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The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge.
United Airlines said on Thursday it plans to move its operations center from suburban Chicago to the downtown building that until recently was known as the Sears Tower.
The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chapter in the history of the giant edifice that has dominated the Chicago skyline for nearly four decades.
Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.
Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower's staggered rooftops, said building officials who announced Wednesday that the skyscraper would undergo a $350 million green renovation.
Sentencing has been put off until September for five Miami men convicted of plotting terror attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and several FBI offices.
It took three trials, three juries and nearly three years, but federal prosecutors finally succeeded Tuesday in convicting five Miami men of plotting to start an anti-government insurrection by destroying Chicago's Sears Tower and bombing FBI offices. One man was acquitted.
Visitors to the top of the tallest building in North America soon won't be able to avoid looking straight down.
An uncooperative juror has been replaced on the panel in Miami deliberating the case of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and attack FBI offices.
Deliberations in the terrorism case against six Miami men have stalled until a judge decides whether to replace a sick juror.
For environmental activists, the message was clear: Earth Hour was a huge success.
For Chicagoans it may be the architectural equivalent of having to watch Michael Jordan finish his career in a Washington Wizards uniform: The Sears Tower is turning into something called the Willis Tower.
A group of Miami men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and other targets were alternately portrayed Wednesday as militants who sold out their country for money or poor construction workers duped by federal agents.
Finding lingering emotions from the Sept. 11 terror attacks emerged as central to questioning prospective jurors Tuesday in the third trial of a group accused of plotting with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and blow up FBI offices.
Six Miami men accused of plotting with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in several cities will go to trial for a third time in January, a federal judge said Monday.
A third trial date has been set in Miami in the case of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and several FBI offices.
The second trial of six men accused of plotting attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices ended with a second hung jury Wednesday, an embarrassing blow to a case the Bush administration had cited as an example of nipping a devastating terrorist attack in the bud.
Just as in the first trial, jurors hit a stalemate in the case against six men accused of scheming to destroy the Sears Tower in Chicago and bomb FBI offices in Miami and elsewhere. They were told to continue deliberating nonetheless.
From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
A jury on Monday resumed deliberations in the second trial of six men accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices.
In a replay of their first trial, the leader of a group accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices insisted Tuesday that it was all faked in an attempt to con $50,000 out of a man claiming al-Qaida connections.
The defense opened its case Thursday in the retrial of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, with witnesses describing the alleged ringleader as a hardworking construction contractor who struggled to pay bills.
Jury selection began Monday for the retrial of six men charged with conspiring with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and blow up FBI offices around the country.
In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted Thursday, and the case against the rest ended in a hung jury.
Jurors said Monday they were still deadlocked in the trial of seven men accused of plotting with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices, but a federal judge ordered the panel to continue deliberating.
'Spiderman' held after Malaysia tower climbA French climber nicknamed "Spiderman" scales Malaysia's 88-story Petronas Twin Towers - and is arrested.
Sears Tower Ledge = Nervous-footed tourists Tourists who are scared of heights would do well to stay away from Sears Tower in Chicago - they have just installed a terrifying glass balcony on the 103rd floor.
Acrophobes Need Not AttendA boy tries out the Sears Tower's new Ledge, a glass cube that juts out from the 103rd floor, 1,353 feet above the street.
Man convicted of trying to start terror campA jury convicted a Lebanese-born Swede on Tuesday of plotting to help al-Qaida recruit by trying to set up a weapons-training post in Oregon and distributing terrorist training manuals.
Judge in 'Liberty City 6' case denies mistrialA judge on Monday denied a request for a mistrial in the Miami case of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices.
Sick juror stalls deliberations in terrorism caseDeliberations in the terrorism case against six Miami men accused of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower have stalled until a judge decides whether to replace a sick juror.
Jury deliberates in Sears Tower terror trialA federal jury in Miami is deliberating the fate of six men charged with plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices around the country.
Sept. 11 a factor in Fla. terror retrialFinding lingering emotions from the Sept. 11 terror attacks emerged as central to questioning prospective jurors Tuesday in the third trial of a group accused of plotting with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and blow up FBI offices.
Christian Bale: Ledger had 'wonderful time' as JokerThose who say Heath Ledger's tragic drug overdose was somehow related to the late actor's role as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" are ignorant and wrong, the film's star said Monday. "I say he couldn't have been happier," Christian Bale said.
Christian Bale: Ledger had 'wonderful time' as JokerThose who say Heath Ledger's tragic drug overdose was somehow related to the late actor's role as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" are ignorant and wrong, the film's star said Monday. "I say he couldn't have been happier," Christian Bale said.
Go Vertical Chicago 2008 Sears Tower Stair Climb Registration Opens June 10CHICAGO – Registration for Go Vertical Chicago 2008, the annual charitable stair climb to the top of the Sears Tower, opens at 9 a.m. CDT Tuesday, June 10 at www.goverticalchicago.org.
Mistrial Declared in Liberty City Domestic Terrorism TrialAfter 12 difficult days of deliberations, a federal jury on Wednesday deadlocked in the second trial of a Miami group accused of plotting with al Qaeda to overthrow the United States -- an unprecedented outcome in the government's legal war on domestic terrorism since the Sept.
Jihad USA: Confronting the Threat of Homegrown TerrorLaw enforcement officials and security experts are warning against the threat of homegrown terrorism as several cases involving alleged American jihadists enter the courts.
Sears Tower terrorism trialMIAMI -- Jurors considering the guilt or innocence of seven men accused of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower completed a seventh day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict or announcing an impasse.
Conceptual Terrorists Encase Sears Tower In Jell-OIn what is being called the first conceptual terrorist attack on American soil, the landmark Sears Tower was encased in 18 million tons of strawberry gelatin early Monday morning, leaving thousands shocked, angry, and seriously confused.
Sears Tower terror suspect admits al-Qaida tieTaken from the article "One of seven men accused of plotting terrorist attacks against Chicago's Sears Tower and government buildings in major cities pleaded not guilty Friday despite his own admission in writing that he took an oath of loyalty to al-Qaida."
A spate of phony 'terror' plotsSometimes a "terrorism" prosecution is anything but -- just take a look at two recent federal prosecutions, one alleging a plot to bomb New York City's Holland Tunnel, the other a conspiracy to take down Chicago's Sears Tower.
No bail for youBail has been denied to the 6 accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower. I can understand authorities making this decision; it's just the world we live in today.
Major Terror Ring Or 'Al Qaeda Lite'?Andrew Cohen: The same people who told us that Zacarias Moussaoui was the 20th hijacker and that Jose Padilla was building a radiological bomb now are telling us that they've foiled a legitimate terror plot to take down the Sears Tower in Chicago. Maybe yes. Maybe no.
Five Arrested In Domestic Terror PlotAuthorities arrest five 'home grown' terrorists who planned to take down the Sears Tower and a federal buiding in Miami.
The Miami Herald: Terrorism raid targets a warehouse in MiamiSeems awfully convenient that just as they announce that they're also invading our financial records (http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/AFP/2006/06/23/1655338) in order to track terrorists, they dampen any potential outrage by catching a group of terrorists.
My Way News - Official: 7 Arrested in Sears Tower PlotSears tower attack thwarted in Miami? Interesting article.
Suspicious Activity Around Chicago's Sears TowerA car rented in a fake name and taking pictures of the Sears Tower. I sure hope the Feds are tapping their phones and Internet connections. I want them discovered before something bad happens.
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