Charlie Meyerson

(All times local to this newspaper) : Iraqi assets frozen. The Bush administration is seizing $1.74 billion in Iraqi assets already frozen in the U.S., saying it will use the...

A new ranking of the nation's best business schools brings a wealth of praise for Northwestern University but declining fortunes for the University of Chicago. Business Week magazine's Oct. 2...

Chicago police today dropped first-degree murder charges against Joseph Lopez, instead deciding that another man, Miguel Figueroa, is responsible for shooting 12-year-old Miguel DeLaRosa last Wednesday, according to police. Figueroa,...

(The following incorporates material from earlier editions of Daywatch.) One of the most famous alumni of the Chicago Bears, Dick Butkus (shown here in 1972), will coach the city's new...

A South Side man was injured Sunday night after three men drove up to his house and shot a Roman candle firecracker at him, police said today. Tyrone Bobo, 35,...

A felony charge has been added to the misdemeanor charge against a man who allegedly pushed a 69-year-old census worker down the stairs of an apartment building after being angered...

Following the explosion early Sunday morning of a home across the street, a Catholic school on Chicago's Southwest Side will be closed today and Tuesday. The pastor emeritus of St....

On a day when Commonwealth Edison's parent company, Unicom Corp., might have hoped to keep the spotlight on its merger with Philadelphia-based Peco Energy Co., ComEd was working to explain...

The blacked-out Web site of Ty Inc., the secretive Oak Brook- based maker of Beanie Babies, gave way to a surprising announcement Tuesday afternoon: The company apparently is retiring every...

United Airlines is back at full strength hours after an early morning fire temporarily closed part of the airline's terminal at O'Hare International Airport. "As of 10:30 our flights were...