james harris is charged with murdering 19-month-old amierah roberson. her body was found sunday, two hours before her mother reported her missing. harris is the mother's boyfriend and was watching the girl while her mother was at work. he's due in bond court later today. two convicted cop killers will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison. kevin walker and christopher harris were each sentenced yesterday to more than a hundred years, for their roles in the drive-by gang shooting in 2009 that killed officer alejandro valadez. he got caught in the gang crossfire. a third man, shawn gaston, was convicted in the shooting two years ago. the federal judge in the kevin trudeau case says he still thinks he's hiding money. trudeau was sentenced to ten years in prison for lying in infomercials about his weight loss book. he also owes a 37-million dollar fine, but trudeau says he doesn't have the money. but investigators say he lived a lavish lifestyle and could have money overseas. keith farnham has resigned from the state house of representatives. he sa

an autopsy revealed 17-month old amierah roberson died from head trauma. her body was found by an abandoned building in riverdale a few hours before her mother reported her missing. the family says the mother dropped off amierah at her boyfriend's, on her way to work. t-v pitchman kevin trudeau will spend the next ten years in federal prison for lying to consumers about the benefits of a weight-loss plan. that's the sentence prosecutors requested. at his sentencing hearing, trudeau called his arrest and trial a wake-up call, and said he'll never do it again. trudeau still hasn't repaid the 37 million dollars he was fined in *civil court. the only teen charged as an adult in the videotaped beating of a curie high school student, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery ... and was sentenced to time served. 19-year-old raymond palomino was one of seven teens charged with aggravated battery and robbery in the 2012 attack that went viral online. the 17-year-old victim was lured into an alley by a girl, then beaten and robbed. blasting will resume *today at a quarr

james harris is charged with the murder of amierah roberson. her funeral is today. an autopsy found she died from blunt force trauma to the head and her body was lit on fire. prosecutors say video shows harris carrying a bag into a wooded area, where the girls remains were found. the house ethics committee confirms, it has opened an investigation into the conduct of congressman luis gutierrez. the congressman's former chief of staff, doug scofield, got a half million dollars in contracts to train the congressman's staff, and help draft new releases. if scofield did any *political work, it would violate congressional ethics rules. the contract was cancelled last year. bed bugs have been detected at the thompson center. they were discovered in offices used by the illinois department of financial and professional regulation over the weekend. a spokeswoman for the agency said the contaminated area has been treated, and they are sterilizing paper files. the infected area is located in a part of the building that is restricted to state employees. the bugs were traced to a