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Sure the Cubs were iced out of the postseason, but a new day is dawning at Wrigley Field with new owners and even a new winter sporting season. Full Story »
Sure the Cubs were iced out of the postseason, but a new day is dawning at Wrigley Field with new owners and even a new winter sporting season. Full Story »
Police are asking for the public’s help locating a 14-year-old North Side girl last seen Tuesday afternoon. Full Story »
As passengers arrived at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday morning they were pleasantly surprised. It really wasn't so bad out there. Full Story »
The major winter storm that has affected 42 states and recorded surface pressures as low as a Category-2 hurricane is beginning to pull away from the Chicago area Wednesday. But it's not quite done with us just yet. Full Story »
A 69-year-old man who died after the vehicle he was driving was rear-ended and crashed into a light pole Tuesday night in the North Side’s Edgewater neighborhood has been identified. Full Story »
Chicago is facing a wintry mix of snow and rain Wednesday morning, but in other parts of the Chicago area snow has been falling on and off since 6 p.m. Monday. Full Story »
When a crime is committed in some Chicago neighborhood, the slogan on the streets, don't snitch. Full Story »
Former governor Rod Blagojevich is looking to the United States Supreme Court for a little help. He's hoping the court throws out one of the statutes used to charge him with corruption. Larry Yellen reports the court heard arguments Tuesday. While Blagojevich was trying to sell books here in Chicago. Full Story »
Winter roared into the northwest suburbs Tuesday night dumping several inches of heavy wet snow on the area, making travel tough, if not down right treacherous in some spots. Full Story »
The nephew of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says he no longer has a stake in a real estate firm that got millions of dollars in city pension fund investments. Full Story »
More than 300 flights at O'Hare International Airport have been canceled Tuesday due to the first major snowfall of the season. Full Story »
Bond was set at $2 million Tuesday for a north suburban teen charged with murder for fatally running down a former buddy in the parking lot of a popular mall in what prosecutors called a "relentless, methodical pursuit of terror." Full Story »
With the first major storm of the season combining high snowfall totals and frigid temperatures over the next couple days, the AAA Chicago Motor Club is advising motorists to prepare themselves and their vehicles. Full Story »
It used to be, you may have gone to Toys R Us, Best Buy or Target to find the hottest holiday present, but this year some savvy shoppers are bypassing the traditional holiday haunts to cash in on the current gold rush on gold. Full Story »
A Wrigleyville man was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with insurance fraud after forging documents saying he was deceased, police said. Full Story »
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is holding the first book signing of his recently-released memoir Tuesday, almost exactly one year after he was arrested for allegedly scheming to sell Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Full Story »
The Supreme Court is considering whether to rein in federal prosecutors' use of a 28-word fraud law that has become a preferred tool in high-profile corporate crime and public corruption cases — and a favorite target of critics. Full Story »
United Airlines says it placed an order for 25 of Boeing's long-awaited 787 widebody jetliners and 25 of the A350 aircraft from Airbus. Full Story »
A Chicago Transit Authority bus was involved in a hit-and-run on the South Side Tuesday morning when a vehicle struck it and kept going in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Full Story »
Two Porter County Sheriff's Department cars were damaged when officers chased a BMW whose owner allegedly had been trying to break into the home of a woman who has a restraining order against him. Full Story »
Light snowfall has prompted the deployment of 175 snow fighting trucks on the city's main routes and Lake Shore Drive early Tuesday, according to the city's Department of Streets & Sanitation. Full Story »
A three-year-old child and a woman were hospitalized Monday night after a basement fire on the Southwest Side. Full Story »
Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis said Monday his department has adopted a more aggressive policy for getting the word out when someone is reported missing. Full Story »
Chicago police have issued a community alert for North Side residents including the Edgewater and Rogers Park areas, of a series of apartment break-ins that have taken place while the residents have been away. Full Story »
The Democratic primary for Illinois governor is taking some new twists and turns. Political editor Jack Conaty tells us two key voting blocks within the party are choosing different sides in this race. Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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