Apple's first quarter earnings beat already high expectations to lift stocks higher.

How to honor your grandmother without getting in trouble with the government. A Chicagoan's new book tells revealing stories from China's Cultural Revolution.

The mayor's controversial infrastructure trust sails through City Council. Now what? Paris Schutz has the latest.

Is justice near for the slain family members of singer Jennifer Hudson? And how much does her celebrity complicate the case? We have details from the murder trial.

We speak with Jim Kirk on the eve of his new role as editor-in-chief of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Lawmakers are back in Springfield, taking on Gov. Quinn's bold pension and Medicaid reform plans.

Preventing the rejection of organ transplants. Could new research hold the key to long-term success? Ash-har Quraishi takes a look in this edition of Scientific Chicago.

Master sommelier and Check Please! host Alpana Singh joins us to answer your wine and spirits questions.

High-profile attorney Dan Webb-- now special prosecutor in the controversial case involving Mayor Daley's nephew.

The city's inspector general is sounding the alarm on the mayor's proposed infrastructure trust ordinance. We talk to him about how he thinks it can be improved.

A group of aldermen and the Better Government Association want to rewrite the mayor's infrastructure trust ordinance. Carol Marin and her panel have more.

Governor Pat Quinn tackles the state's $80 billion underfunded pension system.  We'll get reaction to his plan from a union coalition and the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago.

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev talks world peace with local high school students. Elizabeth Brackett has more on his visit and the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.