Bee venom facials create a buzz

The latest buzz in the beauty world is a literal one: bee venom facials. Also known as apitherapy, bee venom is said by purveyors and devotees to have anti-aging properties.

Comfort dog Prince to retire at end of school year

PORTAGE | Prince, the Portage High School comfort dog, will retire at the end of the 2012-13 school year.

TUNES & TIX: Mike Watt, keeper of the indie flame

Customarily, it takes at least a decade of hindsight for the contributions of music icons to be singled out for praise and to receive props from subsequent generations of rock and pop movers and shakers.

'Controversial' Prince

Prince held court over three days during his "Welcome 2 Chicago" engagement Sept. 24 through 26 at the United Center.

TUNES & TIX: A regal visit

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More Prince tickets on sale Sept. 12

An additional concert has been added for Prince's "Welcome 2 Chicago" engagement at the United Center. The pop star will also perform on Sept. 26 in addition to previously scheduled Sept. 24 and 25 shows. Tickets for the third show go on sale at 4 p.m. Sept. 12.

Giants find running game in loss to Bears

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. | The Bears are still looking for a little more from their offense with a game left in the preseason.

Much to replace for US basketball team to top '08

LAS VEGAS | They lost Dwyane Wade but gained Kevin Durant. Dwight Howard's size has given way to Russell Westbrook's speed.

Federer beats Murray for 7th Wimbledon, 17th major

WIMBLEDON, England | A Grand Slam title drought did indeed end in Sunday's historic and riveting Wimbledon final, only it was Roger Federer's lengthy-for-him gap between trophies that came to a close, rather than Britain's 76-year wait for a homegrown men's champion.

Warm up this winter with a great book

For those looking to use that holiday gift card or warm up to some winter reading, we've collected some recently released bios and oral histories of note.

The joy of reading: Warm up this winter with a great book

It can hardly be argued that the world lost one of its great technological innovators when Steve Jobs passed away in October.

With royal visit, celeb photographers under scrutiny

Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, wave to the crowd as they board the plane in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, on July 4, 2011. The couple will arrive Friday, July 8, in California, a state that in the years since Princess Diana’s death has passed three laws inten…

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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, make the journey by procession to Buckingham Palace after the royal wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, in London, England.