What if you were told you had a great aunt who could fly and heal the sick? Luis Alberto Urrea joins us to discuss his new novel, Queen of America, based on his great aunt who could do just those things.

Nearly 75 years later, the legacy of Chicago favorite -- Maurice Lenell cookies -- lives on. Ash-har Quraishi reports.

What does a gothic chapel in downtown Chicago have to do with Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park?

We asked you if Congress should go back to Washington to find a compromise on the payroll tax cut extension and if you think Chicago will

Millions of Americans are likely to see their payroll taxes go up in January. We hear from both Illinois U.S. senators about the prospects for a deal.

The Chicago Sun-Times is being sold again -- the second time in three years.

Billionaire Sam Zell is just the latest to sue former Tribune Company shareholders in an effort to claw back more than $2.5 billion. We speak with a bankruptcy expert to see if this can actually happen.

Suburban poverty has exploded over the last 10 years.

Arguably one of the greatest engineering feats in history took place in Chicago. Over 100 years ago, the flow of the Chicago River was reversed. We talk with two authors who collected 22,000 photographs documenting the event.

We take a look at a small press in Champaign, Illinois that publishes everyone from Herman Melville to Aldous Huxley, and brings modern European fiction to the USA in Arts Across Illinois.

We speak with two of Chicago's financial leaders -- the city budget director and comptroller -- about how they've overachieved their budget, and what's next for Chicago in 2012.

It's increasingly becoming the new doctor's office -- but without doctors. They are health clinics at retail stores.

A Chicago organization aims to dispel misperceptions about Islam and its followers through the power of television. Ash-har Quraishi talks to the organizers and shows us their plan.

Why do we gossip? And why are celebrities so much fun to talk about? We chat with the author of a new book that focuses on our love to gossip.

Chicago's Union Stockyards closed 40 years ago after handling more than a billion animals. We have some never-before-seen footage and interviews with workers on the last day.