Beekeeping in Chicago is legal, relatively easy and increasingly popular. We take a look at the largely unseen world of rooftop bees, and the people who care for them.

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Stella Foster calls it quits after 43 years.

The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was held here in Chicago, but is anything still standing from the White City?

The board members of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Infrastructure Trust get to know each other in their first official meeting.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warns about a so-called fiscal cliff the nation is facing on January 2.

In part three of our Vivian Maier series, Jay Shefsky introduces us to several people trying to unravel the mystery of the celebrated photographer.

Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning actor and playwright, Tracy Letts, talks about opening a hit Steppenwolf production on Broadway -- and upcoming film adaptations of his plays.

We revisit a conversation with the author of a new book about the increasing popularity of going solo.

Will there be any pension reform this year? We hear from all four members of the governor's pension working group.

Utility giant ComEd's first female president talks about the company's future plans to keep customers out of the dark.

A new study by a Field Museum biologist shows that despite protections, life inside nature reserves can be affected by the environment surrounding the reserve. Steve Goodman joins us to tell us more, and how this affects Chicago.

The markets react as the Fed wraps up its latest meeting.

In part two of our series on photographer Vivian Maier, we meet other owners of her remarkable archive and explore the international explosion of interest in her work.