Gutierrez’s influence cited
Testimony in the federal corruption trial of a Chicago developer on Thursday revealed that U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez met with the developer and Mayor Richard Daley to push for the...
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U.S. details 2 Chicagoans’ role in India plot
A new federal indictment handed down Thursday in a terrorism case with local connections offers the most specific information yet on the roles that two Chicagoans are alleged to have...
Fitzgerald’s new caseload: Baby boy
Some babies are born with a silver spoon in their mouths. So maybe this one was born with subpoena power? Conor Patrick Fitzgerald was welcomed Dec. 21 by Chicago's U.S....
Plotting an escape worthy of Batman?
Inside the spartan federal prison cell where a brother of "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan was being held, officials allegedly found tools for a Batman-like escape: 31 feet of...
Hey, you shorted my bribe
For years, a favorite FBI technique in public corruption investigations has been to let the undercover operative count out loud as he hands over cash bribes to a crooked pol...
Blagojevich pal: Guilty
Even before he was elected governor in 2002, Rod Blagojevich and three of his closest friends schemed about ways to enrich themselves by controlling state government, the former governor's former...
Blagojevich reality show can go on, judge rules
A federal judge isn't blocking former Gov. Rod Blagojevich from appearing on Donald Trump's reality show "Celebrity Apprentice." But U.S. District Judge James Zagel expressed concern Monday that a chatty...
Blago ‘Apprentice’: Hair today, gone tomorrow?
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's hopes to appear as a contestant on a reality TV show could be dashed again. A status hearing has been set for Monday in the corruption...
Alleged top boss of gang charged
The reputed corona, or national boss, of the Latin Kings street gang has been named in a criminal complaint in federal court in Chicago charging him in a narcotics conspiracy....
Christopher Kelly death: Details fill in events at hospital
Police investigating the death of Christopher Kelly, a former top fundraiser for ex- Gov. Rod Blagojevich, interviewed Kelly's girlfriend Monday as more details emerged about their relationship and Kelly's final...