- Kennedy: I'll 'work twice as hard'
- Kids offer up their views of presidents
- Pakistan-India tension rising
- Violence keeps Mexican kids home from school
- Chinese warships combat piracy
- Deep Friday sales not a money pit
- Mom sues car dealer in son's overdose death
- Still grillin' and chillin' in the suburbs
- 'Wrong planet' if he is guilty
- Blago Obama drama
- For the gov, so many legally obligated events, so little time
- What's causing all the change?
- Walking on the wild side
- Making a mess of things
- Man charged in beating deaths of boys, 7 and 10
- The idea just popped into his head: bubble wrap calendar
- U.S. judges make push for pay hike
- Father, son plead not guilty in Oregon bank bombing
- Man says Mexican cops threatened him with lion
- Aussie Web plan has users' world upside down under
- Blast in central China leaves 13 dead
- Wis. dispatcher suspended in student death
- Heavy fog cancels all flights at Midway
- Shooting reported at Ford City Mall
- Police nab present stealer
- Obama's 'rabbi' remembered
- City asks residents to help prevent flooding
- Sun-Times Media Group revamps Elgin paper
- One adult, 2 children hospitalized after CO leak
- Plane becomes stuck in snow at Midway
- Rock band Chicago's writers sign deal: Taking Names blog
- Pakistan moves troops toward Indian border
- Stocks up after GMAC lifeline, dip in retail sales
- Retailers slash prices to entice holiday shoppers
- Man in Santa suit kills 8, self on Christmas Eve
- 14 hurt in NY when car crashes into Hanukkah party
- The latest buzz for beekeepers is crop insurance
- 6 Chinese go on trial for selling melamine
- 3 Chinese navy ships leave for Somalia
- Lawyer: Zimbabwe activist held in notorious prison
- Israel opens Gaza border for humanitarian aid
- Coup leader absent from Guinea strongman's eulogy
- 'Pedestrian incident' stops train on Northwest Side
- Weather causes Metra and CTA delays, cancellations
- Weather update: 'Everything is a sheet of ice'
- Police search for abandoned infant's mom
- Sweetening up a sour shopping season
- UIC contest powers young entrepreneurs
- Literacy rank nothing to write home about
- Irish bank crisis halts work on the Chicago Spire
- White churches get more minorities
- Stores slash prices, hope for sales binge
- U. of C. research proves it: We like givers, not takers
- American Girl 'Doll of the Year' gets elaborate debut
- Looking to beat boredom?
- Prosecutors hit gangs where it hurts -- their wallets
- Metro briefs
- Someone's in the kitchen with DNA
- 2008 full of cheesy stories
- Less darkness on the edge of town
- Lobbyists won't be shut out Jan. 20
- Sleep in -- it's good for your heart: study
- Hotspots: Breaking news from around the world
- German chopper scares off pirates as they attack ship
- Can cookies get this kid to Washington, D.C.?
- U. of C. economist rips federal bailouts
- 14 hurt in NY when car crashes into Hanukkah party
- 'Sopranos' actor 'Johnny Cakes' dead in suicide
- Kennedy, in Senate bid, hasn't disclosed finances
- Giving in tough times balancing act for companies
- Pope appeals for solidarity in tough economy
- Police: Tear gas grenade kills 5 in Peru nightclub
- 'We are stronger': Israel set to invade Gaza
- Firefighters put out extra-alarm fire at meat-packing plant
- Dog caught bone-lifting at supermarket
- Palin beau's mom dealing OxyContin: cops
- Nobel-winning playwright dead at 78
- For first time, Christmas official holiday in Iraq
- Man dressed as Santa opens fire at party
- 17 dead in Ukraine apartment gas blast
- Water main breaks in Gold Coast
- Fire breaks out at South Holland home
- Movie usher charged for fatally stabbing teen
- One year later, a family gets another miracle
- Blagojevich tops naughty list in poll
- Cops play Santa to kids of wounded officers
- Holiday travelers getting a break after all that snow
- Last-minute shoppers find bargains
- New church gives everything it gets in offerings
- One year later, a family gets another miracle
- State Capitol nativity has company this year
- 'Glorious' Obama coin no more than a trinket
- $300M railroad deal approved
- Metro briefs
- Christmas closings
- Scandal is French aristocrat's Waterloo
- Church takes on thorny challenge
- Empire St. strikes back
- Obama drops in on troops in Hawaii
- Mexican beauty dating drug lord
- Plane slides off O'Hare runway
- Red Cross sees 34 percent drop in donations
- Blagojevich's lawyer asks House for subpoenas
- Fire victims get $1 million Christmas gift
- Foster mom raised 300 — and she's single
- Man faces charges of pushing GOP worker
- Teens accused of harassing man to death
- Prosecutor accidentally shoots herself
- Arrow pops inflatable Santa Claus
- Bush has 2nd thoughts about pardon
- Poor boy's Santa letter inspires gift deluge
- Iran dictator predicts what Jesus would do
- Sex-on-beach couple make it home for Xmas
- Germany sues Italy over Nazi lawsuits
- Chirac's daughter: Was crime racist?
- 400 dress as Jesus, walk around K.C.
- California opens free law school
- BlackBerry maker accuses Moto of blocking job offers
- Training ordered after headscarf arrest
- Escalator fires bullets in store
- Last-minute shoppers can't save dismal Christmas
- Feds approve CN rail purchase
- Guv's woes are big gift for some: Greg Hinz blog
- CN purchase of the EJ&E approved
- Deicer fumes affect plane passengers