Chicago
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Briefs: Parents want special testFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - A group of Latino parents is expressing fears that requiring their children to take the regular state math and reading exams could result in widespread failure and shatt...
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Despite sales drop, area homes maintain valueFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Home sales in the Chicago area declined in the fourth quarter of 2007, but the Illinois Association of Realtors is hopeful housing provisions in the federal government's...
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Chicago on list for brewer's HQFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - DENVER -- The headquarters of the proposed joint venture between Molson Coors and SABMiller will not likely be in either Denver or Milwaukee, where the two companies hav...
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'Decoupling' is an innovative strategyFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas are inviting customers to use less natural gas. That's the result of an innovative tool used in 12 other states and recently approved by ...
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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...