Chicago
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Husband in murder-suicide had killed previous wife
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - A man who stabbed his first wife to death more than two decades ago used a Civil War replica rifle to kill his current wife and her son before committing suicide in thei...
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Chicago raises $7 million in ticket amnesty
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago officials say the city raked in $7 million and wiped 135,000 unpaid parking and red-light tickets off the books during a 10-week amnesty . The amnesty set the st...
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Sun-Times Media Group announces management changes
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - John Barron, who last month was named publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, is taking on the same role for a group of weekly publications and North Shore magazine, the pub...
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Vertis Communication to close Chicago plant
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - BELCAMP, Md. -- Baltimore-based Vertis Communications is closing plants in Harford County, Md., and Chicago, laying off a total of 265 workers. The advertising and marke...
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Chicago police blame 7 officers for teen's ruse
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Seven Chicago police officers face disciplinary reviews after an investigation found they violated department rules in connection with a 14-year-old boy posing as an off...
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Deerfield murder was calculated, officials sayMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - The 2007 murder of a woman and her unborn child in a Deerfield apartment was not the result of a sudden burst of passion, officials said Wednesday. Instead, they said Ma...
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Docs seek gag orders to stop patients' online reviews
Mar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Some doctors have started fighting back against ugly Internet reviews by asking patients to abide by what are effectively gag orders that bar them from posting negative ...
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Arlington Heights' Honest Abe on tour in ChicagoMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Abe Lincoln is takin' it on the road. A half-size replica of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, by Arlington Heights sculptor Fran Volz, just wrapped up its stay at Chi...
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CTA highlights crisis with public pensionsMar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority retirement plan had a $1.5 billion hole in its stash of assets in 2007. At the height of a four-year bull market, it didn't have enough cas...
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Trump Tower suit on holdMar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Real estate developer Donald Trump and a unit of Deutsche Bank AG agreed to suspend legal action over financing to build Trump's 92-story luxury hotel and condominium to...