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Judge Judy Sheindlin presides over a case Feb. 2, 2006, as her bailiff, Petri Hawkins-Byrd listens on the set of her syndicated show, "Judge Judy," in Los Angeles.

Dream moderators for the next presidential debate: From Judge Judy to Jerry Springer

October 1, 2020 at 11:03 a.m.

We're a country divided, but the day after the first presidential debate, we can agree on one thing: Moderator Chris Wallace had his work cut out for him. Repeated interruptions...

Wooded estate in Bull Valley

July 16, 2020 at 5:40 p.m.

A five-bedroom, 3,596-square-foot house on a 25-acre, mostly wooded estate in far northwest suburban Bull Valley has been listed for $725,000. It's known as Spring Hollow.

Learning what warning flags mean is an important way to stay safe on Lake Michigan.

Too many people are drowning. Here’s how to stay safe in Lake Michigan this summer.

July 11, 2020 at 6:37 a.m.

Every summer we write stories about people who drown in Lake Michigan, and in the last week we've had to write far too many. On Friday the drowning of a...

A playful boy runs between huts in a life-size recreation of a native village inside the interpretive center at Cahokia Mounds.

The prehistoric Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville, Illinois, reopened at the end of last month. The far-flung band of people collectively called Mississippians began their building project around 1050 A.D. and...

1516 N. Lake Shore Drive

June 17, 2020 at 12:30 p.m.

After $11 million in price cuts, a 12,000-square-foot mansion at 1516 N. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago has a buyer. The International College of Surgeons has been trying to sell...

Mela plays with her favorite toy while her mom, a baiduhai photo editor, tries to work from home March 17, 2020.

Working from home? Send us your photos.

March 25, 2020 at 11:44 a.m.

Mela plays with her favorite toy while her mom, a baiduhai photo editor, tries to work from home March 17, 2020. Xavier expects his working-at-home owners to feed him...

It's fascinating to watch how Roomba maps a room, figures out a pattern and then deals with every obstacle — skirting cat food dishes, weaving around chair legs, freeing himself from under the dining room cabinet. Oh, and the robotic vacuum cleaner also cleans your floors.

More than just a rotating, beeping robotic vacuum cleaner, Roomba is making me a better person

January 3, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

Roomba is making me a better person. As far as Christmas presents go, the rotating, beeping robotic vacuum cleaner is — and I can’t believe I’m saying this — right...

Nick Park-Reynolds explains how a turbocharger works on the Duramax 6.6-liter V-8 turbo engine at the Chicago Auto Show.

Can the Chicago Auto Show persuade one woman to buy a car?

May 23, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

I’ve been to the Chicago Auto Show twice. The first time was about 20 years ago, and the second time was Sunday. Both visits, I went with my son, Nick,...

There's a lot of public art in Bordeaux, including this lion.

Delicious and self-guided: A 40-mile walk through Bordeaux’s vineyards

August 23, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

So many grapes ... The Bordeaux wine region produces about 700 million bottles of wine a year, and it takes several hundred grapes to make each bottle. Over five days...

This steel engraving by William Tombleson shows an Erie Canal lock in Lockport, N.Y., in 1840, not long after David Sprague Crandall traveled on the waterway. A series of locks in Lockport raised the canal 50 feet up the Niagara Escarpment near the Lake Erie end of the canal.

Traveling the Erie Canal in 1836

August 23, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

In 1836, the year of the Battle of the Alamo, David Sprague Crandall left his hometown of Lockport, N.Y., to travel on the Erie Canal and the Ohio and Mississippi...

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