SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – Gov. Pat Quinn and the leaders of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly have agreed on raising the state income tax.
If the bill passes, the plan would raise the personal income tax rate from the current 3 percent to 5.25 percent. That’s a 75 percent increase. In real dollars, that would mean if you currently owe...
DALE CITY, Va. --
A commerical truck collided with a tractor-trailer Saturday morning on snow-slick Interstate 95 near the Dale City rest area, sparking a pileup involving at least 52 vehicles, state police said.
Troopers were called to the crash in the southbound lanes at 8:08 a.m., state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. She said the...
Bottoms up!
Court ruling opens the door to more nudity
Call it full moon rising -- soon, there could be bare butts all over the boob tube.
The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the $1.21 million worth of fines that the FCC levied against ABC after alleging that the network violated broadcast indecency standards for daring to show...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a setback to hopes for the quick closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison, reluctantly signed a bill on Friday barring suspects held there from being brought to the United States for trial.
Making plain he would fight to repeal language in the law obstructing civilian U.S. trials for Guantanamo...
A wounded Afghan soldier was carried to an American medevac helicopter in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 7.
KHAKREZ DISTRICT, Afghanistan — Intensified fighting and a larger troop presence in Afghanistan in 2010 led to the highest American combat casualties yet in the war, as the number of troops wounded by bullets, shrapnel and bombs...
