LIVE Coverage from Barack Obama’s Election Night Rally in Chicago

The lines for Election Day voting in Chicago started swelling around 6 a.m., but hours earlier a different queue began forming as anxious Barack Obama supporters scouted out a spot near Grant Park in hopes of...

Soft on the Butt: 3-Ply Toilet Paper Debuting Monday

Does 2-ply toilet paper not quite feel like the soft cushiony cleaning agent you crave in the loo? Well then, you and your bum are in luck because a team of toilet-paper researchers (yes, that’s a real career)...

Catholic Priest Accused of Dealing Coke

Forget red cups filled with crappy beer at stinky frat houses; the real partying at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana apparently goes down at St. John's Catholic Newman Center. Police in “Chambana”...

Love Mother Earth? Slash Carbon Footprint by Going Veggie

Attention Mother Earth fans: slowly back away from double bacon cheesebuger because a new study out of Germany reveals that the diet of meat-eaters contributes twice the emissions than those of vegetarians....

Kayne West + Puppets + Olympics = Awesome

Capitalizing on Olympic fever and everyone’s love for any floppy-armed felt puppet that looks like it may have tumbled out of Jim Henson’s workshop, Kayne West has released a video for “Champion,” the...

Tornados & Powerful Storms Roll Through Chicago

Sitting in the closet. Cats locked in the bathroom. Twitter going crazy on tornado tweets. Summer storms have rolled into northern Illinois with a tornado spotted in DuPage County and warning sirens going off...

Anthrax Suspect Commits Suicide

The U.S. biodefense researcher suspected in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people and put the country on edge following the 9/11 attacks has committed suicide. Bruce E. Ivins, 62, spent 18 years...

Green Youth Farm Teaches Teens Organic Farming

Chicago’s west side doesn’t boast a plethora of green space, but in one corner of the city’s Lawndale neighborhood, an organic farm has engaged local youth and supplied yummy fresh veggies for residents....