Provides the latest RSS feeds for Chicago News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Chicago Chronicle.com http://www.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:16:12 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:16:12 -0500 30 Staff Sgt. Fred Herzfeldt, right, proposes to his girlfriend, JoAn Vargas, at the Illinois Army National Guard Maintenance Center Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in North Riverside. The proposal was ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203242457/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:13:08 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203242457/ February 3, 2012 (NAPERVILLE, Ill.) (WLS) -- An elementary school teacher was stabbed to death in a suburban bar. Shaun Wild was 24. Another man, a football player at North Central College, was ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203242456/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:21:46 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203242456/ RIVER FOREST, Ill. (STMW) – A River Forest man who took in dozens of foster children since 1996 and volunteered with local youth groups was charged Friday with the sexual abuse of two girls. ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203240195/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:30:03 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203240195/ February 4, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Dozens of angry customers of a South Side tax preparation business showed up at several of the company's locations Saturday, complaining they had not yet ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203240683/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:28:14 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203240683/ With Tom Brady and Eli Manning, two of the NFL's best quarterbacks matching up in Super Bowl XLVI, there is a strong possibility that a slew of new records will be ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239274/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:31:00 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239274/ A driver was killed when a 1999 GMC Savannah van was westbound on the Indiana Toll Road, in the right lane, at the 21.9 mile marker -- which is approximately 1 mile west of the Portage Toll ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239275/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:30:59 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239275/ MADISON, Wis. (CBS) The wild and wacky Big Ten might actually be starting to sort itself out. Ohio State, the consensus favorite in the conference this year and undoubtedly the most talented Big ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239270/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:12 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239270/ SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Freshman Pat Connaughton had 23 points and 11 rebounds as Notre Dame made 11 3-pointers and beat No. 15 Marquette 76-59 Saturday. Connaughton shot 5 for 8 on 3s to lead the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239271/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:06 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239271/ CHICAGO (STMW) - A 25-year-old woman who was driving her 59-year-old mother and her 2-year-old nephew early Saturday in the West Side Garfield Park neighborhood was wounded when an errant bullet ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239272/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:42:01 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239272/ Protestors in Chicago gathered to call for no sanctions and no war against either Iran or Syria after Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at stopping the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239267/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:44 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239267/ Chicago Bears rookie JT Thomas had a big surprise today for his No. 1 fan. Thomas created a foundation to help kids inspired by his brother who has autism. Thomas met 14-year-old Anthony ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239268/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:42 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239268/ A person died when a van spun out and was hit by a semi truck near the Portage plaza of the Indiana Toll Road. Indiana State Police say the van may have hit some ice on the roadway at around 4:30 ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239269/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:35 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239269/ I just wanted to let you know that my new ebook, ???I Love the Work But I Hate the Business,??? is on sale now for just $9.99At: www.mpsportsmedia.comFilled with anecdotes, stories and photos from ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239256/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:21:46 -0500 General Sources http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239256/ Would you blow up the Bucks and start over?This would lead to my follow up.Does Jennings want to stay. If he wants to go- then I trade everyone. No choice.If he wants to STAY, then I have ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239257/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:21:42 -0500 General Sources http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239257/ ​Dan McGrath writes a column for The Chicago News Cooperative. http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239202/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:13:48 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203239202/ Antiabortion activist Randall Terry, a write-in candidate for president, demanded that a Chicago station run an ad showing aborted fetuses during the Super Bowl. The FCC ruled against ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237665/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:18:30 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237665/ NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) – A Wisconsin man is dead and two others injured from a stabbing that took place in Naperville overnight. Shortly before 1 a.m., Naperville paramedics and police ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237731/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:44:12 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237731/ In December, the brain of former NFL player Lew Carpenter was found to have an advanced case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, despite never having suffered a concussion. Here's an excerpt ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237732/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:44:07 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237732/ A woman was charged with felony DUI after allegedly hitting another patron with her car in a West Side club parking lot. Alexis Dumas, 29, of the 800 block of North LaTrobe Avenue, was charged with ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237728/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:25 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237728/ Gov. Pat Quinn is set to announce the members of a state commission that will raise scholarship money for students from immigrant families. Quinn will name the Illinois DREAM Fund Commission on ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237729/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:22 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237729/ WGN-AM Friday with Jonathon Brandmeier. The governor says that in a "weak moment" he accepted the challenge to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon. The "Cinnamon Challenge" is an old ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237730/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:41:19 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203237730/ CHICAGO (STMW) – Two Chicago police officers sitting in a squad car were shot at early Saturday in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood. The officers were sitting in the car in the 3800 block ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203235190/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:27:20 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203235190/ The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago kicks off its 2012 season with a 10th anniversary birthday bash Saturday. The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago kicks off its 2012 season with a 10th ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203236068/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:24:21 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203236068/ PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – A semi-trailer truck driver was killed early Saturday when he hit a horse trailer that had broken free from an SUV on the Indiana Toll Road near Chesterton. The ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203233507/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:09:00 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203233507/ CHICAGO (STMW) – Police shut down a dangerous party at an unlicensed West Side nightclub early Saturday, seizing thousands of dollars in cash and arresting eight people -- including a man and ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203233377/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:08:55 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203233377/ (CBS) He owns the most 4,000-yard passing seasons of any quarterback in NFL history, already has a Super Bowl ring on his finger and is the only player ever to win four MVPs. Fox Sports has named ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203234283/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:08:50 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203234283/ February 4, 2012 (JOHNSBURG, Ill.) (WLS) -- The search for a fisherman who might have fallen through the ice on a lake in Johnsburg has become a recovery mission. Family members and friends were ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203234281/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:06:04 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203234281/ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Pack lightly, Super Bowl fans. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joined NFL and other officials in warning that security for Sunday’s game at Lucas Oil Stadium ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203232398/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:30:55 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203232398/ 07:28 AM ET 02.04 | The Hornets are taking center Chris Kaman off the trade market for now and will permit him to return to the team, league sources confirmed Friday afternoon. The Hornets ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203232386/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:09:27 -0500 General Sources http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203232386/ The 32-year prison term imposed Friday on her husband's killer isn't harsh enough for Tracy Dragos, who said she wants John Gilbert to die behind bars for the 2009 ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229623/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:57 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229623/ Thomas Lewickyj hugs his 12yr. mix breed dog Lilly after being carried from his 6th floor apartment at 2303 No. Clybourn after a Still and Box alarm fire routed the apartment buildings tennants. | ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228217/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:56 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228217/ Rashi Gant, 18, (left to right) David Stewart and Sharon Wilkins, talk about the pending $700,00 settlement they reached with the City of Chicago over abuse they say was caused by Chicago Police ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228218/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:55 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228218/ The Chicken Wing cupcake -- the brainchild of Coccadotts Cake Shop in Albany, N.Y. -- eliminates the need to dash into the kitchen for dessert and risk missing a key touchdown or ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229624/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:55 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229624/ As Emanuel goes toe-to-toe with the teachers' union, 63 percent of the voters said they approve of his stands on education issues and 75 percent support his decision to lengthen the school ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229626/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:54 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229626/ Ondelee Perteet's dreams of becoming the next Michael Phelps were shattered when the high school swimmer was shot and paralyzed at a West Side birthday ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229625/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:53 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229625/ Kolleen M. Lampa, 44, of Portage, is facing felony charges of drunken driving while operating a vehicle with children in it and neglect of a dependent for driving drunk with children on her bus, ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228219/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:52 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228219/ Five people are in custody after a Northwest Side bank robbery Friday afternoon and authorities believe two of the men are wanted for two other Wicker Park bank robberies last ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229628/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:50 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229628/ Five Chicago public pension funds have filed suit in Delaware to fire a controversial money management company created by a friend of President Barack Obama and a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229630/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:49 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229630/ The proposed airport in the south suburbs that Gov. Pat Quinn mentioned in his State of the State address last week is still stymied by feuding politicians, but the battle for its control seems to ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229629/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:48 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229629/ A 13-year-old boy who brought a loaded .357 handgun to his middle school in west suburban Aurora told police he just wanted to show it to his ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229631/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:46 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229631/ A Pilsen man accused of raping a 26-year-old woman, then dragging her back into her Bucktown apartment as she tried to escape before strangling her into unconsciousness is free on ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229634/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:44 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229634/ Tony Cornelius, the son of "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius, received an urgent 3 a.m. phone call, shortly before Cornelius apparently fatally shot himself in the head, Tony Cornelius ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229633/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:42 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229633/ The FBI has said Eby's ex-girlfriend, Trisha Kiefer, led them to him. And though the agency gave her a $10,000 reward, the Foxes resisted paying her the $100,000 they'd ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229632/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:40 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229632/ Gov. Pat Quinn may have gotten a chilly reaction to his State of the State speech this week, but the Democrat warmed things up Friday by taking down his spiciest obstacle of the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229635/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:37 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229635/ iPhone . "Will you take ours?" Other tourists ambled up for the ritual, strangers photographing strangers under the warm winter sun, all of us enjoying the fun of preserving an image of ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228071/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:06:12 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228071/ It won't overwhelm you like the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls. It's not as big as Yellowstone Park. In fact, it's probably not as large as a nearby forest preserve.But to some, the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229619/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:06:09 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229619/ Dr. Michael J. Campbell served as an Army captain in the South Pacific in World War II, treating soldiers suffering from highly contagious diseases such as ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229617/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:06:02 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229617/ At Tailgaters' expansive sports bar in Bolingbrook, patrons can bet $2 every few seconds on touch-screen, bingolike games while sipping their beers and watching TV.That would be illegal in ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228176/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:59 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228176/ American Academy of Pediatrics ' consumer education website, healthychildren.org, in a corporate sponsorship that some health experts denounce as a serious conflict of interest.In response to ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228156/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:55 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228156/ PepsiCo have launched dozens of health and wellness initiatives designed to promote physical activity and movement. Stressing balance, moderation and sensible choices, the corporations are funding ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228155/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:52 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203228155/ Evanston and a garbage collection company that recently filed a civil lawsuit alleging the city is trying to force its waste transfer station out of the north suburb.The lawsuit, filed in January by ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229616/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:49 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229616/ Cook County on a trial program in which a loan fund will be created to buy vacant foreclosed homes, renovate them and resell them at low interest rates. Six suburbs will take part in the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229615/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:45 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229615/ For once, the sound of construction trucks is music to the ears of Lake Barrington residents who have complained for decades about a sprawling, illegal dump that is now undergoing a final cleanup by ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229614/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:41 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229614/ The 32-year prison sentence a Chicago man received Friday for murdering a co-worker at a Burr Ridge trucking firm did not provide enough justice for the victim's widow."I hope he kills ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229613/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:36 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229613/ In the aftermath of a fatal high-rise fire last month, Chicago city officials said Friday that fire safety reports for hundreds of older residential towers are now available online and will be ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229418/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:32 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229418/ Commuters endure cold temperatures near Jackson Street in January. Harsh winters contributed to Chicago's high ranking on Forbes magazine's list of most miserable ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229612/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:28 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229612/ Lamont Herron can still smell the bubbling pots of soul food in the kitchen of his West Side home, as he huddled with his aunties while they cooked and cooked and cooked. That's where the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229620/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:24 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229620/ Ondelee Perteet was paralyzed in 2009, at age 14, after Robert Sansberry shot him in the face. Sansberry, 17, was sentenced to 20 years in prison ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229621/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:17 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229621/ After a yearlong delay, Kevin Fox, above, once wrongly charged with the murder of his 3-year-old daughter, Riley, has agreed to pay a reward to the FBI tipster who led law enforcement to the real ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229622/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:12 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229622/ Blair Jones #19 of the Calgary Flames battle for the puck with Duncan Keith #2 and Ray Emory #30 of the Chicago Blackhawks in first period NHL action on February 3, 2012 at the Scotiabank Saddledome ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229611/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:59:51 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203229611/ The ratings-challenged "Rosie Show" has let go of as many as 30 employees and contract workers in recent weeks, Crain's Chicago Business reported ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224010/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:46:51 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224010/ Dear Tom,A friend in North Pole, Alaska, (260 miles north of Anchorage), indicated the temperature was 51 degrees below zero and at the same time a weather observation at nearby Eielson Air Force ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224429/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:23:00 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224429/ ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Chicago Wolves surrendered the game's first goal, but rattled off four straight markers en route to a 4-2 Illinois Lottery Cup victory over the Rockford IceHogs ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224417/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:11 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224417/ CHICAGO (AP) -- Jeremy Montgomery scored 16 points and ClevelandState shot 68 percent Friday night in a 65-47 victory over Loyola of Chicago. Trevon Harmon, Aaron Pogue and Anton Grady added 10 ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203223991/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:07 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203223991/ CHICAGO (CBS) — Chilly temps and dry heat can do a number on your skin.As CBS 2′s Mary Kay Kleist reports, there are simple ways to make sure winter doesn’t make you look old. In ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224418/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:02 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224418/ CHICAGO (CBS) — The staggering economy has created scores of abandoned commercial housing developments across Chicago. Should they be torn down when years go by and they become eyesores? CBS ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224419/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:54 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224419/ CHICAGO (CBS) — He has four businesses to be concerned about, but he still finds time to do something to change the lives of inmates at the Cook County jail. Inside the jail is a barber ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224421/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:45 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224421/ CHICAGO (STMW) – Five people, including a 3-year-old girl and police officer, were hospitalized following a smoky fire that started Friday night at a North Side apartment. The fire started ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224420/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:39 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224420/ Joakim Noah #13 of the Chicago Bulls has a shot blocked by Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat during a game at American Airlines Arena on January 29, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mike ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224423/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:34 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224423/ CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s called snail mail for a reason. A check for a city vehicle sticker arrived in the mail this week at Clerk Susana Mendoza’s office. It was mailed 26 years ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224422/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:27 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224422/ Big Blue fever sweeps the Tri-State area, we noticed a video on YouTube of one little guy who just might be the littlest Giants fan. We don’t have a lot of details as to who this young man is ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224425/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:14 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224425/ (CBS) In Chicago for Big Ten coaches meetings, Ohio State Urban Meyer issued a statement responding to questionable recruiting tactics alleged by Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema and Michigan State ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224427/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:10 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224427/ CHICAGO (CBS) — Employers created 243,000 new jobs in January, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, its lowest point since February 2009. CBS 2′s Dorothy Tucker takes a ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224426/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:14:04 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224426/ (WSCR) A Super Bowl in Chicago? It might not be as crazy of an idea as you think. During Roger Goodell’s press conference in Indianapolis on Friday, The Score’s Les Grobstein asked the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203223992/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:13:59 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203223992/ Chicago public school children took part Friday in the 3rd Annual Zoological Society Science Fair. The fair took place at the Brookfield Zoo. Children got the chance to share their scientific ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224405/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:11:06 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224405/ February 3, 2012 (PARK RIDGE, Ill.) (WLS) -- Investigators are trying to identify the person whose body was found in a wooded area of northwest suburban Park Ridge. Police say a dog walker found ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224406/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:11:03 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224406/ A Grammy Award-winning group from South Africa that has a worldwide following entertained fans in Chicago tonight. Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed at the Old Town School of Folk Music. The group ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224408/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:58 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224408/ February 3, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Several police department websites across the country and overseas in Greece were hacked Friday by a protest organization known as Anonymous. In this ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224412/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:47 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224412/ February 3, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The nation's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nearly three years. It is now at 8.3 percent. U.S. companies added 243,000 jobs in ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224414/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:41 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224414/ February 3, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Despite Friday's encouraging jobs report that the unemployment rate has dropped again, a group of unemployed workers staged a protest in the Loop claiming ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224416/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:38 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224416/ February 3, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The family of a woman whose body was among those found stacked in the Cook County morgue has filed a lawsuit over the handling of her body. The family of ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224415/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:10:35 -0500 ABC7 http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203224415/ Thirty-one members of Congress prodded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday to consider a multibillion-dollar plan released this week for cutting a Chicago-area link between the Great Lakes ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203223111/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:09:55 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203223111/ '); } CHICAGO -- There probably won't be a grandiose press conference at U.S. Cellular Field when Joe Crede officially announces his retirement. In fact, the idea brought a chuckle ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216962/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:23:52 -0500 Chicago White Sox http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216962/ MyFoxChicago.com reported . Eric Ellis, registered on the Illinois State Police's sex offender website, was found by the TV station to have been working in the upscale, eco-friendly Little ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216361/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:08:20 -0500 Fox News http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216361/ It took more than two years, but Red, a paralyzed pit bull, has finally found a foster home.Red's resilient temperament made him something of a mascot at PAWS Chicago Adoption and Humane ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216963/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:22 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216963/ After ripping off investors of millions of dollars, commodities traders Charles G. Martin and John E. Walsh spent $30,000 on liquor, $50,000 on toys, $1 million at strip clubs and restaurants ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216964/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:15 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216964/ Super Bowl feasts are nothing but hate crimes against your taste buds. Those bland Buffalo wings, that bleh cheese dip, the boring little sliders. Do you really want a Betty Crocker empanada? Of ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203215700/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:10 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203215700/ A Winnetka man was questioned and taken to a hospital after CTA authorities saw him standing naked on the Howard Street platform Wednesday night in the Rogers Park neighborhood, police said.When ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203213471/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:06 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203213471/ A University of Illinois at Chicago student was sexually assaulted last weekend not far from campus, the university said Thursday.The 24-year-old woman was grabbed at knifepoint between 2:30 p.m. ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216965/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:59 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216965/ The Illinois Supreme Court says inmate Stanley Wrice, convicted of rape in 1983, is entitled to a court hearing to determine if his confession was a product of ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203213472/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:54 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203213472/ Elgin club and used the business as a front to hide additional income from an illegal online bookmaking business, federal prosecutors charged Thursday. Anthony Buttitta, 69, and his son, Dominic, ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216966/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:50 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216966/ John Alexander Gration spent 15 years as a Christian missionary in Africa before starting his academic career and founding the missions and intercultural studies graduate department at Wheaton ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216967/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:44 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216967/ The driver of a school bus that slid on its side into a cornfield while carrying nine special needs students has been suspended while officials investigate allegations that he was asleep at the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216968/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:40 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216968/ South Side Irish Parade 's two-year hiatus, Tinley Park's own Irish parade drew bigger crowds and more participants who previously attended the Beverly parade. But the return of the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216969/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:36 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216969/ Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez listens to her introduction Thursday at the City Club of Chicago. In her speech, she announced the creation of a conviction integrity unit within the ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203213536/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:30 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203213536/ In front of a packed DuPage County courtroom Thursday, Tracy Dragos told of the void in her family left by the 2009 murder of her husband.Her words came during a sentencing hearing ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216970/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:25 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216970/ WASHINGTON— — Operation Homelink, a Chicago nonprofit that gives computers to wounded soldiers and military families, is a finalist in a competition led by first lady Michelle ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203215089/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:20 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203215089/ Mitt Romney continues his drive to win his party's nomination, Mormons worry they could face a barrage of negative scrutiny, much like that which engulfed ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216971/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:18 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216971/ Wilmette School District 39 is considering a full-day option for kindergarten - for a fee. That would make two programs in the village, and one official thinks there may be enough demand for ... http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216973/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:13 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/203216973/