Log in  |  Register   Mon, December 1, 2008
SEARCH: Past 14 days Archives

Midwest

Monday, December 1, 2008

Estranged brother-in-law arrested in Jennifer Hudson family deaths

This undated file photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Jennifer Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law William Balfour. CHICAGO - The estranged brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson has been arrested for the murders of...

Former mayoral aide pleads guilty in sex scandal

DETROIT - Stoic and publicly silent through months of a sex scandal, the woman whose relationship with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led to his downfall broke...

Bird-brained thief swipes turkey

OREGON, Wis. - A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner. Lillian Moore says she sent a cooler stuffed...

Parents charged in chained Michigan girl’s death

CENTREVILLE, Mich. - Manslaughter and child-abuse charges have been filed against the father and stepmother of a teenager who died in a Michigan house fire...

Cash-strapped sites put history on hold

WAPAKONETA, Ohio - Houston, we have a problem. Neil Armstrong’s spacesuits, a capsule he piloted, the long johns James Lovell wore on the aborted...

A kiss isn’t just a kiss for Chicago newlyweds

CHICAGO - Won’t kiss on the first date? How about waiting until marriage? Chicagoans Melody LaLuz and Claudaniel Fabien shared their first kiss Saturday...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

’Christmas Story’ fans celebrate film’s 25th year

The original fire truck that was used in ‘A Christmas Story’, a 1938 Ford La France pump truck, gives movie fans a ride around the Tremont neighborhood on Friday in Cleveland, Ohio. CLEVELAND - Fans of the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" are celebrating the film’s 25th anniversary with a...

Thief steals Thanksgiving dinner off woman’s porch

OREGON, Wis. - A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner. Lillian Moore says she sent a cooler stuffed...

US, Midwest send a message: Illegals go home

CHICAGO - Just after dawn, Gerardo Lopez Arellano shuffles along in a line of 51 other shackled men on an isolated tarmac where a white, unmarked federal jet...

Man convicted in eagle deaths grateful for pardon

ST. LOUIS - Leslie Owen Collier was surrounded by cattle at a livestock auction when his cell phone rang. It was the White House. Twelve years after pleading...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Ill. family thanks employees with surprise bonuses

A photo provided by the Florence and Laurence Family Foundation shows a sample of a card that was handed out to employees of the Waukegan, Ill.-based Peer Bearing Co., from the Spungen family with thank-you bonus checks after the family sold the company. CHICAGO - Even though employees at the Peer Bearing Co. no longer work for the Spungen...

Still going: Energizer Bunny enters his 20th year

In this Nov. 27, 2008 file photo, the Energizer Bunny float moves through Columbus Circle during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. ST. LOUIS - Turns out he really does just keep going and going. The Energizer Bunny, the symbol of battery maker...

Radio contestants driven to extremes

MADISON, Wis. - As the days turned into weeks, a radio station realized it had two stubborn contestants on its hands. And it needed to figure out how to get...

Fetus at Detroit wastewater plant puzzles police

DETROIT - Investigators in Detroit say they have little to go on in the case of a fetus found in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The fetus estimated...

Mom touts verdict in Web suicide

ST. LOUIS - The mother of a girl who committed suicide at age 13 after being subjected to Internet bullying says a woman’s conviction in the case shows...

0.421216 : falcon.heraldinteractive.com
0.293454 : cached : politics.hiasys.com