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James Dean, native of Marion, Ind., would have been 81 years old today.

Chicago police cornered and captured a female coyote on the South Side today after a 2-hour chase.

Another aspect of winter that's been missing, besides snow, has been sunshine. today's forecast remedies that, if only for a day.

Will Ferrell did the introductions for last night's Bulls-Hornets game in New Orleans, and he poked fun at each of the starters.

A car crash happened overnight at 63rd and Harlem and Chicagoist Photos Flickr pool contributor Brian "Statevillain" Bochenek was at the scene to take these photos.

Derrick Rose, still nursing a bad back, only played a little more than 22 minutes of game time against lowly New Orleans, but the rest of the team picked up the slack.

Vote for your favorite - just make sure a Chicagoan takes home the award.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is now starting to have doubts about the ability of the South Side Irish Parade Committee to host a parade with a zero-tolerance policy for drinking in public. Welcome to the club, Your Honor.

Northeast Michigan probably isn't the best place to be a meteorologist, but this guy sure is having fun with it.

If you want your salty snacks to come from your kitchen, rather than a cardboard box, follow this recipe.

It's a night of soul and funk tomorrow night as Denver's Juno What?! shares the state at Martyrs' with Dance Floor Plans.

State Rep. Elaine Nekritz, who is sponsoring House Bill 3944, told CBS Chicago that it’s important to make changes to the act with the May NATO/G8 summits looming.

Today's gallery has some stellar night shots and a classic Muddy Waters photo.

Archie Powell & The Exports just announced the May 1 release of their sophomore full-length, Great Ideas In Action, and they’re already giving away free downloads of its first single.

With the use of technology you can find your cookie and eat it too with the new Girl Scout Cookies app for iPhone.

There was another wrong way crash in the Chicago area, the fourth one in the area since December. This one happened early this morning on Lake Shore Drive and injured three people.

Watch the new video for "Ni**as in Paris" from Jay-Z and Kanye West, comprised of "Watch The Throne" tour footage. Also: heed the epilepsy warning. They're not playing around.

Goose Island has been doing some of its best work since they were bought by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Case in point: their Fulton and Wood limited edition draft series.

Both the Daily Herald and the Sun-Times have made the switch to metered paywalls for their content. We were wondering if the Tribune would follow suit. Editor Gerould Kern told a group during a Q&A at the Niagara Foundation that day will come soon.

To show the HD video capabilities of their new D800 camera, Nikon enlisted legendary Chicago-based portrait photographer Sandro Miller to create a five-minute film. (Discretion advised: the video contains graphic images.)

To get to the other side, of course.

Attorneys for the City of Chicago told federal judges they reached a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought by more than 800 people arrested after protesters took Lake Shore Drive in a 2003 march against the Iraq War.

Red Bull Music Academy - Chicago Sessions kicks off tomorrow, at Metro/Smart Bar, 3730 N. Clark St., 10 p.m.,, $5, 18+ (21+ for Smart Bar)

The stock market is a fickle beast.

The selected songs cover a broad swath of the musical spectrum, with upbeat pop numbers like Florence and the Machine's "You Got the Love," and cool classics like known Obama favorite, "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green. Sandwiched in between are a few head-scratchers like Ricky Martin, or clear Red State pandering cuts like "My Town" by Montgomery Gentry.

Was the public a little too quick to attack the design of a 15-year-old boy? No one wants to come under the critical eye of a blogger who calls themselves "Detective Shaved Longcock."

How did the Chicago History Museum get the city's first elevated train car in the museum? Very carefully, as you'll see in this video.

Chicago had to write a check for $399,950 to gun rights group The Second Amendment Foundation to settle the McDonald v. Chicago case, and a Texas Senate candidate posted a photo of the check on his campaign website.

Once we don our boots, we cannot take them off until they've been walked through snow. Hopefully, that will be the case later today.

This is easily the best video we've seen from last week's "Soul Train" dance line tribute to Don Cornelius. On a very overcast day, we need all we can get to put smiles on our faces.