Chicago
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Strike tables Boeing's 787 delivery to Japan
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - TOKYO -- Delivery schedules for Boeing's repeatedly delayed 787 mid-sized jet are now up in the air because of a strike that has shut down production, the manufacturer's...
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City officials say layoffs coming
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - About 1,000 city employees could be laid off and 3,000 vacant positions eliminated under Mayor Richard Daley's effort to balance the city's budget. Union leaders briefed...
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Midway goes private, gets new lease on lifeSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Chicago will be flying solo when it comes to airports next year. Officials confirmed Tuesday Chicago has struck a deal to privatize Midway Airport for $2.52 ...
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Chicago hospital files for bankruptcy
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the oldest hospitals in Chicago has filed for bankruptcy protection. Michael Reese Medical Center Corporation president Paul Tuft signed a filing Monday for Chap...
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Ex-Sun-Times publisher transferred to Canadian prison
Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Newspaper executive F. David Radler, who went to prison for joining Conrad Black in swindling the Hollinger International media empire out of millions of dollars, has be...
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Tina Turner coming to Allstate, UCSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Soul royalty comes to town for three shows spanning Turner's entire career. She's supporting the new "Tina! Her Greatest Hits," another one of those compilations featuri...
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Chicago police officer killed in shooting
Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A 39-year-old Chicago police officer has died at a south suburban hospital after he was shot while serving a search warrant. Chicago police confirmed the death of 14-yea...
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Michael Reese Hospital may closeSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Michael Reese Medical Center Corp., operator of the 450-bed namesake hospital in Chicago, sought bankruptcy protection for the second time in almost six years and may sh...
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Cops: Bones belong to missing Fox Lake man murdered at partySep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The skeletal remains found Friday on Chicago's South Side have been identified as those of a murdered Fox Lake man missing for more than two years. Police say Jesse M. B...
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Chicago's South Asians shocked by investment scam
Sep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Between the prayers that fill the holy month of Ramadan, during the long fasts that stretch from dawn to dusk, Muslims have been meeting in halls, schools and homes to d...