College admissions offices mine data on prospective students
The first of six data reports hits Kent Barnds' mobile device at 5:45 every morning. He scrutinizes each one, crunching globs of numbers that will help plan his day. Barnds...
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Prospective parents still fighting to adopt Russian orphans
Others seeking to adopt children from Russia may have lost faith or moved on, but for one Barrington couple, abandoning the toddler they already refer to as "our daughter" is...
Family that boy saved from tornado struggles to recover
The headlines have faded, but the troubles for 6-year-old Brevin Hunter and his family have not. In the aftermath of the November tornado that hit his central Illinois home in...
Crying baby at Alinea puts controversy on menu
You're out to dinner at one of Chicago's most acclaimed restaurants. It cost $470 to reserve a table for two several months ago, and you're reveling in such elaborate menu...
Crying baby at Alinea puts controversy on menu
You're out to dinner at one of Chicago's most acclaimed restaurants. It cost $470 to reserve a table for two several months ago, and you're reveling in such elaborate menu...
Feel depressed today? Study says you’re not alone
If you were in a funk today, you've got plenty of company. After indulging in too many Christmas cookies, blowing the budget on holiday gifts and returning to work after...
Cabin fever sets in
The winter break was extended Monday when frigid wind chills led to school closures and kept many families hunkered down at home. But for parents like Natalie Ruppert of LaGrange...
Cabin fever sets in
The winter break was extended Monday when frigid wind chills led to school closures and kept many families hunkered down at home. But for parents like Natalie Ruppert of LaGrange...
How the best students became that way
The end of the semester is often filled with dread, as both students and parents wait for grades. Why didn't I start that term paper earlier? Study harder for those...
At South Side school, teachers give the gifts
Six-year-old Teverius looked glum as his teacher handed presents wrapped in red and green to most of his fellow kindergartners on the last day of school before winter break. All...