Chicago Business News

Chicago Business

A merger between Chicago's hometown United Airlines and Continental tops today's business news. WBBM Newsradio 780's Kris Kridel joins us with details on the deal and other business headlines.

Blagojevich Trial 2010

Blagojevich Trial Jury Reaction

Did the prosecution lose the case in jury selection? We analyze some recent comments made by jurors about where prosecutors went wrong in the Blagojevich trial.

The Week in Review

The Week In Review With Joel Weisman

On this week's edition of Chicago Tonight: The Week In Review: a bombshell in the Blagojevich case, as prosecutors drop charges against Robert Blagojevich; in Rod Blagojevich's national media whirlwind tour, the former Governor vows to put on a bevy of witnesses during his second trial; Chicago housing sales took a major tumble in July, sparking fears of a double-dip recession; and Chicago Public Schools fail to obtain much-needed federal funding. And in sports, the White Sox bullpen struggles as the Cubs say so long to Sweet Lou Piniella.

Guests:

• Charles Thomas, ABC-7 News
• Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune
• Dan Bernstein, Sportsradio 670
• Azam Ahmed, Chicago Tribune

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Politics

Chicago Weekend Events

A reporter for the Chicago News Cooperative joins us with her picks for this weekend's hottest Chicago events.

• "Rewind: 1970s to 1990s"--Museum of Contemporary Art
• Emmett Till Legacy Foundation Gala
• Indie Designer Market
• National Hellenic Museum (opening Fall 2011)

Blagojevich Trial 2010

Blagojevich Trial Update

Federal prosecutors have decided not to retry Robert Blagojevich. Elizabeth Brackett talks with the former Governor's brother and gets his reaction to the news. She also has the latest details on the retrial of Rod Blagojevich and when he could return to court.

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago Botanic Garden

Chicago Botanic Garden's Eliza Fournier tells us how to tend to a garden in late summer, and take it from August..to autumn.

Ask Geoffrey

Ask Geoffrey

One of our viewers remembers visiting this bronze elk as a child in southwest Chicago; he called it Bambi. Learn the real story behind the monument in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.

• Contemporary Sculptures from China
• Millennium Park Map --Free tour starts at North Boeing Gallery at 1215pm, August 26. No reservations needed
• Elks website
• Chicago Reader article about another important mural by John Warner Norton

Arts & Entertainment

Mysterious Murder of Lazarus Averbuch

A gruesome photo leads Jay Shefsky on a quest to understand a century-old murder.

• The Chicago Daily News Photo Archive
• Lazarus Averbuch Story in Northwestern University's "Homicide in Chicago" archive
• An Accidental Anarchist, by Walter Roth and Joe Kraus
• The Lazarus Project, by Aleksander Hemon

Arts & Entertainment

Drug Enforcement Administration

The Chicago area has the worst heroin problem in the nation, according to a study tracking heroin-related visits to emergency rooms. The new head of the Chicago Drug Enforcement Administration tells us what law enforcement is doing about it.

• Watch part one of Chicago Tonight's 2009 story on the heroin crisis in the suburbs
• Watch part two