Cohen’s troubled trail
Scott Lee Cohen sold himself to Democratic primary voters as a shining example of integrity, transparency and business acumen. "Scott is prepared to bring his professional and life experience to...
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Peterson attorney ‘not just another pretty face’
Don't hate Reem Odeh because she's beautiful. Seriously. She doesn't want your superficial opinions -- and her law firm's publicist wants to make sure you get the message. Odeh, one...
Judge officially OKs Dugan death verdict
With the courtroom emptying Wednesday after Brian Dugan was formally sentenced to death for the 1983 rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico, Sue Grbic tentatively approached the slain girl's...
R. Kelly: I believe I can write a memoir
R&B superstar R. Kelly, who has said "I don't even read really," announced Wednesday that he will publish a memoir in early 2010. The Chicago native -- whose real name...
Juror sticks by Dugan death sentence
A signed form indicating a DuPage County jury originally had decided on a life sentence for Brian Dugan could be the basis for arguments in the mandatory appeal of the...
Juror sticks by death for Dugan
A signed form indicating a DuPage County jury originally had decided on a life sentence for Brian Dugan could be the basis for arguments in the mandatory appeal of the...
Vigil is planned for slain soldier
High school classmates of Army Pfc. Francheska Velez will hold a candlelight vigil Monday in an effort to comfort the slain soldier's grieving parents after the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre....
Army families mourn bright lives cut short
One Army private had just returned from Iraq after learning she was pregnant. The other was preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. Pfc. Francheska Velez, of Chicago, wanted to make the...
‘The train took my baby’
Joel and Rebecca Weinberg had just stepped off a Red Line train Monday evening and were headed down the Morse station steps when a woman rushed past them with a...
Chicago serial-killing trial: Jury selection begins in Andre Crawford case
Marion Lemott has spent nearly a decade waiting to see the man charged with murdering her daughter, waiting to look into the eyes of the man who authorities say is...