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Tip nabs alleged 'Bucket List Bandit' in Okla.
Authorities knew they would need a lucky break to catch a middle-aged bank robber who pulled off a dizzying number of heists in a three-month crime ...
Man convicted in 1957 murder of 7-year-old girl
For most of five decades, it seemed no one would ever be held accountable for the murder of a 7-year-old Illinois girl snatched off a small-town ...
Negotiators have 'framework' to end Chicago strike
The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had ...
Teachers strike carries risks for young athletes
Deandre Welch understands how a teachers strike might cause him to miss a few high school football practices and even a scheduled game. But the senior ...
Fashion designer Pinto teams with Chicago museum
Designer Maria Pinto, well-known for dressing first lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, used her eye for fashion to curate antiquities from the ...
Chicago looking for goats to graze at O'Hare
The Chicago Department of Aviation is looking for a few good goats. WFLD-TV (http://bit.ly/Ns4U4S ) reports that Chicago recently put out a bid for ...
Packers run fake FG, beat Bears 23-10
Four days after starting the season with a demoralizing defeat, Clay Matthews and the Green Bay Packers looked every bit like the team they were ...
Talks to end Chicago teachers strike make progress
The city's public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district kept talking ...
Bulls G Rose says knee's improving
Derrick Rose couldn't hold it in. He had just seen a video clip of himself tearing the ACL in his left knee and then rehabilitating the injury. He was ...
Teacher evaluations at center of Chicago strike
Educators in Los Angeles just signed a new deal with the city's school district. So, too, did teachers in Boston. Both require performance evaluations ...
Tigers win 8-6 to move within a game of White Sox
Max Scherzer was eager to get on the mound Wednesday night. The way he sees it, there's nothing better than having the chance to pitch and help his ...
Common type of rail car has dangerous design flaw
For two decades, one of the most commonly used types of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though ...
Chicago teachers union president is brash advocate
She's brash and blunt, a union leader known for her tart tongue and flip one-liners often aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a bitter contract dispute ...
Longest NFL rivalry renewed at Lambeau
The NFL's oldest rivalry resumes with its 185th meeting, and it already might be a critical game for the hosts, even in Week 2. San Francisco wiped ...
Study: ID laws could trip up young minority voters
As many as 700,000 minority voters under age 30 may be unable to cast a ballot in November because of photo ID laws in certain states, according to ...
Parents support Chicago teachers but for how long?
As Chicago teachers walked the picket lines for a second day, they were joined by many of the very people who are most inconvenienced by their strike: ...
Chicago teacher strike poses test for unions
The massive teachers' strike in Chicago offers a high-profile test for the nation's teachers' unions, which have seen their political influence ...
Partisan jibes on hold for 9/11 _ but not politics
President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney declared a fleeting truce for partisan digs Tuesday as the nation remembered the 9/11 terrorist ...
Benson faces Bears, Packers need better run game
For the Green Bay Packers, the hope was that Cedric Benson quickly would add a new dimension to the offense and help revive a running game that often ...
Chicago teachers strike in bitter contract dispute
For the first time in a quarter century, Chicago teachers walked out of the classroom Monday, taking a bitter contract dispute over evaluations and ...
Romney: Chicago teachers turning backs on students
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Monday that striking Chicago teachers are turning their backs on thousands of students and that ...
Strike highlights division on teacher evaluation
One of the key disagreements driving Chicago teachers to the picket lines this week is also a central component of President Barack Obama's education ...