Topic: Illinois

When it’s not a seller’s market, it could be a bright side for buyers. So where are the markets with the most bargains for home buyers on a budget?

What is the deal with airport food? To find some of the most praised restaurants, TripAdvisor looked at the busiest U.S. airports and user-generated reviews to see which ones were rated the best by the general flying public.

Some U.S. airports see more late or missed connections than others, depending on which airlines use them and where they’re located. Using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, CNBC.com ranked the 10 airports with the worst records for on-time arrivals.

If you’re a professional athlete, injuries are almost guaranteed. However, sometimes the off-field injuries are so bizarre they become noteworthy.

The real estate website Trulia recently released its Winter 2012 Metro Movers report, which examines all property searches made by homebuyers and renters to see where they hope to buy and rent next.  What follows are 10 desirable neighborhoods that tend to fly under the radar in their major American cities.

Many factors can make a housing rental market difficult to negotiate. But chief among potentially problematic rental factors is the cost. To get an indication of how stretched renters are in each market, the data team at John Burns Real Estate Consulting looked at the rent-to-income ratios in 40 major U.S. cities.

When lead-footed drivers get snagged and ticketed, their downfall might have been passing a speed trap where a cop was using radar or a laser, or maybe the driver passed a speed camera. However, as technology improves traffic enforcement, it is also progressing on the side of the speeder. Now joining the radar detector is crowd-sourced reporting of speed traps, a virtual warning system using the Internet and a mobile app. This list of the 10 most -active cities for speed traps was compiled by Trapster.com, a community platform that is accessed online and via smartphone app and alerts drivers to traps, hazards and other traffic issues nearby.

What follows are 10 castle homes that are for sale or were recently on the market.  They are presented in order from the most humble (well—as modest as house can be when it takes the form of a castle) to the most sprawling and luxurious.

These homes of comedy stars have walk-in closets, they have beachfront and bay views, they have invisible edge pools, and spas and guest houses. While many of the following 12 stars got their start in standup comedy, most of them are better known for their work on the big and small screens — and one of them is nominated for a 2012 Oscar.

A federal judge has sentenced the former Illinois governor to 14 years for corruption that included trying to sell or trade an appointment to the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.