Amanda Knox has reportedly signed a nearly $4 million book deal with HarperCollins to tell the story of her conviction and subsequent acquittal in the stabbing death of her British roommate in Italy. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/amanda-knox-signs-4m-book-deal-dpgonc-20120216-sv_17997549
The nation’s first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/first-nuke-plant-in-3-decades-approved-dpgapx-20120208-sv_17803211
A mayor, a policeman and a poet. Three men with different backgrounds share common thoughts about the darkest day in southwest suburban Tinley Park’s history, four years ago Thursday. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/lane-bryant-murders-tinley-park-anniversary-four-years-unsolved-20120202
President Barack Obama on Thursday flaunted the support of Microsoft founder Bill Gates for an increased but “fair” tax burden on the rich. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/obama-touts-gates-support-of-tax-hike-dpgonc20120126-sv_17409460
Carmen Iacullo, an Illinois Department of Transportation official, pleaded guilty Wednesday in DuPage County to driving drunk and was ordered to pay fines and court costs totaling $2,405. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/crime/illinois-department-transportation-employee-carmen-iacullo-dupage-county-dui-drunk-driving-20120104
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum likes to joke about the time he held a meet-and-greet in Iowa and only one person showed up — the local party chairman. This week, he drew about 150 people to a question-and-answer session in Mason City, compared with 20 at a similar event in November. About 50 Iowans came [...]
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum likes to joke about the time he held a meet-and-greet in Iowa and only one person showed up — the local party chairman. This week, he drew about 150 people to a question-and-answer session in Mason City, compared with 20 at a similar event in November. About 50 Iowans came [...]
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn on Tuesday released his annual “Wastebook” highlighting what he’s labeled some of the government’s most wasteful spending items, including $113,000 for a video game preservation center and $765,000 to subsidize “pancakes for yuppies” in Washington. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/coburn-765k-on-pancakes-for-yuppies-among-washington-waste-dpgonc-km-20111220_16510212
Six Republican candidates participated in Mike Huckabee’s presidential forum in New York City on Saturday night, fielding questions from three Republican attorneys general — Pam Bondi of Florida, Ken Cuccinelli of Virginia and Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/gop-candidates-face-attorneys-general-dpgonc-km-20111204_16233349
It was Christopher Valdez’s fourth birthday Friday, and his relatives were preparing to celebrate at the family’s Southwest Side home. But instead of a celebration, there was mourning. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/toddler-killed-in-domestic-situation-on-4th-fourth-birthday-20111126
Amanda Knox has reportedly signed a nearly $4 million book deal with HarperCollins to tell the story of her conviction and subsequent acquittal in the stabbing death of her British roommate in Italy. http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpps/news/amanda-knox-signs-4m-book-deal-dpgonc-20120216-sv_17997549
on February 19th, 2012