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Chief Keef was arrested earlier this week in Atlanta for disorderly conduct, just two months after his release from custody.

State Senator Dan Duffy has introduced Senate Resolution 314 condemning Redflex Traffic Systems Inc.

I'm not a fan of speculating who will buy newspapers that are on the block. But I'll make an exception with some quick thoughts on Tribune Co.'s publishing group - currently attracting investor interest as expected but likely months away from actually being sold.

Because of the piece I wrote recently, " What to make of casinos as an "urban revitalization" method and detroyer? ," I've been asked to appear on a HuffPost Live segment on casinos and urban revitalization featuring Richard Florida.

Heading out of town for Memorial Day this weekend? You'll be paying less at the pump than you did last year even though the Northern Virginia area has seen prices spike in recent weeks.

Chicago is braced for a critical vote by the Board of Education this week to determine if fifty-four schools will be closed.

Seamless North America and GrubHub, two major players in the online food-ordering sector, announced Monday they plan to join forces.

In what has to be great news for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's re-election prospects, a new study by the Brookings Institutions finds that the number of poor people living in Chicago's suburbs has increased 99 percent in the past 10 years.

Last fall, Alex Gibney, a documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 2008 for an expose of torture at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, completed a film called "Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream." It was scheduled to air on PBS on November 12th.

Illinois' largest public employee union is no longer excited about the future of Obamacare.

The EEOC said in a lawsuit filed September 2012 that BMO Harris Bank, the Chicago-area's second biggest bank, unlawfully fired disabled employees at the end of their medical leave of absence rather than offering accommodations that would have allowed them to return to work.

As reports mount that the infamous Charles and David Koch brothers are scheming to purchase the Tribune Company, and hence the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune , readers are standing up and saying they will not subscribe to " Koch hate ." A new petition , launched by Roots Action along with Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting , has collected ... (more)

Sam Vega/Hoy Eric Maligaya takes a call at Maligaya's, a grocery store that caters explicitly to Filipino customers.

The media "Kochtapus" could soon be a reality. The clock is running down on the sale-time for the Tribune Company, a package of some of the most venerated newspapers in the country, including our own Sun-Sentinel . The troubled company is expected to go to the highest bidder this month, and, as we reported earlier, the Tea Party poster boys Charles ... (more)

"I look at a couple of data points I think are really important, of course I worked with President Obama and President Clinton.

In an attempt to make sure neither the Koch brothers nor Rupert Murdoch obtain ownership of the Tribune Company and its major assets like the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times , a liberal group has started a crowd-funding campaign to raise enough money to outbid both potential buyers and, in their belief, "take back the media." "The only ... (more)

"The only people who are bidding on it right now are infamous right-wing Billionaires, who are likely to pay something around a $660 Million pricetag to control a big slice of trusted news media," the campaign reads.

A federal judge in Chicago scolded Donald Trump and an opposing lawyer on Wednesday after the two clashed repeatedly during a trial in a suit claiming the billionaire developer failed to deliver promised incentives to condo buyers.

U.S. Bank will slap its name on a downtown Chicago skyscraper as it expands its presence there, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Chicago Tribune, IL May 15 2013 Turkish court sees conspiracy behind Armenian editor's murder Reuters 11:07 a.m. CDT, May 15, 2013 ISTANBUL - A Turkish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the killers of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink did not act alone but were part of a criminal conspiracy, paving the way for a retrial of the case that has ... (more)