Chicago
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United Air seeks investors for maintenance unit stakeAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - United Airlines, the world's second- largest carrier, said it may sell all or part of its maintenance operations to outside investors to raise cash for modernizing and e...
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Briefs: Giant banks hope to send messageAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The four largest U.S. banks each borrowed $500 million from the Federal Reserve to help ease a credit crunch threatening to slow economic growth and worsen t...
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Ryan remains free despite appeals court rulingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - For the second time in less than 12 months, former Gov. George Ryan was snatched from the jaws of prison Tuesday, despite a court ruling upholding findings of guilt agai...
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Zell confident Tribune plan is soundAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. shareholders approved an $8.2 billion buyout Tuesday led by billionaire Sam Zell and must now wait to see if his purchase of the second-largest U.S. newspape...
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Bond is denied for stabbing suspectAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A Chicago man charged in the Sunday stabbing death of a 25-year-old Prospect High School graduate waived his right to a bond hearing Tuesday afternoon -- landing him in ...
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Views vary on appeals court decisionAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Inside court and out Tuesday, judges, lawyers, jurors and politicians were divided over an appellate panel's ruling on whether former governor George Ryan received a fai...
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Study: High blood pressure a youth problem
Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests. Ca...
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Prospect H.S. grad stabbed, killed in ChicagoAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - An Arlington Heights woman was stabbed to death in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood early Sunday, officials said. Dana Mangi, 25, of 633 N. Carlyle Lane, was found dead a...
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Macy's run of bad luck is no surpriseAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Sales off at the downtown store. Salespersons' commissions being cut. Buyouts. Lake Forest store closing. Food court in violation of cleanliness. Jumper from a balcony. ...
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Briefs: Beluga calf born at SheddAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - One of the beluga whales at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has given birth, and mother and calf appear to be doing well. The 24-year-old whale called Mauyak was in labor for a...