Gov. Tim Pawlenty met with the chief executives of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines to talk about how their combination will affect Minnesota.

After an attempt to sell it on eBay failed, the iconic Berwyn car "Spindle" may be headed for the scrap heap.

As a consumer, Chicagoan Jason Salavon has had the experience of putting together the sleek furniture of popular retailer Ikea. As an artist, he'd rather break the Scandinavian company down.

After their own tragedy this year, students at Crane High School are trying to focus on the positive. As CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports, by cleaning up the neighborhood, they hope to clear out the violence.

Five people were injured, three critically, in a crash this morning in the Near Northwest Side's Bucktown neighborhood.

Family and friends of Alejandra Alex Calderon walk the streets of the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Saturday where their loved one was murdered July 29, 2007 in an attempt to find the killer, as CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.

A person possibly responsible for killing a 34-year-old man and firing shots at responding officers Friday night remains in police custody Saturday evening. Calumet Area detectives have someone in custody for the incident, but no charges have been filed as

A gust of wind blew a 2-year-old in a stroller into Chicago's Lake Michigan. The child's grandfather jumped into the harbor to try to save the boy and is in fair condition Saturday afternoon at St. Joseph Hospital, where he

Essays written for graduate school applications by the gunman who opened fire in a Northern Illinois University classroom in February killing five students before committing suicide paint a picture of a young man who felt profoundly lost.

A man who's been patrolling a piece of the Rio Grande for 16 years -- usually on horseback -- isn't looking for drugs or illegal immigrants.

EUGENE, Ore. - A pet store owner is calling a police sergeant a hero for saving her from the coils of a 12-foot Burmese python doing its best to turn her into a meal.

PiKA and SDC dominate the course and set new records on the final day of buggy races.

NEW YORK - Sean Avery easily brushed off Martin Brodeur's snub in the handshake line following the New York Rangers' five-game, opening-round playoff win against the New Jersey Devils.

NEWARK, N.J. - The New Jersey Devils opened the season with a new coach, a new arena and a relatively new identity.

NEWARK, N.J. - Two Linden teens are dead after the car they were in flipped off a ramp in Newark.

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. - Authorities have seized more than two dozen puppies that they say were living in miserable conditions in a Franklinville home.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Starting quarterback Mike Teel completed 16 of 24 passes for 238 yards and three touchdowns in just one half of action, leading the Scarlet to a 28-14 victory over the White in the Rutgers' spring football game

BARNEGAT, N.J. - Several people were evacuated from their homes Saturday when a large brush fire broke out in southern Ocean County.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons have a chance to be the first team to reach six straight conference finals since the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off the feat from 1984-89.

WASHINGTON - Right wing Mike Knuble is out for the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers' series against the Washington Capitals after tearing his left hamstring in Saturday's Game 5 loss.