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Some Co-Eds Becoming ‘Sugar Babies’ To Pay For College
Incredible, but there are several websites out there helping babies and daddies find each other. CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov asks: Is it prostitution?
Some Earn Their Degrees Online, Not At Bricks-And-Mortar Colleges
Last year, about 500,000 additional students began their online education. But some experts worry they’re missing something. CBS 2′s Ed Curran reports.
Indiana State Defeats Illinois State 77-75
Justin Gant had 18 points and 11 rebounds Sunday and Indiana State defeated Illinois State 77-75 in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams.
Basketball Schools Break Away From Big East
Seven Big East schools including DePaul will leave the conference and pursue a new basketball framework.
University Of Chicago Does Away With Swim Test Requirement
For college students at the University of Chicago, the swim test will soon be history, along with the physical fitness and endurance tests that led many students to end up with a gym requirement.
Best Places For Back To School Shopping In Chicago
Go back to school in style with Chicago stores that make the grade!
Your Chicago: Christ The King College Prep
Christ the College College Preparatory School has its first crop of graduating seniors, and they’re all going to college. CBS 2′s Rob Johnson reports.
Walter’s Perspective: Deep-Pocketed Universities Should Give Students Some Relief
The big issue these days is the high cost of tuition for college students, who are taking on more debt. CBS 2′s Walter Jacobson has a solution.
Video: Worst Cheap Shot Ever
It’s easy to see why this viral video has been tagged as the “worst cheap shot ever.”
Kentucky Ends 14-Year Drought, Wins National Championship
Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky won its eighth national championship, holding off Kansas for a 67-59 victory Monday night.
Urban Prep Again Sending All Grads To College
An all-male charter high school on the South Side is celebrating Friday, as once again, all its graduating seniors have been accepted to four-year colleges.
Rothstein Files: 4 X-Factors In The 2012 Final Four
If Darius Miller and Doron Lamb find seams and make enough shots from the perimeter, John Calipari should have his team in the National Championship game.
Police Called In Kentucky, Louisville Fan Fight Between Elderly At Dialysis Center
The bad blood between Kentucky and Louisville fans boiled over this week at a Kentucky dialysis center when one patient couldn’t wait to call a winner.
Rothstein Files: Another Recruiting Coup For Kentucky’s Calipari?
Multiple sources say there is more than a legitimate chance of Kentucky landing the top two prospects in the Class of 2012: 6-foot-10 shot blocker Nerlens Noel and lefty wing Shabazz Muhammad.
Rothstein Files: This And That Around College Basketball, Final Four
A major element in Saturday’s Final Four showdown between Louisville and Kentucky will be the Cardinals’ match up zone.
Ohio State Upsets Syracuse, Earns Trip To Final Four
Ohio State beat Syracuse 77-70 on Saturday to advance to the Final Four.
Rothstein Files: Calipari-Pitino Showdown Highlights The 2012 Final Four
Rick Pitino and John Calipari have met before in the Final Four — it was 16 years ago in 1996 when Pitino was at Kentucky and Calipari was at Umass — but this is different.
Kentucky Beats Baylor 82-70 In South Regional
Top-seeded Kentucky advanced to the Final Four for the second year in a row with a 82-70 blitzing of Baylor, setting up a Bluegrass showdown with rival Louisville in the national semifinals Saturday at New Orleans.
Louisville In Final Four With 72-68 Win Over Florida
Once upon a time, Billy Donovan took Rick Pitino on an improbable ride to the Final Four.
Twenty-five years later, Pitino is heading back after another unbelievable run — one capped with an amazing late-game rally that left his old protege wondering what the heck happened.
Baylor, Xavier Seek Spot In South Regional Final
The Bears and Musketeers are building their own impressive resumes heading into their round of 16 matchup Friday night for a spot in Sunday’s South Regional final.
Most Popular News
- Former Glenbard East Student Charged With Planning Violence At SchoolIn November, Michael Santoro allegedly made plans of a violent nature against the school, but the alleged plans remained unknown an acquaintance reported the threat to police two weeks ago, after learning about the plans in February.306
- Woman Robs North Side BankA woman robbed a Lakeview bank Tuesday afternoon on the city’s North Side.262
- Four Schools To Be Spared From Closing; Another To Be DelayedHours before a final vote by the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools officials have agreed to back off of plans to close four of the 53 elementary schools targeted for closing at the end of the school year, Board Vice President Jesse Ruiz confirmed Wednesday morning.415
- Boy, 17, Fatally Shot In Back Of The YardsA teenage boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said.147
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- Police: Man Touches Woman’s Leg At South Loop CTA StationPolice are looking for man who inappropriately touched a woman at a South Loop CTA station Tuesday morning.147
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