As many of you already know, today marks the 68th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the surprise military attack that killed over 2,400 people and wounded almost 1,300. The City of Chicago plans to mark the day with a ceremony this morning at Navy Pier. The ceremony will include a bell-ringing to honor those that died during the attacks, including the seven victims from Illinois. Members of the Illinois and Chicago chapters of Pearl Harbor Survivors will be in attendance as will Mayor Daley, who will also attend a wreath-laying ceremony. The Navy Pier ceremony will get underway at 11 a.m. more ›

Governor Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial gets underway on Monday and things are, what else, a hot mess. So what's going on in the World of Blago as the trial approaches? more ›

If you've ever wandered past the ever-under-construction mass of steel and concrete at the corner of State & Kinzie, that's the Museum of Broadcast History, the same group that put out the list of Top 125 American Political Broadcast Moments earlier this week. And, being as that lists are made to be pulled apart, dissected, shredded and argued over, who are we to get in the way of such rich tradition? There are some entries... more ›

Iva Toguri, a Chicago native once convicted of treason for allegedly being one of the voices of the infamous Japanese radio siren "Tokyo Rose" during World War II, died at the age of 90 on Tuesday. She had run her family's store, J. Toguri Mercantile near Belmont and Clark for 50 years since the war. Toguri had been visiting a relative in Japan when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Stuck in the country, she took a... more ›