Jerry Springer is used to being in the limelight, but his appearance Friday in Chicago didn't have everyone chanting his name. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports on the talk show host's speech at Northwestern University's law school graduation.
New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi told a publication he wears a gold, tiger-stripe thong under his uniform when he wants to break out of a slump - and he lends it to teammates who are also having trouble
Many drivers looking for relief from soaring gas prices are turning to new kinds of vehicles. CBS 2's Derrick Blakely report the success of the Smart car may be the ultimate proof that Americans no longer believe bigger is better.
Three months. That's all that separated five Northern Illinois University students from receiving their degrees. The NIU community will send off their 2008 class on Saturday, and pay tribute to those that lost their lives in the deadly campus shooting.
A bat found Sunday in far north suburban Lake Villa tested positive for rabies, and there is a warning out now in Lake County about the dangers of rabid bats. CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange marked a milestone in its 110-year history Friday as the last floor traders wrapped up business at the building that has served as the Merc's home since 1983.
Alfonso Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosawent deep and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-4Friday for their seventh win in eight games.
It was one of the biggest sports stories of the year: the New England Patriots, caught video-taping a rival team's coaches as they sent signals to their players. This week, a former employee said the Patriots had been doing it
LeBron James scored 32 points -- 19 in the second half -- and the Cleveland Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 win Friday night over the Boston Celtics, who have gone
Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rallyby the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakersin the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.
Lawyers for a 16-year-old boy filed a lawsuit Thursday against Denver and the city's police department, alleging that he was beaten by five police officers after being stopped.
Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during hisspeech to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was BarackObama diving to the floor because someone had aimed a gun at him.
A day after a California Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex marriage, the question now is what might happen in Illinois. But as CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports, even those who support gay marriage in Illinois don't think it's
Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on theirnuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos postedFriday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News& Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show
Republican presidential contender Sen. John McCain saidhe hopes to use his appearance this week on "Saturday Night Live" toreach out for the youth vote, but he won't follow in former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani's footsteps by cross-dressing on the
Three people were severely injured in the collapse of a carnival ride at a fairgrounds in California and 15 others received lesser injuries, according to officials.
A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some ofthe most quake-ravaged parts of central China on Friday, as emergencycrews rescued 163 people who had survived up to 100 improbable hourstrapped in the ruins.
Federal health authorities are directing a Pasadena, Texas, company toshut down and recall all its dried smoked catfish steaks and othersmoked seafood produced since June 2007 because it failed to developsafety standards, leading to a risk of bacteria contamination in
