Articles filed under Region
-
Linguists choose 'subprime' as 2007 word of the yearJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Even the American Dialect Society knows how risky home mortgages are these days. The group of linguists chose "subprime" as 2007's Word of the Year at their annual conve...
-
Bottled water tax challengedJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Retailers are fighting Chicago's new tax on bottled water. Industry groups allege the 5-cent-a-bottle tax is unconstitutional in a lawsuit filed Friday in Cook County. ...
-
Kreskin offers his help in Peterson caseJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A celebrity mentalist is offering his services in the search for Stacy Peterson, the missing 23-year-old mother from suburban Bolingbrook. The Amazing Kreskin says the ...
-
2 plead innocent in loan fraud caseJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A former fundraiser to Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty Thursday to new charges of loan fraud, as did a new defendant in the case. Antoin "Tony" Rezko of Wilmette...
-
Lombard man's reign as couch potato king comes to an endJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Jason Pisarik took the lazy way out. The Lombard man, who was participating this week in the "Ultimate Couch Potato" at ESPN Zone in Chicago, bowed out of the annual sit...
-
Washington Mutual to close stores, lay off 150Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees today it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave Wa...
-
Corrupt Chicago cop gets 25 yearsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The admitted leader of a band of Chicago police officers who ripped off drug dealers and funneled narcotics onto the city's streets was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in...
-
Kenyans planning Chicago peace rallyJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - United Kenyans of Chicago will hold a peace rally from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday outside their offices at 1111 N. Wells St. in an effort to spotlight the political and ethnic f...
-
New Rockford leader has local tiesJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Rockford College has announced a new president for the four-year liberal arts school. Robert Head is currently the president of Urbana University in Ohio. He...
-
United says December weather worst in its historyJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The airline industry's on-time performance through the first 11 months of 2007 was the second worst on record, but delays in November fell compared with a ...