Ryan Theriot #2 of the Chicago Cubs scores the winning run against the Milwaukee Brewers on a walk with the bases loaded on July 3, 2009 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

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Let's see, it's been a whopping 22 months since my favorite cyclist, Isai Madriz, mounted his rickety bicycle -- the one with the picture of his girlfriend, Danielle, taped to it -- to pedal from the suburbs of Chicago to Argentina and back up to Venezuela to raise money for low-income students to go to college.

CHICAGO - (Business Wire) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'AA-' unenhanced rating for Hospital Sisters Services, Inc.'s (HSSI) approximate $588 million of Illinois Finance Authority and Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority revenue ...

Oh, sure, professional fireworks displays are all glitter and dazzle on July 4. But check them out the day before, when crews are doing the nitty-gritty work to prepare for the big show, and things seem more than a little dull.

(AP) ? Three Illinois banks were shuttered Thursday as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks. Regulators shut down John Warner Bank of Clinton, Ill.; First State Bank of Winchester in ...

DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett wants another job. On Friday, Birkett talked with ABC7 about his decision to run for Illinois attorney general.

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) ? The prosecutor in DuPage County says a Naperville man has been charged with sexually assaulting a child at a daycare center run out of his and his wife's home. Prosecutors said Thursday that 43-year-old Jose Luviano faces one ...

Michigan may cut subsidies that keep Amtrak running along two of its three passenger rail lines in the state, a move critics say sends the wrong message as President Barack Obama is promoting high-speed rail.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chicago area stores are recalling beef implicated in a possible E. coli outbreak. The recall includes Chicago area Food 4 Less stores. The outbreak has hit Wisconsin and Michigan the hardest as six people have fallen ill in each ...

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Ben Gordon provided 29 points and six assists, and the Chicago Bulls came back to defeat the New Jersey Nets, 113-104, at United Center. Derrick Rose added 22 points, six assists and six rebounds for Chicago, which has ...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been selected as winner of the 2009 Sitting Duck Award, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists announced Friday.

July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Six banks in Illinois and one in Texas were seized by regulators as the deepening financial crisis pushed the toll of failed U.S. lenders this year to 52, the most since 1992. For the year, 12 banks in Illinois have failed, the ...

Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn't have Mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant.

Six Illinois banks and one bank in Texas were shuttered Thursday as government regulators proposed new rules for private equity firms seeking to take over failed banks. Regulators shut down John Warner Bank of Clinton, Ill.; First State Bank of ...

Southern Illinois University says its review of whether former Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his allies tried to influence student admissions at the school turned up two possible cases.

Growing up in Wheaton , John Gleich always wondered why the downtown portion of the Illinois Prairie Path -- which he walked to school -- included a distinctive rusty steel overhead bridge that seemed of another time. "It isn't the type of thing that ...

"I really felt I would have to leave my job prematurely in order to run for the county board." Paul Vallas, explaining why he decided not to leave his job heading the New Orleans schools to make a run at County Board President Todd Stroger.

State regulators closed six banks in Illinois and one in Texas, raising the number of bank failures in the U.S. to 52 this year. The seizures were the most in a single day during the financial crisis. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said the ...

Share + Jul 3, 2009 6:34 pm US/Central Reporting Mike Flannery It's no holiday for those battling over the state budget.

CHICAGO (AP) -- United Airlines' computers are back up and running at O'Hare International Airport, slowly easing long lines of passengers headed out for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. It's not clear whether all of the computers are functioning ...

Red light cameras have a new target. They can now do more than just catch speeders.

[Best Syndication News] The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced yesterday that they will taking over and closing a total of seven banks. This brings the total numbers of banks that have failed in 2009 to 52. The banks that are ...

I hate Chicago. Actually, it's a great city. I've visited there, I have had friends who lived there.

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois State Police say they'll increase drunken driving patrols across the state over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. State police and other law enforcement agencies promise increased late-night roadside safety checks, impaired ...

Ryan Theriot #2 of the Chicago Cubs scores the winning run against the Milwaukee Brewers on a walk with the bases loaded on July 3, 2009 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

CHICAGO - A campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant who'd been wait-listed get admitted to the University of Illinois, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Roland Burris has announced the appointments of two Illinois agricultural professionals to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

CHICAGO (AP) - Several thousand Illinois residents won't be able to hop in their cars and leave if they have one too many drinks at a Fourth of July party, thanks to a new law that already may be saving lives here and in other states. The law, which ...

The Red Wings won. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images When Chicago would no longer give him a long-term contract, Martin Havlat turned his focus to Minnesota.

CHICAGO -- A campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant who'd been wait-listed get admitted to the University of Illinois, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that ...

Several thousand Illinois residents won't be able to hop in their cars and leave if they have one too many drinks at a Fourth of July party, thanks to a new law that already may be saving lives here and in other states.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A campaign adviser to state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias helped a politically connected applicant who'd been wait-listed get admitted to the University of Illinois, according to a published report. The Chicago Tribune reported Friday ...

Major corporate failures, like GM and Chrysler, flash across front pages and Web sites.

The Taste of Chicago offers ten days of free concerts in Grant Park on Chicago?s lakefront from June 26 to July 5. Savings and value are taking priority for people this year, so this lineup of free concerts is more valuable than ever as the 29th ...

The PrivateBank and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois, Assumes All of the Deposits of Founders Bank, Worth, Illinois Media Contact: Andrew Gray Office Phone: 898-7192 Cell Phone: 494-1094 Email: angray@fdic.gov Founders Bank, Worth, Illinois, was closed today by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking, ...

Independence Day celebrations are the height of summer with fun, games, food and fireworks. Th esouthern Suburbs of Chicago feature a variety of celebrations and fireworks spectaculars that light up the skies in patriotic tributes and family friendly ...

The University of Illinois at Chicago is heading up a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute study to evaluate and increase demand for Internet-based smoking cessation treatments for young adults between the ages 18 to 24 years old.

CHICAGO (AP) ? Police say someone has used an explosive device to blow up a port-a-potty in a North Side Chicago lakefront park. Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli says no one was injured in the explosion early Friday morning and only the toilet ...

Teachersa unions must be willing to reconsider seniority provisions, rework tenure provisions, and work with districts to create fair ways of incorporating student-achievement growth in teacher evaluation and compensation, the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said today.