Boston recovers as brothers' plot questioned

BOSTON | Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized under heavy guard Saturday as people across the Boston area breathed easier and investigators tried to piece together the who and why of the deadly plot.

King, Obama honored on historic day

SOUTH HOLLAND | The few hundred people who gathered Monday at South Suburban College were there to pay tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Yet many had their minds also set on the activities taking place about 1,000 miles to the east.

Local students witness history with Obama's inauguration

WASHINGTON, D.C. | Tacarra Holden didn’t mind the fact that her legs were aching Monday as President Barack Obama appeared on the Capitol’s steps to take his oath and speak.

Gary Mayor Hosts Conference Call with President Obama to Discuss “Fiscal Cliff”

GARY | On Dec. 12, a group of Gary citizens, city department heads and local leaders joined Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson at City Hall for a conference call with President Barack Obama. The call, which included several Mayors across the country and their constituencies, focused on the impending…

SEC official Elisse Walter chosen to lead agency

WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama has chosen Elisse Walter, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to head the agency. Chairman Mary Schapiro will leave next month after a tumultuous tenure in which she helped lead the government's regulatory response to the financi…

Chicago hopes Obama's re-election will pay off in a big way

CHICAGO | President Barack Obama may have been the biggest winner Tuesday, but for the next four years, at least, Chicago is going to be nobody's Second City.

Chicago mayor to campaign for Obama in Florida

CHICAGO | Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is headed to Florida to campaign for President Barack Obama.

Gary signs on to clean air campaign

GARY | The city on Tuesday pledged support to the Center for Biological Diversity's national Clean Air Cities campaign, urging federal officials to take action on global warming.

Democrats united behind Obama

Four years after the most divisive primary election battle in the party's history, thousands of Democratic delegates -- including 17 from Northwest Indiana -- will stand united this week in Charlotte, N.C., as Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as president.

Purdue professor doesn't expect much to come from NATO summit

HAMMOND | Just days before the NATO summit Sunday and Monday in Chicago, Purdue University Calumet Professor Richard Rupp said he doesn't expect a lot to come out of it.

Opposition stands firm on HHS mandate

As the nation's top court continues to weigh the constitutionality of parts of the Affordable Care Act, some religious leaders are maintaining their opposition to a policy they say would violate their religious freedom.

Speaker predicts another Obama term

VALPARAISO | Although it won't be a slam dunk, President Barack Obama should win a second term while the Republicans take both houses, according to who CNBC calls "one of the nation's most sought-after speakers on all things political."

Obama visits Ford Plant

President Barack Obama spoke to Ford employees and guests during a visit to the Ford Auto Assembly Plant Thursday, August 5, 2010 in Chicago, IL.

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CHICAGO | President Barack Obama speaks to plant workers during a visit to the Chicago Ford Assembly plant Thursday, August 5, 2010.

President Obama visits Chicago Ford Plant

CHICAGO | President Barack Obama speaks to plant workers during a visit to the Chicago Ford Assembly plant Thursday, August 5, 2010.

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President Barack Obama greets plant workers Thursday during his visit to the Chicago Ford assembly plant.

Obama to meet families of 11 killed in oil spill

WASHINGTON | President Barack Obama is offering condolences to relatives of the 11 workers who were killed when an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.

Obama, world leaders work to stop nuclear spread

WASHINGTON | Presidents, prime minsters and top officials from 47 countries mingled Monday on the threshold of President Barack Obama's nuclear proliferation summit, the largest assembly hosted by a U.S. leader since the founding conference of the United Nations in 1945.

Obama, Medvedev sign treaty to cut nuclear arms

PRAGUE | Casting aside years of rancor, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed the biggest nuclear arms pact in a generation, lacing the moment with new warnings of sanctions for an intransigent Iran.

Bin Laden threatens US over alleged 9/11 plotter

CAIRO | Osama bin Laden threatened in a new message released Thursday to kill any Americans al-Qaida captures if the U.S. executes the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks or other al-Qaida suspects.