During a speech Friday at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Obama fired a warning shot at the nation's colleges and universities, threatening to strip their federal aid if they "jack up tuition" every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value. But public university presidents facing ever-increasing state budget cuts are raising concerns about the plan.

Nearly a year after a devastating earthquake, fears of food in Japan persist. But signs of hope have begun to emerge, as evidenced by a kaiseki lunch in Evanston.

The Chicago social services organization founded by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams had announced plans to close in the spring, but Friday's shutdown dealt a devastating and unexpected blow to many.

Celebrate the weekend by making like a polar bear in Lake Michigan, wriggle into a play about Houdini, and swoon over a married couple's musical ways.