Lara Weber

U.S. media giants are going to great lengths to win the exclusive story of former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch even though the Army private apparently remembers nothing of her...

Advocates for day laborers Monday called on politicians and corporations to create job centers to reduce solicitation for work on Chicago street corners. Officials with the Latino Union and the...

The U.S. government could hit the new $7.4 trillion limit on the national debt next year--any time from April through October, Treasury Department spokesman Rob Nichols said Monday. President Bush...

Tokyo dethroned Hong Kong as the world's most expensive city in an annual cost-of-living survey released Monday, while the surging euro currency sent European cities climbing in the rankings. U.S....

A federal judge heard arguments on a range of issues Monday but postponed sentencing Enaam Arnaout, who pleaded guilty in February to defrauding donors to his suburban Chicago Islamic charity....

Despite a claim of support by Cook County officials, Mayor Richard M. Daley has not told anyone his position on demolishing Cook County Hospital, his press secretary said Monday. Questioned...

4. U.S. prairie dogs banned in Europe The European Union banned imports of prairie dogs from the United States on Monday after an outbreak of monkeypox that has spread to...

Britain's Labor Party took their eye off the ball Monday as hackers attacked the party's official Web site, putting up a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush carrying his...

A ship carrying the cast of an Irish reality TV show crashed into rocks and broke apart Friday, but a producer pledged the show would go on. The vessel left...

The year-end school party in Catherine Poling's third-grade class this week was a bit unusual: Girls wore their best dresses and kids scribbled "Go Homework" and "I Homework" on the...