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Founder of Chicago's DuSable Museum dies
Nov 22, 2010 00:49 EST
Margaret Burroughs, founder of Chicago DuSable Museum of African American History, dead at 93. A founder of one of the oldest African-American history museums in the country has died.
Hip-hop artist Common to perform at Ill. rally
Oct 26, 2010 23:22 EDT
Hip-hop artist Common to perform at Obama's Chicago rally for Illinois Democratic candidates. Hip-hop artist Common will be joining Barack Obama at a weekend rally for Democratic candidates in the president's home state of Illinois.
'Chiclone' buffets Illinois; tornado watch issued
Oct 26, 2010 11:21 EDT
Massive 'Chiclone' storm slams into Illinois; forecaster predicts strongest storm in 70 years. Flights were canceled at O'Hare International Airport Tuesday as strong wind and torrential rain buffeted the Midwest. Forecasters predicted the giant storm could be the most powerful to hit Illinois in over seven decades.
Big names hit Ill. in campaign's waning days
Oct 25, 2010 21:56 EDT
Big names appeal to base in campaign's waning days for Obama's old Senate seat, Ill. governor. In the final days before the Nov. 2 election, Democrats and Republicans are leaning on party heavyweights, energizing their bases and looking for swing voters in the high-profile races for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat and Illinois governor.
Michelle Obama emerges as powerful Democratic weapon
Oct 15, 2010 13:17 EDT
Just dubbed the world's most powerful woman, Michelle Obama, America's "Mom in chief" is using her growing political heft to refresh the crisis-wearied narrative of her husband's presidency.
GOP gains traction in Jesse Jackson Jr.'s district
Oct 11, 2010 19:35 EDT
Republican with same name as 'Shaft' soul legend gains traction against Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.. Isaac Hayes, a conservative Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., is getting more attention lately ? and not just because he shares a name with the soul legend known for the "Shaft" theme.
Attorney: Feds trying to quiet anti-war activists
Sep 26, 2010 20:17 EDT
Attorney for Palestinian-American anti-war activist in Chicago says feds trying to quiet him. FBI agents in Chicago took a laptop and documents from the home of a Palestinian-American anti-war activist in an attempt to silence his advocacy, an attorney said Sunday.
Attorney: Feds trying to quiet anti-war activists
Sep 26, 2010 19:24 EDT
Attorney for Palestinian-American anti-war activist in Chicago says feds trying to quiet him. FBI agents in Chicago took a laptop and documents from the home of a Palestinian-American anti-war activist in an attempt to silence his advocacy, an attorney said Sunday.
Jackson's wife: 'My heart will heal' after affair
Sep 26, 2010 15:49 EDT
Jesse Jackson Jr.'s wife tells newspaper her 'heart will heal' after husband's admitted affair. The wife of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said she and her husband have undergone marital counseling and spiritual therapy since he told her nearly two years ago of an extramarital affair.
Jackson Jr. speaks out about Blagojevich trial
Sep 17, 2010 18:00 EDT
Jesse Jackson Jr. addresses potentially damaging details that arose in Blagojevich trial. Mulling over a possible run for mayor of Chicago, a defiant Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., spoke out publicly for the first time on Friday about potentially damning details that emerged in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's recent corruption trial.
Emanuel would be best-known mayoral candidate
Sep 09, 2010 23:00 EDT
In Chicago mayor's race, White House chief of staff would be best-known candidate. If Rahm Emanuel decides to run for Chicago mayor, the White House chief of staff would easily be the best-known figure in the race, with national name recognition that few others could match and invaluable experience from helping engineer the Democrats' takeover of the House in 2006.
Emanuel would be best-known mayoral candidate
Sep 09, 2010 18:30 EDT
In Chicago mayor's race, White House chief of staff would be best-known candidate. If Rahm Emanuel decides to run for Chicago mayor, the White House chief of staff would easily be the best-known figure in the race, with national name recognition that few others could match and invaluable experience from helping engineer the Democrats' takeover of the House in 2006.
Private colleges 'act local' with financial aid
Aug 31, 2010 00:00 EDT
Private colleges target locals with financial aid to achieve diversity, stay competitive. Hoping to portray themselves as more affordable and all-around better neighbors, private colleges from Appalachia to Boston are sweetening financial aid packages for students from their own backyards.
White Sox awarded waiver claim on Manny Ramirez
Aug 28, 2010 00:44 EDT
Manny Ramirez could be back in AL pennant race; White Sox awarded waiver claim on Dodgers star. The Manny Watch is on for Chicago's South Side.
Regulators close ShoreBank in Chicago
Aug 21, 2010 01:01 EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday seized notable Chicago-based community development bank ShoreBank after Wall Street backers failed to rescue the institution, and its deposits will be taken over by a newly chartered bank.
Special report: Flipping, flopping and booming mortgage fraud
Aug 17, 2010 16:58 EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The house on the 53rd block of South Wood Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards doesn't look like a $355,000 home. There is no front door and most of the windows are boarded up.
Gunmen kill 8-year-old Chicago girl as she plays
Aug 11, 2010 08:58 EDT
Police hunt for gunmen who killed 8-year-old Chicago girl as she jumped rope with cousin. Police say two gunmen on bicycles killed an 8-year-old girl and wounded her younger cousin as the children were skipping rope in a Chicago neighborhood.
Scientist: Carp may have been planted near lake
Aug 05, 2010 16:57 EDT
Scientist says carp found near Lake Michigan may have been planted instead of evading barrier. A 3-foot-long Asian carp discovered in a Chicago waterway near Lake Michigan appears to have spent most of its life there and may have been planted by humans who didn't know what type of fish it was or the environmental risk it posed, researchers said Thursday.
Blagojevich trial stalls Jackson Jr.'s aspirations
Aug 05, 2010 15:32 EDT
Aspirations of US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in limbo after allegations in Blagojevich trial. Jesse Jackson Jr. once possessed the makings of a political star. Son of a civil rights leader and a Democratic congressman with a strong base of support on Chicago's South Side, he set his sights on becoming the city's mayor, or a senator from Illinois.
Wal-Mart gets quick approval for third Chicago store
Jul 28, 2010 13:56 EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) - It took Wal-Mart Stores Inc four years to get approval for its second store in Chicago after it built the first one there. Approval for its third store took less than a month.
