Mar 09, 2010 11:01PM

Quinn's budget seeks $2.2 bil. spending cuts

Gov. Quinn will propose cutting $2.2 billion in spending, borrowing nearly $5 billion and delaying billions of dollars more in unpaid bills in a bleak budget proposal that, for the moment, does not include a tax increase, his aides said Tuesday. On the eve of Quinn’s budget address, his administration essentially presented an either-or scenario to lawmakers.

Mar 10, 2010 03:00AM

Ohno tells Chicago kids to avoid underage drinking

Oh sure, it's fine to bark "Faster! Faster!" at a sixth-grader when you're speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno -- the most decorated winter Olympian in American history. Or, "You've got to have more speed!" A winded Jer'mia Harris, 11, didn't mind, though, as she played an interactive physical fitness video game intended to discourage underage drinking.

Mar 10, 2010 03:00AM

Rush paying $1.5 mil. to settle Medicare charges

Rush University Medical Center will pay a $1.5 million fine to settle federal charges it filed false Medicare claims. The center is accused of violating the False Claims Act by submitting improper claims from 2000 through 2007, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

Mar 09, 2010 11:01PM

One charged with DUI in I-57 crash that killed one, ejected child

A woman was killed, a 9-year-old girl was ejected and another woman who was charged with drunken driving was hurt when the car they were in crashed Tuesday night on Interstate 57 on the Far South Side.

Mar 10, 2010 03:00AM

Police search for man involved in SW Side rapes

Police are continuing their efforts to find a man who is armed and dangerous and suspected in two rapes on the Southwest Side late last week. Early Wednesday, police issued a detailed description of the vehicle he is supposedly driving.