Boeing's much-anticipated 787 carried its first passengers Wednesday on a four-hour, 8-minute flight filled with cheers, picture-taking and swapping of aviation stories.  | 2 killed, 1 hurt in West Side shooting A lone gunman quietly approached three men walking down a West Side street and opened fire, killing two of them and critically injuring the third, Chicago police said this morning. |  | Obama aims to ease student loan pain President Barack Obama is taking steps to ease the burden of student loans, potentially helping millions of cash-strapped college graduates in a tough economy. |  | College tuition takes bigger bite of incomes Although more Americans are getting help from scholarships and tax breaks, the net cost of college is eating up a higher share of the typical family's income in 2011, according to a report released Wednesday. |  | Refreshing Rosie refuses to play it safe Rosie O'Donnell may not end up saving the Oprah Winfrey Network, a tall order even for, say, Oprah Winfrey. And that fancy house O'Donnell bought in the Wrigleyville neighborhood may be back on the market soon enough. |  | Kass: The silence of the Cellini trial Closing arguments in the political extortion case of Illinois Republican Combine boss William Cellini wrapped up Tuesday evening, and I took the elevator to the ground floor of the federal building. | |  | |
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