Former Republican senator and Connecticut independent Gov. Lowell P.Weicker Jr. endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid Friday, saying theIllinois Democrat "has the smarts, quite frankly, to do a damn goodjob."
When Army Gen. David Petraeus delivers his assessment of the Iraq war next week, Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama willhave an opportunity to ask question the top U.S. military commander in Iraq.Â
A body was found in the south suburbs Friday, two days after the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl. Police are still working the scene at 10 p.m. Friday. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports the body was discovered Friday afternoon in
One person is dead and at least four others are seriously injured after a tour bus headed from Chicago to Minnesota rolled over onto its side in an accident on Interstate 94 near Albertville, Minn.
A man in his 30s is expected to be okay after a dramatic water rescue in the western suburbs. Police rescued the man after his car rolled over and landed in a flooded creek.
Rising jet fuel prices and a slowing economy are contributing factors in another airline's decision to file for bankruptcy, according to a company spokesperson. The closure is the third this week.
A person familiar with Microsoft's bid for Yahoo said Friday that the software company is "evaluating" its offer in light of the economic climate and the Internet pioneer's deteriorating business.
Workers' pink slips stacked ever higher in March as jitteryemployers slashed 80,000 jobs, the most in five years, and the nationalunemployment rate climbed to 5.1 percent. Job losses are nearing thestaggering level of a quarter-million this year in just three
An increase in the reward money was announced Friday for tips in the deadly Lane Bryant murders in Tinley Park. CBS 2's Pamela Jones police, church leaders and community members are pausing Friday evening to remember the victims of the
We've seen Iron Mike Ditka lead Da Bears to Super Bowl victory, lose his cool on the sidelines and we've even heard him sing the teams fight song. But did you ever think his talents would take him a step
When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., brought the civil rights crusade to Chicago in the 1960s, he had little to show for it by the time he left town. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery takes a look at how
For the Detroit Tigers, 2008 is starting to resemble 2003. A.J. Pierzynski drove in five runs with three hits, including a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning Friday that led the Chicago White Sox over the Tigers 8-5.
J.R. Towles did a handstand at home plate. And that was before he hit a home run. Towles' fourth-inning homer and Miguel Tejada's go-ahead triple in the eighth carried the Houston Astros over the Cubs 4-3 Friday and sent Chicago
