News
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Top general plan pullback
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The top American commander in Iraq said Wednesday he was preparing recommendations on troop cuts before he returns to Washington next month for a report to Co...
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Man pleads innocent to dog fightingAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A Beach Park man pleaded not guilty to charges he was running a dog fighting operation in the basement of his rented home. Anthony Brown, 24, also faces drug and weapons...
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Chavez proposes changes
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez called for changes to Venezuela's constitution Wednesday night, delivering a key address pitching reforms that are expected t...
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Briefs: Woman charged in batteryAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A 28-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with aggravated battery and retail theft after an incident at the Rolling Meadows Wal-Mart store on Monday. Prosecutors sai...
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Probation, suspended jail term in anti-gay flier caseAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A Crystal Lake teen charged criminally for distributing anti-gay fliers at her high school was sentenced Wednesday to two weeks in jail, but won't have to do the time if...
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Teen driver ticketed in fatal crashAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the drivers in a two-vehicle crash that left a Deerfield teen dead last month has been ticketed but won't face more serious charges, police said Tuesday. Matt Kau...
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Teens say drug use up in schools, study finds
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Teenagers say drug problems at school are getting worse, and parents express doubts about ever making such schools drug free, a new study says. The percent...
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St. Hubert to hold student information day FridayAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Hubert Catholic School, 255 Flagstaff Lane, Hoffman Estates, will hold a student information day from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday. St. Hubert serves the Hoffman Estates, Sch...
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Democrats clash on state budgetAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday defended his decision to wipe out lawmakers' projects and instead spend the money on health care expansion that had been ...
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Padilla case goes to jury
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Jurors began deliberations Wednesday after three months of testimony in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on charges of operating a support cell f...