More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations. Opponents of Canadian National Railway Company are celebrating a recent decision by the federal Surface Transportation Board that will see third-party oversight of CN's monthly and quarterly reports on its newly acquired suburban rail line.

For decades, the Brownie Factory on the edge of Gardner was a sweet addition to the village's tax and job base. There were other benefits, too. "On Tuesday, you could always smell cookies in town," said Mayor Tom Wise. That will only be a memory as the factory's owner, Kellogg, hut the 38-year-old factory down and moved operations to another factory it owns in Seelyville, Ind.

Terry Savage: One of the remaining obstacles to settling the losses and distributing restitution to Illinois Bright Start investors was removed late last week. The state of Oregon, one of six states that had college savings plan funds invested in the supposedly conservative Oppenheimer Core Bond fund, dropped its lawsuit against the fund management company and agreed to settle for a $20 million payment.

If you ever leave the grocery store with a slight sense of bewilderment at what you've just bought, you are not alone.