Not sure if you noticed but it's been a pretty slooooooow news day around these parts, what with the holiday and all, so we're calling it a day and getting outside to dodge raindrops and throw a variety of meats on the grill while we still can. Winter will be here before we know it. But we'll be back at it, bright and early tomorrow morning. more ›

The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder... so cold, in fact, that a woolly mammoth will soon be calling Chicago its temporary home. The best-preserved baby woolly mammoth ever found, named Lyuba, will be on exhibit beginning in March at The Field Museum. It will be the first time Lyuba has been shown in the U.S. since its discovery in 2007. more ›