Jan. 1 marked the start of New Year’s resolution season across Schaumburg, a time when those self-promises signal the beneficial little changes we plan to make in our lives. While we all have the best intentions, only 46 percent of Schaumburg resol...

Tom Edwards grew up in a family that’s been cutting trees and hauling timber in the Pacific Northwest for more than a century. The Spanaway, Wash., resident says he has worked as a logger since he was a kid — it’s just what an able-bodied youngster ...

Bloomberg News SEOUL — Hyundai, South Korea’s largest automaker, is counting on new leadership at its U.S. unit to help the company revive market-share gains. In naming Executive Vice President David Zuchowski as the next CEO of its U.S. operations ...

Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — After three months of turmoil surrounding the rollout of President Obama's health care plan, the country faces a historic turning point on Jan. 1. From emergency rooms to pharmacies to company human- resources departments...

Editor's note: This story originally ran on April 8, 2002 as part of the Daily Herald's "Hidden Scourge: Heroin in the Suburbs" series. Sequestered in her bedroom with her best friend, teenager Melissa Schieler sobbed uncontrollably. Ea...

Brandon Saad admits he's a little on edge. Being on the bubble to make the Team USA roster for the upcoming Sochi Olympics will do that to a guy. “I don't know about nervous, just more excited,” Saad said after the Blackhawks' 1-0 victory over the L...

Parents who want to weigh a school's merits by the quality of its sports, band or theater programs — not just academics — now have an easy way to accomplish the task. In what state education officials said is part of an effort to paint a more comple...

JUBA, South Sudan — The women and girls leave the main United Nations refugee camp here during the day. The men do not. To exit is to risk death, they say. Whether true or not, such claims show the level of fear that pulses through the main U.N. ca...

For those willing to pay enough, this year’s Super Bowl need not be outdoors. The NFL is selling access to MetLife Stadium’s luxury suites during the U.S.’s most-popular sporting event with prices starting at $400,000, according to Brian Lafemina, N...