Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could still appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat despite charges that he tried to barter it away for cash or a plum job in what prosecutors call "a political corruption crime spree." ...more

December 10, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president. ...more

December 9, 2008

CHICAGO - The investigation of decades-old claims that Chicago police tortured suspects with beatings, electric shocks and games of Russian roulette won't stop with last week's federal indictment of a controversial homicide commander. ...more

October 25, 2008

A former Chicago police commander has been arrested at his Apollo Beach home on federal charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. ...more

October 21, 2008

Former newspaper mogul Conrad Black was sentenced Monday to 6 1/2 years in prison, far less than prosecutors sought, for swindling shareholders in his Hollinger media empire out of $6 million. ...more

December 11, 2007