Laura Hall was in court for a pre-trial hearing Monday. Her attorneys were trying to get statements she made to police thrown out.

Eight alleged gang members were charged after Chicago Police shut down an open-air drug market in the Austin neighborhood, police announced Monday.

A convicted bookie was jailed Monday after declining to testify at the trial of five reputed Chicago mobsters despite earlier receiving immunity from prosecution for anything he might say.

A 13-count indictment was announced Monday against a 37-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy on a couch in an alley as another man watched in Marquette Park.

Grieving families say they were ripped off by a funeral director in Chicago. They paid for servcies and he skipped town with the money, CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports. VIDEO: Hear From Grieving Family Members Who Say They Were Cheated

He vanished as quietly as he arrived. A pony is behind a mystery in the far south suburbs. His disappearance has people worried. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli has the tale. VIDEO: Watch More About The Pint-Sized Pony

One man was wounded in a police-involved shooting in the Calumet Heights neighborhood on the Southeast Side on Monday afternoon.

A small fire over the weekend in Longview has horrible consequences, sending a 2 year old boy to a Dallas burn hospital.

A Wood County man is in serious condition after a weekend shooting and two men have been arrested.

An East Texas deputy shot and killed with his own gun.

Here's Harry Reid's e-mailed statement on the Libby pardon (because let's call it what it really is): "The President's decision to commute Mr. Libby's sentence is disgraceful. Libby's conviction was the one faint glimmer of accountability for White House efforts

The following is from a report written and released by the Judiciary Committee in 1974 in the aftermath of the Watergate crisis. In the [Constitutional] convention George Mason argued that the President might use his pardoning power to "pardon crimes

Chris Dodd (by e-mail): "By commuting Scooter Libby's sentence, the President continues to abdicate responsibility for the actions of his Administration. The only ones paying the price for this Administration's actions are the American people." John Edwards : "Only a

Blood tests show former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson's blood alcohol level was below the legal limit when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving June 22, police said Monday.

New Knicks forward Zach Randolph took a couple of swings with the hockey stick he'd just been handed, then grabbed a spot alongside the Rangers' two new additions for a photo.

In a matter of a few days, the Esplanade will be packed with Fourth of July spectators, and this year, officials are taking even more precautions to ensure everyone is safe. More Massachusetts News

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President Bush commuted the sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on Monday, sparing him from a 2 ...ar prison...