MIAMI - Shaquille O'Neal is prepared for the Miami Heat to trade him, a confidant of the 14-time All-Star told The Associated Press and the Phoenix Suns were poised to deal two players for the center. O'Neal's associate, who spoke on condition of anonymit
It's a double award this week for the Chicago State men's and women's basketball teams. Jasmine Dixon of the women's team was named as the NCAA Division I Women's Independent Player of the Week while men's guard David Holston garnered yet another as the N
Rampant gang conflicts and unemployment in two neighboring communities on the West Side have long stifled growth and opportunities in the area. But the idea to transform an old fire station into a community arts center could be the beacon of hope the area
Watching the grim reality of many of his congregants standing in line for non-perishable foods every week moved a South Side minister to launch a community forum to address the issue of hunger. Leonardo D. Gilbert, a minister and community activist, is sp
Ald. Ed Smith said the people spoke, but not for him Cook County Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore slid to an easy victory in Tuesday's election over challenger Ald. Ed Smith (28th). Moore collected 219,179 votes, Smith had 126,930.
A gunman who killed five women at a suburban Chicago clothing store sexually assaulted one of his victims, police said on Wednesday as the attack's lone survivor commented publicly for the first time.
LAFAYETTE, Tenn. - Residents in five Southern states tried to salvage what they could Wednesday from homes reduced to piles of debris, a day after the deadliest cluster of tornadoes in nearly a decade tore through the region, snapping trees and crumpling
PHILADELPHIA - The checks to Temple University really were in the mail ù for $5 million. It was a total surprise for the school to receive the anonymous donations, which arrived in a pair of nondescript envelopes sent via U.S. mail from a bank in Arizona,
Oprah Winfrey, one day removed from the campaign trail, wasn't too busy to vote or to help Tuesday. Winfrey, who has campaigned for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (DIll.) in several key states, was home in Chicago voting when she apparently heard another voter wa
Considered by some in the political arena as Sen. Barack Obama's protégé,William D. Burns defeated Democratic incumbent Elga Jefferies to become the new state representative for the 26th District. “I knew he had it in him,” said
