Updated: 1:30 PM Chicago-based Exelon Thursday raised its 2004 earnings estimates and says it will spend $2.7 billion to pay down debt.

Updated: 12:56 PM Some veterans say John Kerry supporters shouldn't use Wisconsin's war memorials to further their politics.

Updated: 12:53 PM Swimmers won't notice, but scientists say Lake Michigan measures a foot deeper this year.

Updated: 12:54 PM State education officials say about 93-percent of Illinois teachers returned to their schools last year.

Updated: 12:50 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich's plan to help Illinoisans buy prescription drugs from Ireland has surprised Irish government officials and pharmaceutical company representatives.

Updated: 11:09 PM A neighbor down the street from a shooting early Wednesday morning expresses his frustrations on troubles happening on Woodlawn Avenue.

Posted: 6:18 PM Democrats at the Illinois State Fair rallied around U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama Wednesday and mocked his Republican opponent.

Updated: 1:01 PM ACT scores improved slightly among Illinois high school students this year.

Updated: 12:50 PM Federal authorities say a temporary flight-reduction agreement at O'Hare International Airport calls for United and American airlines to cut a total of 37 arrivals each day.

Updated: 10:47 PM Buying prescriptions abroad is a first in the nation. Now, Illinois residents have that option.

Updated: 10:42 PM Mount Morris residents may be able to vote on a decision to rebuild.

Updated: 5:04 PM Prices of lumber have reached record highs. Since December, retailers have seen costs jump more than 200 percent.

Updated: 4:30 PM Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is in court for a second day of testimony as a juror on a Chicago murder trial.

Updated: 4:28 PM U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes claims that the multi-billion dollar issue of airport expansion in Illinois has been paralyzed by political corruption.

Updated: 3:25 PM According to the Rockford Register Star, state child-welfare workers will stay at a Rockford youth home for 24 hours until the Department of Children and Family Services approves of the way the children are being treated.

Updated: 12:42 PM A report from the Illinois State Board of Education says the number of teachers-in-training is on the way up.

Updated: 12:44 PM Documents show United Airlines and American Airlines will support temporary flight caps at O'Hare International Airport to help ease delays.

Updated: 4:22 PM CHICAGO (AP) - Governor Rod Blagojevich says the state will have an online clearinghouse running within a month to help Illinois residents buy drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Updated: 11:44 PM No movement in the Harlem school district's contract talks could mean a strike.

Updated: 3:49 PM A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 16 at the intersection of Sandy Hallow and Mulford Roads.

Updated: 1:57 PM Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday signed the Right to Breastfeed Act, which gives woman the right to nurse their children in both public and private places.

Updated: 12:55 PM Media mogul Oprah Winfrey reported for jury duty in Chicago Monday.

Updated: 12:51 PM This is a crucial week in the Harlem School District.

Updated: 12:50 PM State and military officials unveil a new memorial to honor Illinois soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Updated: 12:53 PM Girl Scout Troop 377 tells of their evacuation and being near the eye of Hurricane Charley after a Caribbean cruise.