 Illinois pension plans are running dangerously low on funds because, time and again, lawmakers have used the huge pools of money to avoid politically difficult decisions and hand out perks to supporters. Now the state is $85 billion in the hole.  | Hurd due for bond hearing on drug charges Bears receiver Sam Hurd was arrested Wednesday evening after he allegedly accepted kilogram of cocaine from a federal agent posing as drug supplier. Hurd is scheduled to return to court this afternoon for a bond hearing on federal drug conspiracy charges. |  | Gingrich, Romney set sights on Obama Acting on their best behavior, the two Republican front-runners essentially called a cease-fire Thursday night in their fratricidal primary fight, using the last full-scale presidential debate of the year mainly to assail President Obama. |  | Morton's steakhouses to be sold Morton's Restaurant Group said Friday it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Houston-based restaurant operator Landry's Inc. in a deal that values the storied Chicago steakhouse chain at about $116.6 million. |  | Looks like Bears dropped the ball David Haugh: On the day before Sam Hurd signed a $4.15 million contract with the Bears last July, he was talking his way out of trouble with Homeland Security officials in Texas who found $88,000 cash and marijuana in his car. |  | Which new movie got a 4-star review? Check out reviews to all the new movies out this week, including "Mission Impossible," "Sherlock Holmes," "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks." |  | Hey, Newt. It's the economy. President Barack Obama is in deep trouble, but Newt Gingrich, if nominated, is no cinch to win the presidency. His personality and three marriages aside, he has not yet tabled a convincing program to fix the economy. |  | Dueling ward remaps to get public review Two blocs of Chicago aldermen are preparing to take their preferred ward remaps to the public in a gambit that could end up leaving the final decision to voters or even the courts. |  | Chicago vets discuss how Iraq War changed their lives As the Iraq War came to an official end Thursday, several Chicago-area veterans and service members talked about the youthful idealism that led them into the military and the hard experience of serving in the Middle East during a war that dragged on for eight years. | |  | |
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