National Budget for 1.12-14
GateHouse News Service National Budget For 1/12-14/08 editions
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Lifestyles (Monday is Biz)
BIZ BITS: Weekly business rail, with items on the world's cheapest car, the Biz List and more.
WORKWISE: Cover letters - an endangered species?
MICHAEL JORDAN: His Airness enters Kansas casino battle by throwing his name/restaurant behind one of the six proposals being considered. KANSAS CITY, Kan.
FAMILY TIME: Introducing the weekly family rail, with standing items such as movie reviews for parents, fun outside activities, book reviews and more.
HOMEWORK CENTER: Center flourishes at library. STOUGHTON, Mass.
WOOD ON WORDS: Barry bares the truth -- can you bear it? . Rockford, in
VIDEO VAULT: Smart gambling drama "Rounders" knows when to hold 'em. . Rockford, in
WILL PFEIFER: Was "Zodiac" the best movie of 2007? Probably. Did the bare-bones DVD released in the fall do it justice? Not really. Rockford, in
Opinions
BRITT TOON: Commenting on dangerous drivers using cell phones.
EDIT: The citizens of Quincy should be very concerned about law enforcement and public safety right now, mainly because the police union president is a dangerously loose cannon whose leadership is threatening to blow the depart ment apart if the new mayor does not take the reins. Ledger, 19''
AND JUSTICE FOR SOME: As an activist who fights for the rights of law-abiding citizens, I've decided that the tie-breaker for me will be identifying the presidential candidate most likely to deal effectively with our embarrassingly inadequate criminal justice system. Ledger, Murphy. 18''
MITTELL: If the Frank Capra movie "It's a Wonderful Life" had been about a political campaign it would be the New Hampshire primary, and downtown Manchester would be its stage. Ledger, Mittell, 19''
MAHONEY: The poor need more. Hopefully everyone who sees it is up on their Dickens. Ledger
HOLMES: Hillary's struggles. There were two points in the last New Hampshire debate where we saw sides of Hillary Clinton she's mostly managed to hide from the public for years. MetroWest, in
LODGE: Sir Edmund Hillary, the great explorer. MetroWest, in.
Sports
NADEL is back! Column for Monday is on Illinois at Indiana basketball. / In Mike Nadel, Illinois Sports
PLUS: Illinois coverage of game, pregame, postgame by Supinie
PACKERS vs. SEAHAWKS: Preview, game story, postgame. ROCKFORD
1985 BEARS: Feature comparing Bears to Packers.
News
THIS WEEK IN WEIRD: In this week's edition, a standalone photo, a drunk driver who fell asleep in the middle of a street, a woman whose car was stolen and replaced with another stolen car and more.
CAMPAIGN MANAGERS: They live in the shadows, yet hold integral roles in organizing and helping communicate their candidate's message and story to voters. They are campaign managers. (Story has strong Illinois focus, but it can be localized or used as a guide to a story of your own like this). PEORIA / in
TEACHER RAGE: Substitute teacher - apparently somewhat elderly - flipped out during class at Fairview Elementary School yesterday or the day before, hit one kid with a broom handle, said she'd like to kill them all, threatened to throw furniture at them & more. She's been blacklisted as a sub, and police report is going to the state's atty's office to consider charges. Bolinski, SJR / Illinois and Illinois News
WINTER TORNADO: Trauma victims need time to heal. RRS.
HOME HEATING OIL: A coalition of home heating oil dealers called on the president to release federal funds set aside to help people with low incomes and the elderly. Enterprise, Allegrini. 10 inches.