Chicago
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Beluga calf at Shedd celebrates six month birthday
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A birthday milestone is near for one resident of Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. Miki the 350-pound beluga whale calf is almost six months old. He was born in August last yea...
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Former inspector sentenced for accepting bribe
Feb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A former inspector for the city of Chicago has been sentenced to three months in prison and seven months of home confinement for accepting a bribe. Miguel Diaz was one t...
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Briefs: Teen charged in murderFeb 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Teen charged in murder A 17-year-old faces a murder charge in the death of a University of Chicago graduate from Senegal. Chicago police say Demetrius Warren of Chicago ...
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Missing Chicago boy's body found in Minneapolis home
Feb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Police found the badly beaten body early Sunday of a 4-year-old boy at the north Minneapolis home of an adult cousin who had been caring for him and repor...
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2 men killed in Chicago stabbing ID'd
Feb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Authorities have identified two men killed in a stabbing attack in an apartment on Chicago's southwest side. Chicago police say at least three others were injured on Sat...
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Papers should be fair on Rezko tiesFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Why do the papers not give fair coverage when it comes to politics? Why is Obama the only one being grilled about Rezko when there is photographic proof that another po...
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Local foundations to help Chicago's Olympic bidFeb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - A group of Chicago foundations plan to offer $3.5 million in grants to help neighborhoods affected by Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The John D. and Catheri...
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Family suing CTA bus driver in woman's death
Feb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - The family of a woman who was hit and killed by a Chicago Transit Authority bus she had been riding on a minute or two earlier is suing the driver and asking witnesses t...
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Two dead, three wounded in stabbing attack
Feb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Police say two men were fatally stabbed and at three others were injured when a fight broke out Saturday night in an apartment in the city's Little Village neigh...
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Ice falls, strikes pedestrian on Sears Tower
Feb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago police say a man struck on the head by falling ice while he was walking outside the Sears Tower is in good condition. Police say the incident occurred late Frida...