Two men were charged with a hate crime after they beat a black man with garbage cans outside a Joliet gas station on Saturday night. Lucas M. Bailey and Jerry Bryant, both white, "are charged with aggravated battery, mob action, committing a hate crime and resisting a police officer." When police intervened in the beating, the pair swung the garbage cans at the responding officer. Real smart, guys. The victim sustained lacerations and bruises to the head, though his injuries were not life-threate

Two years after the murder of Metra police officer Thomas Cook, authorities are finally ready to file charges against a suspect. The unnamed suspect was to make his first court appearance this morning at the Markham courthouse where he was expected to be charged with first-degree murder and officials have planned an afternoon press conference that will feature members of Cook's family. Cook, 43, a former Riverdale police officer and a father of two, was fatally shot in the head Sept. 27, 2006, in

The child was taken a hundred miles away, found at a rest stop wandering around and yet led police back to the home with information to find his slain mother inside. Amazing. And we stupid adults walk around spelling crap in front of them, saying stupid things like"oh, he's or she's too young to remember this or that".I know I was one of those kids that remembered all the stuff the adults around me were pulling, almost all of it, to this very day. My parents and grandparents always freaked out a

Israeli ground troops enter Gaza.Alan Dershowitz, Israel, an honorable warrior (in full):ISRAEL's actions in Gaza are justified under international law, and Israel should be commended for its self-defence against terrorism. Article 51 of the United Nations Charter reserves to every nation the right to engage in self-defence against armed attacks. The only limitation international law places on a democracy is that its actions must satisfy the principle of proportionality.Since Israel ended its occ