The texts of Barack Obama’s recent speeches seem tailor-made for softening the White House’s often hostile description of American business, but the president’s impromptu additions are highlighting his efforts to subordinate business to government. (more)
CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois motorcycles and bicycles will be allowed to run red lights starting in 2012, but only in certain instances. (more)
GRAFTON, Ill. (AP) — Whether it’s the state’s shaky finances, its recent tax hike or strict gun laws, downstate Illinois knows it can always vent its frustration by blaming Chicago. (more)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has shared exclusively with The Daily Caller descriptions of three violent illegal immigrants recently released from custody in Cook County, Ill., instead of being forwarded to immigration jails and processed for deportation. (more)
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say four people are dead after a small plane crashed into a field near the northwestern Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake. (more)
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel explained Sunday that the reason his former boss, President Barack Obama, has been unable to bridge the so-called “partisan divide” as he promised to on the campaign trail is because the overarching goal of Republicans is to destroy the president’s prospects for re-election. (more)
Barack Obama learned about politics in Chicago, a city controlled by the Democratic Party machine of the Daley family. In recent weeks, sweetheart deals between Mayor Daley’s office and several union bosses have come to light. Those deals have made the unions bosses enormously wealthy. (more)
TISKILWA, Ill. (AP) — With flames shooting to the predawn sky from a train derailment just blocks from her home, a 17-year-old girl refused to evacuate until she helped a paralyzed young neighbor with cancer get to safety. She then banged on the doors of seven houses to make sure other neighbors were awake and out of harm’s way. (more)
Nearly two-dozen labor leaders are slated to receive a combined $56 million in municipal pension funds during their lifetimes, according to the Chicago Tribune. (more)
In light of the Solyndra bankruptcy, terms like “economic stimulus package” and “green jobs” now appear to be Team Obama code words for “kickbacks to political supporters so huge they would make a third-world despot green with envy.” (more)
Mitt Romney has a birthday gift for the president. (more)
Derrick Rose scored 28 points, Luol Deng contained LeBron James and the Chicago Bulls struck first in the Eastern Conference finals, pulling away to beat the Miami Heat 103-82 in Game 1 on Sunday night. (more)
Unlike his brothers, lawyer Michael and banker Bill, Mayor Richard M. Daley didn’t use the family name to amass wealth. He used it to amass power. But now, the mayor has a chance to convert his power into wealth. Which is what being a Chicago politician is all about, after all. (more)
A year ago, everything was going right for a woman we’ll call Sandy. She had a good job at a bank in the suburbs. She and her 10-year-old son had a safe home. (more)
So much for the new-and-improved, “I’m not a bully,” Rahm Emanuel. (more)
When deciding where to film the third installment of the Batman franchise, director Christopher Nolan made a bold move, choosing Pittsburgh to be the backdrop for Gotham City – not Chicago, the traditional Gotham City setting. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — This time, Charlie Sheen’s stage show began and ended with a standing ovation. (more)
CHICAGO — State and federal authorities have recovered more than a ton of marijuana from a warehouse on Chicago’s West Side and arrested two men as part of a drug sting. (more)
This spring, iconic supermodel Christie Brinkley is set to make her highly anticipated Broadway stage debut as the spunky, seductive murderess Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning musical sensation, “Chicago.” The blond bombshell and ex-wife of Billy Joel will perform in an eleven-week limited engagement starting April 4. Brinkley is not the first celebrity to sing and dance down the ‘Great White Way’ – take a look at the other Hollywood stars who left the screen for the stage in recent years. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked a judge Wednesday to cancel his upcoming retrial on political corruption charges and promptly sentence him on the sole conviction from the first trial, saying money woes prevent him from mounting an ample defense. (more)
