Chicago
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2 children hurt in falls through windows
Jun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Two children have been injured in falls out of windows in separate incidents about two hours apart on Chicago's Northwest Side. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Kevin M...
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Local residents participating in Avon Walk for Breast CancerJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - West Dundee resident Denise Martorano had been asking friends to do the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer for several years but the time and financial commitment kept everyone...
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Chicago parking meters targeted by vandals
Jun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago's parking meters have become targets of vandals. The city of Chicago agreed in December to a $1.15 billion deal to privatize parking meters. The 75-year lease to...
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Man arrested at 13 gets innocence certificateJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A 30-year-old man who spent more than half his life in prison for a murder Cook County prosecutors now say someone else committed has been formally cleared of the crime....
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Quietly moving 'O'Horten' at Music BoxJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A quietly moving story about quietly moving on. Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer's art house offering "O'Horten" is less interested in plot than in the moody visuals surro...
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Chicago murder suspect arrested in Indianapolis
Jun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Authorities say FBI agents in Indianapolis have arrested a fugitive wanted in the fatal shooting of a college student on Chicago's South Side last fall. Chicago police s...
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Midway Games to hold asset auctionJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - Midway Games Inc., the bankrupt creator of the "Mortal Kombat" video-game series, won court approval to sell most of its assets at an auction where a Time Warn...
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Suspects ordered held in Chicago cop's death
Jun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - A judge has ordered two men charged with murdering a Chicago police officer held without bail. Prosecutors said at a bond hearing Wednesday for 20-year-old Shawn Gaston...
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Reform advocates left disappointed after Blagojevich ousterJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Aside from those in charge of Illinois, few seem pleased with the depth of reform to follow the arrest and ouster of Gov. Rod Blagojevich this year. "We are still waitin...
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Group settles suit over using fed. grants to lobby
Jun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - A national center to help grassroots groups push for "economic and racial justice" has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing it of illegally using federal ...