State

• Supreme Court won't hear carp case, Chicago Tribune

Central Illinois

• Parents of dead father seek right to visit girl, Springfield State Journal-Register
• Man pleads guilty to 1999 murder, will be released from prison, Bloomington Pantagraph

Chicago area

• FBI arrests two men for assistant U.S. attorney murder plot, Chicago Sun-Times
• Jet orders embattled shelter Pet Rescue to transfer animals, Daily Herald
• Legal marketing firm beats complaints over online referrals, Chicago Tribune
• Witness: Peterson threatened to kill Savio, Chicago Sun-Times
• Judge sets corruption retrial for Chicago official, Chicago Sun-Times
• Plea deal reached in Bloomingdale mechanic's murder, Daily Herald
• Judge weighs in on Barrington Hills wood pile, Daily Herald

Southern Illinois

• Plea negotiations, video delay East St Louis police officer's trial, Belleville News-Democrat
• Cancers caused by playing in "Dead Creek," other exposures, suit claims, Madison/St. Clair Record

SCOTUS

• Supreme Court rules defendant has right to open voir dire, ABA Journal

Nation

• FBI breaks law in collecting thousands of phone records, Chicago Sun-Times