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A $7 billion antitrust settlement over credit-card processing fees that critics say would make things worse for retailers suffered another insult today as Target Bloomberg reported the lawsuit was filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York.

Constance Flanigan Boase , 86, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013. Connie was born in 1926 to Carol Suzanne and Laurence Jacob Weil in Cleveland, younger sister to D. Wallace Weil.

When Virginia Ruesterholz arrived at Stevens Institute of Technology as a freshman at the end of the 1970s, women were scarce on the Hoboken campus.

This Nov. 30, 2011 file photo shows television host Jon Stewart during a taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York.

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts is pushing passion and pride, among other things, in its new ad campaign from Fathom/Chicago. Forget the pots and pans.

NASA Television aired, live a special event from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington to honor the contributions and legacy of the late Dr.

One more week until the summer unofficially starts. Here's what you can expect. Congratulations to the Stevens Institute of Technology class of 2013.

Santa Monica is considering bulldozing their Welton Becket -designed Civic Auditorium after shutting it down June 30--the glory days of the 55-year-old performance venue are long gone, and now it mostly serves as a backdrop for small trade shows.

In trading on Wednesday, education & training services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.9%. Helping drag down the group were shares of ITT Educational Services , off about 7% and shares of Corinthian Colleges off about 4.5% on the day.

Skokie Patch is almost 3 years old. We launched on July 28, 2010. This was our first story.

Every week, hockey-playing science writer John Horgan takes a puckish, provocative look at breaking science.

Jon Snover thought he'd found his dream job at a fuel-cell company in 2001 - and that, as lead chemist for the company, he was going to change the world by developing advanced technology to solve society's energy crisis.

Why might an upstanding firm like Healthstream do this? For the same reason any other company might: to make the numbers.

Property , the sleek design boutique on 14 Wooster Street, kicked off the 25th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair with its "Hot Property " themed reception yesterday.With a special appearance by Italian star designer Lucas Nichetto, Property also celebrated the launch of top Italiandesign house, Casamania's, first shop-in-shop in the ... (more)

FlightSafety International announces that it has received approval from EASA for 49 of its practical maintenance training courses under Regulation 1149/2011 to date.

The official Citi Bike mobile application is now available to download. The app provides a map of station locations and real-time updates about bicycle and dock availability, as well as turn-by-turn directions, riding tips, and a timer to help Citi Bike users avoid charges for exceeding the limits per trip.

Manny Garcia of Milton Hershey School, a 2013 Best & Brightest recipient, photographed in the school's art room.

Athletics have always been a big deal in the Gary and Jody Kaplan family of Ladue.

's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by Deutsche Bank in a research note issued on Monday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports.

Local workers who create unique and dynamic learning materials for children with learning disabilities recently received some aid for themselves.