All Stories from August 8, 2011 (Change date)
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Missing NJ teen might be headed to ChicagoAug 09, 2011 10:56 am - CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Police say a missing New Jersey girl might be headed to Chicago with a former boyfriend. Police say 15-year-old Summer Ristich left her Cherry Hill h...
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Future Pros soccer team scores 3 tournament winsAug 10, 2011 7:26 pm - A talented U11 girls soccer team from Glen Ellyn, Lombard, Naperville and Wheaton, coached and trained by Future Pros, competed in three U-11 competitive soccer tourname...
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Quinn expands economic development in Quad CitiesAug 09, 2011 7:13 am - The Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority is getting bigger. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation to increase the geographic area covered by the auth...
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Field Museum to host exhibit on 9/11 attacksAug 09, 2011 8:17 am - Chicago's Field Museum is planning an exhibit designed to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "Ground Zero 360" is to include a fragment of a steel ...
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Hundreds expected for Sunday's mountain bike raceAug 09, 2011 4:32 pm - More than 500 mountain bike racers will vie for cash, medals and bragging rights the annual Palos Meltdown on Sunday, Aug. 14. The race, which is in its fifth year, is ...
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Dahmer survivor enters plea in man's deathAug 09, 2011 10:20 am - MILWAUKEE — The man who led police to serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer 20 years ago has pleaded not guilty to throwing a man off a bridge into the Milwaukee River. The victi...
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Fire and Ice Melon SaladAug 12, 2011 8:10 am - 1 small, ripe cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and cut into ¾-inch dice (for 2 cups) ½ small seedless watermelon, peeled and cut into ¾-inch dice (for 2 cups) ½ large hon...
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Disney 3Q beats Street on ESPN, theme parks growthAug 10, 2011 2:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that its net income in the latest quarter rose 11 percent as growth at ESPN, its theme parks and consumer products busines...
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Newsstand sales of US magazines down 9 percentAug 09, 2011 3:42 pm - NEW YORK — Sales of U.S. magazines at newsstands and other retail outlets fell 9 percent in the first six months of the year in a sign of readers trimming discretionary ...
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Troops killed in Afghan crash coming home todayAug 09, 2011 10:08 am - WASHINGTON — Troops killed in the deadliest day of the Afghan war are coming home today — traveling in death much the same way they did in life — shrouded in secrecy. Pe...