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  • Voluntary school merger bill goes to Quinn May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Legislation that would help Illinois public school districts merge to save money is headed for Gov. Pat Quinn's desk. The measure comes out of Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon's Classrooms First Comm

     
  • Boeing restarted deliveries of 787s on Tuesday after a four-month halt while it dealt with the smoldering batteries that had kept the planes grounded.

    Boeing resumes 787 deliveries after 4-month halt May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Boeing restarted deliveries of 787s on Tuesday after a four-month halt while it dealt with the smoldering batteries that had kept the planes grounded. Boeing handed the plane over to Japan's All Nippon Airways at its factory in Everett, Wash. Airline flights and deliveries were halted in mid-January after two battery incidents. One was a fire on a plane that had just landed minutes earlier, and the second was in-flight smoldering that prompted an emergency landing by an ANA plane.

     
  • Tim West received the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award last year.

    Naperville remembers longtime Sun editor May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    The longtime guiding force behind the Naperville Sun is being remembered this week for his contributions to the newspaper and community over the past 40 years. Tim West, 66, died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with cancer.

     

  • ‘Fracking’ bill ready for vote in House May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Supporters of high-volume oil and gas drilling say a bill to regulate the practice in Illinois is ready for a vote after last-minute negotiations over hiring and environmental concerns. Supporters say fracking will create jobs; opponents worry about pollution.

     
  • Stacks of paperwork await members of the House Agriculture Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill, including small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program in an effort to appease conservatives who say the food aid has become too expensive.

    House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    The House Agriculture Committee is considering a five-year farm bill that would make small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. The cuts are part of massive legislation that costs almost $100 billion annually and would set policy for farm subsidies, rural programs and the food aid. The House bill would cut about $2.5 billion a year — or a little more than 3 percent — from the food stamp program.

     
  • Members of the Round Lake Area Exchange Club and soldiers serving in the United States Army visited with students from Round Lake Unit District 116 schools in celebration of the Hometown Hero project.

    Exchange Club, D116 students celebrate Hometown Hero award May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Members of the Round Lake Area Exchange Club celebrated the Americanism Project, Hometown Hero, with 80-plus students from Round Lake Unit District 116 high school and both middle schools.

     
  • Donald Trump testified at federal court in Chicago on Tuesday after several of his companies were named in a lawsuit filed by an 87-year-old investor who says she was lured into buying condos at his namesake Chicago skyscraper with promises of a profit-sharing deal that was later quietly withdrawn.

    Donald Trump on stand at Chicago trial May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Donald Trump took the witness stand Tuesday at a civil trial where the developer-turned-TV personality is accused of wooing investors into buying condos at his namesake Chicago skyscraper by promising profit-sharing, then reneging on that promise after the sales.

     
  • U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its eighth record high in the past nine sessions, on increased optimism over growth in the world’s largest economy.

    Stock market rises back into record territory May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    The stock market marched back into record territory as investors seized on the latest encouraging news about the economy. On Tuesday, it was a report on the health of small businesses.

     
  • U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers in 2012, the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago.

    Airlines collected record baggage fees in 2012 May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    U.S. airlines collected more than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees from passengers last year — the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago. Passengers shouldn't expect a break anytime soon.

     
  • Katie Berganske of AmCheck Payroll in Schaumburg looks out on to the Schaumburg Boomers baseball field through new windows at the SBA monthly breakfast on Tuesday.

    Schaumburg Boomers ready to start second seasonMay 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Schaumburg Boomers' second opening day is this Thursday, May 16, but the independent league baseball team rolled out the red carpet two days early by hosting the Schaumburg Business Association's monthly breakfast meeting.

     

  • BlackBerry CEO may announce lower-priced phone May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    The CEO of BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion will deliver a keynote speech amid speculation that he'll introduce a lower-priced version of the BlackBerry at the company's annual three-day conference in Orlando, Fla. CEO Thorsten Heins is set to speak Tuesday morning. RIM unveiled new, versatile BlackBerrys earlier this year after delays allowed Apple and others to dominate the smartphone market.

     

  • Microsoft Windows 8 update will be free May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Microsoft says a planned update to its Windows 8 operating system will be made available for free later this year. Microsoft Corp. announced the update last week, but wouldn't say at the time whether consumers would have to pay for it. Codenamed Blue, the update now has an official moniker: Windows 8.1.

     
  • LinkedIn’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. LinkedIn and Facebook celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But the companies’ experiences as publicly traded entities couldn’t be more different.

    LinkedIn looks to build on its impressive resume May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different. LinkedIn Corp. promotes its service as a stepping stone to a more enriching career. As it turns out, the professional networking company's initial public offering was a great place to start a rewarding investment portfolio, too.

     

  • Ill. to receive $12M in pharmaceutical settlement May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Illinois is expected to receive more than $12 million in a settlement with a pharmaceutical company accused of selling diluted drugs. The state's Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the settlement Monday. The state will receive the money as part of a $500 million federal and state settlement against India-based Ranbaxy.

     
  • European aerospace company EADS said strong deliveries by airplane maker Airbus helped drive higher earnings i

    Airbus sales drive Q1 profits at parent company May 14, 2013 12:00 AM

     
  • A driver uses an iPhone while driving Wednesday, in Los Angeles. The country’s four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T’s “It Can Wait” slogan to blanket TV and radio during the summer of 2013.

    Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will be joined by 200 other organizations backing the multi-million dollar ad campaign.

     
  • A tractor with cultivator sits idle after being delayed by wet weather earlier this month preventing central Illinois farmers from starting their spring planting of corn crops Monday.

    USDA: Corn plantings pick up, but still behind May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    U.S. farmers are making the most of break in the seemingly unceasing spring rains to plant corn, though the pace still remains well behind schedule, the latest federal figures showed Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its weekly update of the nation's crop progress, said 28 percent of U.S. cornfields have been planted, more than double the 12 percent of just a week earlier.

     
  • Rose Ragona, a 51-year-old operations supervisor at O’Hare, was diagnosed with breast cancer and recently had a mastectomy where surgeons saved much of her skin and started reconstruction during the same surgery. “To wake up and just see your breasts there helped me immensely,” she said.

    Women have new options for breast cancer surgery May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.

     

  • Arlington Heights BP station opens May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    The new BP gas station, automated car wash and convenience store at the corner of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads is now open.

     
  • A big gambling plan for Illinois could face changes.

    Changes coming to Illinois gambling plan May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Lawmakers could try to add additional ethics measures and reconsider putting slot machines at the Chicago airports in an effort to get Gov. Pat Quinn to back a gambling plan, one of its key supporters said Tuesday. State Rep. Lou Lang, a Skokie Democrat, said he's looking to tinker with legislation ushered through the Illinois Senate this month by state Sen. Terry Link, a Waukegan Democrat. “His bill will not be passed intact,” Lang said. “It will be changed.”

     
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