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Chicago's news media just got their summer back. That's something I overheard countless newspaper reporters, TV anchors and camera operators say at the Dirksen Federal courthouse on Monday.

The longest-running breast cancer screening study ever conducted has shown that regular mammograms prevent deaths from breast cancer, and the number of lives saved increases over time, an international research team said Tuesday.The study of 130,000 women in two communities in Sweden showed 30 perce

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says Rod Blagojevich’s conviction on federal corruption charges Monday shows a need for more state government reform.Quinn says Illinois has taken strides to lift ethics standards since Blagojevich’s 2008 arrest.

Jurors who convicted Rod Blagojevich on 17 corruption charges on Monday said they did not buy the ex-Illinois governor's argument that his scheming was just talk.Jurors said the charges that were were most clear cut had wire tapped phone calls as evidence.Those calls show Blagojevich scheming to pro

 Pat Brady:Illinois Republican Party Chairman“I'm glad that the verdict is finally in on Rod Blagojevich. However this closes only one chapter of Democrat corruption in Illinois.

While much of the world was enjoying leisure activities today (many of them in the United Kingdom, as you'll see in our gallery), these Pakistani sailors were where they've been since late last year- at a police station in Mumbai.

Even after 911 tapes released to the media included calls from people reporting young people fighting and making threats on a popular Chicago beach, police say the decision to close the beach on Memorial Day was tied to the heat and not violence or threats.In a statement Friday, police reiterated wh