If you’re walking past the Lincoln Park Whole Foods this morning and see a huge heap of food sitting on the ground, it’s not a sale. The Organic Consumers Association, as part of their “Millions Against Monsanto” campaign, is dumping genetically modified foods in front of Whole Foods at noon. …

Published: May 17, 2011 at 11:26 AM CHICAGO, May 17 (UPI) — A conservation group says the daily discharge of 1.2 billion gallons of undisinfected sewage effluent into the Chicago River system threatens public health. The American Rivers organization has placed the Chicago River, which supports more than 6 million …

Reuters 9:43 a.m. CDT, May 16, 2011 U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress he would start tapping into federal pension funds Monday to free up borrowing capacity as the nation hits the $14.294 trillion legal limit on its debt. The U.S. Treasury will issue $72 billion in bonds and …

Urban renewal is a guiding mission for the Chicago Park District, but their attempts are becoming a costly burden on the urbanites. A joint investigation between the Better Government Association and Fox Chicago News found thousands of dollars charged to company credit cards for personal use. The Park District Superintendent …

By Andrew Harris – May 13, 2011 11:29 AM CT Illinois’s ban on carrying handguns violates the U.S. Constitution, the Second Amendment Foundation Inc., an advocacy group, said in a federal court lawsuit. “Illinois is currently the only state in the country that imposes a complete prohibition on the carrying …

The Associated Press1:06 p.m. CDT, May 13, 2011 Chicago must hire 111 African American firefighter candidates passed over for jobs and pay millions of dollars in damages to thousands more. The ruling handed down Friday by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals follows last year’s decision by the U.S. …

As Chicago prepares to welcome its new police superintendent, Newark Police Department Director Garry McCarthy, federal authorities have launched an investigation into the New Jersey department–months after the American Civil Liberties Union complained of rampant misconduct and lax internal oversight. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says the probe will look into …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A part-time fry cook and would-be terrorist admitted plotting to blow up a federal courthouse in the Illinois capital city and was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison. Michael Finton, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against …