Chicago
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A half-century later, emotions still run strong for those who survivedNov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - They came to remember their brothers and sisters, their classmates and beloved nuns. They also came for themselves, as survivors of the fire on Dec. 1, 1958. Several tho...
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Winter parking ban in effect in Chicago
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago's winter parking ban went into effect early Monday, just in time for what was expected to be the first significant snowfall of the season. The parking ban went i...
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Thousands of taxi drivers strike in Chicago
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - The head of a Chicago taxi driver advocacy group says about 3,500 of the city's 15,000 drivers stayed home from work on Sunday in a strike for increased fares. Chairman ...
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O'Hare experiencing delays, cancellationsNov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - O'Hare International Airport experienced numerous weather-related flight delays and cancellations Sunday afternoon and evening. As of 9:55 p.m., the Chicago Department o...
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General Growth gets 2-week extension on $900 million in loans
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Shopping-mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. is getting a two-week extension on $900 million in debt that had been scheduled to come due last week as...
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Girl Scouts announce new CEONov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - The Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, the largest council in the country, announced the newest addition to its leadership team, Chief Executive Offic...
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Did children with lighter start fatal fire?
Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Police and fire investigators in Chicago were trying to determine whether a South Side house fire that claimed the life of a 2-year-old boy was sparked by children playi...
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Redstone sells Midway stake for $100,000Nov 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Sumner Redstone's National Amusements Inc. holding company sold its 87 percent stake in Midway Games Inc. as he tries to keep control of CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. The sa...
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Grayslake woman part of kidney exchange
Nov 29, 2008 10:00 pm - After reading a magazine article on living donor organ donations, 55-year-old Lisa Schiralli of Grayslake decided to donate one of her kidneys to a person in need of one...
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8 hurt in crash involving ambulance
Nov 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police have cited a 26-year-old woman in connection with a four vehicle crash on the city's far South Side that injured eight people, including two paramedics fr...