Chicago
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U.S. manufacturing improves in AprilApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Manufacturing in the U.S. probably contracted in April at the slowest pace in six months after a collapse in inventories caused orders to steady, economists said before ...
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Burge's attorneys want trial moved from Chicago
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Attorneys for former Chicago police commander Jon Burge have asked a judge to move his obstruction of justice and perjury trial out of the city because of what they say ...
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Daley bets dogs on Hawks win
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is willing to bet his city's jumbo franks, organic cheese, and Ret Hots candy that Chicago Blackhawks will beat the Vancouver Canucks in the ...
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St. Charles woman denies guilt in body dumpApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - A St. Charles woman accused of helping dump an Elburn teen's body in Chicago after his apparent heroin overdose at her house pleaded not guilty Thursday to obstructing j...
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Citadel exec sues JPMorgan for $2.3 milApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - JPMorgan Chase & Co. was sued for $2.3 million by former executive committee member Patrik Edsparr over an unpaid bonus payment in the latest dispute involving a group o...
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Immigrants push for reforms at Chicago rally
Apr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Immigrants and their families began gathering at rallies across the country Friday to push for changes to U.S. immigration policy, but as a swine flu outbreak continued ...
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Ex-cop commander closer to questioning
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Attorneys representing an inmate who alleges he was tortured into confessing by members of a Chicago police unit are a step closer to questioning that unit's commander. ...
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Swine flu fears close schools in Kane, Cook countiesApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago area became part of an international epidemic Wednesday, as officials found the first nine probable cases of swine flu in Illinois. But the patients, ages 6 ...
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Sears Tower plot juror excused
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Deliberations in the terrorism case against six Miami men accused of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower have stalled until a judge decides whether to rep...
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Ethics advocate urges Illinoisans to back reform
Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A former federal prosecutor and chairman of an Illinois reform commission said Wednesday that Illinoisans should put any fear of bold action aside and back reform legisl...