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The commander of American and Allied forces in Afghanistan began two days of testimonies before congress today. General David Petraeus called the gains fragile and reversible, but he said the US had stopped the Taliban momentum.

NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller stepped down on March 9. The move came in the wake of a video depicting an NPR fundraiser making disparaging remarks about members of the Tea Party. This personnel shake-up at NPR came at a particularly sensitive time for public broadcasting.

Part of the O'Hare International Airport expansion has been given the green light. Part of the big goal in expanding O'Hare is to construct runways that are parallel to each other and don't criss-cross.

Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is defending the use of nuclear power, despite the problems at nuclear plants in Japan."We are still challenged with the notion of nuclear waste: what we are going to do in terms of the safe deposit and safe storage of that waste.

Chicago aldermen are giving Richard Daley a bit of an easier time as the longtime mayor makes his exit from politics.

Illinois state Rep. Annazette Collins is getting a promotion to the state Senate.

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