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Woman killed in tour bus accident

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Driver in police custody, but no charges announced

Friends and family of Justyna Palka, a 26-year-old German living in Chicago, are trying to cope with the news that she was struck and killed by a tour bus Tuesday night as she crossed a busy road near her home in Streeterville. The bus driver is in custody but no charges have been filed.

Pricey, big-name drugs will soon be available as generics

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:36 PM PDT

Some of the top-selling drugs in the U.S. — including Lipitor, Plavix and Actos — will lose patent protection in the coming years, promising big savings for consumers

Lipitor. Actos. Plavix.

Former child star Jackie Cooper dies at 88

Posted: 04 May 2011 04:58 PM PDT

Jackie Cooper, whose tousled blond hair, pouty lower lip and ability to cry on camera helped make him one of the top child stars of the 1930s in films such as "Skippy" and "The Champ," has died. He was 88.

Space aliens from Russia (The Newsroom)

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 04:00 PM PDT

The Newsroom - All the Mulders and Scullys out there want to believe, but if you're gonna hoax the believers, you have to try harder than chicken skin and stale bread. That's what two Russian students used to create a faux space alien, …

Former child star Jackie Cooper dies at 88

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:51 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Jackie Cooper, the former child star who enjoyed renewed fame years later as Daily Planet editor Perry White in the Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies, has died near Los Angeles, his attorney said on Wednesday. He was 88.

Hyde Park to get Whole Foods

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:16 PM PDT

Whole Foods Market said Wednesday it plans to open a new store in Hyde Park in summer 2014, bringing its total number of stores in the city to seven.

Emanuel picks Daley's daughter for new team

Posted: 04 May 2011 12:58 PM PDT

Sony blames Internet vigilante group for data theft

Posted: 04 May 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Sony Corp. blamed Internet vigilante group Anonymous for indirectly allowing a hacker to gain access to personal data of more than 100 million video game users.

Mendenhall clarifies controversial bin Laden tweets

Posted: 04 May 2011 11:17 AM PDT

Former Illinois and Niles West star Rashard Mendenhall of the Pittsburgh Steelers attempted Wednesday to clarify his controversial tweets about the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Prosecutors: Bragging on Facebook leads to charges

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:37 PM PDT

A Chicago woman was charged with aggravated battery after bragging on Facebook how she hit a woman in the face with a glass during an argument at a Near North bar last month, prosecutors said today.

Woman killed in tour bus accident

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Friends and family of Justyna Palka, a 26-year-old German living in Chicago, are trying to cope with the news that she was struck and killed by a tour bus Tuesday night as she crossed a busy road near her home in Streeterville. The bus driver is in custody but no charges have been filed.

'Felony Franks' owner files suit over sign permit

Posted: 04 May 2011 08:39 AM PDT

The owner of Felony Franks, a near West Side hot dog stand denied a sign permit for more than two years, filed a federal lawsuit last night accusing the city of denying his free-speech rights.

Obama: No bin Laden photo

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT

LIFE slideshow: Never-seen photos of MLK & the Freedom Rides (The Newsroom)

Posted: 04 May 2011 10:26 AM PDT

The Newsroom - It is the spring of 1961, and in the kitchen of a safe house in Montgomery, Alabama, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. looks tense, perhaps worried. As a volunteer bends his ear, the 32-year-old civil rights leader glances toward one of the 17 students hunkered down with him -- fresh-faced college kids who, moved by King's message of racial equality, have risked their very lives.

Autism doc who treated kids with castration drug has license suspended

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:57 AM PDT

Cutler-Cavallari wedding likely taking place in Chicago

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Aldermen want texting disabled for teen drivers

Posted: 04 May 2011 09:01 AM PDT

An influential group of aldermen today proposed an ordinance that would require all cell phones sold in Chicago to include a feature allowing parents to block their children from texting while driving.

Blagojevich: Jackson as senator 'a repugnant thought'

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:44 PM PDT

In the last undercover recording played today at Rod Blagojevich's retrial, the alleged trade of campaign money for the appointment of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to a vacant Senate is first raised.

Hearing-impaired inmates sue Illinois for more services

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:24 AM PDT

A group of hearing-impaired prisoners are suing the Illinois Department of Corrections, claiming the agency has discriminated against them by refusing to provide interpreters, technological assistance and other alternate forms of communication.

The Fast Fix: No Palin, Gingrich or Romney at first GOP 2012 debate (The Newsroom)

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:31 AM PDT

The Newsroom - Why are there so few high-profile candidates in the first GOP presidential debate of the 2012 campaign, which will take place in South Carolina on Thursday? What if we held a presidential debate and no one showed up? On Thursday …