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Prospect Heights residents beaten, robbed in home

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 05:21 PM PST

Police in northwest suburban Prospect Heights are investigating an incident early Saturday in which five armed assailants broke into a home and held residents at gunpoint, beating them as they demanded money.

Gadhafi's son says Libyan unrest threatens civil war

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:38 PM PST

RABAT, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi promised a programme of reforms on Sunday after bloody protests against his father's rule reached the capital.

Amtrak exploring O'Hare service

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 02:46 PM PST

Proposal would link airport with Union Station, points downstate

Jon Hilkevitch: Gov. Pat Quinn has asked Amtrak to study what it would take, logistically and financially, to commence fast, nonstop passenger rail service between Chicago Union Station and O'Hare International Airport.

Congress, far apart on budget, wants to hear from voters

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 03:34 PM PST

Positions harden, even as Republicans and Democrats say they want to avoid a federal government shutdown.

Battle lines over steep federal spending reductions hardened Sunday even as congressional leaders maintained that both Democrats and Republicans want to avoid a political impasse that could lead to a government shutdown within weeks.

Gadhafi's son says Libyan unrest threatens civil war

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST

Local protesters call for Libyan ruler's ouster

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 02:41 PM PST

Sarah Burshan sent dozens of cell phone texts and Facebook messages, eager for any sign that her cousins in Libya survived the violent crackdown of recent protests that rocked the North African nation.

Trevor Bayne, 20, is youngest Daytona 500 winner

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:48 PM PST

The 20-year-old becomes the youngest Daytona 500 winner ever

DAYTONA BEACH -- In a race that saw a race-record 16 cautions, an unlikely winner survived a day filled with wrecks, cautions and lead changes.

No easy cure for drug shortages

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 01:53 PM PST

Manufacturing, quality-control issues blamed for some supply problems

Hospitals are running out of key drugs used in surgeries and to treat diseases, causing doctors to turn to older treatments.

Libya security forces fire on mourners at funeral

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 02:12 PM PST

Security forces attack mourners at a funeral for slain protesters. A doctor at one Benghazi hospital said 20 people died in Sunday's clashes.

Libyan forces fired machine-guns at thousands of mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Kadafi attacked demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weapons.

Cargo train derails in Gurnee

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:13 AM PST

A train carrying lumber, steel and track rail derailed this morning in Gurnee, on a stretch between Grandville Avenue and Blanchard Road. The 10-car train was en route from Chicago to St. Paul, Minn.

2 UIC students charged with beating female cab driver

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST

Two UIC students were ordered held on $125,000 bond each today for beating and robbing a female cab driver in the University Village neighborhood early Saturday morning.

Lake Bluff officer rescues man from burning home

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 10:37 AM PST

An alert police officer patrolling a Lake Bluff neighborhood this morning rescued an unconscious man from a burning home, police said.

Check the mailbox: Royals send 1,900 wedding invitations

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 12:53 PM PST

LONDON (AP) — Keep an eye on the mailbox — Britain's Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton have sent out invites to their hotly anticipated royal wedding to around 1,900 guests.

Valerie Jarrett: Becoming more visible

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 11:53 AM PST

Long the closest confidante of Barack and Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett is steadily becoming more visible at the president's side.

Weather warnings to expire with rainy day ahead

Posted: 20 Feb 2011 07:41 AM PST

The National Weather Service's various winter weather advisories and warnings for the Chicago-area ar set to expire this morning as warmer temperatures turn the anticipated freezing rain, sleet and ice to rain alone.

U.S. government shutdown would stop many, but not all, services

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 08:02 PM PST

Times have changed since political battles shut down the federal government in the 1990s. Consequences today could be as severe but are unpredictable.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers were laid off and most services ground to a halt in 1995 and 1996 when open political warfare shut down the government.

Libya and Yemen meet protests with deadly force

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 09:37 PM PST

As revolt spreads through the Arab world, Libyan President Moammar Kadafi and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh take brutal steps to retain power.

Two of the Arab world's most ruthless leaders have moved to crush revolts threatening their power in Libya and Yemen as security forces and thugs intensified attacks on dissidents and protesters dug scores of fresh graves amid the rattle of gunfire.

Drew Peterson's son fired from Oak Brook police job

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 05:51 PM PST

Oak Brook officials say Stephen Peterson obstructed investigation

Oak Brook officials dismissed police Officer Stephen Peterson on Saturday for obstructing an investigation into the disappearance of the wife of his father, Drew Peterson.

Valerie Jarrett : Becoming more visible

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 09:20 AM PST

Long the closest personal confidante of Barack and Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett is steadily becoming more visible at the president's side.