High-speed rail projects in California, Florida and Illinois are among the big winners of $8 billion in grants announced Thursday by the White House — the start of what some Democrats tout as a national rail-building program.... Full Story
A Chicago man accused of planning an armed attack on a Danish newspaper was charged Monday with conducting surveillance on potential targets in the Indian city of Mumbai before terrorist attacks there in 2008 that killed 166 people.... Full Story
When the news arrived, Rep. Bill Black thought at first it was somebody's lame idea of a joke. But it was true: The FBI had arrested the governor of Illinois, hauling him away wearing a track suit and handcuffs.... Full Story
The president of the University of Illinois plans to resign following reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones, Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday... Full Story
The Chicago Transit Authority has its first articulated hybrid bus paid for with federal stimulus funds... Full Story
 
Some Chicago residents hoping Olympics bid a bust
The mayor, the president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to Chicago from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games, but some around town hope ....  Full Story

Chicago Sky moving to suburbs in 2010
The team said Monday that the Sky will move from the 9,000-seat University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion to the 19,000-capacity Allstate Arena in Rosemont beginning with the 2010 season... Full Story

Blagojevich, promoting book, denies wrongdoing
The book gives Blagojevich's view of the scandal that led to federal charges that accuse him of — among other things — trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat once held by President ....  Full Story
Palin tops Blago for sitting duck award
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at the most ridiculed newsmakers in the United States... Full Story

 

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Daley to apologize for parking meter problems
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley says the city "totally screwed up" the implementation of a $1.15 billion lease of city parking meters to a private operator... Full Story

Oprah ponies up $54,000 for block party costs
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has paid more than $54,000 to the city of Chicago for her block party earlier this month that closed a swath of the Magnificent Mile.... Full Story

Illinois leading nation in bank failures for 2009
 Illinois leads the nation in bank failures so far this year, and a banking group warns that more failures are likely...
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Life in Obama's Chicago neighborhood
 A jogger has to alter his route because of security barricades. But a local barber shop is enjoying a tourism boom. And neighborhood residents have gained a reason to brag to friends — all thanks to President Barack Obama... Full Story
Chicago crime down 10 percent so far this year
 Chicago police say there was a 10.4 percent drop in total crime citywide in June compared to the same month last year... Full Story

Jumbled bones at cemetery may be hard to ID
Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones. Paper records in a rusted metal cabinet have dissolved into dust...
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No Asian carp found in channel where DNA had been
Officials say a week-long search turned up no Asian carp south of Chicago where the invasive fish's DNA was discovered this fall...  Full Story
 

• Cash for Clunkers generates 700K new car sales
• Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker
• College prices up again even as economy falters
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 Business News

Meltdown jolts consumers from financial fairyland
The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way. Last year's financial meltdown knocked the swagger out of Americans' views toward investing.    Full Story
 

• Honda president pushes founder energy, hybrids
• Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time
• Fla. judge delays hearings in UBS secrecy case
 
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 Travel

Boston airport tests radar to avoid bird strikes
ELogan International Airport is testing a specialized radar system the Air Force uses to protect its fighters and NASA uses to guard its $2 billion shuttles, as it considers stepping up its efforts at preventing collisions between birds and airplanes.    Full Story

• Still traveling for business, but carefully
• What happens when an airline cancels your flight?
• At Ga. aquarium, guests swim with whale sharks

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