The Windy City is one of America’s sports meccas: home to the Bears and the Bulls, the Sox and the Cubs, and, Chicagoans are only recently willing to admit, the Blackhawks.
No Ocean, But Chicago Moves to Legalize Surfing
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GM’s ‘reinvention’ starts with $25 million battery lab
General Motors took a big step toward its reinvention as the "New G.M." today when it opened what it calls the largest automotive battery laboratory in the United States, a move the struggling company believes will hasten the development of electric vehicles. GM invested $25 million in the 33,000-square-foot Global Battery Systems Lab to develop and test the drivetrains underpinning the Chevrolet Volt and other hybrid, battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
‘Unabomber’ fights plans to auction his possessions
Convicted "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, who terrorized the country with a series of mail bombs over nearly two decades, is fighting to stop a public auction of his diaries and other personal possessions.
Who Spends and Who Saves? A Surprising Geographic Breakdown
Americans are spending less; no surprise there.
New U.S. border rules take effect for land and sea entry
Headed to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean?
Nevada legalizing domestic partnerships
Nevada is legalizing domestic partnerships, with the state Assembly voting Sunday evening to override a veto by the governor, officials said. (CNN) — The enduring moments of our lives, the ones that stay with us the longest, don’t necessarily make the headlines. The other afternoon I was talking with a woman by the name of Virginia Florey
Commentary: How words can last a lifetime
The enduring moments of our lives, the ones that stay with us the longest, don’t necessarily make the headlines.
Cheney’s lying about what’s in CIA memos, Levin says
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says former Vice President Dick Cheney is lying when he claims that classified CIA memos show that enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding worked.
U.S., Canada gear up for new border ID requirements
Americans and Canadians heading to the United States from Canada on vehicles or cruise ships will face new entry requirements beginning next week, the Homeland Security Department said. Next Monday, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative will begin requiring U.S
The Scene: Robots dominate ‘Terminator’
Thirty-eight years ago, Joseph McGinty Nichol was a boy in Kalamazoo, Michigan, playing with toy robots. Today “McG,” as he is better known, builds and blows up real robots. The prominent filmmaker is the driving force behind one of the season’s summer blockbusters, “Terminator Salvation,” which is filled with very expensive and very explosive robots.