Top StoriesNearly 90 percent of interstate highway miles in Illinois will have 70-mph speed limits starting Wednesday, but the sponsor of the law... Final farewell to slain officer: 'Just a good, strong person'Cook County said goodbye Saturday to officer Cuauhtemoc Estrada, the sheriff's investigator and Marine Corps veteran who was shot and killed... Just where will it be legal to carry a gun in Illinois?Illinois residents who apply for permits to carry concealed guns in public face another challenge: figuring out where it's legal to carry... |
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Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide attacker set off a bomb in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, investigators...
Retired teachers file first lawsuit against Illinois pension reform law
The Illinois Retired Teachers Association filed suit Friday challenging the constitutionality of the state’s historic but...
Obama prods Congress to act on unemployment benefits
WAIMANALO, Hawaii -- With unemployment benefits set to expire Saturday for about 1.3 million Americans, President Obama on Friday pressed...
Joyce E. Oatman, Chicago teacher, 1935-2013
Joyce E. Oatman was a 32-year-old science teacher at Crane Technical High School on the city's West Side in April 1968 when racial...
Watchdog Update: Illinois beefs up rules on medical training
Medical residency program officials soon will be required to tell the state disciplinary board when residents fail to complete their...
A celebrity zip-it list
The human body's primary design flaw is that when the mouth opens, nothing slides in place to keep a person's stupid from splashing out.
