National Budget for 11.07.07
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 11/7/07 editions
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Lifestyles (Wednesday is Food)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Weekly food rail.
BOILING POINT: Weekly column by Jim Hillibish. This week: Thanksgiving is a hoot. CANTON / in / food
BEGINNER'S BOX: Pumpkin butter. CANTON / in / food
REM COLUMN: Weekly column. How does a cookbook really take off? Celebrity chefs have an advantage, but that's not all it takes. SPRINGFIELD / IN / food
GUIDE TO COOKBOOKS: Shorts reviews of cookbooks published in 2007, in case you're looking for gifts, or just for yourself. SPRINGFIELD / in / food
ART: cookbook pics
Opinions
VETERANS DAY CARTOONS: Four cartoons by Dave Granlund on Veterans Day, which is Nov. 11 (Sunday). METROWEST / in / cartoons, holidays
PETER COSTA COLUMN: Daylight Savings Time - instead of buying an extra hour of sleep, everything seems an hour later and nothing seems to be getting done. CNC / in / opinions
RICK HOLMES COLUMN: The party of torture. Republican presidential candidates have it tough. They are trying to follow a two-term president of their own party, a feat that has been accomplished just once (1988) in the last 55 years. What's worse, they are trying to follow a president most Americans consider a mistake. METROWEST / in / opinions
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE …: The conduct of Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf is opposed to everything for which the U.S. stands. Just one thing: He's an ally. EDITORIAL/PEORIA/Illinois Opinions and GHNS Opinions.
BRITT: Toon comparing President Bush to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. CHRIS BRITT/SPRINGFIELD/Illinois Opinions
Sports
BIG TEN BASKETBALL PREVIEW PACKAGE (Embargoed until Nov. 8.)
Big Ten capsules: A quick look at all 11 teams in the conference.
Big Ten preview: After a year where there were no expectations, Michigan State is the league favorite.
Top 25: John Supinie, who covers Illinois and the Big Ten Conference for GateHouse News Service, gives you a preseason top 25.
News
SOLDIER'S LESSON: Soldier from Taunton returns from Iraq with lessons learned <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1149878909> - After serving 15 months overseas in Iraq, Army Spc. Ryan J.H. Bell, of Taunton, has learned how to deal with life's setbacks, both big and small.Enterprise, O'Neill, 25 inches, on wire now
ART: With photo
THOREAU'S BOOK COLLECTION NEEDS SAVING <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1375676112 <http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/x1375676112> > - In the archives of the library, the frail pages of Thoreau's personal book collection have rough edges, handwritten notes and a slight scent of history to them, adding to the reader's experience of delving in to the past. CNC, Roche, 25 inches, on wire now
ART: With photos
PELO MOTIONS.:The defense attorney for former Bloomington police officer Jeff Pelo, charged with raping four women, has filed motions asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to handle the state's case, that indictments charging the officer with stalking a woman be dismissed and that a jury be barred from hearing evidence about the photo-lineup and voice identifications police offered to victims. DOUBET/PEORIA/Illinois and Illinois News
Coming Tomorrow
HOME HELP: Weekly Home & Garden rail.
GREENSPACE COLUMN: Weekly column by Jim Hillibish. This one: The finer points about poinsettias. CANTON / in / home & garden, columns
ART: pic and column mug
DO IT YOURSELF: How to buy a snowblower. ROCKFORD / in / home & garden
GARDEN Q&A: Is my evergreen dying? ROCKFORD / in / home & garden
ART: pic of sad-looking evergreen