When Quincy, Ill. And Cedar Rapids, Iowa were ravaged by floods last month, there was a human toll paid in damaged property and lost homes, but there was also a toll exacted on pets, as CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.

A man suspected in a Saturday morning Wicker Park bank robbery slit his throat with a box cutter as police were moving in to arrest him, sources said.

A man who heard a possible intruder in a downstairs apartment unit was fatally shot early Saturday in the Lawndale neighborhood.

A South Side family is mourning the loss of a five-year-old Saturday night. The little boy fell into Lake Michigan on Thursday, and rescuers found him some 20 minutes later. It turns out the child was in the care of

Federal appeals courts, interpreting Supreme Court decisions dating to1993, consistently have said companies that offer health, life andretirement benefits under ERISA cannot be sued for large amounts ofmoney, or damages.

Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November.

A Minneapolis hospital is playing a key role in the development of a new cancer vaccine. The concept is to give the immune system a super-boost, then unleash it on some of the toughest cancers.

Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico.

A 22-year-old man was found shot and wounded early this morning on a CTA 'L' platform downtown.

A helicopter on a sightseeing tour run by Skydive Chicago clipped a set of power lines and crashed into the Fox River Friday night near Ottawa, authorities said.

Thursday night marked the third time in the last four years that gun violence has erupted at or near the Taste. With the world's eyes on Chicago as a finalist for the 2016 Games, Chicago Police are trying to make

A man is in serious condition after being shot by a police officer Friday evening in the Southeast Side's South Chicago neighborhood.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest Friday evening on the South Side.

For the first time since the September 11th attacks, the Great Lakes Naval Station has reopened its doors to the public. Thousands jammed the base today for a holiday celebration. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports.

A 22-year-old man was killed and another man was critically injured in a drive-by shooting Thursday night on the South Side.

Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. Butthat doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seatin Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.

When Vietnam War veteran Rep. John Murtha turned against the war in Iraq two years ago, it made national headlines. Murtha hasn't exactly backed away, but now he acknowledges that the war effort is going better.

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has excited many with the notion that he is a new,transcendent type of politician. But he is giving the GOP effortammunition and endangering his "Change We Can Believe In" motto withseveral shifts to the