Illinois
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Democrats fear divisiveness is working in McCain's favorApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - For battle-weary Democrats, the big news out of Pennsylvania is pretty simple: Their nightmare continues. In the seven weeks between the Texas and Ohio primaries in ear...
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Feds: Illinois insiders tried to have U.S. attorney oustedApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - With federal investigators closing in, Illinois political insiders hoped to avoid prosecution by tapping Bush administration architect Karl Rove to oust U.S. Attorney Pa...
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Don't want that old license plate? Recycle it
Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois secretary of state's office is encouraging motorists to drop their old license plates in recycling bins outside all 136 motor vehicle facilit...
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Ebert not able to attend his namesake festival
Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Movie critic Roger Ebert says he'll have to skip this year's Ebertfest film festival after breaking a hip. Ebert wrote on his blog on the Chicago Sun-Times'...
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The challenges that Indiana primary poses for Clinton, ObamaApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - For the first time in memory, presidential politics may lap the Indy 500 as May's hottest event in Indiana. Pennsylvania -- like Texas, Ohio and the two dozen Super Tues...
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Effort under way to recycle license plates
Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois secretary of state's office is encouraging motorists to drop their old license plates in recycling bins outside all 136 motor vehicle facilit...
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Authorities suspend search for missing cruise ship passenger
Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending the search for a missing cruise ship passenger from Illinois. A spokesman says aircrews from the Coast Guard Air Station in C...
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Judges refuse spending less for meals
Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' auditor general is again rapping the state Supreme Court for costly food tabs on taxpayers' dimes -- with some meals hitting nearly $50 rather t...
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Proper helmet fit importantApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Parents should take their children along when shopping for a bike helmet to get the best fit. That's the message from Nancy Nord of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Comm...
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Cop's conduct in stun gun incident investigatedApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Video of a police officer using a stun gun on a Chicago man outside a bar near Miami University shows the man getting shocked for about 10 seconds as he rolled around on...