In April, it’s colleges’ turn to woo students
After years of striving to impress admissions directors at some of the nation's top-tier colleges, Sophie Schloen was surprised to find the tables had turned and now she is the...
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Chicago-area drivers grudgingly pay higher gas prices
Jennifer Petty was worried but philosophical as she filled the tank of her gas-guzzling Chevrolet Suburban on Monday at a Tinley Park gas station. "What am I going to do?"...
‘Quiet cars’ make debut on Metra
When Teresa Betzler boards her usual Metra train for the trip to work each day, she makes sure she has everything she needs: a ticket to ride, a book to...
In Pepsi contest, vote tallies questioned
Good fortune, if not magic, shined on Carol Schultz's Guardian Angels Feline Rescue in October. The South Elgin cat shelter won $50,000 in the Pepsi Refresh Project, a monthly online...
Motion picture photographer documented WWII combat, Holocaust
When Philip Drell was drafted into the Army in 1942, he had no idea that he would witness history. But his war experiences would change the course of his life....
Bernard B. Klein, 1925-2010
As a stagehand with WBBM-TV in Chicago spanning six decades, the career of Bernard Benjamin Klein mirrored the history of television. He began at the studio — then at the...
Dorothy Penman Harrison, 1907-2010
During her time as treasurer and president with Delta Sigma Theta sorority, the nation's largest public service organization for African-American women, Dorothy Penman Harrison met many luminaries, including first lady...
Yes, Virginia, there is life after high school
In the wake of the recent flurry of suicides by gay teens, writer Dan Savage recently launched a wildly successful campaign called "It Gets Better." The project invited gay adults...
Beyond book learning: Schools teach social and emotional skills
In Lauren Topazian's fifth-grade classroom, the walls are covered with artifacts of ancient civilizations. But today she is asking her students to put themselves somewhere far less exotic: in their...
Parents face heartbreaking choice: Do they give up their adopted 7-year-old daughter?
It has been almost three months since Ellie left, but her mother can't quite muster the energy to clear out her 7-year-old daughter's bedroom. "I can't get rid of everything,"...