AP Photo/Rich Addicks On Monday night, we wanted Butler Bulldogs put up an incredible fight against the Duke Blue Devils, with Duke escaping with a 61-59 victory to claim the NCAA Men’s Basketball title and capping one of the craziest, most entertaining... 

AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Gov. Quinn celebrated Good Friday by issuing 147 pardons and allowing two people who had already been pardoned to seek expungement. None of the pardon recipients were in prison and most of the original sentences were probation.... 

Photo by Steve Rhodes Cook County Judge Daniel Riley has lifted a temporary restraining order on the state’s controversial abortion notification law that requires doctors to notify the guardians of girls 17 years old or younger 48 hours before... 

Photo by rjseg1 A year after its opening, the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago has received the environmental certification it was seeking. The U.S. Green Building Council awarded the building with LEED Silver last week, says the Tribune’s... 

Truth be told, we much prefer this Sesame Street/Lady Gaga mash-up to the official “Telephone” video. [ via ] Go here to read the rest: Monday Afternoon Diversion: Yip Yips Do Gaga  Read More →

Video still via WGN An early morning fire in Roscoe Village resulted in a building that housed boutique bakery Cakegirls being deemed a total loss. The fire broke out on the residential second floor of the building, located in the 2200 block of Belmont,... 

Simon (left) with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (right); Photo via Madigan’s website Though any suspense was taken away when Gov. Quinn made clear his desire for her to be the pick, the Democratic State Central Committee still went through... 

An Evanston Jewel-Osco cashier found a kidney donor in an unlikely spot – a regular customer of hers. Dan Coyne often chose Myra de la Vega’s checkout line because she was friendly. Coyne, 52, started to notice Vega, 49, looking sick when... 

It’s amazing what five little words can do. An amendment to Illinois HB1470 would allow a tire incinerator in Ford Heights to receive green energy credits. The Tribune reports the bill would add the words “incineration or burning of tires,”... 

Official White House photo by Samanth Appleton Remember the Salahis, the infamous alleged White House party crashers? The couple had been finalists for a D.C.-based edition of Bravo’s love letter to why the terrorist hate us, the “Real Housewives...