Chicago
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Seal at Chicago zoo dies after surgery
Nov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Officials at the Lincoln Park Zoo say a 36-year-old harbor seal is dead following a surgery. Betsy the seal went into cardiac arrest after the exploratory procedure over...
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Pricey puppies stolen from Chicago pet store
Nov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - A pet store in Chicago is trying to locate nearly 20 stolen puppies. The owner of Pet Luv Pet Center, Cindy Groenewold, says the puppies worth thousands of dollars were ...
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Spit and polish in Chicago schools
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Samantha Acevedo stands at attention while the chief yeoman stares her down and orders her to recite the Navy's 5th General Order from memory. Dressed in a uniform of bl...
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Briefs: Dismissal a shockerNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Dismissal a shocker A federal magistrate judge reversed herself Friday and dismissed charges against a man who had been accused of firing shots at a Metra train. U.S. Ma...
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Chicago puts on a show for president of Olympic panel
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago didn't waste any time trying to impress International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge. Rogge is on a two-day trip here to see the final rounds of the w...
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Several rulings made as R&B star's case slowly advancesNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Friday yielded a mixed bag of rulings in the case of R&B star R. Kelly, who is facing 14 counts of child pornography stemming from a sex video authorities say he made wi...
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Chicago's Art Institute to loan paintings to Texas
Nov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago's Art Institute is loaning about 90 of its Impressionist and post-Impressionist works to a Texas museum. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth will show the piece...
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Briefs: GM, Asian rivals report good salesNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- General Motors and its Asian rivals posted U.S. sales increases in October, according to results released Thursday. Chrysler saw sales drop 9 percent compared...
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It's up to Congress to act responsiblyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The president strongly supports SCHIP and his principle is clear: Poor children first. The administration has added more than two million kids to SCHIP since 2001, and t...
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Woman fatally shot after trick-or-treating
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago police say a 39-year-old woman was fatally shot in front of her southwest side residence this evening after trick-or-treating with three young children. Chicago...