SPOTLIGHT ON CORRUPTION AT ILLINOIS SENTENCING
By MICHAEL TARM Former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers speaks at a news conference after being sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in a Chicago federal courtroom. Beavers, 78, was…
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CHICAGO POLICE: ASSAULT-STYLE RIFLE — USED IN ATTACK
By CARLA K. JOHNSON and HERBERT G. MCCANN In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, photo, a women becomes emotional near the scene of a shooting at Cornell Square Park in…
13 WOUNDED IN LATE-NIGHT ATTACK ON CHICAGO PARK
By HERBERT G. MCCANN Chicago Police detectives investigate the scene where a number of people, including a 3-year-old child, were shot in a city park on the south side of…
JACKSON JR.’S FUR CAPES, MEMORABILIA GO TO AUCTION
FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, to learn their fates…
WEALTHY BUSINESS EXECUTIVES EYE POLITICAL RACES
By THOMAS BEAUMONT File – In this Nov. 3, 2010, file photo GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley talks with reporters in Stamford, Conn., after hearing that Democrat Dan Malloy won…
WATERSHED PROTECTION GOAL OF USDA, COCA-COLA PACT
By TAMMY WEBBER FILE – In this March 5, 2013 file photo, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vilsack is scheduled to be at at the…
GUARDS HELP ESCORT CHICAGO KIDS TO NEW SCHOOLS
By DON BABWIN Safety Guard Renee Green high-fives Demari Hill, 5, as she heads to Gresham Elementary School with her parents Destiny and Anthony Hill on her first day of…
JESSE JACKSON JR. SAYS HE’S SORRY FOR HIS CRIMES
By MICHAEL TARM and FREDERIC J. FROMMER Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their…