350Green reveals locations of first public charging stations for electric vehicles

chicagotribune.com 73 charging plazas revealed for a quick charge of 30 minutes for Nissan Leaf, for example ... 350green.com ... Plazas come with solar energy storage to reduce demand on power grid ...

Accused of druggin her 7-yr-old son then cutting her own throat

dailyherald.com Elmhurst mom Cheryl Luchetta pleads not guilty Wednesday in DuPage County Court to aggravated battery and attempted murder -- accused of drugging son with potentially deadly dose of Valium and Tylenol PM

Danielle Dennis-Towne, honor student at Bloom Trail High School, was shot in head

chicagotribune.com Childhood friend Enrico Luciano Mascaro, 19, charged with homicide after Clifton Forge (Virginia) police found victim's body in his vehicle trunk; Nag Head, first homicide ever in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, south of site of first flight of Wright Brothers ...

R&B star R. Kelly has emergency throat surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

myfoxchicago.com Kelly, 44, complained of throat pain, rushed Tuesday to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, surgeons immediately drained abscess on one of his tonsils ...

Kenneth P. Bleskin, 46, hit by car, killed on South Harlem Ave

chicagotribune.com Victim was pronounced dead at Advocated Christ Medical Center after being hit in the roadway about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday ...

City official, Mohammed K. Rashed, 45, one of three men charged in Medicare fraud scheme involving home healthcare business, House Call Physicians

suntimes.com Scheme involved billing for services by physicians when services were really done by physician assistants; also billed for unnecessary services involving co-defendants Paschal U. Oparah and Bahir H. Khalil ...

South Elgin woman, Rosella Robinson, 83, charged with battery of police officer, resisting arrest

suntimes.com Scratched and beat police officer's arm when police tried to turn off her ignition during traffic stop in Elgin area known for gang and drug activity ...

Jaime Salgado charged with predatory criminal sexual assault

triblocal.com/gurnee Repeated sexual assault one-to-five times per week for three years, starting when the girl was nine-years-old ...

Dog killed, 19 without a home in Brighton Park fire

chicagotribune.com Fire began at about 11 a.m.  in attic of a 2-1/2 story home on the 4500 block of South California ...

Glen Ellyn man David Briddle sues Naperville, claiming false DUI arrest

suntimes.com Released without charges after blowing 0.0 on a Breathalyzer test. But he was still fingerprinted, his mug shot was taken, and news of his arrest hit a local newspaper ...

Photos from fog at Chicago's lakefront beaches

abclocal.go.com/wls Twenty-four beaches closed because lifeguard could not see people in the water ...