Operation Terror Town: Police arrest 15, including ring leader Eric Gauthreaux, of drug trafficking operation

abclocal.go.com/wls Operation Terror Town 2, heroin, cocaine seized ... suntimes.com Shrine to "Almighty"  gangster Jeff Fort found after search of home of Eric Gauthreaux ... Wikipedia Jeff Fort, imprisoned co-founder of the Black P. Stones gangand founder of its El Rukn faction ... nytimes.com Jeff Fort was sentenced to prison in 1987 for conspiring to acquire $2.5 million from Libya for offer to commit terrorist acts in the United States ... Terror Town MAP/SAT

Prosecution begins cross-examination of Rod Blagojevich

abclocal.go.com/wls Blagojevich: "I try to be as truthful as possible. Politics is a difficult business." ... Wikipedia Rod Blagojevich ...

No bail in drug-related slayings of Andres Butron, Ernesto Aleguin, Hector Romero

chicagobreakingnews.com Bodies found slain in car trunk May 17, 2010 at West 48th Place and South Whilopple Street ... Brighton Park neighborhood MAP/SAT/Street View ...

Evanston police arrest 27 Evanston parolees Thursday morning

triblocal.com/evanston IDOC involved in compliance check; M-130-caliber assault rifle discovered ...

Two teens charged in attempted carjacking, robbery of elderly woman from Hammond, Ind.

triblocal.com/oak-park-river-forest Attacked while loading items into trunk of car in the 500 block of North Taylor Ave. 3 pm. Tuesday ...

Maurice Evans sentenced 28 years in prison for electrocution death of Daniel McKenzie

chicagobreakingnews.com Victim fell on electrified third rail during fight at CTA Red Line at Roosevelt Road platform ...

Naperville and Woodridge theaters sue Jena Jameson; Accused of faking sickness to cancel commitment and attend birthday party of Perez Hilton

triblocal.com/naperville Hollywood Palms Cinema, Naperville and Hollywood Blvd, Woodridge suing Jenna Marie Massoli when pics of her at Perez's Blue Ball showed up on Internet ...

Carlos Estrada, 42, of Berwyn pursued from Riverside, pursuit terminated for safety reasons, found later and followed home

suntimes.com Found later and followed home by police; charged with aggravated DUI, fleeing and eluding on morning he was due in court for DUI ...

Northbrook-based Allstate to raise homeowners rates to offset decline in cars insured

chicagobreakingbusiness.com Auto insurance unit has been losing customers for years ...

Chicago-based Groupon files for $750M IPO

chicagobreakingbusiness.com $644.7 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2011; Revenue in 2010 was $713 million ...

James Sieja, 49, Des Plaines, charged in BB gun incident with Maine West High School student near Plainfield Elementary School

dailyherald.com Plainfield Elementary School and Maine West put on lockdown for about 20 minutes ...

Raul Medina killed after he was run over by his own car while defending female friend

chicagobreakingnews.com Vehicular carjacking, then U-turn, then vehicular homicide about 12:30 a.m. Thursday in the 4000 block of South Albany Ave ... Brighton Park Neighborhood MAP/SAT/STREET VIEW ...

Northwest Mosquito Abatement District in Chicago suburbs prepare to fight mosquitoes

dailyherald.com Dormant eggs awakened in flooded areas hatch; wave of adults expected in about 1 week ...

Employees claim harassment at 'Tilted Kilt' pub in Chicago loop, 17 N. Wabash Ave

chicagobreakingbusiness.com Manager's actions: loudly discussing pornography, grabbing employees, licking ears ...

First civil union ceremonies performed Tursday morning at Millennium Park

nbcchicago.com/news Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel plan to attend 10 a.m. ceremony at Wrigley Square ... nbcchicago.com 200 civil union licenses issued on first day, Wednesday ...

West Aurora High School teacher Stephen Orland in court on sex charges

abclocal.go.com/wls Criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse; victims under age of 18 ...

Two Chicago police cars crashed into each other during high-speed chase

chicagobreakingnews.com Crashed about 1:25 a.m. Thursday on way to pursuit at 4700 block of West Van Buren Street ... chicago.cbslocal.com Total of 3 police cars damaged after first was hit at 16th St and Central Park Ave at 1:12 by offending vehicle ...

Trulia website to show Chicago crime trends heat map

suntimes.com Citywide crime trends map for 50 metropolitan areas ... gigaom.com Set for launch in June 2011 after acquisition of geo-data aggreation startup Movity ... movity.com ... twitter.com/movity ...

Secret meeting of NFL owner meet near West Chicago DuPage Airport

chicagobreakingnews.com Patriot Robert Kraft, NFL Commisionare Roger Goodell, Panther Jerry Richardson on the scene ... sports.espn.go.com/nfl NFL owners, NFLPA labor talks in Chicago ...