Provides the latest RSS feeds for Chicago News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Chicago News.Net http://www.chicagonews.net/ en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:53:38 -0500 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:53:38 -0500 30 Vanessa Urbina, 23, of the 10600 block of South Avenue E, was charged at 11:10 p.m. Friday with one count of first-degree murder in the death of her infant daughter, police said. http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095429&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:24:52 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095429&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen Daylight savings time (DST) begins at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in November. Although most people think of it as turn... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095431&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:01:14 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095431&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Damen Jackson - Triple Play New Media It's never quite over until it's over.Robeson watched what was generally a double-digit lead for most of the game disappear in the final minutes, as Harpe... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095430&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:01:12 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095430&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Look in the mirror and what do you see? When the census form arrives in mailboxes this week, the complex answers to that question will help paint America's evolving portrait, with repercussions for... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095428&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:47:37 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095428&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that swept through an historic building in downtown Maywood overnight. The fire started a few minutes after 11 p.m. Friday night, but this was... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095427&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:42:29 -0500 ABC7 http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33095427&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa #zip2save_link_widget { border:solid 1px #dbdbdb; text-align:left; padding:10px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:14px; background-color:#FFFFFF; margin:10px 0; color:3a3a3a; width:... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093931&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:16 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093931&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter Back in 1924, the Chicago Police Department's rule book could fit in the palm of an officer's hand. Now the rules are compiled in six ring binders -- a 16-inch stack of pap... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093937&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:16 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093937&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter A federal judge said Friday he will decide next week whether Mayor Daley and a slew of Chicago aldermen subpoenaed by the defense must testify in the bribery t... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094378&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:15 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094378&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa DAVE McKINNEY Springfield Bureau Chief SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Quinn's administration fired three top Department of Corrections administrators Friday after repeated calls for a shakeup over the agency's ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094376&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:14 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094376&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa "),"") stng.sitelife.integration.initArticle("2100654,man-hit-changing-tire-031310", contenthead, document.location, "news", ["pubdate_ March 13, 2010"]); }//if true } BlogBurst_PostTitle: Man ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094379&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:13 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094379&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa SUN-TIMES STAFF At a southwest suburban high school, students and teachers are seeing doubles. Lots of them. Thirty-nine sets of twins now attend Stagg High School in Palos Hills. Twins make up abo... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094380&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:13 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094380&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa "),"") stng.sitelife.integration.initArticle("2100656,man-shot-in-leg-by-woman-031310", contenthead, document.location, "news", ["pubdate_ March 13, 2010"]); }//if true } BlogBurst_PostTitle:... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094385&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:12 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094385&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO -- Several former Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are among the more than 220 applicants for the post.Six Democrats ran in the February primary for the state'... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094386&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:11 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094386&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa NEWS-SUN After several days of warm weather and snowmelt, a flood warning has been issued for Lake County.The National Weather Service issued the warning for the Des Plaines River at Russell near... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094381&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:10 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094381&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa FRAN SPEILMAN City Hall Reporter The Daley administration Friday unveiled a $1.8 million overhaul of the city's Web site, which will make paying city bills online, applying for city licenses and find... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094382&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:10 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094382&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa HERALD-NEWS A burglary suspect who died early Wednesday when his vehicle crashed into some trees and burst into flames in southwest suburban Plainfield has been identified.Henry Wrobel was tenta... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093938&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:09 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093938&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A 17-year-old girl from south surburban Blue Island faces two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly killing her newborn during a home delivery in October 2009. Adeli... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094383&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:08 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094383&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Freedom, Justice and Bob -- three Waukegan police horses whose jobs fell victim to budget cuts -- are now in Washington, D.C., ready for work. The horses were donated to the Nat... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094384&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:08 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094384&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria-based Firefly Energy has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and both the city and County of Peoria say they may pursue legal action to regain $6 million they loan... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093965&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:07 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093965&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS While laying out his budget plan, Gov. Quinn sounded less like the leader of a state facing a $13 billion deficit than a guy looking to find a credit card with a better rate. When t... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094389&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:07 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094389&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS After more than a year of bids and counterbids, Deerfield-based CF Industries landed Terra Industries on Friday for $4.7 billion, creating one of the world's largest fertilizer compa... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093902&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:06 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093902&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ABDON M. PALLASCH Staff Reporters U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk said the arrest this week of a Giannoulias family friend and bank customer brings the amount of money Broadway Bank has lent to criminals to $5... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094395&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:04 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094395&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The Orange County district attorney has filed a lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp., accusing the automaker of knowingly selling hundreds of thousands of vehicles... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093904&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:03 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093904&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa "),"") stng.sitelife.integration.initArticle("2100660,manhattan-multi-vehicle-crash-031310", contenthead, document.location, "news", ["pubdate_ March 13, 2010"]); }//if true } BlogBurst_PostTit... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094390&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:02 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094390&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A man was shot multiple times when a vehicle pulled alongside him late Friday in the Far South Side Morgan Park neighborhood. At 11:45 p.m., police responded to a man who suff... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094391&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:02 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094391&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094396&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:01 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094396&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois consumers can get rebates on "Energy Star" qualified appliances purchased from participating retailers during certain days next month.The rebates will be... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093966&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:00 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093966&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A working smoke detector in a Naperville home "undoubtedly" saved the lives of the four residents who were home and sleeping at the time a fire started in a bedroom Saturday mo... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094392&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:00 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094392&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA -- Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks.Duke University researchers found a link between how a key stock... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094397&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:00 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094397&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois state senator got an insider's look at the problems still facing Haiti after it was devastated by an earthquake.Sen. Kwame Raoul of Chicago says he w... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094218&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:59 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094218&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS WILMINGTON, Del. -- Washington Mutual Inc. has tentatively resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in th... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094398&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:59 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094398&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa "),"") stng.sitelife.integration.initArticle("2100681,china-to-bid-on-us-rail-031310", contenthead, document.location, "business", ["pubdate_ March 13, 2010"]); }//if true } BlogBurst_PostTitle... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093963&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:57 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093963&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE A woman who worked as a busperson and server for a popular vegetarian restaurant in the Lake View neighborhood filed a federal lawsuit Friday against the restaurant and its own... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094394&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:57 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094394&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa "),"") stng.sitelife.integration.initArticle("2100622,CST-NWS-players14", contenthead, document.location, "sports", ["pubdate_ March 13, 2010"]); }//if true BlogBurst_PostTitle: Ex-hoops players... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094399&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:55 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094399&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa GANNETT NEWS For Oak Lawn construction worker Christopher Allaway, installing metal roofs while teetering on four-inch-wide steel beams is a rush. "That's when I know I'm alive," says Allaway, a 20-... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093926&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:53 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093926&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa GANNETT NEWS DETROIT -- Jim Sikes is finding out the downside of instant celebrity in the Internet age after his highly publicized trip in a runaway Toyota Prius: You have no secrets. As National ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093921&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:52 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093921&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa The Glass Slipper Project website .Kirner will keep busy with her work with Girls on the Run this spring, where she is an after-school coach for this running program in the city. Volunteers are involv... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094402&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:32:43 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094402&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Monday, March 1, 2010 Bull & Bear will debut their new Pajama Jam Brunch this weekend. Get ready for this brunch to take you on a trip back to your childhood with their … http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094401&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:32:41 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094401&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Manish Swarup If you're looking for a casual evening out surrounded by jazz and traditional BBQ ribs then this doesn't look like a regrettable evening out. Gather up your friends and grab some... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094400&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:32:40 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33094400&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Oprah Winfrey , will open her West Loop boutique for five final days starting Tuesday. Her daywear, eveningwear, wraps and one-of-a-kind accessories will be liquidated at 50 percent to 70 percent off ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093201&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:53:28 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33093201&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Dun Rite Tool & Machine Co. and had one thought. Perfect.The walls were perfect, the Cortland town president said this week, for a mural that would depict Cortland nearly a century ago as the town was... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33092527&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:54:30 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33092527&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Blessing Hospital after another security measure was launched March 1 at Blessed Beginnings, the hospital's birth center in Blessing at 11th and Broadway.A video-monitored entry system has been instal... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33092528&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:54:28 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33092528&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa BY STEVE CONTORNO Sun-Times Staff Reporter SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House decided Friday to reel in a controversial legislative tuition waiver program by barring recipients and their families fr... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091572&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:20 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091572&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa "),"") stng.sitelife.integration.initArticle("2100356,CST-NWS-rapes13", contenthead, document.location, "news", ["pubdate_ March 13, 2010"]); }//if true } BlogBurst_PostTitle: QUICK-THINKING ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091573&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:19 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091573&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa COOL FACTS ABOUT DYEING THE CHICAGO RIVER GREEN •• The Chicago River was first dyed green in 1962 to coincide with the St. Patrick's Day Parade. That year, 100 pounds of dye -- stirred up by mot... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091505&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:17 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091505&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa The crowds will likely be smaller, the parades shorter and the bars could be less packed. But businesses and residents -- and police -- in Beverly and Morgan Park still are gearing up for revelers Su... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091575&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:17 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091575&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa ASSOCIATED PRESS CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple is accepting pre-orders for the iPad, its new touch-screen gadget for reading books, watching video and surfing the Web. IPads with Wi-Fi wireless connec... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091577&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:13 -0500 Chicago Sun-Times http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091577&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Joe Henderson says flood chances are heightened as the spring season approaches. Henderson says residents should understand how to prepare for flooding and have an emergency plan.The city offers other... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091569&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:45 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091569&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Illinois Poison Center says children face the biggest risks. Of the 100,000 it fielded last year, 52 percent involved children 5 and under. The exposures ranged from carbon monoxide to mushrooms.One c... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091567&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:43 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091567&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Several former Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are among the more than 220 applicants for the post.Six Democrats ran in the February primary for the state's No. 2 spot.Political newcomer http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091570&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:41 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33091570&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Taoiseach Brian Cowen will today walk in the St Patrick’s Day parade in the city of Chicago ahead of his visit to the White House.Mr Cowen will attend Mass in St Patrick’s Cathedral in the city, w... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33090144&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:47:41 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33090144&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Cicero man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his 4-month-old son at a motel three years ago.After entering his plea Friday, 24-year-old http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088844&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:53:45 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088844&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa AP photo It happened on the quiet, forested streets of a small suburban village in the Chicago suburbs, a town remarkable for its stately architecture, including a notable Frank Lloyd Wright. But in m... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088845&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:43:12 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088845&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa American Idol's Top 12 contestants. During the dramatic final elimination before moving on to the big stage, Lee was the third guy to get the "Congratulations" from http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088846&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:43:11 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088846&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa LAS VEGAS -- To say Ken Williams and Ozzie Guillen worked together in helping produce one of the greatest moments in Chicago sports history is much more of an understatement than an exaggeration. T... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088843&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:38:41 -0500 Chicago White Sox http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088843&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa White Sox at the plate: After the White Sox were held hitless for the first five innings, Omar Vizquel broke up the combined no-hitter with a single to center to lead off the sixth. The White Sox had ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088842&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:38:40 -0500 Chicago White Sox http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33088842&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Peoria Manual seeks its sixth state championship Saturday night when it faces Robinson for the boys Class 2A title. Catlin Salt Fork will meet Sesser-Valier for the Class 1A championship in Saturday's... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087169&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:28:08 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087169&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa As part of more than $31 million in cuts from next year's budget, hundreds of Elgin Area School District U-46 staff members learned Friday they'll be losing their jobs at the end of the school year. http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087164&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:36 -0500 Daily Herald http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087164&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Kane County Coroner Chuck West admitted Friday that he allowed two deputies to remove a television from a dead man's house in 2007, but said he never intended for anyone to keep it. http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087165&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:34 -0500 Daily Herald http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087165&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa The forensic pathologist who conducted the initial autopsy on Drew Peterson's third wife, whose 2004 drowning was ruled accidental, died this week - three months before the start of the former Bolingb... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087166&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:32 -0500 Daily Herald http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087166&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Firefighters extinguish a controlled burn in a vacant Bensenville townhouse Friday as part of a training exercise for both firefighters and fire investigators. http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087167&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:31 -0500 Daily Herald http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087167&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa The unfounded fear about school boundary changes is just one example of the rumors district officials have been working to dispel since a list of proposed budget reductions was released last month. http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087168&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:29 -0500 Daily Herald http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087168&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa google.com It's been a very good day, who knew right?Friends on in the background, Drain STH blaring, (don't judge me, it came up in the playlist), and show listings a many on the desk-I actua... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087170&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:17:11 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087170&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Most of this week in Chicago, temperatures have been in the 50s and 60s. Therefore, it is likely that golfers and non-golfers will find only mud where a week ago, huge, snow piles existed. This is cer... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087172&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:17:08 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087172&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa View all » St. Patrick's Day is a joyous celebration in the Chain of Lakes area, in the far northwestern suburbs of Chicago. In Lake Villa, Illinois is a small town parade, where the townspe... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087174&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:17:06 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087174&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa IMDB.com Rachel McAdams is currently in talks to star opposite Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard in Woody Allen’s untitled movie that’s slated to start filming this summer, according to the... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087173&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:17:04 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33087173&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa police officials said today. The information shows a decrease in violent crime of 15.1 percent and property crime of 9 percent, marking the 14th consecutive month that overall, violent and property c... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33086570&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:03:29 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33086570&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa PEOPLE Husband Spencer Pratt has been managing Heidi Montag for almost five year, but now they are going their own ways… business wise that is.Montag said she is now being represented by a Mali... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085766&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:54:50 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085766&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa here ). The record was a superb shocase for the four-piece's dark and atmospheric-yet-accessible electro-rock, made even more impressive by the fact that it was self-produced and the group's first LP.... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085765&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:54:48 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085765&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa LAS VEGAS -- News of Jake Peavy being grazed by a comebacker in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday made its way to pitching coach Don Cooper in Las Vegas later that same evening. Instead of being shocked or w... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085760&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:50:15 -0500 Chicago White Sox http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085760&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Termel Jennings, an honor student with cerebral palsy, left a broken home in Joliet earlier this year to live with his aunt in Chicago. In early February, the 18-year-old registered at http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085763&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:42:00 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085763&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Craigslist and other secondary markets almost immediately after selling out Thursday, and the prices were still climbing Friday.The tickets, which originally sold for as little as $40 are going for mo... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085764&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:41:57 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085764&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Two men pleaded guilty Friday to concealing the homicide of a Northlake teenager whose badly burned body was found in a garbage bin on the West Side of Chicago in July.Christopher Gerken, 20, and Luis... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085228&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:41:54 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085228&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Capping nearly four months of controversy, DuPage Water Commission General Manager Robert Martin resigned Friday from the agency that distributes Lake Michigan water in the county.Martin, who has been... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085349&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:41:52 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085349&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa (5/5/2006) Evanston police say ignorance of the law is no excuse. Starting Monday, get caught driving with a cell phone in your hand and police will stop you. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports that th... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085756&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:43 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085756&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Imagine getting a barrage of text messages like these: "I've got eyes where you can't see" and "If I can't have you no one will." It's been happening to a Chicago woman for months. She's fed up and fa... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085757&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:40 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085757&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa a week after CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman told her story . As Ronnie Walker does her homework, you can't help but notice one of her folders. On it she wrote, "Life is what you make it." "I'm making i... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085758&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:39 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33085758&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Federal Aviation Administration will try to determine if a 3 1/2-pound piece of metal that fell through the roof of home there came from an aircraft.No one was hurt when the object fell into the home ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084481&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:41:45 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084481&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa aboutweightloss.com.au The new year started over 3 months ago. If you are like many people, you made a resolution to get healthier this year. After a couple of months, this initial motivation may have... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084483&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:31:08 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084483&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa After losing five of it's last six regular-season games, the Fighting Illini needed a win in the worst way. To have any hope of making next week's NCAA tournament, they had to beat Wisconsin. ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084484&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:31:06 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084484&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa wrote a column this past Wednesday regarding a recent Tribune Company memo, supposedly passed down directly from Tribune CEO Randy Michaels. In the memo Michaels is said to have penned, 119 words and ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084485&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:31:04 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084485&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- For one important night, Bernie Williams, Tim Flannery, Aubrey Huff and Bronson Arroyo found themselves on the same team. All four of these accomplished Major Leaguers were par... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084480&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:26:37 -0500 Chicago White Sox http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084480&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Chris Hayes realizes that he "throws weird." Essentially pitching underhand, he starts his throws down around his shoetops, and they flutter toward home plate to heckles of "This ain't bowling!" Fa... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084482&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:18:15 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084482&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa The number of Chicago-area homeowners who have received permanent mortgage loan modifications under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program increased by 50 percent in February, but the pace a... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084418&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:18:12 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084418&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa The economic recession has claimed a high-profile fashion victim -- the boutique store of one of first lady Michelle Obama's favorite designers. The Chicago Tribune reports Maria Pinto's store in Chi... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084477&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:13:06 -0500 ABC7 http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084477&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fourteen people, including eight women and a cross-dressing man, were arrested at a northwest suburban hotel in a sting operation targeting prostitution being advertised online. The operation was set... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084478&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:13:06 -0500 ABC7 http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33084478&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Chicago will close after a five-day sale that starts Tuesday. Some items will be 70 percent off.Mrs. Obama has worn Maria Pinto designs to several important events during her husband's political caree... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082911&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:27:18 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082911&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa After listening to testimony during a two-day trial, DuPage Circuit Judge Blanche Hill Fawell said Friday she will rule March 22 whether a Bartlett man inflicted fatal injuries on his girlfriend's dog... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082909&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:25:37 -0500 Daily Herald http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082909&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa One of the regular Chicago paranormal locations that Edward Shanahan ventures to on the S.W. side of Chicago, is the Archer Woods Cemetery, a location that is becoming known as one of the most paranor... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082912&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:16:08 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082912&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa View all » There has been much discussion surrounding the increase in vegetable gardens in the United States. The Chicago area is no different - we have also seen a rising interest in growing on... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082913&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:16:07 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082913&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa View all » How would you portray your comfort level in your relationship with your work colleagues who are from a different generation (Baby Boomer, Generation X and Millennials) than your own? ... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082914&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:16:03 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082914&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa TEMPE, Ariz. -- White Sox prospect Jared Mitchell was carted off the field during Friday's 10-7 win vs. the Angels at Tempe Diablo Stadium after running into the left-field wall to make a catch. M... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082910&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:11:06 -0500 Chicago White Sox http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082910&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa A co-owner of the Boston Blackie's restaurants bonded out of Cook County Jail today after he, his co-owner father and a restaurant manager were charged in connection with what prosecutors called a nea... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082900&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:02:25 -0500 Chicago Tribune http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082900&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa The Chicago Cubs will listen to manager Lou Piniella if he wants to return when his contract runs out after this season. "If he feels well and wants to keep going, we'll have an interesting convers... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082908&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:57:51 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082908&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Lots of elite athletes do altitude training to improve their performance. Now, doctors at one clinic say anyone can do it, too, simply by sitting around in a giant pod. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov shows us ho... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082244&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:57:50 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082244&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Chicago's City Council considers suspending enforcement of the city's landscaping ordinance, as small-business owners complain that compliance is too expensive in a recession. http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082817&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:47:01 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33082817&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Seneca man charged in the July 2007 beating deaths of an elderly couple are preparing a motion seeking to get the man out of solitary confinement.Lawyers for 42-year-old http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080284&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:29:16 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080284&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn sounded less like the leader of a state facing a $13 billion deficit than a guy looking to find a credit card with a better interest rate.When the state fails to pay public sch... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080285&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:29:15 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080285&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Cat litter maker Oil-Dri Corp. of America said Friday its board approved the repurchase of 250,000 more shares and declared a quarterly dividend on common and Class B shares.The company, which also ma... http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080286&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:29:12 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080286&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Eric Mason added 9 points.Sesser will meet Catlin Salt Fork in SaturdayÂ?s Class 1A championship game, while Madison will play Lanark for third place. http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080287&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:29:11 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.chicagonews.net/?rid=33080287&cat=c8ac3000ee01c7aa