• The FDA is looking into Walgreens' plan to sell genetic testing kits.
• UConn President Michael Hogan is the top choice to become the new president at the University of Illinois. Related: a 9.5 percent tuition hike at the school is on the way.
• A tentative start date of November 1 has been set for Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana's terrorism trial. Related: Fox does us all an alarmist favor by listing the top 10 terror targets in town.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is set to prosecute the cases against Tahawwur Rana and David Headley, the two Chicago men charged in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. It'll be Fitzgerald's second case as prosecutor since coming to Chicago from New York in 2001. Rana and Headley are also accused of plotting an attack in Denmark in retaliation for the controversial 2005 Prophet Muhammad cartoons. [Sun-Times] more ›

Tahawwur Rana, the Chicago man accused of participating in the plotting of both the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai as well as a foiled attack in Denmark, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges today. His alleged co-conspirator, David Coleman Headley, will be arraigned tomorrow. Rana faces life in prison if convicted. [Tribune] more ›

• Drivers have a few months to prepare for the next prolonged traffic snarl: resurfacing of the Eisenhower (I-290) will begin in April 2010.
• Prosecutors have alleged Tahawwur Rana, one of the men arrested last month for allegedly plotting overseas terror attacks, was in possession of a pair of al Qaida videotapes.
• The Gold Coast building that used to serve as a home to the Three Arts Club could soon be the home of the ashes of 15,000 deceased Chicagoans.