http://rss.beepcentral.com/NewsTalkers/ Your latest news around suburban Chicago.? 2008, Paddock Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.5http://rss.beepcentral.com/NewsTalkers/http://www.beepcentral.com/images/beeplogo.gif14494Suburban Chicago Blog source.http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25711URBANA -- Enrollment is up 1 percent this fall at the University of Illinois' three campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. According to preliminary figures released Thursday, almost 70,200 students are enrolled at the university, compared to just unde...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25711Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:03:24 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25710A state court ruled Friday that a couple cannot sue for wrongful death for a fertility clinic's destruction of their embryos. The ruling by an Illinois appellate court overturns a 2005 ruling by a Cook County judge. The decision revolves around the case of a ...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25710Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:01:55 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25709More than 100 arriving and departing flights have been canceled at Chicago's airports as rain continues to pelt much of the country. Delays are averaging 60 minutes at O'Hare International Airport, and more than 100 flights have been canceled. Some flights ar...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25709Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:00:25 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25703PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast Corp. has reached agreements with several major content providers to offer their shows on its entertainment Web site, Fancast.com. The Philadelphia-based cable operator has inked deals with ABC, CW, Showtime, HBO and The Food Network to offer ...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25703Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:46:21 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25697ST. LOUIS - The way Cubs manager Lou Piniella sees it, two out of three isn't bad. The Cubs' 3-2 victory Thursday night over the Cardinals gave the Cubs two out of three in this series, putting them 5 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Centra...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25697Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:13:25 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25695DEKALB -- Northern Illinois University officials say enrollment is down 3.4 percent, but they blame a sour economy for the drop, not a shooting rampage by a former student that killed five students. Total enrollment for the fall 2008 semester is 24,397. That's 8...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25695Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:09:55 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25694NORMAL -- How does a preschooler end up left alone on parked school bus for 30 minutes? That's what officials want to know after an employee at a transportation garage in Normal found a boy on a bus. He apparently got on to attend afternoon classes Wednesday....http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25694Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:08:28 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25693FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- In her first televised interview since being named to the GOP ticket, Sarah Palin says she's ready to be president if called upon. However, she sidestepped questions on whether she had the national security credentials needed to be commander in chi...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25693Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:06:05 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25688U.S. foreclosure filings rose to a record in August as falling home prices made it harder to sell or refinance homes to pay off the mortgage, RealtyTrac Inc. said. Owners of 303,879 properties, or one in 416 U.S. households, got a default notice, were warned of a pen...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25688Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:55:37 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25680Gov. Rod Blagojevich defended giving free rides to senior citizens on Chicago Transit Authority buses and trains and said the mass transit agency should stop blaming senior citizens for its money trouble. The governor's comments Wednesday were in reaction to Mayor Ri...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25680Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:31:51 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25657Customers looking to warm up with a bowl of homemade soup this winter will not be able to head to Journey's End in Mundelein. The long established restaurant with its nautical theme will serve its last kettle of soup Sunday when it closes its doors for the last time....http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25657Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:39:12 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25656Patrons at Villa Park taverns can keep on dancing on bars, tables and chairs for the time being. The Villa Park board voted 4-2 Monday night against a proposal to prohibit tavern patrons from dancing on bars and tabletops. Trustees also nixed a companion measure barr...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25656Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:37:26 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25655When Rottweilers Trixi and Boscoe went missing from a Schaumburg construction yard 12 days ago, their owners feared they'd been stolen. Turns out, the frightened pair were trapped in a pipe 12 feet below the surface. "We just can't believe they were literally...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25655Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:33:21 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25653WASHINGTON -- A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the nation's top four wireless carriers to justify the "sharply rising rates" they charge people to send and receive text messages. In letters to top executives at Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc.,...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25653Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:28:34 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25652SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a revamped line of iPods on Tuesday and trumpeted a truce with NBC Universal that means the TV network will begin selling programs again on iTunes. The iPod announcements were largely expected, and investo...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25652Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:26:21 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25642As panic grips Chicago concerning the Cubs - psst, relax - let's take a moment to stretch as we hit the stretch drive and answer some questions about the Cubs. Some of them come from you, the readers. Others we'll raise for the fun of it. Is there a bigger ba...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25642Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:08:20 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25641LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson went on trial for kidnapping and robbery Monday with a judge determined to find a jury unaffected by his long-ago "Trial of the Century." "What happened then, happened then," Judge Jackie Glass told prospective jurors. "If you are he...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25641Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:06:26 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25639Suburban real estate and mortgage professionals as well as economists had mixed reactions Monday to the federal government's announcement that it would bail out Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae, two of the nation's largest mortgage firms. While it could mean lower mortgag...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25639Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:57:21 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25638CHICAGO -- Taking aim at a longstanding rite of passage for 16-year-olds, an influential auto safety group is calling on states to raise the age for getting a driver's license to 17 or even 18. Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a r...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25638Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:53:16 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25636More than 200 Amtrak passengers were delayed after a train traveling from St. Louis to Chicago derailed around 7:50 p.m. One set of wheels on a car came off the tracks about 50 minutes before the train was scheduled to arrive at Chicago's Union Station, Amtrak officials said...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25636Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:43:13 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25633Michael Ray Long will be laid to rest in his central Illinois hometown one week after taking a dozen people hostage in a Wheaton bank, then killing himself, in a tragic end no one saw coming. Authorities said they haven't uncovered any single event to trigger such vi...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25633Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:28:25 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25632Several area groups will observe the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks on Thursday: • Palatine will host a ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial at Brockway and Slade street downtown. Speakers are Mayor Rita Mullin...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25632Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:26:43 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25624For a full three hours before the White Sox were to take on the best team in the American League, the screaming in the locker room could be heard throughout the cavernous hallways beneath the ballpark. But the noise from the White Sox' clubhouse was no fight among te...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25624Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:16:51 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25623INDIANAPOLIS - All that bad stuff you heard here and elsewhere about the Bears during the preseason? Stuff it. The defense stinks? No, it's the reincarnation of the '85 Bears. Kyle Orton can only manage a game? No, he's Joe Montana. Jerry Ange...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25623Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:13:06 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25622CHESTER SPRINGS, Pa. -- A hot air balloon made an unscheduled landing and burst into flames in suburban Philadelphia Sunday evening, killing its pilot and injuring seven passengers. The balloon carrying eight people was making an hourlong flight, but descended early ...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25622Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:10:49 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25621PORTLAND, Maine -- When the 1,020-foot Explorer of the Seas cruises through North Atlantic waters next year, it'll spend more time off the coast of New England and less time near Canadian shores, and it's not because of better vistas. Royal Caribbean International an...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25621Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:09:47 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25610KEY WEST, Fla. -- "Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico, to nervously wonder where it would eventually strike. Prep...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25610Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:59:16 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25609ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A Republican lawmaker wants the Democrat overseeing an investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's dismissal of her public safety commissioner removed because he seems intent on damaging her vice presidential candidacy. Democratic state Sen. Hollis Fre...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25609Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:57:07 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25608The Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing a Hinsdale man swindling elderly investors out of more than $1.7 million and using the money for gifts to his wife and secretary, as well as to pay for his daughter's college tuition. In a lawsuit filed in federal co...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25608Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:54:54 GMThttp://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25607A Boeing 747 bound for Hong Kong made an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport Saturday because of unspecified problems with a temperature probe, officials said. United Airlines Flight 895 was about an hour into the 13-hour trip when the pilot rerouted it...http://www.beepcentral.com/story.aspx?story=25607Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:53:43 GMT