Boston Blackie's owner's arrest Giannoulias' latest headache
Two owners and an employee of Boston Blackie's have been charged in a scheme that cost a pair of banks nearly $2 million and created another political headache for Democratic Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias.
Conan coming to Chicago
NBC can keep Conan O'Brien off TV but they can't stop him from appearing on Chicago Theatre's stage. O'Brien is going on tour to perform live across the U.S. and Canada. "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour" includes stops at the iconic theater, where he brought his "Late Night" show in May 2006, on May 19 and 20. (The show on the 20th was added just hours after tickets went on sale due to high demand.) Tickets went on sale at Ticketmaster.com Thursday morning and sold out within hours for the Chicago appearances.
Ravinia's summer performers
Sting performing with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Ramsey Lewis celebrating his 75th birthday and Crosby, Stills & Nash making a Ravinia Festival debut will be among highlights at Highland Park's annual arts soiree.
Reid's wife, daughter injured in car accident on D.C. highway
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were being treated in a hospital Thursday for serious injuries they sustained when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck, a spokesman said.
NYC to pay up to $657M to settle ground zero lawsuits
NEW YORK (AP) — After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.
Suspect in ex-Naperville teen's murder case violated parole
SAN DIEGO -- A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one teen and suspected in the death of a second young woman violated his parole by moving too close to a school but was allowed to remain free.
Obama gives away $1.4M Nobel prize to charities
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said "do extraordinary work."
