Chicago
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Teen charged with murder of shoe salesman
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say a Chicago teenager has been charged with first-degree murder in last April's fatal shooting of a traveling shoe salesman on the city's South Side. Police...
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Chicago police to help in inauguration
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Officials say 48 officers from the Chicago Police Department are heading to Washington, D.C. to help with managing crowds for the presidential inauguration of President-...
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Winfrey 'disappointed' by debunked Holocaust story
Jan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Oprah Winfrey broke her silence Friday about former guest Herman Rosenblat, saying she's "very disappointed" in his now discredited story about meeting his future wife i...
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Shots fired at Chicago house party
Jan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Chicago police say five people have been shot at a house party on the city's far South Side. Officer David Banks of the Chicago Police Department's News Affairs office s...
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Sun-Times Media shareholder wants board shakeup
Jan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - A hedge fund with a sizable stake in Sun-Times Media Group Inc. said Friday it has enough support from other investors to take over the company's board. Davidson Kempner...
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Cousins plead guilty in Ohio terror case
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio -- Two cousins from the Chicago area have pleaded guilty in Ohio to taking part in a plot to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers. Federa...
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Teen charged in shooting of 5
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - An 18-year-old has been charged in connection with the drive-by shooting last week of five people standing outside a high school on Chicago's South Side. Eighteen-year-o...
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Room and board increasing at U of Illinois
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - The cost of room and board at the University of Illinois' three campuses will increase next fall by anywhere from 4 to 8 percent. University trustees voted near the end ...
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Wisconsin governor to discuss Chicago Olympic bid
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle's plan to discuss Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics could mean some cycling events are coming to the state. Doyle and officia...
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Obama aide Axelrod leaves Chicago firm
Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- David Axelrod, President-elect Barack Obama's top political adviser, is severing his ties with the Chicago media consulting firm he founded 23 years ago. A...