A Chicago based firm and its lawyer are suing hotels, department stores, and upscale chains like Caribou and Panera for patent infringement... because they use WiFi. It's crazy, but so is patent law. Read more
Chicago's inspector general finds that the charity founded by Da Ex-Mare's wife got $915,000 in money donated by recipients of tax increment financing, through an opaque process that generated $3.7 million for various public and private organizations. Read more
From South Morgan St. to (Occupy) Wall Street: The meaning, or lack thereof, in We are the 99 Percent and the nationwide Occupy protests that hit LaSalle Street here in Chicago. Read more
If you think driving is dangerous in Chicago these days, you should see the statistics from the 1930s, when the roads were bloody and the press coverage was morbid. Read more
Fermilab's particle accelerator goes offline today, after a ceremony that you can watch online. It's about 41 years since Weston, Illinois, the small farming community that used to be where the Tevatron sits, went offline to make way for Fermilab. Read more
On last night's historic baseball action, "Catching Hell," the 2003 NLCS, pitch counts, mob mentalities, and the wonders and terrors of sports. Read more
Chicago remains among the worst cities in America in "lost time and wasted fuel" because of our congestion. But we spend less time in the car than many of our metropolitan peers, which is great... but that short time is spent seething. Read more
A new report from the National League of Cities, co-authored by a UIC prof, takes a look at what problems American cities are facing during the recession, and how they're addressing them. The results will be familiar. Read more
Fermilab's legendary particle accelerator gets shut down at the end of the week, a bit shy of its 30th birthday. Due to budget cuts, it's the end of an era in American physics. But the Tevatron was on thin ice from the beginning—and it's left us a lot of data to explore. Read more
The first good profile of the erstwhile White Sock; Ozzie and his wife on WCIU's "Beisbol '86"; leadership advice on the importance of running your mouth; and more. Read more
