Fenger High School senior Kermilia Wellington wanted to spend her Christmas break at the local library, using the Internet to work on college applications — but her neighborhood branch has been closed since March.

If gallery does not load, please click the refresh button on your browser. World news photos of the day for December 31, 2009, including images from Japan, Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Uruguay, Palestine, Turkey, Brazil, Russia, Israel, and Philidelphia.

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the back as he stood with friends in front of a store in the Far South Side neighborhood of West Pullman Wednesday night, police said.

By dark the world is once again intact, Or so the mirrors, wiped clean, try to reason.

This summer, Italian automaker FIAT Auto Argentina will be present all along the Atlantic coast and at different mountain centres in Crdoba promoting its latest vehicles.

While entry-level Champagne is $40 a bottle, you can get a good cava for $12 or $13. And most consumers can’t distinguish it from the pricey stuff.

Nobody is in custody after a north suburban business owner was found shot to death in the trunk of a vehicle late Wednesday on the Northwest Side, according to a law enforcement source.

Melbourne, Dec. 31 : Fox.com.au users have voted the Socceroos’ 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign as the story of the decade.

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