SCOTUS

• Sotomayor confirmed 68-31 by Senate, Chicago Tribune

Central Illinois

• Former Cubs minor league pitcher gets 30 days in jail for injuring fan, Peoria Journal Star
• Drug bust lands McLean County $352,000 windfall, Bloomington Pantagraph
• Cop accused of viewing porn in squad car claims boss was eavesdropping, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• Tribune Co. bonus plan to be heard in court, Chicago Business
• Huron stockholder sues over financial firm's scandal, Chicago Business
• Suspects in cemetery desecration face seven-count indictment, Chicago Sun-Times
• Jury selection underway in 2nd Brown's Chicken murder case, Daily Herald
• Ex-U. of I. law dean calls herself "victim", Chicago Tribune
• Chicago school chief's senior aide linked to city schools probe, Chicago Tribune

Northern Illinois

• Judge Colwell assigned to COG v. DeKalb County wind farm case, DeKalb Daily Chronicle

State

• Quinn signs law banning texting while driving, Chicago Tribune

Nation

• 9th Circuit allows law firm infringement suit for website copying, ABA Journal