Articles filed under Chicago
-
FBI: Threatening letters say 'It's payback time'Oct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Threatening letters sent this week to banks and financial institutions declare "It's payback time" and promise death within 10 days, the FBI said Thursday....
-
The Glide: Dangerous on the dance floorOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Rock and dance music can make uncomfortable bedfellows. However, in recent years, we've seen more artists attempting to mate the disparate disciplines than perhaps ever ...
-
Daley gives mocking apologyOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - In a voice dripping with sarcasm, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley apologized for the alleged torture of suspects by a former police lieutenant. Sixty-year-old Jon Burge was ...
-
Navy inspecting Boeing jets after 'cracks' foundOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Navy says it will inspect fighter jets from Chicago-based Boeing after discovering "fatigue cracks" on more than a dozen aircraft deployed overseas. Th...
-
Cook County has more than 100,000 early votesOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Cook County election officials say nearly 101,000 people have cast ballots early for the upcoming election. Clerk David Orr said Thursday that turnout in the county that...
-
Weis outlines plans for combating gangs, drugsOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The head of the Chicago Police Department says he has a plan to make the department more nimble and aggressive in combating gangs, drugs and weapons. Police Superintende...
-
Prosecutor: Peterson, Savio probes 'productive'Oct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - JOLIET _ The Will County prosecutor says he expects a resolution in the "near future" in "at least one" of the investigations into the disappearance of Stacy Peterson an...
-
American families facing hard timesOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - As more and more single parents and elderly struggling to make ends meet fall victim to the national credit crisis, many families also having to deal with the issue of s...
-
Gunfire suspends Harvey mail for 2 weeksOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Mail delivery has been suspended for two weeks to more than 50 houses in the Chicago suburb of Harvey because of a mix up after reports that a U.S. postal carrier was ca...
-
Va. judge orders no bond for white supremacistOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - ROANOKE, Va. _ A Virginia judge has ordered a white supremacist held without bond as he awaits trial in Chicago for allegedly threatening a federal juror. Magistrate Ju...