Ever since Oprah held up the Nov. 5 copy of the Sun-Times on her show and declared it the best post-election front page in the world, calls have been coming in from around the globe with requests for copies. Now that front-page image is available for auction at eBay.com as a limited edition high-gloss giclee print.

The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.---- Crime in Illinois fell by more than 3 percent last year, continuing a 13-year slide that resulted in 210,000 fewer crimes than in 1994, according to data released Wednesday by the Illinois State Police.

After serving as the No. 2 man under Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine for years, Robert Milan is leaving the office -- but he isn't going too far.

In most cases, people laid off from their jobs do not give their former employer the time of day, let alone ever darken their door. But the Beverly Arts Center "feels like a family," says graphic designer Laura Kleinhenz. That's why some employees are now working there for free.

A former Aurora man who eluded police for 12 years after being charged in the death of his infant daughter was caught near the Mexican border after entering the U.S. illegally and going to a Texas bar, authorities said.

Today's teens are far more likely than their parents to believe they're great people, destined for maximum success, a study says.

Facing a $2 billion budget gap, Gov. Blagojevich said Tuesday he'll ask legislators for the OK to cut state agencies' spending 8 percent by next summer. That would spur more layoffs and service cuts. He also said he'll seek more than $1 billion a year from Washington over three years.

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration.

PADUCAH, Ky.---- Chad Toy's escape from jail wasn't what shocked his jailers; it was his plea to be let back in.

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A major shipping group on Tuesday ordered its more than 90 tankers to sail around Africa rather than use the Suez Canal after pirates seized a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million in crude.

Designers of a plan to create the city's first gay-friendly high school pulled the plug on a watered-down version of the plan Tuesday but vowed to resurrect the idea next year. Some lead members of the design team had felt the latest version of the proposal -- which deleted all specific references to gay students from the mission statement and changed the school's name -- had been the best way to garner support for the new school, Chicago public school officials said. But on Tuesday, other members balked.

The mission assigned to Daniel Everett after he graduated from Chicago's Moody Bible Institute was to change the lives of members of a tiny tribe in the Amazonian rain forest. It was, however, Everett who was changed. Everett, along with his wife and three children, were met in the rain forest by the Piraha people of central Brazil.

DALLAS---- Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to pay $7.5 million for bankrupt ATA Airlines' landing slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport, a move that would raise Southwest's profile in the nation's largest air market.

2 students approached on separate occasions

Northwestern University officials are advising students to be careful when walking at night after the second attempted robbery of a student in less than a week.

(Crain’s) — The Sun-Times Media Group Inc. on Tuesday announced a number of changes including the resignations of three directors and its chief financial officer as well as its intent to deregister its common stock. The parent of the Chicago Sun-Times also said it reached an agreement in ...

(Reuters) — Corus Bankshares Inc., the Chicago lender battered by exposure to condominium loans, said it will defer interest payments on $404.6 million of junior subordinated debt as it seeks to conserve cash amid the current financial turmoil. The lender has also applied for funds under the ...

(AP) — Canadian National Railway says it has reached an agreement with a Chicago suburb over its proposed purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. Canadian National said Tuesday its agreement with Crest Hill includes creating quiet zones and the use of noise mitigation measures. ...

(AP) — Wall Street has pulled off a rebound in another turbulent session, as investors rushed back into the market after the Standard & Poor's 500 index tested a 2003 low. The Dow Jones industrial average ended Tuesday in positive territory after a trading session that had it in negative ...