Chicago
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Police: 4 shot on Chicago's West Side
Sep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago police are investigating a shooting on the city's West Side that left two men and two women wounded. Authorities say all four suffered leg wounds and one also wa...
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More than 100 flights canceled at O'Hare
Sep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 100 arriving and departing flights have been canceled at Chicago's airports as rain continues to pelt much of the country. Delays are averaging 60 minutes at O...
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Businessman accused of hiring men to burn building
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The owner of a Chicago pizzeria has been accused of hiring a street gang to set fire to a building he owned to collect on the insurance. Robert Didiana owns the Bacci pi...
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Alderman wants to ban metal bats
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The debate over the safety of wood bats over metal bats is likely to reach the floor of the Chicago City Council. An alderman is planning to introduce an ordinance that ...
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Labor showing no fear at Boeing strike
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- On picket lines in Seattle and production lines in Pittsburgh, union workers are showing no fear in demanding a hefty chunk of the profits from Boeing Co. and...
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Blagojevich, Daley point fingers over CTA
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich defended giving free rides to senior citizens on Chicago Transit Authority buses and trains and said the mass transit agency should stop blaming sen...
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Cop claims court should reverse conviction
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Attorneys for a Chicago police officer serving a prison term in Iowa asked the state Court of Appeals on Thursday to reverse his conviction and dismi...
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No new trial for reputed Chicago mobster
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A reputed Chicago mobster's threat in front of the jury that one of the prosecutors was a "dead man" did not disrupt the court enough to warrant granting a new trial, a ...
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Chicago schools paying for good grades
Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Some might call it bribery. But Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan says the time has come to pay students for getting good grades. Under a program debuting this year...
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Daley blames governor for transit woes
Sep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Richard Daley says if the Chicago Transit Authority is forced to raise fares next year, riders will have Gov. Rod Blagojevich to blame. Daley is pointing at the fr...