White House bans staff from using personal cellphones in West Wing
The White House is banning its employees from using personal mobile phones while at work, despite concerns among some staffers that they'll be cut off from children and other relatives trying to reach...
View ArticleDog snatched by eagle from Pennsylvania yard is found alive miles away
Felipe Rodriguez says he thought he was hallucinating when an eagle snatched his sister's little white dog from her yard, flapped its massive wings and disappeared over the trees. Did he really just...
View ArticleHow Paul Manafort's lawsuit puts Trump in a strange spot
Paul Manafort's lawyers deserve points for creativity. They filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Justice and special counsel Robert Mueller alleging that the Mueller investigation is...
View ArticleIllinois House panel to study how bitcoin's underlying technology can aid...
The Illinois House of Representatives has formed a subcommittee to vet bitcoin legislation and study the potential use of its underlying technology. Rep. Mike Zalewski, D-Riverside, who will chair the...
View ArticleStaying sane when kids are home and city's on ice: 26 steps
There’s an art to maintaining your sanity when school is out for the second week of winter break and your city is an ice-covered tundra barely fit for human life and you didn’t sign your kids up for...
View ArticleMost anticipated vehicles of 2018 range from Stinger to Ranger to Wrangler
With auto show season in full swing, automakers are ratcheting up the excitement for new rides arriving in dealerships and driveways in 2018. Crossovers continue to dominate new model lineups, but...
View ArticleTrump seeks to block publication of book on White House dysfunction
A lawyer representing President Donald Trump sought Thursday to stop the publication of a new behind-the-scenes book about the White House that has already led Trump to angrily decry his former chief...
View ArticleOver 200 flights canceled in Chicago as winter storm slams East Coast
A powerful winter storm wreaking havoc on the East Coast is prompting flight cancellations at Chicago airports. O’Hare International Airport was among the top 10 airports experiencing flight...
View ArticleWorld's priciest vodka bottle swiped from bar in Denmark
Someone has stolen what's thought to be the most expensive bottle of vodka in the world. The New York Daily News reports that Brian Ingberg, owner of Café 33 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the bottle...
View ArticleE. coli outbreak possibly tied to romaine lettuce hits 13 states, including...
An outbreak of E. coli infections may be tied to a bad batch of romaine lettuce, according to Consumer Reports. Approximately 58 people in 13 states have become ill with E. coli, including Illinois....
View ArticlePedestrian hit by vehicle at North and Harlem; injuries not thought to be...
A pedestrian walking on Harlem Avenue was hit by a vehicle this morning while attempting to cross North Avenue, according to Oak Park officials. Oak Park spokesman David Powers said the pedestrian...
View ArticleLINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES for 1/4/18
Today's Birthday (01/04/18). Abundance flows through friends and social connections this year. Keep and exceed your part of every bargain. A shared financial challenge prompts increased earnings this...
View ArticleFirst luxury movie theaters soft-open at Westfield Old Orchard
The six-screen theater that quietly opened this month at Westfield Old Orchard offers a luxury movie-going experience that is certain to be unlike any before it, the operators say. In other words, the...
View ArticleNoah Becker, son of tennis star Boris, presses charges after racist slur from...
The son of former tennis star Boris Becker has pressed charges against a German nationalist lawmaker who insulted him with a racist slur, his lawyer said Thursday. Lawyer Christian-Oliver Moser told...
View ArticleVirginia Republican wins election as name is drawn from bowl
A Republican won a Virginia state House of Delegates race so close that its outcome was determined by pulling the candidate's name out of a ceramic bowl Thursday. The win allows the Republicans to...
View ArticleMancow drops lawsuit against radio boss at WLUP-FM
Shock jock Erich “Mancow” Muller has dropped his emotional distress lawsuit against current radio boss Marv Nyren, who fired him at a previous station, after clearing the air in a November meeting....
View Article'Bomb cyclone' is the new 'polar vortex.' Here's where this year's weather...
When it comes to weather, it's hard to sound scarier than "bomb cyclone." It's a version of a real weather term that applies to a massive winter storm that pulled together Wednesday off the U.S....
View ArticleStorytime in Mandarin now offered at Evanston Public Library
It was a Tuesday morning and about two dozen moms and tots were assembling themselves in a semi-circle on the floor at the Evanston Public Library. Children crawled on their parents' legs and across...
View ArticleRapper Chief Keef had eight different drugs in his system during DUI arrest
When rapper Chief Keef was arrested for a DUI in April, he allegedly told the cops, "You'll find weed in me." He wasn't lying — Keef not only had weed, but an additional seven other drugs in his...
View ArticleRauner spends night in Quincy veterans home plagued by deadly water problems
Gov. Bruce Rauner spent Wednesday night at the state veterans home in Downstate Quincy, as his administration has come under scrutiny for its handling of a 2015 outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that...
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