E-mails: Navy dogs in 'deplorable' conditions with contractorThe task probably seemed innocuous enough when a small team of U.S. Navy personnel accepted it last fall. They would trek out to a private security contractor in Chicago to pick up 49 dogs, then transport them to a nearby military base. But what they found when they arrived was shocking, according to internal Navy e-mails: dirty, weak animals so thin that their ribs and hip bones jutted out.

AT&T to close Chicago 411 officeBy Sandra M. Jones | AT&T is closing its 411 office in Chicago and laying off 84 directory assistance operators, according to a monthly layoff report from the state of Illinois. The office at 10 S. Canal St. is scheduled to close in April.

Immigration activists stage rallies in ChicagoA series of immigration rallies will be held in Chicago today, as activists continue their fight to legalize millions of illegal immigrants.