Carlos Zambrano was yelling and pumping his arms, looking as if he might go into another full-fledged meltdown.Instead, he kept his composure. He also kept a good run going. Zambrano passed Kerry Wood on the Cubs' strikeouts list, Starlin Castro became the club's first rookie in 66 years with six straight multi-hit games and Chicago beat the New York Mets 5-3 on Saturday.

After stumbling for a half, Missouri distanced itself from a distressing preseason. Blaine Gabbert rallied the Tigers from a 10-point deficit with two touchdown passes and Carl Gettis made a leaping one-handed interception and downed a punt at the 1 in the fourth quarter of a 23-13 opening victory over Illinois on Saturday.

A man charged in the Tuesday slaying of a CPS student near his Garfield Park home was ordered held without bond Saturday.

With his dreadlocks still flowing, Manny Ramirez ran to first base with a single on his first at-bat Saturday in his return to Fenway Park. The slugger's opposite-field hit in the second inning set up the first run of the game against the Boston Red Sox, the team he starred for and mystified with his antics for 7 1/2 seasons.

Police were searching Saturday afternoon for a 26-year-old Chicago man missing and believed drowned in Lake Michigan near St. Joseph, Michigan, on Friday.

The motorist who caused a three-vehicle wreck early Saturday on the Northwest Side that sent nine people to hospitals is expected to be charged with negligent driving.

As children across America go back-to-school, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Home Safety Council (HSC), a Pool Safely campaign partner, are releasing a snapshot on drowning incidents for the 2010 summer swimming season.

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The last weekend of summer is upon us! Before heading off to vacation destinations for Labor Day, make a stop at one of Dream Town's open houses—we're featuring a gorgeous duplex down in Lincoln Park and a spacious single-family home on the Northwest Side.

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At a news conference organized by self-identified gang members Thursday morning, several speakers complained that police and city officials do not respect them, and that the only way to curb violence is to provide jobs and improve their community.

For some who watched those gangs go before cameras Thursday, "disgust" didn't come close to describing their feelings. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine spent the day with victims and potential victims of the gang violence plaguing the city.

Police are looking for a suspected burglar who broke into a north suburban home, stole several hundred dollars from a homeowner and apologized to her as he was taking it. CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports.

Three males are dead and another was hospitalized with "trauma" after being discovered with gunshot wounds Thursday night in a Southwest Side garage.

Walter Jacobson says that secret gang meeting with police reminds him of the old days, when police would make the war on gangs "personal." And you know what? They got results. Here's Walter with his Perspective.

The brother of an 8-year-old boy who died from a gunshot wound at their Dolton home this week has been charged in connection with his death.

A teenage boy was fatally shot in what police say was a gang-related slaying Thursday afternoon in the Chatham neighborhood.

Two men were charged with attempted murder Thursday, a day after two police officers were shot while conducting a search warrant in the Englewood neighborhood.

Some Chicago area soldiers are home Thursday night. This return is perhaps more meaningful, as it comes in the same week that President Barack Obama announced the formal end to the combat mission in Iraq. CBS 2's Vince Gerasole was in west suburban Forest Park for the big welcome home.