Surgeons at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Florida have given a teenage girl from Vietnam a new lease on life.

In a nine-page letter the FDA warns drugmaker Merck & Co. to correct the "significantobjectionable conditions" found during repeated inspections at their main vaccineplant between November and January.

After days of largely ignoring the media blitz his former pastor has waged, Barack Obama reversed course and denounced the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the strongest and most direct terms yet on Tuesday. It was a decision that may help

Barack Obama is looking to get his campaign back on track today after making a strong effort to distance himself from his controversial former pastor.

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has backed out of a special meeting in Palatine that many hoped would ease the friction over a sales tax increase that has escalated to a discussion of secession from the county.

For months, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have dominated political advertising. Increasingly, they are not alone. Partisan groups and the political parties are pushing their way onto the airwaves, often with negative ads that are adding an even more

Political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko got a former state official to deliver "black plastic bags" of cash through "narrow streets" to pay contractors threatening to slap an embarrassing lien on the governor's home, prosecutors told a federal judge Tuesday.

Senate Democrats advanced a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would allow voters to recall elected officials, but did it in a way that creates political and procedural roadblocks that still could keep it off the ballot this fall.

Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday he was outraged by the latest assertion by his former pastor that criticism of his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church.

Chicago friends of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Sen. Barack Obama say both men are simply sad following a controversy and eventual falling out that came to a head Tuesday. Just how did the battle of wills play out behind

Most of you probably know by now it's not a good idea to send private e-mails at work, or look at racy sites on the Internet. But did you know your company can limit what you do online after hours?

Chicago friends of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Sen. Barack Obama say both men are simply sad following a controversy and eventual falling out that came to a head Tuesday. Just how did the battle of wills play out behind

The family of a respected surgeon hopes a $10,000 reward will lead to three men who attacked him in Oak Park, inflicting injuries that eventually led to his death. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports the family is searching for suspects,