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Friday, March 2, 2012

Brother Rice grad dies in Afghanistan | VIDEO The mother of a Marine who grew up on the city's Far South Side says her son died while serving in Afghanistan. Neighborhood on guard after gunpoint rape | VIDEO Police say a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at gunpoint at 95th and Prairie Avenue in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side. 2 charged in latest Bucktown mugging | VIDEO Two people have been charged after a woman was mugged in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, an area that has seen more than a dozen similar attacks. Cops: Woman critically stabbed by boyfriend Police say a woman is in critical condition after she was stabbed on the city's Southwest Side. Crash snarls traffic on far north Lake Shore Drive A crash at the north end of Lake Shore Drive Friday morning led to some lane closures and traffic confusion. Beavers in federal court Friday Cook County Commissioner William Beavers is headed to federal court Friday afternoon to face federal tax evasion charges. MORE STORIES Strange News Cyprus: 98-year-old woman faces gambling charge Jeep on runway prompts Philly airport closure | VIDEO Giant boulder makes 1st stop on way to LA museum | VIDEO 92-year-old Glenview woman celebrates 23rd birthday | VIDEO Parachutists leap off tall buildings for Leap Day Consumer New labels on meat at grocery stores American adds 6 inches to some coach seats Report: Bank of America tests $6-25 checking fees Continental website to disappear this weekend Mandatory rear-view systems rule stalled Healthbeat US report: HIV rate down in needle-drug users Healthbeat: Sleeping pills can lead to addiction | VIDEO Government eyes popular malt liquor Four Loko Study: Healthy coffee drinkers at no greater risk for chronic disease WH to appeal judge's block on graphic smoking images MOST POPULAR Andrew Breitbart dead after collapse during walk Harrisburg survivors found in rubble Brother Rice grad dies in Afghanistan Neighborhood on guard after gunpoint rape Convicted kitten kicker sentenced All Most Popular

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