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2 U.S. agents wounded at Mexico drug gang blockade

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 05:06 PM PST

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, assigned to the Mexico City office at the U.S. Embassy, were driving toward the northern city of Monterrey when attacked, U.S. officials say.

Two U.S. agents apparently caught up in a road blockade staged by drug traffickers were shot and wounded in central Mexico on Tuesday, officials said.

United grounds 757s to check software

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:01 PM PST

Facebook-while-driving allegation denied

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:28 PM PST

A Cook County lawsuit alleged that a driver was updating her Facebook page by cell phone when she fatally struck a pedestrian in December, but the mother of the motorist on Tuesday denied the allegations, saying her daughter was about two miles from the crash scene when she posted the message.

Gabrielle Giffords for Senate?

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:20 PM PST

As GOP Rep. Jeff Flake announces bid to replace Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl, Democrats wonder whether Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in Tucson on Jan. 8, might make a run for the seat.

Rep. Jeff Flake made it official this week. Four days after Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona said he would not stand for reelection in 2012, the six-term GOP congressman from suburban Phoenix said he'd launch a bid to replace him.

Warming trend means 'dibs' end

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:13 PM PST

With temperatures in the city rising and snow thawing, the Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department is calling an end to dibs, for now.

Can 12 fingers,14 toes get one into the record books?

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:37 AM PST

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — From almost the moment Le Yati Min was born, her mother knew the girl had a little something extra.

CBS' Lara Logan recovering after Cairo attack >> Video

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 03:35 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was recovering in a U.S. hospital Tuesday from a sexual attack and beating she sustained while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo.

Freedom medal winners include Bush, Yo-Yo Ma, Angelou

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:45 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded America's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Tuesday to an eclectic group ranging from a Republican predecessor to artists and civil rights figures.

Census: Chicago population declines

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:55 PM PST

Chicago has 200,000 fewer citizens than it did 10 years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday as it released population figures gathered in the 2010 census for the city, region and state of Illinois.

Chicago braces for pothole season >> Video

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:16 PM PST

With warm weather in the forecast, Chicago officials are preparing for potholes to start popping up across the city.

Home Depot to hire 2,000 seasonal workers in area

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:08 AM PST

Census: Population losses in Cook County, Downstate

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:19 PM PST

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Population losses in Cook County and most of downstate Illinois slowed the growth in the state's population to 3 percent from 2000 through 2010.

Facebook-while-driving allegation denied

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 12:21 PM PST

A day after a Chicago woman was accused in a lawsuit of striking and killing a man with her car while updating her Facebook page by cell phone, the woman's mother today vehemently denied the allegations, saying that her daughter used the online site well before the crash occurred.

Obama on mayor's race: 'I don't have to make calls for Rahm'

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON – President Obama today said he hasn't taken an active role in the mayoral campaign of his former chief of staff.

Amanda Knox's parents indicted, alleging police abuse

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:09 AM PST

PERUGIA, Italy (AP) — The parents of Amanda Knox, an American student convicted of murder in Italy, were ordered Tuesday to stand trial for alleging that Italian police abused their daughter, a lawyer and media reports said.

Apple rolls out digital subscription service

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 08:20 AM PST

Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas apply for rate hikes

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:14 AM PST

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas, which have the same parent company, each applied to the Illinois Commerce Commission for rate hikes today.

Clerk allegedly drank before crash

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:12 AM PST

Prosecutors: At time of crash, Valle was headed to another bar

Lynwood Clerk Roel Valle drank alcohol at a country club, then a bar and was on his way to another bar when he drove a village vehicle the wrong way on I-394, killing a mother of four, a Cook County prosecutor said.

Chat: Tackling winter illnesses

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:02 AM PST

Obama praises Egypt, defends budget proposal

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:00 AM PST

The president says Egypt is sending 'the right signals' regarding developing democratic systems and is optimistic on U.S. domestic economic issues.

President Obama on Tuesday praised what he called the right signals coming out of Egypt and outlined an agenda for dealing with continuing unrest in the Mideast.