Illinois
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Medicare deadline looms
Dec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Time is running out for Illinois' senior citizens who want to sign up for a Medicare Part D plan during the open enrollment period. Seniors who haven't yet enrolled have...
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United vows to do better after third day of massive flight cancellationsDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - For a third consecutive day, United Airlines took it on the nose Wednesday for continuing to cancel hundreds of flights but promised to do better today, despite upsettin...
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Hallucinogenic plant joins list of banned substances in Ill. in new year
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - A law taking effect in Illinois on New Year's Day makes possession or sale of a plant called Salvia divinorum a felony. The plant can cause hallucinations within seconds...
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Armored car employee shot, wounded at Calumet City mall
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Authorities say an armored car employee was shot and wounded Monday at a shopping mall in Calumet City. Police say the shooting was reported at the J.C. Penney store at ...
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Pathologist's testimony missing in murder trial
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Federal prosecutors are uncertain how they'll proceed with a trial involving the 2005 death of a southern Illinois woman because the pathologist who perfor...
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The weather outside was frightful
Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - It wasn't what anyone who needed to do some last-minute shopping -- or, worse yet, travel a good ways -- wanted to see. And, just two days before Christmas, that include...
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Police investigating crash into ABC 7 news studio
Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Chicago authorities are investigating a vehicle that crashed into the downtown studio of ABC 7 during the top of the 10 p.m. news. No injuries were immediately reported....
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Controversy over medical suit caps continuesDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - The debate regarding limits on medical malpractice awards is heating up again after a Cook County judge struck down a law capping certain damages for patients. At issue...
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Accused husband had big policy on wife
Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - A man charged with fatally shooting his wife and children was the beneficiary on his wife's $1 million life insurance policy. Testimony during an estate hearing Friday r...
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Court strikes down strip club tax
Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Exotic dance clubs shouldn't have to pay it. That's a state appellate court ruling regarding amusement taxes collected by Chicago and Cook County. The First District App...