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Economists have said the soft economy has many poor families struggling to make ends meet and now with a hike in the local sales tax, tourists and residents said they will now look outside of Cook County for shopping opportunities.

WASHINGTON Financial regulators on Monday announced an information-sharing agreement aimed at better detecting potential risks to the U.S. financial system.

WASHINGTON Consumers boosted their borrowing in May, mostly reflecting heavy credit card use to finance their purchases.

Dear Gwendolyn: My brother wants to remove my grandmother from her home where she has lived for over 50 years.

Dear Gwendolyn:I have been married for four years. Two years into our marriage I became pregnant. My husband was ecstatic and we looked forward to our unborn. However, just months before his birth we were advised something was wrong.

It's about time. That was Karl A. Brinson's reaction to the NAACP's selection of its youngest president ever, 35-year-old Benjamin Jealous. Jealous, a Rhodes Scholar and former director of Amnesty International's U.S. Human Rights Program, got the nod fro

A woman was held in contempt for shouting "Free R. Kelly" while the 15-member jury in the R&B singer's child pornography trial was being esorted by sheriff deputies to the courtroom Thursday.

Today President Bush announced Individual Assistance for 14 Illinois counties that have experienced major flooding and storm damage.

Prosecutors must prove that R&B singer R. Kelly produced and possessed the videotape of allegedly a teenage girl and him having sex.

Dear Gwendolyn, Five years ago I decided to look for a wife. I came up with the perfect idea. I decided to marry a woman of the night. So, I took to the streets in my search. Every other night I met a different woman. Then like magic, I fell in love at fi