CHICAGO (AP) -- Rats and roaches scurried across the floor, empty bottles of alcohol lay strewn about, waste backed up in a toilet, and it was cold. Chicago police alleged Sunday that those were the squalid conditions in a second-floor apartment at ...

(AP) CHICAGO - Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris plans to have a high-stakes showdown on Capitol Hill this week with Democratic leaders who continue to say he won?t be seated in Congress. Dozens of black leaders and ministers organized ...

Either Burris is incredibly shrewd and power hungry, or he is a complete moron. After everyone stated that anyone Blago appoints to the ? read more Senate would NOT be seated, this clown accepts Blago's appointment and then pleads self righteously ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Senate appointee Roland Burris plans to head to a Chicago airport this afternoon (Monday) as he prepares to leave for Washington. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris last week to fill Barack Obama's vacant seat in ...

CHICAGO : Illinois has become an "international laughing stock," the state's lieutenant governor said Monday in pledging to create an advisory panel to recommend ways to root out and thwart corrupt officials. "We are going to have a year of reform in ...

CHICAGO, USA: Actor and playwright Sam Shepard was arrested early on Saturday in central Illinois and charged with speeding and drunken driving, police said. Shepard, 65, told police in Normal, Illinois, he was passing through town and stopped at a ...

Monday, January 5, 2009 There's no doubt about it. The circumstances under which Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich named former state Attorney General Roland Burris to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama are far from ideal ...

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Chicago, Illinois -- Supporters of the man picked to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate have rallied around Roland Burris ahead of a high-stakes showdown in Washington. Senate Democratic leaders have said they might not seat Burris ...

Adam Burish, front, of the Chicago Blackhawks gets tangled with Adrian Aucoin of the Calgary Flames on Sunday at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves and Martin Havlat, Andrew Ladd and Patrick Sharp each had a goal ...

SPRINGFIELD -- More Illinois residents turned to food stamps last year to get meals on the table. Nearly 1.4 million people in Illinois used food stamps in November. That compares to nearly 1.3 million in November of the previous year. Illinois ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois lottery says one player matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing, earning a prize of $25.5 million. The lottery says the winning ticket was purchased at a gas station in the village of Wadsworth, just ...

CHICAGO -Illinois' embattled governor complained through his spokesman Saturday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is guilty of a conflict of interest in that Reid telephoned him in early December to discuss the seat being vacated by President ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Senate appointee Roland Burris has plans to speak before ministers and supporters before he departs for Washington. Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris to Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat last week, but ...

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In this Thursday, April 24, 2008 file photo, Mickey Hart, left, and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead talk before a news conference at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they'll regroup for a 19-city tour ...