ROLLING MEADOWS — A suburban Chicago investment consultant already convicted earlier this year of bilking clients out of more than $4 million has now pleaded guilty to forgery

    Cold temperatures are not helping crews who are still trying to clear the roads. Both county and state crews have called it a night because dropping temperatures are causing refreezing, and there isn't much they can do about it.

    North Korea said on Saturday it has deported Merrill E. Newman, an 85-year old American it has been holding on charges of "hostile acts" against the state, on humanitarian grounds because he has admitted to his wrongdoing and apologized. The deportation was announced by the North's KCNA news agency. He was visiting North Korea as a tourist.

    Report: Yankees get FA Beltran with 3-year deal

    Grab a tissue. Seriously. You'll need it. It's clear that Paul Walker's sudden death has dramatically affected many, many people, from his family to friends to colleagues to...

    Jay Z just can't help but leave a trail of success in his wake. The multihyphenate mogul leads all nominees for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards with eight, nods coming for Magna...

    Now we know who the baby daddy is! Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada shocked fans when she recently revealed she was pregnant because no one even know she was dating anybody, but...

    What is going on with Marion Cotillard? The other day she wore a giant gown that looked like a gym class pinny, and now she steps out in this equally tent-like ensemble. Is there something hiding...

    This vegan just got his hands on a whole lot of cheese. Jay Z's latest venture is proving a successful one already: Roc Nation Sports has negotiated a reported $240 million contract...

    Grab a tissue. Seriously. You'll need it. It's clear that Paul Walker's sudden death has dramatically affected many, many people, from his family to friends to colleagues to...

    MANAMA (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday the United States would maintain a wide array of military forces in the Middle East to ensure security in the volatile region despite diplomatic overtures toward Iran over its nuclear program.

    NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization cleared the way for its first ever worldwide trade reform on Saturday after Cuba dropped a threat to veto the package of measures, sources involved in the talks said.

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Braving rain and cold, President Barack Obama and his family ventured across the street from the White House on Friday to preside over the lighting of the U.S. national Christmas tree.

    The things you can buy with the digital currency Bitcoin continue to grow, from sandwiches to fine art -- and now expensive cars.

    (Reuters) - As millions of people shop online for new insurance plans under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, about 10 percent of applications to the main website are not being accurately transmitted, a government spokeswoman said on Friday.

    HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong has reported its second human case of H7N9 bird flu days after the first, raising fears that the virus is spreading beyond mainland China....

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gilead Sciences Inc. says the federal government has approved its highly anticipated hepatitis C drug that is expected to offer a faster cure to millions of people infected with the liver-destroying virus....

    ATLANTA (AP) -- There's more evidence that U.S. births may be leveling off after years of decline....

    LONDON (AP) -- A newly released court judgment says that doctors were medically justified in forcing a woman to have a cesarean section last year because it was in her best interests....

    Triplets-and-more increasingly are the result of drugs given to women to make them produce eggs - not from using multiple embryos from IVF, or lab-dish fertilization, new research shows....

    Perhaps no equipment is more significant to local history than the 1921 American LaFrance fire engine used in the Great Flood of 1937. The fire engine — placed on a raft and used by the New Albany Fire Department during the flood — will be on display for the first time today inside the Vintage Fire Museum's new home.

    A key state legislator doesn't expect the General Assembly to make many changes to Indiana's casino laws during its upcoming session.

    While Illinois did not see as much ice as Kentucky, many areas saw much more snow. It is creating quite a mess locally, and crews say they are ready for the tall task ahead of them.

    Cold temperatures are not helping crews who are still trying to clear the roads. Both county and state crews have called it a night because dropping temperatures are causing refreezing, and there isn't much they can do about it.

    Snow caused more than 150 traffic accidents in Louisville Friday, officials say.

    An international project has developed a free and open public resource that will bring much-needed transparency to the murky and contentious world of gene patenting.

    With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body.

    Rainfall data from the TRMM satellite was compiled and analyzed for tropical cyclones affecting the Philippines in 2013 and made into a movie.

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- A panel of experts thinks Uncle Sam should be more in touch with our feelings....

    Decreased diversity in the microbial community found in the human gut is associated with colorectal cancer, according to a new study published December 6 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

    The Seattle Mariners shook up baseball's free-agent market, reaching a rich deal with Robinson Cano on a day when Carlos Beltran, Curtis Granderson and other familiar names found new homes.

    DETROIT (AP) — Matt Johnson threw four of his career-high five touchdown passes in the first half and Bowling Green routed No. 16 Northern Illinois 47-27 on Friday night for the Mid-American Conference title, ending the Huskies' shot at playing in a marquee bowl game.

    Atlanta's Kyle Korver set an NBA record by draining a three pointer in his 90th consecutive game as the Hawks beat Cleveland 108-89 on Friday. Korver's three pointer in the first quarter broke the mark of 89 games in a row which was set by Dana Barros in 1996. "There have been so many great shooters in the NBA so anytime you are able to be a part of something like this it says something," said Korver, who had 10 points.

    You just knew the Yankees couldn'€™t stand pat when Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson decided to leave. Say hello to Carlos Beltran, who reports say agreed to a three-year, $45 million deal.

    Matt Johnson threw four of his career-high five touchdown passes in the first half and Bowling Green routed No. 16 Northern Illinois 47-27 on Friday night for the Mid-American Conference title, ending the Huskies' shot at playing in a marquee bowl game.

    Lots of important stuff was in the news this week: Scientists finally declared that sex counts as exercise, crazy ants invaded Texas, and a truck full of deadly radioactive waste got carjacked in Mexico. Time to get caught up.    

    Curious about how Copenhagen Suborbitals is building a space capsule? Wired Science blogger Kristian von Bengtson shares the process, in photos.    

    AT&T wants to silence a shareholder proposal that it disclose the government requests it receives for customer information, rejecting a step that Google, Microsoft and other Internet companies have already taken.The proposal calls on AT&T to publish semi-annual reports about the information requests it receives from U.S. and foreign governments. Under the plan, the reports would be subject to existing laws and omit proprietary information. The language was submitted by the New York State Common Retirement Fund and other AT&T shareholders after recent revelations about telecommunications and Internet snooping by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other U.S. agencies.On Thursday, AT&T asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to agree that the company can leave the shareholder proposal off its proxy statement, which shareholders will vote on at its 2014 annual meeting. The request came in a letter to the SEC, which The New York Times reported on Friday.AT&T argued that it can throw out the proposal for several reasons, the central one being that it relates to its “ordinary business operations.” In addition, AT&T said the proposal relates to ongoing litigation and doesn’t focus on a significant policy issue, among other things.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

    Technology touches all ages. Here are some gadgets aimed at the 18-and-under set.

    Yahoo may soon be broadcasting more concerts following its acquisition of live music streaming startup Evntlive.Yahoo has acquired the young company as part of an effort to expand its entertainment offerings, a Yahoo spokeswoman confirmed Friday. It didn’t say how much it paid for Evntlive, which launched a beta of its service only this past April.Eight Evntlive employees will join Yahoo at its Sunnyvale, California, headquarters. The service will be shut down, however, and it remains to be seen how Yahoo will use the talent it has acquired.Despite its young age, Evntlive had streamed hundreds of performances from artists and festivals, it said in its own announcement. Its service let users stream concerts live or on-demand to their desktops, tablets and smartphones. Evntlive also streamed artist interviews and music videos, according to a cached version of its site.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

    By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado bakery owner illegally discriminated against a gay couple when he refused to bake a wedding cake for the pair last year because of his Christian religious beliefs, a judge ruled on Friday. Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer ordered Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, to accommodate sex-couples or face fines and other possible penalties. "This view, however, fails to take into account the cost to society and the hurt caused to persons who are denied service simply because of who they are." The case involves Charlie Craig and David Mullins, who said Phillips refused to bake a wedding for their wedding celebration when they went to his shop in 2012. Phillips refused to bake the cake, saying his Christian beliefs prevented him from doing so.

    MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is opening the door for the U.S. to sell missile defense and other weapons systems to a group of U.S.-friendly Gulf nations. The move is intended to help counter Iran's ballistic missiles, even as global powers ink a nuclear deal with Tehran.

    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A court-appointed guardian is dropping her attempt to force an 11-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy after she and her parents fled their home to avoid treatment.

    The New Mexico State Police officer who fired shots at a minivan full of children during a chaotic October traffic stop has been fired, a spokesman with the law enforcement agency said Friday.

    American Merrill Newman, 85, who was detained by North Korea for more than a month, landed in Beijing on Saturday after being deported by Pyongyang, Japanese media reported. "I'm very glad to be on my way home," Newman told Japanese media at Beijing airport. He was visiting North Korea as a tourist when he was pulled off an Air Koryo flight in North Korea minutes before it was due to depart for Beijing on October 26.

    A deal to boost global trade has been approved by the World Trade Organization's 159 member economies for the first time in nearly two decades, keeping alive the possibility that a broader agreement to create a level playing field for rich and poor countries can be reached in the future.

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- As Gov. Henrique Capriles campaigned for president of Venezuela last April, he couldn't venture more than a few steps without being hounded by dozens of sharp-elbowed cameramen and photographers. Nearly eight months later, the visibly thinner and exhausted opposition leader is accompanied by just a handful of journalists at what was supposed to be one of the final, electrifying opposition rallies ahead of this weekend's mayoral elections....

    North Korea on Saturday deported an elderly U.S. tourist, apparently ending the saga of Merrill Newman's return to the North six decades after he advised South Korean guerrillas still loathed by Pyongyang.

    Six people admitted to a hospital in central Mexico for radiation testing are suspects in the theft of a truck containing potentially deadly cobalt-60, a government official said Friday.

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Saturday deported an elderly U.S. tourist, apparently ending the saga of Merrill Newman's return to the North six decades after he advised South Korean guerrillas still loathed by Pyongyang....