Chicago
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UAL chief: Airlines must consolidate to survive
Nov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- The head of United Airlines' parent company said Tuesday he no longer feels like a voice in the wilderness in arguing airlines must consider consolidation to w...
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Wife of adventurer Steve Fossett asks Illinois court to declare him dead
Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - The wife of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared while flying his plane in September in rugged Western terrain, asked an Illinois court Monday to declar...
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Police welcome federal help in fighting gangs
Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Law enforcement officials from Chicago and several of its suburbs are voicing support or a proposed federal law that would stiffen the penalties gang members could face ...
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Oprah Winfrey hitting campaign trail in Iowa for Obama
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Oprah Winfrey will join Democrat Barack Obama again on the campaign trail, this time visiting the early contest states of Iowa, New Hampshire and Sou...
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Time to create truth commissionNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - It's time for a South African-style Truth Commission here in our beloved USA. Too many laws have been broken, too many constitutional provisions have been ignored, too m...
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Few hiccups as travelers return home from Thanksgiving holidayNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Holiday travelers heading home Sunday after a long weekend of turkey, leftovers and holiday shopping found heavy crowds but few problems at Chicago's two airports. A spo...
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Clothing store security guard fatally shot
Nov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - A clothing store security guard was fatally shot during a robbery on Chicago's Southwest Side. Howard Long, 22, of Chicago was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical...
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Dinner sickens United workersNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Five United Airlines workers sought medical attention for nausea and vomiting after the company provided a Thanksgiving meal to employees that included questionable turk...
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Cop charged in crash assigned to desk duty
Nov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - A Chicago police officer charged with drunken driving in a car crash that killed two men and injured another has been relieved of police powers and assigned to desk duty...
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2nd trash bin murder victim identifiedNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Authorities have identified a second woman whose strangled and burned body was found inside a trash bin on Chicago's South Side. Police say they've used dental records t...