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A suburban Chicago man was sentenced Tuesday for killing his wife and three children in 2007.

Jurors are set to begin deliberating at a potentially landmark federal civil trial focused on whether Chicago police adhere to a code of silence protecting fellow officers accused of wrongdoing.

Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of an Illinois powerbroker accused of trying to shake down a Hollywood producer for a campaign donation to then-Gov.

Stuart Levine, the star witness in the government's corruption case against William Cellini, is expected back on the stand Monday. He's giving an insider account of how people who pay attention to state boards that deal with the mundane business of government can make a whole lot of money.