Chicago
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Obama victory bill totals $1.74 million
Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The cost of President Barack Obama's Election Day victory celebration in Chicago's Grant Park totaled $1.74 million, and the city has yet to be paid. Peter Scales of the...
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Xerox cut to 'equal weight' at BarclaysFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Xerox Corp., the largest maker of high-speed color printers, was cut to "equal-weight" from "overweight" at Barclays Capital. "Near-term Xerox faces pressures from curre...
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Officials hopeful gymnastics event gives boost to Olympic bidFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights' native David Sender starred on the Stanford University gymnastics team and even won the 2008 all-around national championship. But an ankle injury bef...
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Dana Holding sues Northern TrustFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Dana Holding Corp., the maker of truck axles and frames that exited bankruptcy last year, sued Northern Trust Corp. and Provident Investment Counsel Inc. over $7.4 milli...
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Homeless Oak Park man fights for spot on ballot
Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - An Oak Park man barred from running for the village board because he is homeless has filed an appeal of the decision to keep him off the ballot. Daniel Fore and his atto...
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Judge sets date for Trib bankruptcy hearing
Feb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- A bankruptcy judge has scheduled a hearing next month on a request by Tribune Co. to hire a financial advisory firm that worked for one of the compan...
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What to do with stimulus money? Daley's checking his list
Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago is still figuring out how much it will get from the federal stimulus package, but Mayor Richard Daley says there's help on the way for mass transit, schools, pub...
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United plane's wing clips another at O'HareFeb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - A New York City-bound United Airlines Airbus clipped wings with another jetliner while heading out of its gate at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday morning. No one...
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Police, bus passenger confrontation probed
Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority is investigating a confrontation aboard a bus between a police officer and a passenger who allegedly refuse...
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Mussels destroying link in Lake Michigan food web
Feb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- A tiny, shrimplike creature that forms a crucial link in the Great Lakes food web has all but disappeared from Lake Michigan because of competit...