This May 19 photo shows the Chicago skyline at night. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP/File)

10 killed in Chicago over sweltering Memorial Day weekend

Last year, four people were killed in Chicago during the Memorial Day weekend, but bad storms that year forced many people to stay at home.

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Officials confirmed that Jeffrey Neely is no longer an employee of the General Services Administration.
In Iowa, Obama on the offensive against Romney

He criticized the GOP nominee for distorting the truth and said he wasn't prepared to be President.
After three decades, confession and arrest in Etan Patz case (+video)

Pedro Hernandez has confessed to the killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. Hernandez worked in a nearby convenience store.
Mitt Romney running mate search enters public audition phase

As his campaign evaluates potential running mates, Republicans with a possible shot at the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket are starting to engage in unofficial public tryouts for the traditional vice presidential role of attack dog.
Berkeley police chief defends cops' search for son's iPhone

Police Chief Michael Meehan said no preferential treatment was given when the officers, including three detectives and a sergeant, searched for the phone.
Nuclear sub fire doused, leaves seven with minor injuries (+video)

A fire aboard the USS Miami, docked in a Maine shipyard, was put out Thursday morning. The nuclear reactor was shutdown, and no weapons were on board.
Etan Patz suspect: A 33-year-old murder mystery solved?

Etan Patz vanished in 1979, while walking alone to his school bus stop. New York City police say they now have a suspect in the Etan Patz case who has confessed.