National Budget for 10.11.07
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 10/11/07 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.
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News
NURSING HOME CARE: Union reps nationwide urge Carlyle Group investment partners to at least maintain nursing home standards and staffing when it takes over HRC Manor Care in eight states, including Illinois. Union cites studies in which care declines when investors buy out nursing home companies. ILLINOIS CAPITOL BUREAU / this evening
WOMAN FIRED: 70-year-old sues, saying she was fired when she didn't return to work quickly enough after surgery for lung cancer. PATRIOT LEDGER / in
CANCER RESEARCH: Industrial magnate Koch Industries (based in Kansas) donates $100 million to MIT for cancer research. CNC / in
A TALE OF TWO HENRYS: In September, a Massachusetts man read an obit for former Red Sox pitcher Bill Henry, but he laters discovered Henry was very much alive. The man in the obit had been posing as Henry. STOUGHTON / in /
ART: baseball card pic
Business
CHRYSLER STRIKE: Deadline is this morning for national UAW strike. ROCKFORD / this evening
Sports
JORDAN'S SON: When Jeff Jordan, Michael Jordan's son, officially begins his college basketball career, he continues to try to live his own life and make a name for himself. SUPINIE / this evening
HAWKEYE SLIDE: Injuries haven't helped a rookie QB at Iowa. Hawkeyes have lost four straight games and their last eight consecutive conference games, as they prepare to meet the Illini this weekend. SUPINIE / this evening
BEARS GEAR UP FOR VIKINGS: Story and notes from Wednesday practice. ROCKFORD / by 6 p.m.
INDIANS TEAM: Indians story based on team interviews, CANTON
with: Indians notebook, CANTON
Opinions
JEFF VRABEL COLUMN: Welcome, moms and dads of preteens, to Ticketmaster hell. IN / opinions, columns, Vrabel
ART: column mug
GRANLUND CARTOON: On GOP debate with Mitt and Rudy sparring and Thompson snoring. METROWEST / IN / opinions, cartoons
MAHONEY CARTOON: Mitt Romney at the debates. PATRIOT LEDGER / 6 p.m.
EDITORIAL: Dear Yankees: Wish you were here. PATRIOT LEDGER / 6 p.m.
Lifestyles (Thursday is Home & Garden)
HOME RAIL: Check out our weekly Home & Garden Rail, with interesting bits and pieces that you can run separately, together, or however you like. Rail includes standing features, such as a "how to", which this week involves how to clean your gutters. IN / Home & Garden
ART: yes
GREENSPACE COLUMN: Winter's an important time for your garden. Plants are preparing for their long winter's sleep. Cool nights and decreasing daylight are triggering their bionic alarm clocks. Get ready, it's almost time. CANTON / in / home & garden
ART: column mug
GARDEN Q&A: One more application of fertilizer will benefit your lawn. ROCKFORD / in / homer & garden
MOVIE REVIEWS OF THE FOLLOWING ARE ON NEWS SERVICE NOW:
- "Elizabeth"
- "Eastern Promises"
- "Feast of Love"
- "Darjeeling"
MUSIC PROFILE: Paleo has written the biggest album of his career. How big? Try 365 songs big. IN/ ENTERTAINMENT
Coming tomorrow
ANGELS AMONG US: Michael's presence still felt among believers <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/religion/x1998362143> . PEORIA / in / religion
WITH: art
NOAH BLUNDO COLUMN: Chico the cat tells the pope's story. NEW PHILADELPHIA / in / religion
ART: column mug
THEOLOGY ON TAP: A "six-pack" of outreach from the Catholic church <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/religion/x373059629> . PATRIOT LEDGER / in / religion
ART: pics