Purdue beats Loyola of Chicago to reach NIT semis (AP via Yahoo! News) E'Twaun Moore scored 14 points, and No. 11 Purdue defeated Loyola of Chicago 78-46 on Tuesday night to advance to the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals.

Pima County accepts US$5 million Chicago White Sox buyout (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) TUCSON, Ariz. - Pima County's supervisors voted 5-0 on Tuesday to allow the Chicago White Sox to end their spring training contract with the county so they can move immediately to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale.

Boston's Jason Southerland Is New Leader of Chicago's Next Theatre (Playbill via Yahoo! News) Jason Southerland began work Nov. 17 as the new artistic director of Next Theatre Company, the Chicago troupe known for socially provocative work.

Ag futures mostly fall on Chicago Board of Trade (AP via Yahoo! News) Agriculture futures mostly fell in midday trading Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

COL BKB: Purdue 78, Loyola-Chicago 46 (UPI) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- E'Twaun Moore had 14 points and seven rebounds Tuesday, keying No. 10 Purdue's 78-46 win over Loyola-Chicago.

Top 25: No. 11 Purdue smashes Loyola of Chicago (CBS Sportsline) Tuesday's Top 25 roundup: E'Twaun Moore scored 14 points, and No. 11 Purdue defeated Loyola of Chicago 78-46 to advance to the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals.

Grains prices lower Tuesday in Chicago (UPI) CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Grains closed lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade with trading light throughout the day, traders said.

Chicago home sales fall 23%, prices 4.5% (Chicago Sun-Times) Home sales in Chicago fell 23 percent and the median price fell 4.5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, the Illinois Association of Realtors said Monday. There were 5,958 existing single-family home and condominium sales in the quarter, down from 7,769. Prices fell to $289,400, from $302,900. In the Chicago metropolitan area, sales were down 22 percent to 20,449, and prices fell ...

Two Chicago legends get rousing sendoffs (Chicago Sun-Times) Hedy Weiss: The circle will, indeed, be unbroken. That was the message at two emotion-packed memorials held here Monday. One was for Studs Terkel, the writer, actor, oral historian and maestro of the radio waves who spent most of his 96 years as the man who listened to Chicago. The other paid homage to choreographer Gerald Arpino, co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet, who died last month at 85.

Two Chicago legends get rousing sendoffs (Chicago Sun-Times) The circle will, indeed, be unbroken. That was the message trumpeted loudly and clearly at two emotion-packed memorials held here Monday. One was for Studs Terkel, the writer, actor, oral historian and maestro of the radio waves who spent most of his 96 years as the man who listened to Chicago.