Commentary: What we keep getting wrong about mass shootings
There is a special kind of stupidity that approaches terrible and repeating problems with an obstinate assurance of what the answer will or won't be. Or maybe it's cynicism —...
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Thompson judgment as director assailed
The witness was former Gov. James R. Thompson, the accused is press baron Conrad M. Black. But the battle waged in a federal courtroom Tuesday was as much about rehabilitating...
Patrick Fitzgerald profile (March 2007)
Patrick Fitzgerald has been living a dual life. As the top federal prosecutor in northern Illinois, Fitzgerald has solidified a reputation as a no-nonsense corruption buster--"Eliot Ness with a Harvard...
Daley rebuts lawsuit claims
Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday rebutted a claim that the city had reneged on a $14.8 million settlement agreement with three men pardoned of murder and released from Death Row....
Hamas-case prosecutor tells of recorded telephone calls
Federal prosecutors argued Tuesday that a suburban Washington, D.C., man conspired for years to aid the militant Palestinian group Hamas by acting as an archivist and information conduit from his...
Mercury ex-chief pleads guilty
John Brincat Sr. never graduated from high school but rose to become chief executive of a $2 billion lending company, then helped engineer a book-cooking scheme that led to its...
The federal government’s charges against Rezko
ANTOIN "TONY" REZKO Close adviser and fundraiser for Blagojevich STUART LEVINE Blagojevich appointee to state Teachers' Retirement System Board Political insiders Antoin "Tony" Rezko and Stuart Levine used Rezko's influence...
Top Blagojevich adviser indicted
Federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday that Antoin "Tony" Rezko used his influence as one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's closest advisers and fundraisers to seek millions of dollars in kickbacks and campaign...
Chelios suit targets union boss
Ex-Blackhawk and current Red Wing Chris Chelios joined two other NHL players Monday in a federal lawsuit seeking to oust the executive director of the players' union, Ted Saskin. The...
Contrite, broken Warner says he’s `sorry as heck’
Lawrence Warner, the consummate government insider who made millions of dollars off state contracts during George Ryan's years in public office, stood before a federal judge Wednesday as an admittedly...