Monthly Archives: November, 2010

Police in Chicago are investigating the stabbing deaths of a mother and her two daughters whose bodies were found in an apartment on the city's South Side.

Gov. Pat Quinn is asking schoolchildren across Illinois to make holiday cards for troops.

Chrisette Michele has never been a run-of-the-mill R&B singer, and the Grammy Award-winner pulls even further away from the pack with the gutsy "Let Freedom Reign."

Panicked Nigerians formed long lines at gas stations to stock up on fuel and diesel Tuesday as the second day of a seven-day strike by Nigeria's gas tanker drivers union took hold in Africa's top oil-producing country.

An Illinois House committee has approved a measure that would allow gamblers to smoke for the first time in nearly three years on riverboat casinos.

President Barack Obama will announce a two-year pay freeze for federal employees that the White House says is necessary to put the country on sound fiscal footing.

A 36-year-old Chicago man arrested last week on domestic battery charges is being held without bail after authorities discovered he was wanted in the 2009 slaying of a teenager.

Posing for cameras at a red-carpet event is an everyday occurrence in the entertainment world, an almost mandatory requirement for Celebrity 101.

A new report on eating disorders cites data showing a sharp increase in children's hospitalizations for such problems.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health regulators said Monday that two drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men, though scientists questioned the drugs' overall benefit, since the tumors they prevent are usually not life-thre