Chicago
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Briefs: Jr. Achievement elects new boardSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Junior Achievement of Chicago elected five new board members at its annual meeting Wednesday. Junior Achievement Chairman Norman H. Wesley, chairman and CEO o...
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Gold medalists unveil new Olympic logo
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Olympic gold medalists Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Rowdy Gaines unveiled Chicago's second attempt at an Olympic logo for its 2016 Summer Games bid Wednesday -- a white, s...
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Briefs: Suspects plead not guiltySep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Four men have pleaded not guilty to charges they bound and robbed Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker at gunpoint during a Chicago home invasion. All four are charged with...
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Developer accused of stealing $3 million
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A developer who once proposed constructing a 112-story skyscraper in downtown Chicago is accused of stealing over $3 million from buildings he managed. Fifty-one-year-ol...
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1 man killed in house fire on Chicago's West Side
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - A 78-year-old man is dead after fire swept through a house on Chicago's West Side. One firefighter was treated for an eye injury. Fire officials say the blaze started be...
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Field Museum mulls temporary bones swap with Kenya
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Officials at Chicago's Field Museum say they're considering a temporary trade of bone exhibits with the National Museums of Kenya. Field Museum President John McCarter s...
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More mob trial deliberations to come
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - After a one-week break, federal court jury is due to resume deliberations today in Chicago's biggest mob trial in years, but the judge is warning that there may be a lon...
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Sun-Times publisher to run CBC News
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - John Cruickshank is leaving as publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times and chief operating officer of parent Sun-Times Media Group to run the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s ne...
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Grant Park hosts refugee exhibit
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Jennifer Vago makes a small circle with her thumb and forefinger, small enough to encircle a broom handle -- or the upper arm of a starving refugee child. Vago, a regist...
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Degorski tape aired in courtSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - In the first public airing of his 2002 videotaped statement to police, James Degorski acknowledges a role in the Brown's Chicken murders but refuses to provide any detai...