How the Nasdaq got hacked
ON A DAY IN EARLY 1987, a man who worked for the Nasdaq stock market—let's call him Jones—showed up in the lobby of the World Trade Center. He found the...
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Frigid weather grips Chicago
The first arctic blast of winter socked Chicago Tuesday, driving thousands into city shelters, stalling cars and prompting a warning from Mayor Richard Daley on the hazards of using stoves...
City not sure what caused pipe break
A ruptured water main in Lincoln Park that resembles a pipe fracture on Lake Shore Drive last year had city officials searching for answers Monday and crews working to mend...
Smooth sailing for air travel
Tens of thousands of Thanksgiving holiday passengers moved smoothly and swiftly through security and check-in lines at Chicago's two major airports Wednesday as savvy travelers spread their departure dates throughout...
Ball caught at Wrigley now a memory
In April, Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser snatched a batting practice home run out of the air with his Cubs hat, using the cap as an improvised mitt as he hung...
Sergeant was known for zeal, kindness
Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neff II preferred hurtling down the highway in the saddle of his motorcycle to deciphering the prose of Shakespeare and Homer, but his kind demeanor...
Army MP pursued dream of being police officer
When Sgt. Nicholas A. Tomko, 24, revealed that he planned to join the Marines, his father forbade it. So he joined the Army. Originally, Tomko wanted to be a police...
Time to honor and to remember
Chicago unveiled its final Soldier Field memorial, wartime surgeons were praised and past combatants called for an end to war in Iraq Tuesday in an eclectic array of Veterans Day...
Steel mill retirees feel pinch from pension caps
Before Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt and sold its Burns Harbor plant in Portage, Ind., hundreds of its employees who took early retirement counted on pensions of up to $30,000 a...
Hey, look, principal is a star
In a reprisal of her role as an elementary school principal in the feature film "School of Rock," actress Joan Cusack played top administrator at Agassiz Elementary School in Lincoln...