10 things you might not know about farewells
John Boehner recently bade a tearful goodbye as U.S. House speaker, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the Republican presidential race and Stephen Harper left as Canada's prime minister...
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10 things you might not know about tests
Addressing complaints over how increased testing affects education, President Barack Obama has called for test-taking to take up no more than 2 percent of class instructional time. The federal government,...
10 things you might not know about House speakers
Everyone seems to be talking about speakers these days. There's former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about hush money paid over...
Daylight saving time’s turbulent start
Daylight saving time ends this weekend -- officially, fall back an hour at 2 a.m., Sunday -- and in this digital age, many of your timepieces may take care of...
10 things you might not know about geniuses
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation recently came out with this year's "genius grants." And Cubs exec Theo Epstein is being called a genius because of his team's performance this year. Meanwhile,...
10 things you might not know about Chicago’s Italians
Monday is Columbus Day, a holiday that Chicago has celebrated with a parade since 1868. Italians have brought a rich culture to the city, along with such luminaries as Cardinal...
40 years ago, they walked out of a supermax prison
Forty years ago this month, five of the nastiest criminals in the country simply walked out of the maximum security federal prison in downstate Marion, Ill. The five escapees were...
Oct. 7, 1935: A remarkable day in the life of Chicago
A war that hit hard at home This wasn't the first so-called milk war, nor would it be the last, but it may have been the most violent. It all...
10 things you might not know about Donald Trump
Donald Trump tops the polls in the Republican race for president, but it's awfully early. At this point in the Democratic race eight years ago, Hillary Clinton was 33 percentage...
10 things you might not know about zoos
Visitors to the Indianapolis Zoo got a scare last Sunday when a cheetah escaped its holding area, but the cat was confined to a secondary enclosure and never reached the...