There was no late-night shopping for championship T-shirts on the way home from our Super Bowl party. We had our intended course home charted out — one that would give enough time for the delivery trucks to drop off the first of the Super Bowl Champs apparel by the time we passed the Sports Authority on the way home from a party in the 'burbs. But there was no need to stop, because the... more ›

Today would be a good time to go make friends with your IT guys and see if they've got any unused computers they'll let you set up for a day, because Cubs single game tickets go on sale tomorrow. more ›

Back in May, Wal-Mart got zoning approval to build a store in the West Side nieghborhood Austin, but the retailing behemoth was also looking to build a second store in South Side Chatham. Yesterday, that the second deal began to unravel, when Wal-Mart realized that about $31.6 million in city subsidies would not be coming for the development in which the store would be located. more ›