Monthly Archives: April, 2009

LAGOS, Nigeria — Amnesty International said Thursday that police battling criminals and militants in Nigeria's restive southern oil region are using increasingly violent means, including torture and illegal killings.

The Chicago Bears will play all four conference finalists from last season during the 2009 schedule.

Chris Duncan is back and better than ever — at the plate, anyway.

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. Chief Executive Fritz Henderson said Friday that a bankruptcy filing is "probable" because of the restructuring goals GM must meet to get more government loans, but that isn't the company's preferred option.

Gov. Pat Quinn's good friend Dr. Quentin Young promises to do all he can to ensure the scandal-plagued Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board is honest.

NEW YORK — Brady Green turned up at television studios from coast to coast in search of Tyra Banks and said he and the supermodel "had a thing together."

Oprah Winfrey sent her first "tweet" during a taping of her television talk show.

NEW YORK — "One Tree Hill" actor Antwon Tanner has pleaded not guilty to involvement in a Social Security scheme.

NEW YORK — When gay rights leader Harvey Milk attended high school in suburban Long Island in the 1940s, and later taught math and history and coached basketball there, he kept his sexuality a well-guarded secret.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Just in case anyone was wondering, Bulls point guard Derrick Rose made one thing clear Thursday.