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Yearning for a brand-new red tricycle, Dempsey J. Travis decided at the tender age of 5 to become an entrepreneur.

He took a job handing out business cards for a South Side barber, canvassing the busy thoroughfare of Cottage Grove Avenue until he was struck by a Model T Ford and fractured his left leg. The barber had instructed him to stand in front of the shop, but Travis didn't stay put.

Over eight decades, that same daring ambition pushed Mr. Travis to overcome poverty, prejudice and poor schooling to become a self-made multimillionaire.

The only child of a stockyards laborer, Mr. Travis was an Horatio Alger lift-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps figure who wielded his influence as a liaison between the business community and the political sphere to fight for social justice...

Developed internally at Codemasters, not by creator Boehmia Interactive, the tactical shooter sequel is slated to appear on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall.

When I first signed up for GrandCentral a few years ago, I lived in a different city. As such, I had a different area code. And that was fine until I moved and Google, which bought GrandCentral in 2007 and subsequently put it on lockdown, prohibited me from changing it. I didn’t think much of it until my GrandCentral account magically transformed into a Google Voice account a few months ago, taking a good service and making it excellent. Unfortunately, I was still stuck...

Since the debut of the App Store last summer, my iPhone has become an indispensable part of my workout routine. The phone makes it easy to track your workout progress both in the gym and outdoors, where applications like RunKeeper allow you to use the phone’s integrated GPS to plot your bike or running course on a map. But there’s been one annoyance that’s aggravated me (and many others) to no end: the limited control you have over your music once you’ve launched one of these fitness apps. Fortunately the iPhone 3.0 software update finally fixes this, and a RunKeeper-like application called Fitnio(iTunes Link) has managed to beat some of its mor...

The husband of the operator of a Naperville children's day care center had bail set at $1 million Thursday after he was charged with sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl at the center.

Jose Luviano, 43, of the 100 block of Cedarbrook Road in Naperville has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, Assistant DuPage County State's Atty. Cathy DeLaMar told Judge Peter Ostling.

According to the charges, Luviano assaulted his victim at his home while she was attending the Christian Dollhouse Daycare, which is operated by Luviano's wife out of the couple's home.

Waukegan police arrested eight people today in connection with 18 residential burglaries dating back to February.

The spree came to an end Tuesday after police stopped a stolen car carrying three of the suspects, police Lt. Ed Fitzgerald said. Authorities also found a handgun and items taken in a recent burglary, Fitzgerald said.

Left to right:  Gerardo Alvarez, Jesu Briseno, Eric Estrada, Kevin Mejia, Krystal Sifuentes, Sergio Siguentes. (Police handouts)

All 18 burglaries took place in Waukegan, with 11 taking place during the last two weeks of June. Some of the stolen items included televisions, alcohol, video games and jewelry. The recovered items will be returned to owners pending positive identification, Fitzgerald said.

After further investigation, police arrested the following pe...