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With his reported decision not to run in 2010, the tumultuous era of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris comes to an end. Lessons learned?

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Four people have been charged with dismembering human bodies after as many as 300 people were dug up and dumped so the burial plots could be resold.

Jul 9, 2009 | 11 comments

The plea agreement and cooperation with federal authorities of Rod Blagojevich's former chief of staff is certainly bad news for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but is it also bad news for Mayor Richard M....

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An Amtrak passenger train struck a car that had skirted a gate at a road crossing near Detroit on Thursday, killing all five teens in the sedan.

4 hours ago | 81 comments

As many as 300 human bodies were dug and removed from their graves so the plots could be resold in a money-making scheme at Alsip's historic Burr Oak Cemetery.

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Families are flocking to Burr Oak to find out what's become of their loved ones' remains at the cemetery that was once the only one in the area that would accept African Americans.

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The Burr Oak Cemetery was for a time the only cemetery where Black people could be buried in Chicago. Keiana Barrett, with the DuSable Museum of African American History, talks about what the desecration...

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Burr Oak Cemetery -- known as an historic resting site for a number of prominent African-Americans -- has drawn complaints from visitors appalled by the apparent lack of care and upkeep.

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We can’t imagine toilet-papering the Lincoln Memorial or spray-painting the White House, but leave it to Greenpeace to unabashedly deface Mount Rushmore.

Jul 8, 2009 | 608 comments

A musician whose favorite guitar was smashed by United baggage handlers writes a song about it, which turns into a YouTube hit. You're welcome, United.

Jul 9, 2009

Ever been poked on Facebook? How about Twitter – ever been RT’d? That's more than the New York Times' social media editor can say.

Jul 9, 2009 | 5 comments

The city's effort to land the 2016 Olympics certainly has momentum going into the home stretch, but it's momentum in exactly the wrong direction for local Games organizers and advocates. First, the fallout...

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For something that’s supposed to make you clean, we’ve never heard of a dirtier shower.

Jul 9, 2009 | 2 comments

Giving is good. Except when you give to someone who does something bad with what you gave them. Let's explain.

Jul 9, 2009 | 2 comments

A man who allegedly raped a woman at knifepoint early Thursday in the Logan Square neighborhood was arrested shortly after the attack on the Northwest Side, the Sun-Times reported. The rape occurred in...

Jul 9, 2009 | 1 comment

This is the kind of abuse of power and offense against competency that the Blagojevich impeachment was made of.

Jul 8, 2009 | 4 comments

John Harris, the chief of staff to Rod Blagojevich, has pleaded guilty to federal charges and promises to help the prosecution mount their case against the former governor.

Jul 8, 2009 | 1 comment

Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Jul 8, 2009 | 1 comment

A Chicago father of three was killed in Afghanistan Monday when the vehicle he was riding in was hit by a roadside bomb.

Jul 8, 2009 | 55 comments

If Mayor Richard M. Daley follows precedent, he will appoint a pastor who equates homosexuality to drug addiction to the city council before the month is out.

Jul 8, 2009

The former dean of the University of Illinois College of Law says students she was forced to admit because of clout didn't take spots away from more qualified applicants.

Jul 8, 2009 | 8 comments

It looks like Lisa Madigan wants to keep the title of Attorney General.

Jul 9, 2009 | 3 comments

In this market, just about anyone could get into the bidding and be competitive. In this market, just about anyone could get into the bidding and be competitive.