THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED). Metropolis Performing Arts Centre presents 500 years of American history. Previews Jan. 13-14. $27-$35. Opens Jan. 15, 3 pm. Thu, 7:30 pm; Fri, 8 pm; Sat 7 pm; Sun, 3 pm. Additional performance Jan. ...

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/stage/9855335-421/the-guide-theater-listings-011312.html

Al Podgorswki~Chicago Sun-Times Coyote Logistics — a fast-growing technology start-up company that moves freight across North America — is adding 400 new jobs and playing a key role in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's makeover of the Chicago City Colleges. ...

http://www.suntimes.com/search/9926476-418/coyote-logistics-to-add-400-jobs-in-chicago-help-city-colleges.html

By Gary Stein, Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Maybe Iowa was ready for Rick Santorum, but I have severe doubts the rest of the country feels the same way. Yes, Santorum almost beat Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses. Almost beating the dullest man on earth ...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/todaysbuzz/monday/sfl-does-america-want-a-social-conservative-like-rick-santorum-20120109,0,7382289.story

“In South Africa, you know, music from America is called 'world music,'” Albert Mazibuko, longtime tenor in the vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, tells the Sun-Times from his South African home. “But, you know, now all music is world music. ...

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/9892055-421/a-renaissance-of-world-music-likely-in-2012.html

"It's technically possible that people are capable of informed engagement without serious reading, but so far I haven't seen much evidence of it in North America. It's possible for people to understand the world through good films and sun-dry other ...

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Uncertain+future+serious+reading/5961764/story.html

By Anthony Man Sun Sentinel US Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, said Wednesday he expects a range of presidential choices when Florida Republicans vote in the Jan. 31 primary, though the field will continue to shrink. West, the he most prominent ...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/elections/sfl-allen-west-romney-20120106,0,2083483.story

“It's the top notch conference in America. My goal since I was a little kid was to make it to the NFL and if I'm going to have a shot at that, I'm going to put myself in the best position to get there.” The Baltimore Sun's Offensive Player of the Year ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-cyrus-jones-commits-to-alabama-20120105,0,7168793.story?track=rss

Henry Trewhitt of the Baltimore Sun was called upon by the moderator, former NBC reporter Edwin Newman. Trewhitt proceeded to ask 73-year-old President Ronald Reagan whether, given his age, he was confident that he was fit to serve a second term as ...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/4/americas-first-octogenarianpresident/

A tanned Mayor Emanuel talked about his family's winter vacation to South America during a news conference on the city's recycling efforts. | Al Podgorski~Chicago Sun-Times Some people go to Florida, Arizona or Mexico over Christmas break. ...

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/9793970-418/emanuels-south-american-vacation-unbelievably-good.html

By MATTHEW ROSENBAUM A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter extinguishes multiple cars on fire in a carport in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (Dan Steinberg/AP Photo) Authorities in Los Angeles are reporting ...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mind-arsonist-head-los-angeles-fire-starters/story?id=15274504

... transform American fine dining in the last quarter-century, will close his famed establishment this year. The announcement, first reported on Sunday in The Chicago Sun-Times, was viewed as a bittersweet if inevitable end for an elegant restaurant. ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/dining/charlie-trotter-is-closing-chicago-restaurant-in-august.html

By Gina Caprio, Feature Author Sun, Jan 01, 2012 From strides in immigration to progress toward marriage equality, 2011 was a year filled with positive change for same-sex couples and our families all over America. The year 2011 may not have seemed ...

http://10thousandcouples.com/issue/january-2012/article/what-america-s-same-sex-couples-and-our-families-gained-in-2011

29 Top 10 Multi-Cap Core Funds (ranked by one-year performance) Assets Returns (In Millions) 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR YTD Sequoia Fund 4711.1 13.42 56.64 23.58 13.61 Upright Growth Fund 6.0 13.13 90.14 -21.97 12.66 SunAmerica:Foc Div Str;B 56.7 11.68 84.95 26.47 ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111230-706089.html

SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to provide growth of capital. The Fund seeks to pursue this objective by employing a concentrated stock picking ...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sunamerica-closed-end-funds-announce-estimated-sources-of-dividend-distributions-2011-12-29

FGF will reorganize into the SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund and FGI will reorganize into the SunAmerica Focused Alpha Large-Cap Fund, each of which is a newly established series of SunAmerica Specialty Series (each referred to as an “Acquiring ...

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11359050/1/sunamerica-closed-end-funds-announce-intention-to-voluntarily-delist-common-stock.html

By Kevin Rector, krector@tribune.com As the sun began to set over western Howard County on Dec. 23, dozens of people standing around and driving through the traffic circle at Woodbine Road and Old Frederick Road in Woodbine gazed up toward the sky, ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ph-ho-cf-flag-rally-1229-20111227,0,985108.story?track=rss

When last year's Sun Bowl game needed a new sponsor, El Paso Hyundai dealer Oscar Leeser was instrumental in bringing the Korean carmaker onboard as the game's new title sponsor. Leeser said Hyundai Motor America was more than happy with the exposure ...

http://www.elpasoinc.com/news/local_news/article_6ce06842-2d93-11e1-88be-001a4bcf6878.html

That Nigeria and America have a lot in common. One is the greatest British creation in Africa; the other equally, is a British super creation but in North America. While the United States prides itself as the melting pot of ethnic variegation (the ...

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/2011/dec/26/opinion-26-12-2011-002.html

By Ghanizada - Sun Dec 25, 8:46 am Sunday, December 25, 2011 – Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Saturday announced to prevent signing a long term strategic cooperation agreement between Afghanistan and the United States of America unless the NATO-led ...

http://www.khaama.com/immediate-halt-to-night-raid-key-to-afghan-us-pact-karzai-217

Sun America Converting at 46 N. Rockhill Ave. is requesting $136000. Stark Metal Sales at 432 Keystone St. is asking for $120000. City Council is expected to consider the requests at a 7 pm Wednesday session. The loans would be for seven years. ...

http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x545131855/Alliance-businesses-seek-loans-from-city

By Doreen Hemlock, Sun Sentinel Consumer and minority groups are applauding an agreement for mortgage lender Countrywide to pay $335 million to settle charges it discriminated against blacks and Latinos during the housing boom. ...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-countrywide-settlement-follow-20111222,0,6080118.story

SunAmerica US Government Securities A (SGTAX) invests a large proportion of its assets in domestic government securities with varying maturity periods. These securities include bills notes bonds and other debt securities issued the US Treasury or other ...

http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2011-12/top-5-government-bond-mutual-funds-best-of-funds(2).aspx?storyid=110291

Greg Couch has been a national columnist at AOL Fanhouse and The Sporting News and an award-winning columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. He was featured twice in “Best American Sports Writing” and was recognized this year by the US Tennis Writers ...

http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/notre-dame-movie-icon-rudy-seems-to-be-latest-college-football-fraud-122011

FGF will reorganize into the SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund and FGI will reorganize into the SunAmerica Focused Alpha Large-Cap Fund, each of which is a newly established series of SunAmerica Specialty Series (each referred to as an "Acquiring ...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sunamerica-closed-end-funds-announce-shareholder-approval-of-reorganizations-into-open-end-funds-2011-12-19

By Zeke Faux and John Detrixhe - Sun Dec 18 21:20:33 GMT 2011 Demand for American assets is increasing as consumer confidence, manufacturing and employment show the US is strengthening as Europe struggles to save its currency union and the developed ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-18/s-p-downgrade-proves-absurd-as-global-investors-make-u-s-assets-preferred.html