5 indicted in airfield probe

An Afghanistan airfield where contractors defrauded the U.S. government in a jet fuel scam is again under scrutiny -- this time by a federal grand jury in Chicago, the Sun-Times has learned.
Gas prices could fall to near $3 by end of year
Dad forgives son for wife's murder
Southbound Tri-State closed after fatal truck crash
Homeless man and woman held in brutal beating
Homeless couple charged in S. Loop attack
Downed power line snarls traffic on Tri-State
Mauled boy learns to walk in Chicago
Hero paralyzed saving woman
City to spray for mosquitoes on NW Side
Man who wanted to be 'popular' indicted for murder
Judge admits to drinking but not drunk when driving
Pot plants worth $1.2 million found in McHenry Co.
Vietnam vet shot to death
Dan Hynes plans to lay off employees
Bill Daley laying groundwork for gov bid
4 wounded in 3 South Side shootings
Children safe after 2 gunmen rob day care
Orphans robbed again: 'We're just ready to leave'
Jones offers successor to Obama
Disabled get free rides, but it'll cost CTA
Jeremiah Wright quits state commission
Miles Davis' son: 'People fed up'
Southwest to cut 190 flights, 44 at Midway
Dice game winner gets robbed, shot
Woman learns her Jeep used to be Obama's
Hillary to Dems: Unite, prevent a McCain term
Feds: Suburban man planned to use deadly puffer fish poison
Man sentenced for gunning down neighbor
Kenosha Civil War Museum expanding
Shoe thefts blamed on stray dog
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Pot plants worth $1.2 million found in McHenry Co.
5 indicted in airfield probe
4 wounded in 3 South Side shootings
Dad forgives son for wife's murder
Homeless man and woman held in brutal beating
Judge admits to drinking but not drunk when driving
Man who wanted to be 'popular' indicted for murder
Homeless couple charged in S. Loop attack
Children safe after 2 gunmen rob day care
Vietnam vet shot to death
Orphans robbed again: 'We're just ready to leave'
Dice game winner gets robbed, shot
Feds: Suburban man planned to use deadly puffer fish poison
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Storm Gustav imperils New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — On the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos.
5 indicted in airfield probe
Jury awards Mattel Inc. $100 million in Bratz suit
Pioneering lesbian activist dies
United to furlough 1,550 flight attendants
12-year-old boy leads cops on 60-mph chase
Feds: 'Meth heads' were no threat
Hillary to Dems: Unite, prevent a McCain term
FAA: Communication breakdown delayed flights
1-million-mile Chevy pickup truck gets no bidders
West to Russia: 'Change course'
TBILISI, Georgia — Western leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to ‘‘change course,’’ hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War.
Mystery 'iPhone Girl' generates Internet intrigue
Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he will form new government
Beauty contest doesn't have prayer
11 laborers die in Dubai fire
Libyan official: Hijackers release passengers
Bill Clinton says Obama 'ready to lead'
DENVER — Former President Clinton forcefully endorsed Barack Obama’s bid for the White House on Wednesday, telling delegates to the Democratic convention that Obama is ‘‘ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world.’’
Bill Clinton says Obama 'ready to lead'
'Hatred' between Clinton, Obama camps
Kerry says he doesn't recognize McCain
Some Dem delegates think Obama will lose
Hillary gives her all
Jones offers successor to Obama
Hillary to Dems: Unite, prevent a McCain term
Obama, BIden to campaign by bus
Bill Daley laying groundwork for gov bid
GOP puts McCain's issues above its own
Pennsylvania gov won't give McCain a break
Gov signals desire to run for third term
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Hillary frees delegates — they yell 'no!'
Dan Hynes plans to lay off employees
Gov signals desire to run for third term
Jones offers successor to Obama
Bill Daley laying groundwork for gov bid
Leave it to Daley
New ad says hotdogs can lead to cancer
A new TV commercial shows kids eating hot dogs in a school cafeteria and one little boy's haunting lament: ''I was dumbfounded when the doctor told me I have late-stage colon cancer.''
New ad says hotdogs can lead to cancer
Time to give veggies another chance
Stave off 'freshman 15' by planning meals, exercise
Miles Davis' son: 'People fed up'
Here for the opening of the new $50 million Sir Miles Davis Academy, Erin Davis, the late jazz great's son, reflected on the call for a boycott of Chicago Public Schools. "I think people are fed up, and they're trying to do something to change things," said Davis, whose family has long supported the elementary in South Side Englewood.
Miles Davis' son: 'People fed up'
Stave off 'freshman 15' by planning meals, exercise
Elijah Muhammad's son dies