Michael Gordon

- Nathaniel Taylor Jr., 39, Sept. 28, 2008, shot and killed during an early-morning raid on the South Side. - Richard M. Francis, 60, July 2, 2008. Shot by a woman who wrestled his gun from him while checking out a disturbance at a CTA bus at about 2 a....

Nominees in major categories for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: DRAMA SERIES: "Boston Legal," ABC "Damages," FX "Dexter," Showtime "House," Fox "Lost," ABC "Mad Men," AMC...

Outstanding Animated Program for less than an hour Creature Comforts America "Don't Choke To Death, Please" on CBS King Of The Hill's "Death Picks Cotton" on FOX Robot Chicken "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" on Cartoon Network The Simpsons "Eternal...

The Government Accountability Office today called on the Air Force to reopen the bidding process on a $35 billion contract to overhaul the service's Eisenhower-era aerial refueling tankers. The GAO decision represents a stunning victory for Chicago-based...

Pizza Fusion opened its first organic pizzeria in Deerfield Beach in July 2006 armed with the mission of "saving the earth, one pizza at a time." Two years later, the Fort Lauderdale-based restaurant company, founded by former Florida Atlantic University...

Sunday night, music director Grant Gershon and the Los Angeles Master Chorale presented a program at Walt Disney Concert Hall devoted to music written within the last 10 years -- and no one seemed to bat an eye. But it should also be noted that these...

The math behind eighth blackbird’s program Tuesday night at the Orange County Performing Artscenter, titled "The Only Moving Thing," was this: The ensemble, based at the University of Chicago, takes its name from Wallace Stevens' poem "Thirteen...

(AP Photo/Northrop Grumman Corp) by Aamer Madhani and Julie Johnsson The Government Accountability Office today called on the Air Force to reopen the bidding process on a $35 billion contract to overhaul the service's Eisenhower-era aerial refueling...

JAZZ ASCAP Salutes Alan and Marilyn Bergman (305), 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 30, Northwestern University School of Law, Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago Ave.; $10. The veteran lyricists -- who have penned words for tunes such as "The Windmills of Your Mind"...

Anyone who thinks Britney Spears' best days are behind her should know this -- she does have a prayer. The celebuwreck, who has been struggling to get custody of her kids while launching a comeback, is the top prayer-getter at the Hollywood Prayer...

The Afterlife: Though "Open Season," Sony Pictures Animation's first feature release, received decidedly mixed reviews from critics, the family comedy took in $84.3 million domestically and $101.6 million more internationally. The film is also nominated...

With 300, a blood-strewn retelling of that apotheosis of Spartan military glory, the Battle of Thermopylae, cinema has once again proven its ability to incorporate every other mass-media art form. Director Zack Snyder and his computer wizards have made...