In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their daughter’s alleged abductor to “tell us where she is.”

Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million plan to build a park in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

A Chicago investment banker says he might make a bid for the bankrupt Chicago Sun-Times Media Group.

The Chicago teenager who was arrested after dressing up like a police officer and going on patrol earlier this year is in trouble with the law again after allegedly dressing like an adult to steal a car from a dealership.

Grains finished mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Pork futures were mixed Monday morning on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Sewage from toilets flows in open ditches here, spilling into back yards and even onto the lone baseball diamond where children play after school. The nose-wrinkling stench carries throughout this century-old, one-diner village outside Chicago.

A teachers union says an e-mail from the Chicago school board appears to force principals to support the city’s bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016.

Derrek Lee hit a grand slam shortly after Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano hurt himself beating out a bunt single, and Chicago beat the Florida Marlins 6-4 Sunday.

Greg Maddux and Ferguson Jenkins played in different eras, but they used similar styles _ and wore the same jersey number _ to become two of the best pitchers in Chicago Cubs’ history.