Chicago
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Teen mothers displaced by fire at shelter
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say about 40 teenage mothers and children were displaced by a fire that was accidentally set by a worker at the facility. Chicago Fire Department spokesman L...
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Four killed, four injured in auto accident
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - A two-car collision on Chicago's southwest side killed four people this morning and left five others seriously injured, authorities said. Three family members -- 28-year...
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Obama excuses racist diatribesMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - How anyone can vote for presidential candidate Barak Obama, who remains a member of a congregation such as the United Trinity Church of Christ and makes excuses for the ...
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Environmental group says green buildings could stimulate economy
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - With energy prices rising, the economy slowing and worries about global warming growing, an environmental advocacy group says increasing energy efficiency in buildings a...
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Rezko witness ties Blagojevich's father-in-law to kickback planMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Political insiders in the Blagojevich administration at one point prepared a sham consulting agreement to divert $125,000 to Chicago Alderman Dick Mell after he "was ups...
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Man shot, wounded by Chicago cops
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority is investigating the nonfatal shooting of a man by police officers near some rapid transit elevated tracks west of downtown...
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Family picking up missing 11-year-old in Chicago
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- The family of a missing Milwaukee girl found in Chicago plans to travel to Illinois Monday to bring her home. Eleven-year-old Shontel Jones disappeared Frid...
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Memo questions handling of complaints against Chicago police
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The new head of the Chicago Police Department is standing by his choice to be his top legal adviser, despite a memo that raises questions about how she handled complaint...
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CME to buy Nymex Holdings for $9.5 bil
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The parent company of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade said today it would buy the New York Mercantile Exchange in a $9.4 billion cash-and-...
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Chicago stairclimber captures Seattle's Big Climb men's title
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Jesse Lucas Berg of Chicago held off Henry Wigglesworth of Seattle by .76 seconds to capture his second consecutive men's title at Sunday's 22nd annual Big Cl...