• Two members of the Liberty City 7 - the group accused of plotting to bomb the Sears Tower - were sentenced today. Burson Augustin was sentenced to six years while Rotschild Augustine was sentenced to seven years. Sentencing for the other three men who were found guilty (two were acquitted) will occur tomorrow and Friday.
• The case against two area men arrested for plotting terror attacks overseas has grown as authorities investigate allegations that they may have been involved with last years terror attacks in Mumbai.
• Buffalo Grove trustee Lisa Stone will get to learn the identity of internet commenter Hipcheck16 at a December 18 hearing.

Five men accused of plotting to team up with al-Qaida and blow up the Sears Tower, as well as federal buildings in Miami, were found guilty today while another was acquitted; a seventh man originally charged, Lyglenson Lemorin, was acquitted in 2007. It was the third trial for the group, the previous two having fallen apart due to dead-locked juries. According to the Miami Herald: more ›