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SUPER BOWL WATCH: Katrina, Coin flip bets, Modell
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...
Chicago takes leading role in national gun debate
They are counting the dead from gunfire again in Chicago, a city awash in weapons despite having one of the strictest gun-control ordinances in the ...
Hunt for murderer mistakenly freed in Chicago
Authorities searched Friday for a convicted murderer from Indiana who was mistakenly released after a Chicago court appearance, as officials in ...
Patrick Fitzgerald takes on Socrates at mock trial
Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted mobsters, terrorists, a White House aide and two Illinois governors. On Thursday, the former top prosecutor got a ...
From pets to 'recess': High school stress relief
The four-legged member of the counseling team at the high school in suburban Chicago waits patiently, as a crush of students fills the hallways.
Teen performer at inaugural events fatally shot
A 15-year-old girl who had performed in President Barack Obama's inauguration festivities is the latest face on the ever-increasing homicide toll in ...
Ex-Ill. governor returns home after prison release
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was released from prison before dawn Wednesday, stopping only briefly at a halfway house before he was allowed to ...
Former Ill. Gov. Ryan to be released from prison
George Ryan on Wednesday will become the latest former Illinois governor to go through a prison door. This time, he's headed out. Ryan is being ...
Ex-Ill. Gov. Ryan faces changed world after prison
When former Illinois Gov. George Ryan steps out of prison on Wednesday after serving five-plus years for corruption, he will return to a life altered ...
4 of Illinois' last 7 governors went to prison
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan will be leaving prison and heading to a halfway house after serving more than five years for corruption.
LaHood departure leaves another vacancy in Cabinet
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who lifted the profile of distracted driving as a national safety concern, is stepping down, presenting President ...
Chicago reaches 40 homicides in January
A bloody weekend in which seven people were killed and six wounded has put an abrupt end — at least for now — to hopes that Chicago was at least ...
Officials: Thousands lost cash in Ky.-based scheme
Authorities seized a far-flung marketing operation Monday over claims the Kentucky-based company amounted to a global pyramid scheme that siphoned ...
Blackhawks improve to 6-0 with win over Red Wings
The Chicago Blackhawks are off to the best start in their 85-year history, despite not being in charge for much of their game against the Detroit Red ...
Michigan makes case for No. 1 with 74-60 win
Possible No. 1 ranking? Yeah, that's nice, Michigan's Trey Burke said Sunday outside the locker room at Illinois' Assembly Hall. But after the win ...
Fraud concerns linger over new Ill. license law
As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous state to give illegal immigrants permission to drive, nagging concerns remain about whether there are ...
Chicago woman loses 4th child to gun violence
At least five people were gunned down Saturday in Chicago, including a 34-year-old man whose mother had already lost her three other children to ...
UFC: Rampage Jackson falls to Glover Teixeira
In possibly Rampage Jackson's last UFC fight, the former champion was visibly exhausted. It also was easy to see that Glover Teixeira was well on his ...
Thomas: No sympathy for steroids-tainted stars
Retired Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas feels even better about his career after watching steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and ...
Spotty Midwestern snow a mixed bag for businesses
Just a week ago, things looked dire for Sarah and Tim Long, owners of Timbers Resort in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Snow is their winter lifeblood, ...
S&P lowers Illinois credit rating, blames pensions
Illinois' already disastrous financial situation worsened Friday as another credit rating agency downgraded its rating to the worst of any state in ...
Chicago gets 1st 1-inch snowfall, breaking record
Chicago didn't get much snow Friday, but it was record-breaking nonetheless. The 1.1 inches that settled on Windy City streets and sidewalks marked ...
American Mumbai plotter sentenced to 35 years
Minutes before an American was sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping plan a deadly attack on Mumbai, India, one of his victims tearfully pleaded ...
Sosa says he and McGwire belong in Hall of Fame
Sammy Sosa thinks he and fellow steroid-tainted star Mark McGwire belong in the Hall of Fame. Slammin' Sammy also said the Chicago Cubs should retire ...
Gilda's Club chapter in Wis. sticks with name
Stung by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to removing the name of original "Saturday Night Live" cast member Gilda Radner from a cancer support ...