All Stories from December 19, 2011 (Change date)
-
North Korea’s new leader unknown and untestedDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — North Korea’s new leader looks like his grandfather, went to school in Switzerland and reportedly loves basketball star Michael Jordan. Nothing is known abo...
-
Power plant closures to cost US towns jobs, taxesDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - For more than 90 years, the coal-fired power plant in Glen Lyn, Va., has been churning out electricity and contributing to local prosperity. Of late, it has generated ne...
-
BP to exit solar business after 40 yearsDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - BP Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, will shut its solar power unit and quit the business entirely after 40 years because it’s become unprofitable. “The continui...
-
Bulls set to announce Rose contract extensionDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - This is one of those no-brainer, never-a-question moves, but the Bulls plan to formally announce a contract extension for Derrick Rose today, sources confirmed. The exac...
-
Grayslake Central finds strength in numbersDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Just about everyone at Grayslake Central was a candidate. Teachers, secretaries, on-lookers, passers-by. The girls basketball team was in need of bodies at a recent prac...
-
Arlington Heights fire causes $100,000 in damageDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - An Arlington Heights fire has forced residents from their home and caused an estimated $100,000 in damage, according to fire officials. Firefighters responded to the 900...
-
West Chicago boy donates birthday giftsDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - A recent donation to the Toys for Tots program caught the attention of West Chicago police officer Mike Rosenwinkel. Resident Chris Sowers and his son, Tyler, were wait...
-
Blagojevich attorneys begin appeals processDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich have formally begun the process of appealing the former governor’s conviction and prison sentence. They did so in a court filing late Tues...
-
Mass. man guilty of conspiring to help al-QaidaDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - BOSTON — A man who grew up in the Boston suburbs was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to help al-Qaida and plotting to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq after a two-month trial...
-
Two years later, former Wheaton man charged in fatal crashDec 19, 2011 11:00 pm - A former Wheaton man was charged Tuesday in connection with a crash that killed one of his friends more than two years ago. Kevin A. McCartney, 21, was charged with lea...