Knowing we would attend a wedding in St. Louis, Missouri, one weekend and a bridal shower in Chicago, Illinois, the next, the two of us decided to turn the events into an excuse for a summer road trip through Illinois and parts of neighboring states from June 28 to July 4.
A man suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death in a one-week killing spree was charged Thursday in two more of those killings, a Missouri prosecutor said.
Authorities have captured an Illinois man suspected of killing eight people in two states, the FBI confirmed Tuesday.
Floodwaters breached another levee in Illinois and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week
Rising oil and gas prices have lawmakers and consumers scrambling for solutions, but it is unclear whether anything can be done to lower energy costs in the short term, experts say.
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook southern Illinois early Monday, the latest in a string of quakes that have rattled the region since last week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The revelation of controversial comments made by the longtime pastor of Sen. Barack Obama, and the equally hot aftermath from the general public that led to the junior senator from Illinois delivering a strong speech/sermon on race in America, has opened anew the explosive connection between three of the most volatile issues today.
Dear FSB: What is the success rate for a small local winery in an area of between 40,000 to 60,000 people?
Congratulations to North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, who appears on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated as our national Player of the Year. The 'Bag would love to do an article someday on the stories behind what SI cover subjects were doing when they learned they'd made the cover. Maybe not all of them would be as good as the scene in Almost Famous when Stillwater learned they'd made the cover of Rolling Stone, but some of them probably would be.
Call me crazy, but I don't think there's going to be all that much bubble suspense come Selection Sunday. The bracket is already fairly tight -- there were only six open spots this week once I placed all the "gimmes" -- and several of those will disappear when a few surprise teams inevitably win their conference tournaments. The last few teams that did get in this week -- UMass, West Virginia, Villanova -- have fairly weak credentials that won't stand up two weeks from now unless they make deep conference-tourney runs.
Knowing we would attend a wedding in St. Louis, Missouri, one weekend and a bridal shower in Chicago, Illinois, the next, the two of us decided to turn the events into an excuse for a summer road trip through Illinois and parts of neighboring states from June 28 to July 4.
A man suspected of bludgeoning eight people to death in a one-week killing spree was charged Thursday in two more of those killings, a Missouri prosecutor said.
Authorities have captured an Illinois man suspected of killing eight people in two states, the FBI confirmed Tuesday.
Floodwaters breached another levee in Illinois and threatened more Mississippi River towns in Missouri after inundating much of Iowa for the past week
Rising oil and gas prices have lawmakers and consumers scrambling for solutions, but it is unclear whether anything can be done to lower energy costs in the short term, experts say.
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook southern Illinois early Monday, the latest in a string of quakes that have rattled the region since last week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The revelation of controversial comments made by the longtime pastor of Sen. Barack Obama, and the equally hot aftermath from the general public that led to the junior senator from Illinois delivering a strong speech/sermon on race in America, has opened anew the explosive connection between three of the most volatile issues today.
Dear FSB: What is the success rate for a small local winery in an area of between 40,000 to 60,000 people?
Congratulations to North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, who appears on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated as our national Player of the Year. The 'Bag would love to do an article someday on the stories behind what SI cover subjects were doing when they learned they'd made the cover. Maybe not all of them would be as good as the scene in Almost Famous when Stillwater learned they'd made the cover of Rolling Stone, but some of them probably would be.
Call me crazy, but I don't think there's going to be all that much bubble suspense come Selection Sunday. The bracket is already fairly tight -- there were only six open spots this week once I placed all the "gimmes" -- and several of those will disappear when a few surprise teams inevitably win their conference tournaments. The last few teams that did get in this week -- UMass, West Virginia, Villanova -- have fairly weak credentials that won't stand up two weeks from now unless they make deep conference-tourney runs.
Mannequins, broken glass and debris littered the street Thursday after a midday explosion at a small strip mall that injured several people, collapsed roofs and left mounds of rubble in a Chicago, Illinois, suburb.
Question: I'm looking to retire in the near future and want to know how an "everyday" investor like me can develop a good strategy for taking income from my savings. Any advice? --Nate, Carbondale, Illinois
Hope you were paying attention to BracketBusters weekend, because history says at least one team that participated will survive the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament.
Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly with a gun law after Virginia Tech's shooting, but it came too late for Northern Illinois University and it is unclear whether it would have made a difference
The rankings for this week, straight up.
For Democrats, these reflect voter samples in Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah.
Phil Corzine is not abandoning Illinois. A longtime soybean farmer in Assumption, a small town east of Springfield, he is firmly loyal to his state - he once ran the Illinois Soybean Checkoff Board, a program in which Illinois farmers promote Illinois soybeans. But the 1,300 acres Corzine planted in 2007 are not in Illinois, or even in the Midwest. They're in central Brazil, in the state of Tocantins, part of a big swath of soy-producing lands that stretch between the Andes and the Atlantic forest and from northern Argentina to the southern flanks of the Amazon basin. Soylandia, as this immense region might be called, is almost entirely unknown to Americans. But it may well be the future of one of the world's most important industries: grain agriculture.
College hoops rankings sans a Bluegrass-state team or a subversive agenda ...
Illinois State coach Tim Jankovich feels his biggest enemy is complacency after his team's unexpected early success this season.
Coal is almost the perfect fuel. It's cheap and absurdly abundant -- especially in the United States, which has the world's larges reserves. There's just that tiny problem of massive climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions. Or is there?
The location of a $1.8 billion pollution-free coal plant research project is to be announced on Tuesday
Rankings to devour if you're not busy confronting Bob Knight -- with a bad video camera in hand -- for firing shotgun pellets into your swimming pool...
You know what's the craziest thing of all about this unusually crazy season? That for all the crazy developments in the polls over the past 13 weeks -- the rise and fall of non-traditional teams like USF and Kansas, LSU falling from No. 1, twice, Oregon going from national-title contender to potential Sun Bowl team in the blink of an eye -- we head into the final weekend still fixated on the same crazy storyline that's been hovering over the sport for nearly a year now.
It did not take long for the mid-majors to make a splash in 2007-08. Just two days after the season opened in Memphis, Gardner-Webb made national headlines by not only upsetting Kentucky, but by doing it in Rupp Arena. Atlantic Sun mates Belmont and Mercer then added to the tiny league's stunning week with wins at Cincinnati and USC respectively.
Demetrius Jones, the Notre Dame quarterback who lost the starting position after a poor performance in the season opener, expects to play next season at Northern Illinois following his quick decision to transfer.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The "comedy of errors" that plagued Missouri in a 40-34 win over Illinois included one highly noticed flub of his own, coach Gary Pinkel now admits.
More rain brought more grief to the already-drenched Midwest, pushing rivers and streams past their banks, while a new round of storms spawned possible twisters that left a trail of damage.
A federal appeals court upheld former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering and fraud conviction Tuesday and refused to grant him a new trial in the biggest political scandal to rock Illinois in decades.
Even the best restaurant employees don't have eyes in the backs of their heads. The ESP wireless system may be the next best thing -- it connects staffers to diners and one another. ESP will roll o...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - It's nearly 1 p.m. and Arrelious Benn is curled up on an oversized leather couch in the Illinois players' lounge. VH1's Flavor Of Love: Charm School playing in the background as he tries to get some much-needed rest.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A pair of cranes sit idle, visible high above the torn up bleachers on the west side of Memorial Stadium, while more heavy construction equipment lies beyond a chain-link fence, some 10 yards of the north goal line. In no uncertain terms, the home of the Illinois football team is a mess.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A jubilant Seth Greenberg walked over to press row, slapped hands with Virginia Tech's radio announcers and shouted, "How'd we do that?" The rest of Nationwide Arena was wondering the same thing.
Welcome to SI.com's real-time Bubble Watch. The following chart will be updated continuously between now and Sunday to reflect the results of the conference tournaments.
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Friday he is pulling out of the 2008 Democratic race for president, citing financial difficulties in a campaign that lasted 15 weeks.
The state of Illinois is hoping to attract investors to pay as much as $10 billion in a jackpot bid for its lottery system, according to a newspaper report.
A 22-year-old man was arrested in Chicago, Illinois, this week in connection with a plot to detonate explosives in malls, a federal law enforcement source said.
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close, CNN.com asked readers to share their stories. Here is a sampling of responses, some of which have been edited:
Forty years ago, Elizabeth Heydanek lived in her "heaven on earth" -- Schaumburg, Illinois.
CNN.com asked users for their ideas on the best way to fuel America and break the country's dependence on fossil fuels, especially from foreign sources. Here is a sampling of the responses, some of which have been edited:
For investors who like to gamble on initial public offerings, the state of Illinois may soon have a multi-billion dollar IPO for you.
Nine people were killed Sunday as severe weather raked parts of four states.
If a high-yield savings account sounds like an oxymoron, get ready for a pleasant surprise: After the Federal Reserve's marathon of interest-rate hikes since mid-2004, short-term rates hover around 4.5 percent, while long-term yields have stayed the same, at times even dipping below shorter-term ones -- an unusual relationship that economists call an inverted yield curve.
Flagler County, Florida has retained its status as the fastest growing county in the United States, based on rate of population gains, according to the latest Census Bureau statistics.
Swarms of tornadoes killed at least 10 people across the Midwest, shut down the University of Kansas and damaged so much of Springfield, Illinois, on Monday that the mayor said "every square inch" of town suffered some effects.
I've heard that you should keep three to six months' worth of expenses in a savings account, money-market fund or short-term bonds or CDs in case of an emergency such as loss of a job. But is it really necessary to keep that much money in low-earning assets if you have a home equity line of credit you could tap instead?
THIS MONTH: Tear-down sales
A Senate hearing on high oil prices comes as consumers face a jump of 50 percent or more in home heating bills this winter. Gasoline prices are nearly 20 percent higher than a year ago, though they have retreated in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the industry's third-quarter profits jumped 62 percent to about $25.9 billion.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Illinois' Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a $1.06 billion judgment against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. in a case that accused the company of using unsafe parts to repair damaged vehicles.
Some reality television winners apparently got a brutal reality check this tax season.
The brackets for the NCAA Tournament were drawn last night. You know what that means? To steal a line from Dick Vitale, it's March Madness, baby!
Earlier this month, Illinois judge Jeffrey Lawrence refused to dismiss a wrongful death suit against a fertility clinic in Chicago. The plaintiffs are a couple, Alison Miller and Todd Parrish. They allege that the defendant, the Center for Human Reproduction in Chicago, discarded their nine embryos and thereby ended the embryos' lives.
The battle over medical liability reform officially kicks off this week.
Illinois is either heaven or hell, depending on how you look at it.
With one of the most hotly contested presidential races now history, political junkies can stay sharp the next four years with persuasivegames.com.
How do investment clubs work and how can I find one near me? And are their real estate investment clubs?
A key fact has been lost amid all of the fiery rhetoric and political posturing surrounding new federal overtime rules that took effect Monday: Some 18 states have overtime regulations that effectively nullify federal rules.
With the impact of inflationary pressures on the U.S. economy still up for debate, one need look no further than the Sloppy Joe for answers.
The state of Illinois is set to announce a program to help its citizens buy drugs at a cheaper price from pharmacies in Canada and Europe, according to published reports, a move that would put it at odds with the Food and Drug Administration.
A trucker who authorities said raped a 13-year-old girl, stabbed her repeatedly and left her tied to a tree in a remote area of Illinois was captured Monday evening after an exhaustive manhunt in neighboring Indiana.
Two-time Republican presidential candidate and Maryland resident Alan Keyes announced Sunday his candidacy for the U.S. Senate for an open seat in Illinois. He's running against Democrat Barack Obama, who is leading in in the polls. CNN anchor Candy Crowley talked with Keyes from Chicago on Monday. The following is an edited transcript.
Set to address his party's convention Wednesday night, vice presidential candidate John Edwards is perhaps the best-known of the Democrats' rising stars.
More than ever, it pays to be a superstar at work.
Barack Obama, who is running for the U.S. Senate from Illinois, gave the keynote speech Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. This is a transcript of his remarks.
Firefighters continued on Saturday to battle a fire caused by a massive explosion that killed four workers at a chemical plant near Illiopolis, Illinois, according to Sangamon County Sheriff Neil Williamson.
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From an Estate Tax standpoint, 2010 would be the best year to die, but Illinois would not be the place to do it. That's the grim conclusion of Robert Bonifas, 66, who worked 35 years to build his c...
Does this make sense? Illinois is holding presidential primaries Tuesday -- even though the nominations of both parties have already been locked up.
As part of a Los Angeles-based investigation into the bootlegging major motion pictures, an Illinois man was arrested on charges of copyright infringement and illegal interception of a satellite signal, according to the FBI.
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Analysts have faced some ferocious criticism lately--much of it richly deserved. Not only did the profession routinely bang the drums for investment banking business, but its stars took the extra s...
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As anthrax terrorized America in mid-October, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley met with his high command in the city's Emergency Communications Center, a technology-packed fortress two miles from the do...
It's been a rocky stretch for the markets, and that has jostled the FORTUNE e-50 badly. The index plunged nearly 10% in the two weeks ending Aug. 22, falling 35% for the year so far. Only three sto...
One day Stephen Vlachos was approached by an unsolicited buyer while working at his Portland, Me., kitchen-supply business. The encounter put the business owner in a panic, since he was unable to p...
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In 1989, Frank Fisher of Naperville, Ill. was left high and dry by phone company downsizing: He was 45, with little money in the bank, and the kids' college years were looming. Luckily, he was soon...
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Like the sound of screeching tires and breaking glass, an Illinois state court decision is grabbing the attention of motorists nationwide, who are now wondering if their collision insurance is adeq...
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You're not asking much, simply for the details of your finances and private life to remain private. That's how readers overwhelmingly reacted to August's "Protect Your Privacy." It revealed the fiv...
If you are among the record 2.9 million motorists whose auto leases expire this year, you may want to consider buying that car. You would have plenty of company: The proportion of people purchasing...
"Our investment club has had ups and downs just like the market. In 1982, our portfolio had grown to $1 million. So we bought gold necklaces for our wives that said 'First Million in 1982' and invi...
Is your office overhead rising faster than you'd like? Well, maybe you should check how your employees are treating all that expensive equipment on the premises. Take your pricey copying machines, ...
No need to worry about a national economic recession, say the state data. Recent job growth as a percent of each state's long-term growth--which permits comparisons that allow for trends such as mi...
Conventional wisdom says you must attend an Ivy League or similarly elitist institution to have a shot at the executive suite. A look through the alumni directory of the decidedly egalitarian Unive...
The question people ask me most often goes like this: "As much time as I spend working to earn money, that's how little time I spend managing it. I haven't even begun to invest seriously for Mom's ...
A new round of military base shutdowns is about to be announced, adding to the 70 facilities earmarked for closure since 1988. Since then, defense activities have ceased at 31 installations, causin...
People who pay their own bills have an incentive to make sure they aren't overcharged. This simple logic underpins Medisave (short for medical savings) accounts, sure to be a central plank in any h...
Ever wonder where in California is home to the greatest concentration of German Americans with a household income of $45,000 or more? Well, you would if you were running the West Coast ad campaign ...
Better watch your wallet: One-armed bandits could be coming to your town, if they aren't there already. Slot machines, as well as other casino games, are springing up all over the country. Since Io...
Most big Midwest corporations escaped major damage from the recent floods, so , they're busy sending victims what they know and do best: their own products and services. Contributions range from th...
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Q. My wife and I work in the defense industry, and as the ''defense drawdown'' nears, we are looking for new jobs. We found an Illinois company that could hire us both. But my wife had breast cance...
In many places this year, it's been a time of coping and hoping. But there are surprising pockets of prosperity, most of them tucked in the nation's heartland, virtually untouched by recession's ic...
Stuck with out-of-town visitors and don't know what to do with them? How about taking them on a trip to the nearest corporate museum? Stifle that yawn. Such museums offer a lot. Visitors to AT&T's ...
WHILE BANKS, S&Ls, insurance companies, and nearly everyone else in the financial services industry has a case of the shorts, America's public employee pension funds have an embarrassment of riches...
Okay, so you splurged on that $1,000 porcelain vase when you were in Japan and figure it was a good buy even after paying the $66 U.S. Customs Service duty. But imagine your surprise six months to ...
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