Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials inthis war-weary nation, which is the focal point of his proposedstrategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president.
In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, Iraq's PrimeMinister Nouri al-Maliki said he supported a plan proposed byDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troopsfrom Iraq within 16 months.
A group soldiers serving overseas, including some from the Chicago area, were overjoyed Saturday when presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama visited in Kuwait. CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports.
A minor derailment forced passengers to get off a Red Line train at the Cermak-Chinatown station Saturday evening, and afterward, a power problem forced the CTA to shut down part of the line just as a White Sox game wound
Mayor Richard M. Daley said Saturday he will not turn down any help fighting violence in Chicago, following a suggestion by Gov. Rod Blagojevich that Illinois State Police or the National Guard should be sent to fight crime.
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger wants Chicago area children to broaden their horizons and find activities that will keep them away from violence and gang activity. So he took more than 200 kids to the zoo. CBS 2's Mike
You may have heard that oil prices are way down, but if you filled up your tank today, you know that gas prices are as brutal as they ever were. CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports on if and when that
Former Notre Dame star Chris Zorich was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame Saturday, and he said when he graduated from Chicago Vocational Career Academy, he had no idea he would be a hall-of-famer.
