National budget for 1.19-21.08
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 1/19-21/08 editions
Here are the top national stories coming today from GateHouse News Service. Stories are available at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/. Please submit stories below no later than 6 pm local time, unless you have breaking news that is changing significantly.
Contacts: Jean Hodges, (630) 348-3350, (630) 956-8834, jhodges@gatehousemedia.com
Michael Toeset, (630) 348-3356, (630) 835-8870, mtoeset@gatehousemedia.com
NOTES:
MLK: See stories below under news.
Opinions
GARY BROWN: An analysis of fun. Canton / in
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/columnists/x1295938444 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/columnists/x1295938444>
CURT SMITH: Spurned by elite, Huckabee shines for 'everyman'
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x142929902 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x142929902>
CHARITA GOSHAY: Money talks when it comes to naming sports fields. Canton / in
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/charita_goshay/x1151 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/charita_goshay/x1151>
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JULES MOLENDA: Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents. (Column commemorating Ben's b-day.) http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x142930296 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x142930296>
BRITT: Toon on the recession about to „steamroll‰ Americans. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/opinions/x1059360319 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/opinions/x1059360319>
Sports
ROYALS FANFEST: Coming this weekend: Coverage from the annual fan festival. Cody Thorn. Will be posted in Missouri, Kansas and Pro Baseball.
QUICK SHOTS (for Sunday use): Column from Matt Trowbridge on Bears, Bulls and Packers. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/sports/x1295938969 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/sports/x1295938969>
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WORLD‚S GREATEST PACKERS FAN: Woman remembers father as the ultimate Packers fan. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/sports/x1059360533 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/sports/x1059360533>
CHEESEHEAD CHUCKLES: Get ready for the big game with these reader-submitted jokes. Includes hilarious illustration of Brett Favre. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x142930442 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x142930442>
PACKERS BELIEVE: Mike McCarthy and Brett Favre explain how the surprising Packers came to believe they could win a Super Bowl. REEED SCHRECK/ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR / evening / Illinois Sports and Pro Football
PRE-GAME COVERAGE: Stories and notes each day from Reed Schreck. / Illinois Sports and Pro Football
GAME DAY:
- Mainbar from Reed Schreck.
- Notes from Reed Schreck.
- Report card from Reed Schreck.
- Column from Matt Trowbridge.
All stories will be posted in Illinois Sports and Pro Football
News
SEGREGATED SUNDAYS: The Rev. Martin Luther King's dream included an integrated society, so it's ironic that Sunday morning worship services are one of the most segregated times of the week. We talk to people about why. We'll include national perspective to show this is not just a Rockford thing. With breakouts, photos. WEBSTER, Rockford.
MLK: Although Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is his most famous, few of can recall exactly what his dreams were. We look back at what King wished for and then talk to middle and high school students from Rockford to see what their dreams are decades later. I have a dream topper with eight vignettes from students. KOLKEY, Rockford.
STATELINE: MLK DAY - Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that Americans one day would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Today, Deval Patrick is the second elected black governor in the nation. And Barack Obama's presidential campaign draws comparisons to King and John Kennedy. So does race matter anymore? Have Americans reached the colorblind point when they choose their leaders, as King dreamed? Ledger, Benner, 15 inches, 6 p.m.
THIS WEEK IN WEIRD: Unusual news of the past week includes a teen who impersonated a cop and pulled over a pro wrestler so he could meet him, a dentist who found someone living in his office, a school that stinks (literally) and more. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/x469079102 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/x469079102>
DEVELOPING / HIGHWAY DEATHS RULED MURDER-SUICIDE <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1295938914 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1295938914> <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1295938914 > > - Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone's office informed the public today that Friday evening's triple pedestrian fatality that occurred on Route 495 in Lowell has been determined to be a double homicide and suicide. The crash resulted in the deaths of two children, Kaleigh Lambert, age 5, and Shane Lambert, age 4, as well as a 39-year-old woman, Marcelle Thibault, who was the children's aunt. MetroWest, on wire now
Will be updated
Excitement surrounding Sen. Obama's campaign evokes comparisons <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1925665581 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1925665581> <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1925665581 > > - To old political warriors, the excitement that surrounds the young Illinois senator's presidential campaign reminds them of the hard, hopeful days of the early 1960s.
Ledger, Lambert, 20 inches, on wire now
With photos and fact boxes for BHO, JFK and MLK
Lifestyles
WORSHIP ON THE WEB: Flying Spaghetti Monster, Google is God touch a nerve on all sides of the religious issue. Has some localization possibilities (see editor‚s note in story). Freeport. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x603841754 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/midwest/illinois/x603841754>
Nothing boring about 'Cloverfield'
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/movies/x1295939071
Another great ending in Sayles' 'Honeydripper'
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/movies/x1059361405
MUSIC MATTERS: The sounds of silence
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/music/x1059360583 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/music/x1059360583>
ALBUM REVIEWS: Cat Power puts own stamp on covers
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/music/x1295938279 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/music/x1295938279>
Coming Monday (Monday is Biz)
Salon offers compassionate aid to cancer patients
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x254748532 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x254748532>
BIZ BITS: Weekly business rail, with items on "doomed" cities, the struggling economy, $700 pillows and more. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1925665331 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1925665331>
WORKWISE: Getting ahead if you're a skilled worker. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/columns/x603841783