Chicago News latest RSS headlines - Chicago Chronicle.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Chicago News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageCook Co. commissioners disagree on sales tax- July 13, 2008 A political push to repeal Cook County&039;s new 1 percent sales tax has emerged. Commissioner Tony Peraica held a news conference Sunday in front of Commissioner Larry Sufferdin&039;s office in Evanston. ...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16154868/ Gov. pushes to ease burden on families with autistic children- July 13, 2008 Illinois Governor Blagojevich is pushing ease the financial burden for families with children with autism. He was joined by families and other lawmakers at Navy Pier Sunday to announce an amendator...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16154869/ Girl, 9, hit by unmarked police car- July 13, 2008 A nine-year-old girl was recovering Sunday after being hit by an unmarked Chicago police squad car on the city&039;s West Side. It happened around 9 p.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of South Harding. Th...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16154870/ Boy struck by SUV dies- July 13, 2008 A 6-year-old boy struck by a sport-utility vehicle Friday afternoon on the city&039;s South Side has died from his injuries, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner&039;s Office. Jaleel Jackson died ...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16153096/ Marmol replaces Wood on NL All-Stars- July 13, 2008 Marmol was selected because he was the relief pitcher who received the next highest vote total on the player ballot, NL All-Star manager Clint Hurdle said. "I don&039;t know how this happened, but they to...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16153040/ Lilly, Lee visit injured boy in hospital- July 13, 2008 Marmol replaces Wood on NL All-Stars CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly and first baseman Derrek Lee visited Saturday with 7-year-old Dominic DiAngi of Frankfort, Ill., who was hit on the head by a fou...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16153041/ Remote Alaska volcano erupts- July 13, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The volcano known as the Okmok Caldera erupted Saturday morning just hours after seismologists began detecting small tremors in the area. The explosion has spewed ash at leas...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16152768/ Storms damage trees and leave 25,000 ComEd customers without power- July 13, 2008 Matt Smith , spokesman for the city&039;s Streets and Sanitation Department. Lightning, rain and high winds knocked out power to more than 25,000 ComEd customers, mostly in Rockford and DeKalb, a ComEd...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16151085/ Group calls for Jesse Jackson- July 13, 2008 There is a call for Reverend Jesse Jackson to resign in light of recent controversial comments he made about Senator Obama. A group of men calling themselves &039;AmeriCan&039; want Jackson to step down f...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16150740/ State expands amplified phone program- July 13, 2008 For many people who are losing their hearing, not being able to hear on the telephone is frustrating. Four years ago, the state of Illinois expanded a program to provide amplified phones for reside...http://story.chicagochronicle.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c8ac3000ee01c7aa/id/16150741/ |