For some, a slower Noel NightNoel night, pardon the pun, was a mixed bag for local retailers. In this down economy, on a night catering to locals looking for deals, lower-ticket items were what was making cash registers ring.

'Double act' aims to dish up speedy profits at Selfridges' new eaterieAchef who started his own business less than two years ago will tomorrow become the first outsider in Selfridges' 100-year history to open a restaurant in its flagship Oxford Street store. Ewan Venters, Selfridges food and catering director, says: \"There are many fantastic British chefs, but Mark Hix represents the very best of British chef talent. It was a quite straightforward decision. We ...

2,000 grades raised at Chicago Public Schools' Hyde Park AcademySun-Times Special Report: Last school year at struggling Hyde Park Academy High, more than 2,000 grades were boosted at least one notch, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows. And this school year, blanket A's were ordered issued to all students of five new Hyde Park teachers.