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For decades, Illinois politicians have relied upon their campaign war chests as personal piggy banks, paying for cars, gifts, expensive meals, sports tickets and country club dues to further their [...]

CHICAGO _ A sweeping federal indictment of former Gov. George H. Ryan charged Wednesday that he received illegal cash payments, gifts and vacations, and helped his family members reap almost [...]

CHICAGO _ A newly unsealed 158-page government filing lays out for the first time in vivid detail how a crew of thieves led by former Chicago Police Deputy Supt. William [...]

CHICAGO _ State authorities have opened a criminal investigation into a Chicago-area water treatment company after police determined that its abandoned South Side warehouse was the source of cyanide found [...]

As the U.S. government moves to choke the financial network of terrorists and their supporters, law-enforcement authorities are focusing on a growing and seemingly easy source of money for terrorists: [...]

CHICAGO _ Thirty-eight years ago, a brash young police detective and his fellow cops were hailed by neighbors when they broke up a brutal burglary ring, killing two home invaders [...]

In the early going, Joseph Lieberman's first campaign for U.S. Senate seemed like a mistake. Incumbent Lowell P. Weicker had a huge lead in the polls, plenty of money in [...]

CHICAGO _ Hoping to stave off a potential political controversy for her husband, Lynne Cheney, wife of Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney, has asked to take leaves of absence [...]