Tim Jones

It was near the blessed end of seventh-period social studies when Mrs. Morris, a dry, humorless woman, headed toward the upper left-hand corner of the blackboard, which was green. With...

When the government announced the surprising news Thursday that wholesale prices for September plunged 1/2 of 1 percent-the biggest drop in more than a year-it was hailed as good news...

It was Monday and the Marines had not yet landed when the tactical decision was made almost 1,400 miles away from Port-au-Prince. The response was swift and furious. "We were...

The Supreme Court ordered a rehearing Monday on the law that requires cable television systems to carry local broadcast stations but stopped short of overturning the regulation, which cable operators...

John W. Madigan, Tribune Co. executive vice president and head of its publishing group, Tuesday was elected Tribune's president and chief operating officer by the company's board. The election of...

For the fourth time in a decade, the Chicago Sun-Times, the nation's 11th-largest daily newspaper, has been sold, this time to Canadian press baron Conrad Black. The surprise $180 million...

The newsrooms of Southern California, like the homes and highways, were in disarray Monday morning, despite contingency plans that have long anticipated "The Big One." The Los Angeles Times' downtown...

In the last two days, 12 children were brought to the Grand Crossing District police station on Chicago's South Side after having been abandoned by their parents, police and child...

Gov. Jim Edgar's office has begun an internal review of outgoing Public Aid Director Phil Bradley's recent approval of a multimillion-dollar contract with a company he will indirectly be working...

After failing in her attempts to visit the Art Institute, the new Chicago public library and Carson Pirie Scott`s State Street store, Janice Barton approached a police officer helping with...