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Second local soldier among dead at Fort Hood Video

A 21-year-old pregnant soldier who was due to come home within weeks is the second Chicago-area victim from the shooting. more
Bolingbrook soldier among the 13 dead in Ft. Hood rampage Video

Michael Pearson was a victim of the Fort hood shooting. He joined the army hoping it would help him pursue his passion for music. more
Oprah and Ellen at Water Tower

Oprah and Ellen DeGeneres, who both appear on the cover of the December issue of "O" magazine, surprised fans by showing up at Chicago's Water Tower Park to hand out signed copies today. It's only the second time Oprah has shared the cover with someone else (first time: Michelle Obama). Here's a... more
Fourth teen charged in beating death of Fenger student Video

A 14-year-old boy was charged Thursday night with murder in connection to the fatal beating of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert. more
Teenager shot in albany park neighborhood

A teenager was shot in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood. more

Obama makes last-minute appeal to House Democrats for health care votes.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House voted to advance debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured. more
'There's something wrong with you,' Islamic leader told shooting suspect after disturbing talk Video

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was deeply troubled by it, the leader said Saturday. more
Police identify those injured in rampage Video

Orlando police released the names this afternoon of the surviving victims in Friday's deadly mass shooting at a downtown office building. more
Tropical-storm warnings issued in Mexico, Cuba as Ida rapidly strengthens over Caribbean Video

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun. more

NYC case spotlights Dead Sea Scrolls scholar debate, whether Internet hoaxes are crimes

NEW YORK (AP) — Students and university officials started getting e-mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism. more
Ground broken for Flight 93 memorial in Pa.; first phase to open for 10th anniversary of 9/11

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — With the word's "let's roll," U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and relatives of United Flight 93 victims have turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony for a permanent national memorial at the western Pennsylvania crash site. more
Memorial to Conn. 9/11 victim halted as town refuses to make reference to 'Muslim terrorists'

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." more
Woman hit, killed on Calif. highway trying to recover fallen boxes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 36-year-old woman has died after she was struck several times while retrieving boxes on a Sacramento freeway. more
Wisconsin authorities say inmate had threatened deputy with knife before being shot

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Authorities in Wisconsin say an inmate somehow armed himself with a knife and threatened a sheriff's deputy before the officer shot and wounded him. more

Police: Florida graffiti artist spray-paints note, explaining why work is incomplete

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida say a graffiti artist who apparently ran out of paint midway through a spray-painted creation left a note to potential critics to explain the unfinished work. more
Authorities say Calif. man stole car to make court appearance on previous auto theft charge

VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge. more
Artist makes sculpture of New Zealand lawmaker from cow manure to protest pollution policy

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site. more
Mississippi governor's son scores 2 holes-in-one in single round on Virginia course

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A single hole-in-one is a big enough dream for most golfers. But two in one round? That's some luck. Reeves Barbour, the 30-year-old son of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, had two aces in a single round Oct. 25 on a Robert Trent Jones course in Gainesville, Va. more