Obama Wins 2nd Term, Carrying Nearly All Battleground States
President Barack Obama has won a second term, CBS News is reporting.
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President Barack Obama has won a second term, CBS News is reporting.
Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth has ousted Tea Party-backed Congressman Joe Walsh from the 8th Congressional District.
Trailing far behind Democrat Bill Foster, longtime Republican Congresswoman Judy Biggert has conceded the race in the 11th District.
Despite having been indicted for allegedly taking a $7,000 bribe, and having been booted out of the Illinois House, former state Rep. Derrick Smith has won his seat back in the General Assembly.
Despite ongoing health problems that have kept him out of action for months – and a pair of investigations hanging over his head – Democratic Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. handily won re-election Tuesday against a trio of largely unknown challengers.
Alfredo Gonzalez approached a 41-year-old woman distributing "Thank You" cards to voters at the Lincoln School in the 3600 block of South 61st Avenue in Cicero and began "sexually threatening" her Tuesday morning.
A Northwest Side man arrested on a terrorism charge just before the May NATO Summit in May pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to four years in prison and deportation.
The Class-B misdemeanor of "companion animal hoarding" carries a potential jail sentence of up to six months and $1,500 in fines, Aurora officials say.
Neighbors reported hearing coyotes howling before the dog was attacked in the back yard, police said. The pet is presumed dead.
The singer strapped on a banjo for her Grammy-winning track "Mean" and told the story behind the song.
If President Obama is anxious about the results of today's election, he's not showing it.
The creations of "GIFs" might be one of the greatest things to happen to sports entertainment since high-definition television.
Nathan Burris must really like football.
Three firefighters were injured while battling a blaze in a southwest suburban home Tuesday morning.
Do gravediggers throw their shovels at people? Do racecar drivers run over pedestrians? Has a McDonald's employee every thrown a batch of chicken nuggets being fried in oil at your face? I've never attempted to stab anyone in the eye with the pen I write articles with. I've thought about it. A lot. But I haven't done it.
