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Anti-Wall Street demonstrators of the Occupy Chicago movement stood their ground in a downtown park in noisy but peaceful defiance of police orders to clear out, prompting 130 arrests early Sunday, authorities said.Occupy Chicago spokesman Joshua Kaunert vowed after the arrests that protes

Chicagoans might need to wake up a little earlier for the Gay Pride Parade next summer; parade organizers plan to start the festivities at 10 a.m. instead of noon. Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) said he hopes the move will make the crowds more manageable and decrease outside alcohol consumption."

This winter, Chicagoans will likely endure the worst winter in the U.S., according to AccuWeather.com.  Such a claim would add fuel to the winter coals over bragging rights about, which city gets to use the term "snowpocalypse."

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced Tuesday that he would not run in the 2012 presidential election. Many thought the Garden State governor was the GOP’s best chance to win the White House.

Vacant properties received quite a bit of attention from the city of Chicago recently. This past July, the city passed an ordinance making banks and lenders responsible for the upkeep of empty buildings on their books.

The head of the union representing Chicago Transit Authority rail workers says he doesn't believe union members are completely to blame for CTA budget problems.CTA president Forrest Claypool said Tuesday that the agency is short $277 million heading into 2012, due to union contracts he said give wor

Federal health officials have raised the death toll to 18 in an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that they have confirmed 100 illnesses in 20 states, including Illinois.