News from The Chigago Tribune

Frank Lloyd Wright house for sale

Mar 18, 2010 1:52 pm

Activists want to transform grand but little-known home into a museum and arts education center Activists wa...

Census ‘bumps in the road’

Mar 18, 2010 1:48 pm

Parking space question, wrong addresses among dilemmas in first forms mailed out Marci Hensley got two census...

Wounded veterans heed call for help

Mar 18, 2010 1:40 pm

Funding cuts have put Chicago’s Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse in difficult spot

FBI: Man charged in bank heist could be TCF Bandit

Mar 18, 2010 2:21 am

Berwyn man a suspect in 12 previous holdups A man suspected in a string of robberies at TCF Bank branches in ...

New alderman to pay city for moving out early

Mar 18, 2010 2:01 am

State representative had bought house under affordable-housing program, but moved out before 4-year minimum T...

Blagojevich request for trial delay is denied

Mar 18, 2010 1:46 am

Judge says recordings that former governor says will exonerate him will be played at June trial Former Gov. R...

Is Obama losing black leaders?

Mar 18, 2010 12:57 am

Obama’s approval ratings high among blacks, but some activists say president could be doing much more ...

First black Catholic priest in U.S. up for sainthood

Mar 17, 2010 11:46 pm

Cardinal will appoint commission to evaluate Rev. Augustus Tolton The Rev. Augustus Tolton, the nation's firs...

News from the Chicago Sun-Times

Pilot trapped under plane wreckage for 8 hours

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

SANTA CRUZ, Ariz. -- Authorities rescued an injured pilot who was trapped for about eight hours in the wreckage of an experimental plane that crashed on an Indian reservation south of Phoenix.

Gov't orders recall of 1.2M high chairs

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

WASHINGTON -- The government is announcing a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they pose a fall hazard to children.

House Dems release details of $940B health care bill

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

House Democrats say they are on track for a Sunday vote on a $940 billion health care bill that will expand coverage to millions.The Number 2 Democrat in the House said the health care package will ...

RTA, seeking cash, looks into ads on its Web site

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

Strapped for cash, the RTA is looking into selling ads on its Web site.

Woman driving stolen car careens into W. Side restaurant

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

A woman driving a stolen car recklessly was hospitalized after she crashed into another car and then careened into a chicken restaurant, damaging it early Thursday on the West Side, police said.

Report: NIU gunman may have had grudge against school

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

A major report on Northern Illinois University's deadly 2008 campus shooting suggests the gunman may have been motivated in part by anger at the school for academic changes.

Far South Side kids learn basics of fire safety

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

Nearly 180 elementary school children left an assembly hall Wednesday morning in the Far South Sides Roseland neighborhood wearing play firefighter hats, holding brand new smoke detectors and armed ...

General: We want bin Laden alive

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that it remains the goal of U.S. troops to capture Osama bin Laden alive and "bring him to justice."

Man charged with pimping his wife

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

Clinton Danner's wife told her dad last year that the "nice guy" she had married had been pimping her for sex. After hearing that, the father immediately brought her to the family's home in ...

Sudan, Darfur rebel group sign cease-fire

Mar 18, 2010 10:00 am

DOHA, Qatar -- Sudan's government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups have signed a cease-fire, opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement.