Hockey fans and everyday investors could soon trade on the performance of the Blackhawks or other NHL teams through futures contracts.Chicago-based startup FutureSports announced a landmark deal last week with the NHL that would use official game statistics to establish financial indexes on the leag
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Read on Chicago Sun-TimesResearchers and bird lovers were in awe when they spotted a rare bird that had both male and female characteristics at a nature preserve in Barrington.The mysterious bird, a bobolink, was a bilateral gynandromorph: Its body was divided right down the middle, with one side having male characteristics
Mollie Vivoda was squinting at her cellphone while also holding shopping lists at a Target in Bucktown on Wednesday.Her three children will start school in a couple of weeks, and her two daughters, age 8 and 11, joined her for the family's first back-to-school shopping trip. The girls, going into th
“The problem is significant enough that we are now conducting a formal survey of our membership to document the full scope of housing instability and homelessness among city workers. That should concern anyone who relies on city services—which is everyone.” The Vanderbilt rail yard in Br
A new report from Center for an Urban Future urges the city to do more to raise awareness about, and increase access to, its “wild” spaces—what researchers say could improve residents’ mental and physical health. The lagoon at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. (Daniel Avila/NYC Parks)
