"Sweetheart Scams" Organized ring of mothers and daughters

arlingtoncardinal.com One suburban man gave away nearly $400,000 ...

Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana guilty of Denmark plot, but not guilty of aiding the Mumbai attacks

chicagobreakingnews.com Rana's acquittal on the Mumbai charge spared him a life sentence ...

DeKalb County lawyer, Reema Bajaj, 25, of Sycamore, accused of prostitution

chicagobreakingnews.com Pleaded not guilty to an alleged act that occurred within 1,000 feet of a school in August 2010 ... suntimes.com Photo/mugshot of attorney Reema Bajaj ... bajajlawoffices.com Sycamore law office?

HazMat response for chemical spill in Hillside on Mannheim Rd during thunderstorms Wednesday night

chicagobreakingnews.com Hydrofluoric acid chemical spill ... MABAS Level 3 HazMat Alarm ... Specific chemical use at scene not available, but HF is highly corrosive acid used for glass etching and metal cleaning; hydrofluoride gas is severe poison Wikipedia Hydrofluoric acid ... MAP/SAT/Street View

Death investigation in Vernon Hills after man reports his 54-yr-old wife is dead

triblocal.com/vernon-hills Lake County Major Crimes Task Force called in to investigate after police response to 300 block of Farmington Lane about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday ... MAP/SAT/Street View

Arlington Heights, Robert Adams man finds $17,021 outside Chase Bank ATM in Rolling Meadows

dailyherald.com Rolling Meadows police, Chase investigate and determine money was headed for Midlothian Walgreens; misplaced by Loomis international armored truck company ... MAP/SAT/Street View

Dick Durbin on Weiner

politics.blogs.foxnews.com Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin: "Don't murder someone who's already committing suicide (quoting Pres. Woodrow Wilson) ... He has serious problems that will not go away soon." ... 

Thunderstorm outflow winds cause storm damage Wednesday night

arlingtoncardinal.com National Weather Service warned about outflow heading south from Highland Park hours before thunder and lightning hit suburbs ...

Naperville police/fire check for well-being discovers homicide victim Cathleen A. Lewis

chicagobreakingnews.com Homicide investigation: Blunt trauma due to assault ... 2200 block of Worthing Drive, Naperville MAP/SAT/ Street View ...

Smashing Pumpkin's Bill Corgan's brother, Jesse Andersen, mugged on Red Line train

chicagobreakingnews.com Robbed of his iPod by three boys and a girl 'Tom Boy' who asked what he was listening to ... Next stop was Chicago Avenue CTA platform they fled, he chased ... MAP/SAT/Street View

Rapper Lupe Fiasco calls out President Barack Obama as "the biggest terrorist"

nbcchicago.com Lupe Fiasco: He wants to stop ..."The foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists" ...

Northbound Dan Ryan expressway at 87th street is now open.

N/B Dan Ryan expressway @ 87th street is now open.

FLOODING: (closures) N/B Dan Ryan expressway is closed from 87th Street to 86th Street

N/B Dan Ryan expressway is closed from 87th to 86th streets, due to water on the roadway. Expect additional traffic in the area.

Heavy overnight rains trigger flash flood warning for Chicagoland

suntimes.com As much as 5 inches of rain in some areas ...

4 wounded in overnight shootings in Marquette Park and Stony Island Park

chicagobreakingnews.com Male and female victim in Marquette Park; genders, location not available in Stony Island Park crime ... Marquette Park MAP/SAT ...

2 girls, age 2 & 7, serious-to-critical after they're hit by gang gunfire near Avondale Park

chicagobreakingnews.com Witnesses questioned; 1 subject in custody after it was reported he got out of a van and shot at a group playing basketball ... MAP/SAT

Akeem J. Manago, 18; Christopher Jackson, 17, and 15-yr-old boy arrested after armed robbery aboard CTA bus in Little Italy

chicagobreakingnews.com Attack injured two about 1 AM June 5, 2011 ... 1300 block of West Roosevelt MAP/SAT