CHICAGO, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmentally-conscious visitors to Illinois can now StayGreen at hotels throughout the Land of Lincoln.

Q. Can you recommend romantic hotels, restaurants and activities in Chicago for a couple that has found each other after years apart? _ D.H. A.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Palmer House Hotel, the landmark Chicago hotel where writers Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling and U.S. presidents once spent the night, has been sold to Thor Equities, a private equity group, for $230 million, the companies said on Wednesday..