Chicago
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Three people arrested after botched robbery
Sep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago police arrested three people early Tuesday after a robbery at a South Side airbrush shop that went awry and resulted in a standoff with police. There were no inj...
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Radio show a 'best friend'Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - "Are you afraid?" radio host Carina asked. "A little." 18-year-old Claudia Hernandez from behind the mike. "About what?" "About failing." Next to her, 20-year-old Migu...
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Post LaSalle merger, Bank of America to lay off 2,500 area employeesSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Bank of America and LaSalle Bank employees on Monday were informed about 2,500 Illinois workers will be laid off sometime in the next two years. Bank of America spokesma...
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Pharmacies cited for overcharging on 145 products
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - After a two-month undercover investigation, Chicago's Department of Consumer Services cited 71 pharmacies for overcharging on 145 total products. The department's retail...
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Inconsistencies are disturbingSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Not being a psychiatrist, I still can identify psychotic social inconsistency. One manifestation was the media furor over Michael Vick's so misusing dogs that the surviv...
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Misplaced nostalgia for 'sink or swim'Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - In the Hidalgo County model that Mr. Reyes looks fondly back on ("Are Spanish-speaking students 'coddled,'" Daily Herald, Sept. 2), he said limited English proficient st...
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Mob trial jury to get partial transcript
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A judge agreed Friday to help jurors at Chicago's biggest mob trial in years refresh their memories about witness testimony by sending them a portion of the transcript. ...
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Goudie off base in column on ComEdSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - We are again disappointed in Chuck Goudie and his misleading column of Sept. 3, in which he alleges that ComEd is not looking out for our customers' interests. Nothing c...
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CSO agrees to new contractSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will embark next week on its 2007 tour of Europe fully in tune with a new players' contract. The orchestra's musicians and management anno...
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Chicago becomes tour-ending destination for AerosmithSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Chicago is now the final destination of Aerosmith's 37-city international tour. Publicists for the rock band say the group had to cancel its sold-out, tour-ending concer...