Chicago
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Chicago man facing 20 counts in woman's death
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The Cook County State's Attorney's office says the man accused of killing pharmaceutical representative Nailah Franklin has been indicted on more than a dozen counts of ...
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Aon to grab market share amid marsh reshuffle, analyst saysJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Aon Corp., the world's second-biggest insurance broker, will probably win market share as larger rival Marsh & McLennan Cos. reshuffles its management team, an analyst a...
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A march to keep Kenya intactJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - As post-election conflicts in Kenya lessen, a crowd of nearly 200 quietly marched downtown Chicago on Sunday in an effort to bring attention to the violence in their hom...
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UAL stock falls after analyst cites uncertainty, pilot actions
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Shares of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. fell today after a veteran industry analyst downgraded the company, citing festering labor discord he said includes...
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The warmest Jan. 6 in 100 yearsJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - A day like this only comes around once in 100 years. That's right. You have to go back to 1907 to find a January 6 that was as warm as it was Sunday in the Chicago area....
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French authorities to study evidence in killing of Chicago doctor
Jan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - French prosecutors will come to Chicago this month to study evidence in the case of a dual-citizen man accused of killing a Chicago dermatologist in 2006. An arrest warr...
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Man indicted in slaying of kidnapped woman
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The former boyfriend of a slain pharmaceutical representative was indicted Friday. Cook County state's attorney spokesman Andy Conklin says Reginald Potts was indicted o...
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Sun-Times to lay off reporters, editors
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Sun-Times Media Group Inc. told the Chicago Sun-Times staff Friday it plans to eliminate as many as 35 jobs in the newsroom as part of companywide cutbacks. W...
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Linguists choose 'subprime' as 2007 word of the year
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Even the American Dialect Society knows how risky home mortgages are these days. The group of linguists chose "subprime" as 2007's Word of the Year at their annual conve...
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Bottled water tax challengedJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Retailers are fighting Chicago's new tax on bottled water. Industry groups allege the 5-cent-a-bottle tax is unconstitutional in a lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County. ...