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Geri Nikolai: We're proud to host you, judgesJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Welcome, judges. We're happy you're here. We love to show newcomers around our Rock River Valley and look forward to your views as judges for the America in Bloom compet...
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USA Today has a cow over voting numbersJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - USA Today can eat my shorts. "I'm not sure how you obtained the numbers," sniffed Alison Maxwell, a USA Today journalist who's in charge of an online election to determi...
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Editorial: Gore and the presidencyJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - For release Sat. July 7 Al Gore is in the news again, this time promoting a concert this weekend on seven continents put together to raise awareness about the threa...
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Rower rescued after rolling in high seas during trans-Atlantic attemptJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - A record-seeking Frenchmen in a souped-up rowboat was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter Thursday night after rolling a half-dozen times in high seas off Provincetown a...
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Editorial: State must strengthen ethics lawsJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The political tiff between Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his Republican nemesis, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, has taken to the air, with barbs now flying reg...
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Car statue seen in 'Wayne's World' coming downJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - The iconic 40-foot-tall car-kabob "Spindle" that punctuates Berwyn's Cermak Plaza is coming down - perhaps permanently - as part of a major renovation the center's owner...
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Couple charged with beating nephewsJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - A Bloomington couple has been charged with beating their two nephews at their home on the 200 block of Reeveston Drive. Valerie Hawkins, 42, was charged Monday in Mc...
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BERNARD SCHOENBURG: Blagojevich testimony sought in Corrections caseJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH may have to give a deposition in a case brought by more than 65 former Department of Corrections captains whose rank was eliminated by Blagojevi...
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A commitment to mental healthJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - State mental health laws have come under intense scrutiny since April's tragedy at Virginia Tech, and rightly so. Professors and students around mass murderer Se...
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Editorial: Subprime reforms sorely neededJul 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Congress, the Federal Reserve and Wall Street agree that the subprime lending bust is weighing down an otherwise buoyant economy. They just can't agree what to do about ...