Jason Keyser

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No vote on Illinois fracking rules until November

Jason Keyser · October 14, 2014 8:10 pm

Illiana Expressway plan survives latest challenge

Jason Keyser · October 9, 2014 7:56 pm

Chicago fire and police personnel respond to a shooting.

Chicago standoff suspect wanted in Indiana attacks

Jason Keyser · October 8, 2014 4:10 pm

Kanna Ortiz 4, waits in a line after her flight back home to New Jersey was delayed at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. All flights in and out of Chicago's two airports were halted Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control facility sent delays and cancellations rippling through the U.S. air travel network. Authorities said the blaze was intentionally set by a contract employee of the Federal Aviation Administration and had no ties to terrorism. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

After sabotage, air travel system slowly recovers

Jason Keyser · September 27, 2014 9:06 pm

In this Aug. 7, 2014 photo, Jon Daniel speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois office in Chicago. Daniel, who created a spoof Twitter account in the name of Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, is taking his case to federal court after police raided his home. Ardis saw the account as an attempt to steal his identity. Daniel says the raid violated his constitutional rights. The police response also ignited a debate about online satire and free speech. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Twitter parody plays differently in middle America

Jason Keyser · September 19, 2014 3:49 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, Ty Warner, the billionaire who created Beanie Babies, arrives at federal court where he was sentenced to community service but no prison time for hiding at least $25 million from U.S. tax authorities in Swiss bank accounts. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, a three-judge appellate panel at the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago is scheduled to hear arguments from prosecutors who say Warner's punishment was way too lenient and from defense attorneys who say it was just right. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)

Beanie Babies creator’s sentence debated in court

Jason Keyser · September 17, 2014 7:49 pm

Federal subpoena sought email of ex-Pat Quinn advisers

Jason Keyser · August 23, 2014 8:23 pm

U.S. runner Bill Hillmann, 35, from Chicago, Ill., is carried on a stretcher after being gored on his right leg by a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. A journalist and author, Hillmann, is a veteran San Fermin runner and has written many pieces about the festival. The injury was said to be serious but his life was not in any danger. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/M.J. Arranz)

Chicago man gored at Spanish bull-running festival

Jason Keyser · July 9, 2014 9:25 pm

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JULY 6 AND THEREAFTER - In this Oct. 24, 1988 photo, Nancy Rish, right, is seen being escorted outside a courthouse in Kankakee during her trial related to the 1987 kidnapping and killing of Stephen Small, of Kankakee. After 27 years in prison, Rish, now 52, who says she was wrongfully convicted in the notorious case, may get her chance at freedom when the Illinois Prisoner Review Board hears her petition on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/The Daily Journal)

Illinois woman seeks clemency in buried-alive case

Jason Keyser · July 5, 2014 4:48 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2013, file photo, the teams of China's Royal Club, left, and South Korea's SK Telecom T1 compete at the League of Legends Season 3 World Championship Final in Los Angeles. Robert Morris University Illinois, a small private university in Chicago, is offering hefty scholarships for players of League of Legends, which has become one of the most popular games for organized team competitions. The university said it recognizes the growing legitimacy of what are known as "eSports." Starting this fall, the scholarships will cover up to 50 percent of tuition and 50 percent of room and board. That's worth up to $19,000 per student. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Ka-ching! Scholarships for slaying video game foes

Jason Keyser · June 20, 2014 7:33 pm

FILE - This undated file photo released by Obama for America shows Barack Obama teaching at the University of Chicago Law School in Chicago. Monday June 16, 2014 is the deadline for initial proposals to host the Obama presidential library and five separate Chicago bids are being submitted by universities, a community organization and a real estate developer. Obama spent 12 years as a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago, which will be submitting one of the bids. (AP Photo/Obama for America, File) NO SALES

Chicago determined not to lose Obama library bid

Jason Keyser · June 13, 2014 8:22 pm

Dick Durbin prods Canadian National on rail issues

Jason Keyser · June 6, 2014 8:47 pm