Officials of the Miss California USA pageant have strongly criticized titleholder Carrie Prejean but say it's not their decision whether she should be stripped of her crown.
An investigation by New York City officials into a charge KieferSutherland head-butted a fashion designer at a nightclub will show thestar of TV's "24" was not a wrongdoer or instigator, his attorney saidMonday.
Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have pledged to help the last survivor of the sinking of the ocean liner. The stars say they have thrown their support behind a fund that would subsidize Millvina Dean's nursing home fees.
The White House is keeping its distance from an entertainer's joke comparing commentator Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist. Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday was asked for President Barack Obama's reaction to the joke by comic actress Wanda Sykes at
Bond was set at $1 million Monday for a man and denied for a woman in the attempted scamming of a Gold Coast clothing store Saturday afternoon that ended with the police-involved shooting of the woman downtown.
A suspected gang member wanted by the FBI for allegedly dealing drugs in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood was arrested Friday thanks to tips from the public.
The main entrance to the Harrison Street Red Line stop at the south end of downtown is closed starting Monday, and the CTA is directing passengers two blocks south to Polk Street.
The Art Institute of Chicago on Monday dedicated an education center in its new modern wing, featuring a 20,000 square foot space with classrooms, studios and exhibits.
The Justice Department on Monday suggested the criminal trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is at least a year and a half away. And an attorney for Blagojevich estimated the trial would take six months.
