakota to the muddy back roads of South Carolina, it's a frustration familiar to many American drivers: vehicle immobilized, tires spinning furiously, but finding no purchase in the snow or mud.
It may come as no surprise that where you live affects your salary.
The magnificent work of the New York Police Department last week under the masterful leadership of Commissioner Ray Kelly obscured an ugly fact of life today in America.
Investors will have two economic reports and one major earnings statement Tuesday as the major news moving end-of-summer markets.
Two men in custody and a Syria-based leader of a Palestinian militant group have been indicted in a terrorism investigation involving a scheme to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hamas from Muslims in the United States.
The manufacturing sector in the Chicago area, a key production region, showed growth well below Wall Street's estimates in June.
U.S. stock markets were little changed early Wednesday, with investors reluctant to do much ahead of the conclusion of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting.
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