U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is set to prosecute the cases against Tahawwur Rana and David Headley, the two Chicago men charged in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai. It'll be Fitzgerald's second case as prosecutor since coming to Chicago from New York in 2001. Rana and Headley are also accused of plotting an attack in Denmark in retaliation for the controversial 2005 Prophet Muhammad cartoons. [Sun-Times] more ›

A Chicago woman and her family were rescued by the Indian Army from a Mumbai hotel where they had been trapped for almost two days since the siege began earlier this week. Carol Mackoff and her husband, sister, and friend were staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel as part of a three-week trip when the attacks began. With the satellite TV cut, Mackoff's only communication with the outside world was through text messages with the U.S. Consulate. In an interview with CNN, Mackoff said, "In the beginning, we heard shots and we didn't know what was happening. We saw men running down our hallway and we could see through the peephole in the door -- we could see guns in their hands." more ›