Remembering Hitler's Ford City 'headache'
The best-kept secret in Chicago history may be a World War II-era factory that churned out engines for the B-29 bomber airplane underneath what is now Ford City Mall on Chicago's Southwest Side. John Kudia, a Gage Park native, remembers being told as a child that his aunt, Mary Early, had worked at the factory.

Health-care insurance cheaper in the suburbs
Why would people who live in inner-ring suburbs such as Berwyn, Evanston, Oak Lawn and Oak Park be able to obtain health-care insurance quotes that are 14.6 percent, on average, lower than their Chicago neighbors?

Web tips on getting that job
Orland Park native Molly Mann worked with a job coach and used a new Chicago-based Web site, GoSavant.com, to land her first job out of college. Even so, her efforts took five months in today's troubled times.