Virgin America, the new California-based low-cost airline partly owned by British business magnate Richard Branson, will ask the Federation Aviation Administration on Thursday for two gates and eight arrival slots at O'Hare International Airport.
The University of Chicago has unveiled designs for a new glass-domed library designed by celebrated Chicago architect Helmut Jahn. The new building will be funded in part by a $25 million gift from U of C alumni Joe and Rika
A devastating earthquake that killed more than 8,700 people in China has left Chicagoans scrambling to reach their loved ones in and around the Sichuan province. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.
Refusing to preside over what he called a "kangaroo court," a judge Monday slapped a gag order on attorneys in the case of Anthony Abbate, the Chicago Police officer allegedly caught on video beating a bartender who refused to serve
The wife of a Baptist preacher from R. Kelly's hometown, a businessexecutive and a telecommunications company employee were the firstthree jurors chosen Monday for the R&B superstar's childpornography trial.
Wally Backman is hoping the three strikes rule only applies on the field in baseball. The former big league journeyman, who spent time managing in the White Sox farm system, is swinging at a blackball that's been placed on him,
A Hobart, Ind., teacher and his wife are in mourning Monday after their 23-year-old son was killed in Iraq. CBS 2 Northwest Indiana Bureau Chief Pamela Jones reports.
A federal prosecutor scornfully denounced political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko on Monday as the engineer of millions of dollars worth of state government fraud who engaged in "the corrupt use of power and influence to benefit himself and his friends."
A Chicago man who spent 26 years behind bars for a crime he says he didn't commit will have to wait a little longer to find out if the state will try him again. But as CBS 2's Mai Martinez
Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.
Parents claiming that childhood vaccines cause autism should not beawarded by the courts when the scientific community has alreadyrejected any link, U.S. government lawyers argued Monday on the firstday of a federal hearing.
Oil prices briefly spiked to a new record above $126 a barrel Monday but later wobbled with some investors buying on worries of falling supply and others selling in response to a stronger dollar.
This year the Global Food and Style Expo did not have the FMI show co-located along with the All Things Organic, Fancy Food Show and the U.S. Food Export Showcase so it was a slightly smaller show with less foot
With millions of stimulus checks going out to taxpayers, Wall Streetwants to know where that money will be spent -- and this week's datacould help investors gauge the mind-set of the average consumer.
Bicycle shops across the country are reporting strong sales so far thisyear, and more people are bringing in bikes that have been idled foryears, thanks to rising fuel prices, bike dealers say.
Tony Rezko is accused of using his political clout to line his pockets and those of his allies. It's being called the biggest political corruption trial since former Gov. George Ryan's trial two years ago. Monday morning the prosecution and
According to a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, 53 percent ofAmericans say they won't buy food that has been genetically modified.But CBS News investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports thatit's not that easy to avoid. While most packaged and processed
