Brandon Rush scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half, as the second-ranked Kansas Jayhawks beat Oklahoma, 64-47, in quarterfinal round action of the Big 12 Tournament at the Ford Center. Darrell Arthur added 10 points for the

An Alzheimer's mystery has come to a tragic end for a Yorkville family. As West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports, a 12-year-old disappearance has ended in a Leesburg, Fla. wetland.

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas are both asking for a rate increase. Both companies are owned by Integrys Energy, which used to be Peoples Energy.

The Department of Justice Inspector General says the FBI has repeatedly broken the law in its efforts to gets private information about people in the United States. The revelations came in the first annual report to Congress on secret administrative

New Century, one of the nation's biggest subprime mortgage lenders, may be headed for bankruptcy. Wall Street investment banks have forced the California-based company to stop issuing new mortgages as it comes under pressure from its own lenders. " E-Mail

The British government is looking into TV talent contests and call-in quiz shows, which may have engaged in televised rip-offs. Stephen Beard reports.

President Bush stops in Colombia to show support for President Alvaro Uribe. But Uribe is mired in scandal. Kai Ryssdal talks to foreign-policy analyst Adam Isaacson about the U.S.-Colombia relationship.

Stockbroker and business analyst David Johnson discusses with host Kai Ryssdal what happened on Wall Street this week and what may lie ahead.

This year's early change to Daylight Saving Time was part of Congress' effort to save energy. But Lisa Napoli reports that nobody factored in how much energy it would take to make the change happen.

It's an idea the director of schools has been thinking about for months and in his State of the Schools Address on Thursday, Dr. Pedro Garcia mentioned exploring the possibility of single gender classes or schools . | | Opinions

A report out today says FBI investigators have been playing fast and loose with national security letters, which let them access private information from businesses about their customers. Hillary Wicai reports.

Today China announced it's going to put some of its trillion dollars in currency in what will become one of the world's biggest investment funds. Alisa Roth looked into what Beijing might be buying.

Analysts are speculating that New Century Financial could be another casualty in the subprime mortgage market. How did the industry get in such a mess? Steve Tripoli reports it was step by reality-ignoring step.

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