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 Chicago police say the death of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott was a suicide, confirming the earlier opinion of the county's medical examiner. Full Story »

17-year-old allegedly said strangling 10-year-old satisfied craving like hungry person eating a hamburger. VIDEO - COMMENT Full Story »

Chicago police are investigating a burglary at the offices of attorneys for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich in which at least one computer containing undercover recordings from the sweeping corruption case was stolen.  Full Story »

A baby was born 30-thousand feet above sea level today on a flight from Chicago to Salt Lake City. Full Story »

Illinois officials say swine flu hospitalization and death rates for blacks and Hispanics are higher than the rates for whites. Full Story »

2.5 million dollars worth of marijuana has been confiscated following a raid in the South Side neighborhood of Englewood. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AP) - Boeing Co. is recommending that airlines fix a key piece of equipment on its 777 airliner to make sure that engine heat doesn't cause damage. Full Story »

On this chilly Friday, there's no heat in a portion of the University of Illinois-Chicago campus. Full Story »

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More than 1,500 Chicago families, who otherwise wouldn't have a Christmas tree, are getting one, thanks to the U.S Coast Guard. CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports that a ship arrived at Navy Pier Friday morning, carrying lots of holiday cheer. Full Story »

Emergency crews worked to recover a body that was seen floating in Lake Michigan on the North Side near Diversey Harbor. Full Story »

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- County Board President Todd Stroger says it's obvious his fight is now to maintain medical services for Cook County residents in the face of reduced revenues voted by the County Board. Full Story »

A suspect who was burglarizing a Jeep Cherokee and found with an apparently self-written “how to” guide for breaking into vehicles early Friday on the North Side has been charged, police said. Full Story »

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- Court Clerk Dorothy Brown is hoping her economic development proposal will help her unseat Todd Stroger as President of the Cook County Board. Full Story »

(WBBM) -- It’s Day Two of a strike by teachers in south suburban Prairie-Hills District 144. Full Story »

LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) -- Wildlife officials discovered a single Asian carp Thursday in a canal leading to Lake Michigan, the nearest the destructive species has come to the Great Lakes, Illinois environmental officials said. Full Story »

CHICAGO (STNG) -- Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a 23-year-old woman last seen in late August in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AP) -- Recent heart attack patients are being sought for an experimental adult stem cell treatment that's had early success. In a preliminary study, stem cells from donor bone marrow appeared to grow new blood vessels bringing more oxygen to the heart. Full Story »

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois officials are alerting the public to an e-mail scam involving the H1N1 virus. The Illinois Department of Public Health said Thursday fraudulent e-mails claim to be from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AP) -- If you're a nurse, it pays to work in the Chicago or Peoria areas. Or at least it pays more than elsewhere. U.S. labor figures show the average hourly wage for a registered nurse in the Chicago area is $32.36. The national average is $31.31. Full Story »

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- A free exhibit at Northwestern University in Evanston focuses on the history of the Hanukkah menorah. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AP) -- Now there's a place you can call 24 hours a day, seven days a week if you have questions about the flu. Callers to the Illinois Flu Hotline can also now ask medical questions of doctors and nurses on the hotline about seasonal flu, the swine flu and the H1N1 virus. Full Story »

CHICAGO (AP) -- "The Merry Widow" will remain merry for Chicago Opera fans. A spokeswoman for Lyric Opera of Chicago says Lyric reached a tentative contract agreement with its orchestra musicians late Thursday night after a long last-ditch bargaining session. Full Story »

URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities say a disturbance broke out in a Champaign County courtroom as one man was convicted and four others acquitted in the gang rape of a Champaign teenager last spring. Full Story »

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- IUPUI has been chosen as the site of a new center that will fully digitize William Shakespeare's entire body of work for the first time. Full Story »