Notre Dame moves to the ACC
The ACC cut a deal with Notre Dame: join our league for all other sports and play us five times a year in football.
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Chicago teachers union talks continue
As talk of progress spread from the bargaining table to the picket line, striking Chicago teachers said this morning they hope their actions will be a good lesson not just for their students, but for other unions across the country.
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Chase drivers say no clear favorite
The men behind the wheel say there’s no favorite as NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup prepares to get under way.
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Obama’s hometown, looks for a new future
Republicans condemn the city for its corruption and association with Obama, but they ignore the efforts the city is making
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Scientists want to learn to speak dolphin
Some researchers are, in fact, attempting to learn how to speak various animal languages, though it has been difficult.
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Headshots: Commercial Model Keisha Clark
Female commercial model Keisha Clark does a photoshoot for her compcard.
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Chicago-area home sales up
However, the median price of $172,000 was off 5.9 percent from July 2011’s $182,700, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors’ monthly report on the housing market.
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CME muscles into Europe
CME Group Inc , the biggest U.S. futures market operator, plans to launch a European exchange in a bid to break the duopoly of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG and expand CME’s customer base in the process.
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This news really disturbed me
On Wednesday night, Dalbir Singh was closing his store when three masked people approached and opened gunfire. He was shot in the head and died instantly. This crime fits the profile of thousands of failed attempted robberies in the U.S., except that Dalbir Singh is a turbaned Sikh man in Oak Creek, Wis.
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Romney campaigns in Bettendorf, Iowa
Mitt Romney tries to return to economic message, following Akin fallout.
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