As students filed out of the Vernon Hills High School's studio theater Thursday morning, one stepped out of line and approached guest speaker Randy Zisook. The youth, tall and fit, spoke to Zisook quietly. I smoke, he said. I want to stop. Zisook un...

Since announcing she was running for Congress this summer, Mount Prospect resident Patricia Bird has dropped out of the race three times - and reversed that decision three times. The most recent flip-flop occurred Wednesday morning when, within a pe...

Thomas Gray is a little nervous about his honors computer programming class. It's a new subject for him and, well, he admits he doesn't really like it. "I think that's the course I'll struggle with the most right now," said Gray, 17, a senior at Car...

Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Thomas Wilson said the insurer may take advantage of the increase in takeover targets and a decline in the cost of buying rivals. "We are relatively cheap in terms of what we are prepared to pay, but there are ...

Simon Property Group Inc., the U.S. shopping mall owner with more than $4 billion in cash, hired Lazard Ltd. and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as the company considers buying assets of bankrupt General Growth Properties Inc. General Growth jumped 3...