Funds tough to figure for Rezko aid
As Barack Obama is finding out, it's not as easy to dump politically toxic campaign donations as it might seem. For the third time in more than a year, Obama's...
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Rezko put in jail; bail is revoked
Antoin "Tony" Rezko was roused at daybreak Monday from his Wilmette mansion by federal agents and ordered jailed by a judge who was disturbed that the politically connected businessman concealed...
Obama, Rezko ties again at issue
Suddenly, an old friendship forged on the streets of Chicago is threatening to make new waves in the Democratic presidential campaign. Hillary Clinton's charge this week that Barack Obama represented...
Obama giving away funds linked to Rezko
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that his campaign would give charities $40,350 in donations linked to his former friend and fundraiser Tony Rezko, a Chicago businessman who has...
Lender accused of fraud
After serving prison stints for rape and armed robbery, Edwin Evans reinvented himself as a financial adviser. Driving around town in a Lexus sedan and pin-striped suit, he promised cash-strapped...
Ex-sanitary chief comes full circle
These days, Bart Lynam navigates the Chicago sanitary district's corridors as a big-ticket contractor. Thirty years ago, he ran the place. "The guy comes back here, it's like he'd never...
Of big claims, insiders and a sludge plant
Eight stories tall and sheathed in corrugated steel, the windowless tower juts above the umber lagoons of the world's largest sewage treatment plant, in west suburban Stickney. Its outer walls...
Ex-sanitary chief comes full circle
These days, Bart Lynam navigates the Chicago sanitary district's corridors as a big-ticket contractor. Thirty years ago, he ran the place. "The guy comes back here, it's like he'd never...
Of big claims, insiders and a sludge plant
Eight stories tall and sheathed in corrugated steel, the windowless tower juts above the umber lagoons of the world's largest sewage treatment plant, in west suburban Stickney. Its outer walls...
Stroger godson wielded power behind the scenes
Orlando Jones, the top aide and godson of former Cook County Board President John Stroger, parlayed his connections into a lucrative career as a behind-the-scenes government consultant with ties stretching...