07/03/11 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thaddeus McCotter, a guitar-playing Michigan congressman with an independent streak, formally launched a longshot bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on Saturday.
01/08/11 After 31 years of making pizzas, Jack Korum closed the businesshe and his mom owned, Korum's Pizzeria at 1942 Grand Ave.
01/06/11 Some time around 7 p.m. tonight, the Western Big Six Conferencewrestling season begins in earnest with a pair of duals - Molinevs. Rock Island and United Township vs. Alleman.
09/23/10 KIRKWOOD -- Police had no suspects in the massvandalism discovered early Wednesday on the parking lot of CombsTire & Auto Service, 10520 Big Bend Boulevard.
09/17/10 Friday was Lincoln High's Fall Festivus, an annual fundraiserwhere classes were shortened to 30 minutes each, leaving about twohours in the afternoon for students to socialize, play and danceinside or on the fields west of the building.
05/08/10 The day-tourists greeted us with quizzical looks as we climbedthe final steps of the Grandview Trail, as though exotic animals orghostly miners had just materialized from the sandstone cliffs.
05/07/10 LOS ANGELES -- Michael Connelly is looking to stage akidnapping. The writer wheels his rented SUV through the streets of Hancock Park. He turns right at 5th Street and Windsor Boulevard,and a two-story villa set back from the street catches hiseye.
04/30/10 WATERLOO - Linda Sharp grew up a stone's throw from Sans SouciIsland before making it her home 10 years ago.
03/18/10 To get an idea of what makes Eric Church stand out in thecountry music scene, there's only one word to know:Lollapalooza.
09/03/09 My estimable colleague Chris Breen has already run down for you a list of likely music-related developments that we might see at next week?s ?Rock ?n Roll? Apple event: a new version of the iPod touch, an updated iTunes, and perhaps even iPod models souped up with cameras.
08/10/09 Nearly 14,000 youth and young adults came out Saturday for the third stop of the four-city ?Rock the River? tour led by evangelist Franklin Graham and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. | 
