Recently added articles from Chicago Sun-Times:
Sox Get Their Man
Aug 01, 2009 ... Color Photo: Finally add Padres' injured ace Jake Peavy in a trade ...
Quinn's Billion- Dollar Dilemma
Aug 01, 2009 ... Color Photo: Governor points to a state budget awash in red ink - and a Legislature ...
Billion- Budget Dollar Slashing
Aug 01, 2009; Chris Fusco and Dave McKinney ... Despite billions of dollars in cuts, 2,500 planned layoffs and a strategy to save money by reducing the number of state prison inmates, Illinois is still awash in red ink. "We're implementing what some legislators screamed to the heavens for: cut, cut, cut. We've cut. We've cut from here ...
Economy could be on the verge of a comeback
Aug 01, 2009; Jeannine Aversa ... At last, the worst recession since World War II appears on the verge of ending. The economy dipped only slightly in the second quarter of this year -- falling at a 1 percent annual pace, better than expected. And many analysts think the economy is starting to grow again in the current ...
Kennedy ramps closing for safety work
Aug 01, 2009; Mary Wisniewski ... Downtown entrance ramps to the Kennedy Expy. will be closed starting today at Jackson, Madison and Randolph as part of work to make it safer to get onto the expressway. Work is to be completed this fall. The eastbound exit ramps at those same streets also will remain closed. Crews also ...
Ch. 5 moves stafford to 10 p.m. anchor slot
Aug 01, 2009; Lewis Lazare ... Rob Stafford has been named co-anchor, with Allison Rosati, of the 10 p.m. news on WMAQ-Channel 5, starting Aug. 10. Stafford also will front WMAQ's 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts with Rosati. He slides into the seat formerly held by Bob Sirott, who had been set to succeed Warner ...
Cash for clunkers gets $2B in House
Aug 01, 2009 ... Attention, car buyers: There's still time to get in on the "cash for clunkers" rebate rush. The House hastened to refuel the program Friday, voting to pour in $2 billion to prop up the trade-in deals that have all but overwhelmed suddenly booming car dealers and exhausted the $1 billion ...
Tiger escapes in Vegas, stays in Vegas
Aug 01, 2009 ... Police in Las Vegas say a tamed tiger that escaped from a magic act has been captured. Police say the residents in the city's northwest section reported seeing the tiger wandering their streets Thursday ...
$1 million bond for father accused of kicking wife, killing infant child
Aug 01, 2009 ... A 20-year-old man was ordered held on $1 million bond Friday, accused of kicking his wife and causing their 5-week-old son to fall to his death from a third-story porch in the South Side Chatham neighborhood. Jason Range was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his son ...
Get your groceries and a checkup too
Aug 01, 2009; David Roeder, and Sandra Guy ... The Jewel-Osco chain will open its first in-store health clinic in mid-August. The clinic, staffed by doctors and run by Physicians Prompt Care Centers LLC, will open at the grocery store at 9352 W. 159th in Orland Park. Dr. James Richardson, an owner of Physicians Prompt Care, ...
Atrocities continue to turn up at burr oak
Aug 01, 2009; Art Golab and Lisa Donovan ... A skeleton wearing a suit and tie sitting in an empty burial vault. Two bodies buried where there should have been one. And a married couple buried together -- only now the wife is missing. These were the latest gruesome details to emerge from the ongoing horror story at Burr Oak ...
Another show about nothing: seinfeld cast reuniting for larry david's 'curb'
Aug 01, 2009 ... Larry David said the on-screen reunion of the "Seinfeld" cast will be "tough to beat." The "Seinfeld" co-creator and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator and star said the cast will appear together in the finale of the upcoming seventh season of the HBO comedy series. It marks the ...
Legionnaire's disease closes CTA vehicle washers
Aug 01, 2009; Mary Wisniewski ... The CTA discontinued use of two vehicle washers at the Archer bus garage and the Midway L terminal after an employee contracted Legionnaire's disease. The employee was an electrician. The CTA has stopped using equipment he had worked on, as a "precautionary measure," while it studies the ...
Cars kicked off of some streets today for bikes, pedestrians
Aug 01, 2009 ... Motor vehicles won't be allowed on stretches of Kedzie, Sacramento, Franklin, Independence, Douglas and Marshall from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today to open streets to bicyclists and pedestrians. The ...
Northalsted fair VIP fee protested
Aug 01, 2009; Misha Davenport ... En Vogue, CeCe Peniston, Berlin and Jody Watley are all scheduled to appear on stage at this weekend's annual Northalsted Market Days. A donation of $7 will get you in -- but for a close-up view of the bands, you'll need to shell out an additional $50 for a VIP wristband. The Northalsted ...
State accuses Wells Fargo of mortgage discrimination
Aug 01, 2009; Michael Tarm ... Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Wells Fargo & Co. of discriminating against black and Latino homeowners by employing racially biased lending practices. "As a result of its discriminatory and illegal mortgage-lending practices, Wells Fargo ...
High hopes lead former Loop developer to prison
Aug 01, 2009; David Roeder ... A developer who once planned a new "world's tallest building" in Chicago pleaded guilty Friday to stealing more than $1 million from owners and tenants in office buildings he managed. Scott Toberman, 53, admitted he diverted the cash for personal use, pleading guilty to a federal fraud ...
News in Brief
Aug 01, 2009 ... Explosion at dental lab sends 1 to hospital An explosion at a dental laboratory rocked a Northwest Side strip mall, sending one person to a hospital. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said the explosion and fire Friday afternoon may have been caused by gas kept at the lab. One ...
U. of I. panel's verdict: All trustees should quit
Aug 01, 2009 ... The state commission reviewing the role that clout played in admissions at the University of Illinois decided Friday to recommend that Gov. Quinn call for all U. of I. trustees to resign and then decide which ones can stay. The commission is at the point where it can now "straighten out ...
Docs get time on abortion notification
Aug 01, 2009 ... A state board has decided to give doctors a 90-day grace period for violations of a long-dormant law on abortion that goes into effect next week. Illinois' Medical Disciplinary Board voted Friday to give doctors the extra time to understand their obligation to notify a pregnant girl's ...
