The economy, and especially its impact on the middle class, has emerged as the central focus of the presidential campaign, given skyrocketing gas prices, high job losses and rising food costs. Both candidates were launching weeklong efforts to highlight their
A northwest suburban Chicago man is being held without bond on chargesthat he possessed more than two dozen vials of a deadly nerve agentinside his home.
Brewer InBev turned up the heat in its $46 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch, announcing Monday that it will attempt to remove the company's entire board.
A stronger dollar and signs that tensions were easing in the Middle East sent benchmark crude prices tumbling more than $4 Monday. Light, sweet crude for August delivery fell $4.67 to $140.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market.
Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort tooust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successfulrebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bidfor Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal.
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Chicago Public Schools a $5.2 million grant for the creation of Smaller Learning Communities, or schools-within-a-school, in four large CPS high schools over the next five years, according to CPS.
With 7 weeks left until the start of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the convention committee confirmed Monday morning that Barack Obama will accept the party's nomination at Invesco Field Aug. 28. The Democrats will also start moving into
U.S. stocks headed for a mixed open Monday as investors await the arrival of second-quarter reports from companies to help determine where the economy is headed.
Despite high fuel prices, the sagging economy and a rash of shootings, organizers say this year's Taste of Chicago drew more than 3.5 million visitors.
Adding to this summer's air travel woes, passengers who use the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line trains to get to and from O'Hare International Airport will face another inconvenience for most of July.
For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.
There's a great unknown about Sen. John McCain's health plan: How manyemployers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because ofhis tax policies?
Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat, accused Republicans of puttingseniors and military families at risk by siding with President Bushagainst a measure to prevent Medicare cuts.
