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Think David versus Goliath in short shorts with choreographed trash talking.
Sunday rugby match between New Zealand's All Blacks, the world's top squad, and the USA Eagles, who lost eight of 10 games last year, has sold out Chicago's 61,500-seat Sol...
Updated: Oct 31, 2014 at 07:22 PM
There's that adage that when one door closes, another opens.
In the case of retired Elgin High School Principal Larry Nemmers, one huge door got shut in his face and two even bigger life-changing doors opened for him.
Nemmers, an Iowa native who sta...
Updated: Oct 30, 2014 at 10:07 PM
The economy in the U.S. expanded more than forecast in the third quarter, capping its strongest six months in more than a decade, as gains in government spending and a shrinking trade deficit made up for a slowdown in household purchases.
Gross dome...
Updated: Oct 30, 2014 at 11:20 AM
Three Northwest suburban school districts held a joint forum Thursday night to rally parents and taxpayers against Senate Bill 16, a controversial proposal that would redistribute state funding among the 860 school districts in Illinois.
Instead of ...
Updated: Oct 31, 2014 at 07:13 AM
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, but remained at historically low levels that signal a strengthening job market.
Weekly applications increased 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 287,000, the Labor Department s...
Updated: Oct 30, 2014 at 03:30 PM
Consumer sentiment in the U.S. held last week near the highest level of 2014 as employment opportunities kept Americans upbeat about the economy.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index eased to 37.2 in the period ended Oct. 26 from 37.7 a week earlier...
Updated: Oct 30, 2014 at 11:20 AM
WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton received 116 million shares of Facebook stock currently worth nearly $9 billion when they sold their unprofitable messaging service to the social networking leader earlier this month.
The breakdown of the b...
Updated: Oct 30, 2014 at 08:55 AM
Americans' savings may burn a hole in their pockets during the holiday-shopping season after consumer spending took a breather in the third quarter.
Household purchases, which account for almost 70 percent of the economy, climbed at a 1.8 percent an...
Updated: Oct 30, 2014 at 01:54 PM
Substitute teacher uses racial slur in Carol Stream classroom
A substitute teacher who used the N-word while discussing race with some students in an eighth-grade social science class at Jay Stream Middle School in Carol Stream won't be asked t...
Updated: Oct 29, 2014 at 10:44 AM
Oregon and Alaska voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana next week under proposals to make them the third and fourth U.S. states to allow the drug's recreational use.
The measures on the Nov. 4 ballots would permit those at least 21 years ...
Updated: Oct 29, 2014 at 01:16 PM