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Staff Reporters A new admissions policy for elite Chicago public schools is little more than a plot to free up seats for middle-class white families tired of paying private school tuition, black aldermen charged Monday. The new policy followed a...

A leader of the effort to reduce the Cook County sales tax was cautiously optimistic today as county commissioners met to consider overriding Board President Todd Stroger's veto of their latest rollback attempt. Before the meeting got underway this morning,...

They might be known as nature's most maligned creatures, but naked mole rats have been found to hold vital clues to surviving stroke, say researchers...It may yield clues for better treatment of brain injuries associated with heart attack, stroke and...

The findings apply only to high-risk women, and not to women of average risk for breast cancer, but they may fuel confusion among women in the United States about the risks and benefits of mammography screening. Last month, the U.S....

Don't tell me that we're going to have to add ''bad teammate'' to your resume. As if the Bears didn't have enough problems already, the last thing they needed was for their injured middle linebacker and supposed team leader to...

Doctors at the University of Wisconsin in Madison are often asked to help interpret CT scans from other institutions...Guite noticed a high number of exams that seemed outside of American College of Radiology guidelines among patients referred for consultation, they...

39 Ashlee Simpson and big sister Jessica sandwich in Just Jared at Ashlee 's after-party held at INC Lounge inside the Time Hotel in New York City on Monday night (November 30). Earlier in the evening, Ashlee made her Broadway...

A U.S. researcher says the human-animal bond provides great health value and is often underestimated. Froma Walsh of the University of Chicago says despite the well-documented value of the human-animal bond across cultures, attachments with companion animals have been undervalued....

President Obama will prove beyond a shadow of doubt this week that he doesn’t have a clue about what to do about unemployment by holding a one-day Job Summit followed by a campaign-style “White House to Main Street” cities tour...