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- Boehner says House likely to defend marriage act
- Man in murder-for-pool plot gets 7 years, forgiveness
- Cubs fans invited to audition for PA announcer >> Video
- Obama endorses change in healthcare law
- Pirates kidnap 3 Danish children, 4 adults
- GM Volt falls short on range, Consumer Reports says
- Cops: Drug suspects tied to 3 mass killings last year
- Police use footprints in snow to find robbery suspect
- From behind prison walls, Ryan speaks
- Prof says he's behind @MayorEmanuel
- Lawyer: Let client have hair done before murder trial
- Daley wants Weis to stay top cop for a while >> Video
- Obama: Wis. public employees should not lose rights
- Chicago Bears cut Harris, Hillenmeyer, Shaffer
- Supreme Court: Dying victim's statement can be used
- Daley, Emanuel discuss mayoral transition
- Teen accused of threatening to bomb Fenton High School
- Oprah's network struggles with viewers
- Drug 'crew' charged in 2 slayings
- The Fast Fix: Why is Congress sleeping on the job? (The Newsroom)
Boehner says House likely to defend marriage act Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:52 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will likely issue its own defense of a federal law abandoned by the White House that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, House Speaker John Boehner said on Monday. |
Man in murder-for-pool plot gets 7 years, forgiveness Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:51 PM PST After his arrest for trying to arrange hit, he became friends with target The man William Alexander tried to have killed for $200 and a used above-ground pool has forgiven him, but Alexander still will serve more than seven years in federal prison for his role in the bizarre murder-for-hire plot. |
Cubs fans invited to audition for PA announcer >> Video Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:36 AM PST |
Obama endorses change in healthcare law Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:40 AM PST President Obama signs on to a bipartisan plan that would let states opt out of federal requirements three years earlier than slated in the original reform law. President Obama endorsed a significant change to his health reform law Monday, signing on to bipartisan legislation that would allow states to opt out of federal requirements -- including the individual mandate -- three years earlier than scheduled. |
Pirates kidnap 3 Danish children, 4 adults Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:16 PM PST The Danish Foreign Ministry says the youths, ages 12 to 16, were seized along with their parents and two others on board a sailing vessel. It's believed to be the first time that children have been victims of pirates in the recent spate of hostage-taking off eastern Africa. Three children are among seven Danes who have been kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean, Danish officials said Monday. |
GM Volt falls short on range, Consumer Reports says Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST |
Cops: Drug suspects tied to 3 mass killings last year Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:27 PM PST Two men arrested after a shootout with police on the North Side are believed responsible for at least three mass killings last year, all of them linked to drug dealing, law enforcement sources say. |
Police use footprints in snow to find robbery suspect Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:15 AM PST Naperville police arrested a man for stealing an iPad Saturday after tracking him down using footprints they say the man left in the snow. |
From behind prison walls, Ryan speaks Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:18 PM PST He was at times testy and combative. He talked about prison food and the frustration of being behind bars. In a 2010 deposition obtained by the Tribune, these were among the first extensive remarks heard from former Gov. George Ryan since he reported to federal prison in 2007. |
Prof says he's behind @MayorEmanuel Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:49 PM PST Dan Sinker, left, a journalism teacher at Columbia College, says he was behind the fictitious Twitter account "@MayorEmanuel," the foul-mouthed doppelganger to Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel. |
Lawyer: Let client have hair done before murder trial Posted: 28 Feb 2011 04:58 PM PST Marni Yang will look like a "crazy woman" if she's not allowed to have her hair done before her trial begins Tuesday in the murder of the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle, her lawyer said today. |
Daley wants Weis to stay top cop for a while >> Video Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:59 AM PST Mayor Richard Daley wants Police Superintendent Jody Weis to stay on through his mayoral term, which ends in May. |
Obama: Wis. public employees should not lose rights Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:28 AM PST |
Chicago Bears cut Harris, Hillenmeyer, Shaffer Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:57 AM PST |
Supreme Court: Dying victim's statement can be used Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:14 AM PST The 6-2 Supreme Court ruling breaks somewhat from recent rulings forbidding the use of 'hearsay' statements to police, creating a new rule for when officers are dealing with 'an ongoing emergency.' The decision, says Justice Antonin Scalia in his dissent, leaves the Constitution 'in shambles.' WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a shooting victim's statement to the police at a crime scene can be used in court, even if the victim later dies and cannot testify at a trial. |
Daley, Emanuel discuss mayoral transition Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:11 AM PST |
Teen accused of threatening to bomb Fenton High School Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:36 AM PST Bond was set this morning at $150,000 for a Bensenville teenager who allegedly threatened on his Facebook page to bomb Fenton High School. |
Oprah's network struggles with viewers Posted: 28 Feb 2011 04:56 AM PST |
Drug 'crew' charged in 2 slayings Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:19 AM PST Charges were filed this morning against Augustin Toscano, 29, and Raul Segura-Rodriguez, 36, two surviving members of a murderous drug crew that may be responsible for more than a dozen slayings in Chicago, officials say. |
The Fast Fix: Why is Congress sleeping on the job? (The Newsroom) Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:40 AM PST The Newsroom - Why are some members of Congress choosing to sleep in their offices? Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. Follow The Fix on Twitter … |
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