President Bush on Saturday tried to pin the blame on Congress for soaring energy prices and said lawmakers need to lift long-standing restrictions on drilling for oil in pristine lands and offshore tracts believed to hold huge reserves of fuel.
The nation's airlines expect to lose a combined $10 billion this year due to record-high oil prices. The only exception is Southwest Airlines. How has the Dallas-based carrier been able to buck the skyrocketing fuel costs, industry layoffs and drastic
More than 100,000 NASCAR fans will head to Joliet today for a big race. CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports while some need tickets, most people just south of Joliet this weekend have a need for speed.
Three boats were damaged last night at Belmont Harbor and the fire department says one of the boat's owners may be to blame for starting the blaze. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports.
Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfullysparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stintas President Bush's press secretary, died early Saturday of coloncancer. Snow was 53 years old. He served just 17 months as
FBI agents and police stormed a house, freed a hostage who had been shot and tortured and arrested six people on charges of extorting $40,000 in ransom from a suburban bank, officials said Friday.
Just when you thought the mortgage crisis couldn't get worse, news has arrived that two mortgage giants look like they could be in danger of going under. As CBS 2's Anne State reports, local economists say if that happens, we're
A hostage situation Friday night at a South Side apartment ended peacefully with police escorting seven adults and a 6-year-old child from the building.
A federal appeals court has set back the White House's efforts to keep secret the names of its visitors. The Washington court threw out the government's appeal in the case in which a liberal watchdog group is trying to find
Doctors and family members say a 7-year-old boy who suffered a fractured skull when he was struck by a foul ball at Wrigley Field was recovering and expected to live.
Josh Hamilton drove in two more runs, Luis Mendoza rebounded from a rough outing to strike out eight over six innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 Friday night.
A scary situation is over on the South Side. Police rushed to an apartment building on 56th Street and Indiana Avenue Friday evening after neighbors reported seeing a man with a gun run inside.
Alarming new statistics were released Friday about a deadly form of skin cancer and the news about malignant melanoma is especially bad for young women.
The government came under fire last year over the treatment ofAmerica's wounded soldiers, when shoddy conditions were exposed atWalter Reed Army Medical Center. The Army has since then overhauled the outpatient program, but many soldiers are still lacking the proper
A woman who died unnoticed on a NYC hospital floor in an upsetting scene recorded by security cameras was killed by blood clots caused by a long period of physical inactivity, according to the city's medical examiner.
