Paper led long-ago hunt of loan sharks
They found him dead in a dive hotel on North Clark Street with nothing but loan sharks' receipts in his pocket. He wasn't as lucky as the middle-age construction worker,...
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Trapped by Web loan with the 842% interest rate
Rochelle Parker needed money for Christmas gifts and medicine, so she went online and found a Web site promising easy money. After a few key punches she was zapped a...
Scuffle may aid United
A Teamsters union bid to win over 5,000 mechanics from a smaller union could play into United Airlines' hands as it contemplates a merger and fields offers for its largest...
Match game hard on farmers
Considering all the uncertainties farmers face, Fred Leitz never relishes planning ahead. But nowadays he is miserable looking to the coming year, and it has nothing to do with worries...
Match game hard on farmers
Considering all the uncertainties farmers face, Fred Leitz never relishes planning ahead. But nowadays he is miserable looking to the coming year, and it has nothing to do with worries...
Long-term health of UAW, GM tied to plan
The contract agreement reached between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union early Wednesday turns on a historic plan that is fraught with risk: moving the struggling automaker's $50...
For employers, cost to be high for illegal hires
The news of a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration Friday was delivered by Bush administration officials with a verbal finger wag, a warning carried out after Congress' failure this summer...
Democrats tackle each other at forum
It can be rough being a front-runner, especially on a hot night on the gridiron. Two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates found themselves repeatedly under attack Tuesday evening at...
Democrats tackle each other at forum
It can be rough being a front-runner, especially on a hot night on the gridiron. Two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates found themselves repeatedly under attack Tuesday evening at...
Democrats debate; unions delight
They will probably sound like a giant barbershop quartet, singing different notes in the same song. And that's perfectly fine with leaders of the AFL-CIO, who are savoring the prospect...