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Ancestry.com is out with a list of the most common surnames in America, state-by-state. Each state may be unique, but it looks like a lot of the same last names are popular from coast-to-coast.

I know that it seems like we just "fell back" a few weeks ago, but that was actually back on November 6th. The time to switch directions and "spring forward" is going to get here a lot more quickly than the temperatures outside might indicate.

Hot on the heels of last week's announcement that a couple of major insurers are refusing to insure certain model year cars from Kia and Hyundai, Honda owners are being put on notice with a dire warning from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about a big problem.

You can tell a lot about a family by their most often-used phrases when talking to each other. Our first discovery is how hilarious some Illinois families are.

Did someone in Illinois find priceless art while renovating their home or is it a hoax?

This 7-acre estate has everything you would want including a garage for the car addict in your family.

There is something about going to a children's museum and being able to interact with exhibits, playing and climbing, and learning and Illinois has two of the very best children's museums in the nation.

Illinois State officials (knowing how people can be when it comes to deadlines) are urging Illinois residents to get busy now so that there won't be a giant logjam of Real ID applications this coming May.

My first thought after finding out about this was "What? Did he order a couple dozen eggs?" But, it turns out that eggs might be the only thing this kid didn't order on Dad's smartphone.

Every single state has a portion of the overall population that elbow-bends a bit more than the rest, which leaves us wondering how big the drinking population of Illinois is, and how do we stack up against other states--especially here in the Midwest.