Politics

County Sales Tax Revisited

The Cook County Board took up the issue of a sales tax rollback today. Rich Samuels tells us if any tax relief is in sight.

Arts & Entertainment

Remembering Walter Cronkite

We honor the life of journalist Walter Cronkite, who died Friday at the age of 92.

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Arts & Entertainment

Race to Mackinac Island

The 101st Annual Race to Mackinac Island is underway, with some boats already crossing the finish line in Michigan. 260 boats are racing and our own Geoffrey Baer is on one of them. We take a look back at his documentary chronicling the world's largest annual freshwater distance race.

Arts & Entertainment

Exploring Space

Forty years after the Apollo 11 launch, we look at the inspiring legacy of the lunar missions and talk to an astronomer about the potential for the next giant leap -- a mission to Mars.

• Northwestern University Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Adler Planetarium

Chicago Business News

Chicago Business

Midway Games, maker of the popular video game Mortal Kombat, is nearing the end of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and has laid off all of its Chicago corporate employees. Kris Kridel of WBBM Newsradio's Noon Business Hour has the details on that story, plus the rest of the week's business headlines.

Politics

Falun Gong

Supporters of the Falun Gong movement held a protest today, which marks the 10th anniversary of the banning of the movement in China. Rich Samuels tells us more about the movement, and goes inside today's demonstration.

Politics

News Analysis with Carol Marin

Governor Quinn appointed a commission to come up with cemetery reforms after the gruesome revelations at the Burr Oak Cemetery. But is the commission necessary? And was what happened there actually illegal? Carol Marin sits down with the head of the commission.

Politics

Congressman Mark Kirk Running for Senate

Congressman Mark Kirk Running for Senate
Congressman Mark Kirk launched his bid for President Obama's old Senate seat today. He will join us to discuss his campaign and much more.

The Friday Night Show

Classic Callaway: Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert

For the rest of the summer we'll be replaying the best of John Callaway's interviews over the years. Tonight we take a look back at a 1998 conversation with legendary movie reviewers Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert who launched their show right here at Channel 11 in 1975.

• Roger Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times blog
• RogerEbert.com
• Roger Ebert's Top 10 lists by year
• Gene Siskel Official Site
• Gene Siskel Top 10 lists by year
• Gene Siskel Film Center