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In these tough economic times, books offer a great return on a gift-giver's investment. Relatively inexpensive, they provide hours of enjoyment for the recipient — if you make the right choice. Never fear: the Book Bag is here to help. Lovers of...

New Year’s 2012 looks like a very good one for theme parks. Already, the parks in Orlando have been jammed with holiday visitors. On this year’s edition of Priceline’s top 50 New Year’s destinations, Orlando neighborhoods took 4...

Saturday Christopher Garlington and David Haynes will present "The Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats" at 6 p.m. at Barbara's Bookstore at UIC, 1218 S. Halsted St.; free. Robbie Klein will read at 2 p.m. at the Poetry Center of Chicago, 78 E. Washington...

A teen was shot and wounded Saturday night, one of at least four people wounded in shootings on Chicago streets. A 15-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the foot while walking in 1100 block of West 18th Place in the Pilsen neighborhood about 8:30...

From a plane, it would be easy to think one of the nation's dirtiest power plants is within the Chicago city limits. But the aging State Line Power Station, a major contributor to the city's chronically dirty air, sits just a few hundred feet over the...

It was in rural Kansas, near the geographical center of America, that David Sax hit rock bottom in his search for the perfect deli sandwich. It happened innocently enough, in an Arby's. He had ordered a Reuben. "What I got was this horrible abomination...

-- Break out the champagne: The summer season at the Hollywood Bowl officially kicked off over the weekend with festivities and fireworks. (Los Angeles Times) -- Major honor: South African artist William Kentridge will receive the prestigious Kyoto...

According to TripAdvisor’s 2010 annual family survey, 92 percent of U.S. travelers with children are planning at least one family vacation this year. Affinia Hotels is courting this niche with kid-friendly ”My Family” getaways, with ni...

John Barrera wanted to work for the city, so he joined the Hispanic Democratic Organization, a feared political street army that wielded power over jobs inside Mayor Richard Daley's administration. In his first political campaign for the group, he helped...

In 1975, long before he became a household name, Jeff Koons spent a year in Chicago as a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as a studio assistant to Ed Paschke. "I believe it's really important that you're able, in art, to...

Suffocating in a snow drift is one of the biggest dangers faced by cows out in the field in the winter. "If the snow gets too high, the cows can't move, and they're unable to breathe," Ed Donnelly says. Animal mortality facts like those are on the tip...