Latest Headlines in Detail
Fire must win midfield battle against Seattle
Chicago Sun-Times Sports
Apr 28Fire coach Frank Klopas prefers to talk about his team as a whole rather than spotlight a specific group despite the importance of the midfield in his counterattacking style. But even the team-oriented Klopas would have to admit that his midfield will ... »
No charges in Border Patrol shooting of Mexican boy
Courant.com Nation World
Apr 28Criminal charges will not be filed against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a 15-year-old Mexican boy on the Texas-Mexico border in 2010 because the shooting was a reasonable use of force and within agency guidelines, the Justice Departme... »
A bad case of shingles: Hickory Hills man prison-bound
Southtown Star
Apr 27A Hickory Hills man will serve 18 months in federal prison and has been ordered to pay nearly $2.4 million in restitution after pleading guilty to orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme involving, of all things, rebates on asphalt roofing shingles. Fe... »
PHOTOS: Cops Shoot Playful Chihuahuas, Elderly Labs
HuffingtonPost.com Chicago
Apr 27Last week, Austin, Texas, Police Chief Art Acevedo publicly apologized to Michael Paxton over the death of his dog Cisco. Paxton was playing fetch with... »
Jeremy Hunt Will Hand Over All BSkyB Emails As Scandal Rages
HuffingtonPost.com
Apr 27LONDON (AP) — Britain's culture secretary said Friday he will disclose all the texts and emails he sent to a special adviser who resigned after it was revealed that he had contacts with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which was seeking the minister's perm... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
One Bite: makdous at Al Bawadi Grill
Chicago Reader Blog
May 18Bridgeview's Jordanian-Palestinian Al Bawadi Grill is widely, and rightly, praised for its hardwood lump charcoal-grilled meats, sometimes at the expense of other worthy things on its big menu, namely the makdous, stuffed oil-cured baby eggplants. Trad... »
Race and poverty roundup: Woodlawn MHC victory, activists occupy office to protest DHS cuts and more...
ChicagoNow Muckrackers
Apr 27The fight to save the Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic appears to have its first victory. According to Mark Cassello, a Huffington Post contributor, the Emanuel administration has offered to keep the Woodlawn Adult Health Center open. The center would be ... »
Chicagoans Join GE Protest in Detroit
Progress Illinois
Apr 26A group of about 150 Chicagoans belonging to 15 community and labor organizations drove to Detroit Tuesday evening to join in a protest today of General Electric’s tax breaks at the company’s GM Renaissance Center during the company's annual meeting.Be... »
Emanuel Names Panel To Decide Future Of Power Plant Sites
Progress Illinois
Apr 26Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled today the members of a city task force empowered to decide what is to happen with the Fisk and Crawford coal-fired power plant sites when they go offline, as well as the best way to clean up pollution from the centur... »
Celebrating Social Justice Week with CPS
Illinois Review Political Analysis
Apr 25By The Cranky Housewife - There is an excellent exploratory series being featured on EAGNews.org this week. It focuses specifically on Chicago Public Schools' Jones College Prep High School and its advocacy of an event called "Social Justice Week." Per... »