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  • Educator Rita Famera teaches during the A-List diabetes prevention program run by the Center for Diabetic Wellness at Provena Mercy Medical Center in Aurora.

    Provena Mercy offers free program to those at risk for diabetes Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Provena Mercy Medical Center has long had an education program for people living with diabetes. But with growing numbers of people dfeveloping Type 2 diabetes, Provena last year launched the area's first diabetes provention program, "A-List: Achieving Good Heath."

     
  • Frank Bart, left, and Mark Knigge are running for mayor in Wauconda.

    Wauconda candidates copied answers on DH questionnaire Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Wauconda Mayor Mark Knigge and his "United Wauconda" slate of trustee hopefuls gave identical or nearly identical answers to five of eight questions on the Daily Herald's latest candidate questionnaires. Members of the opposition "One Wauconda" slate led by mayoral hopeful Frank Bart shared answers with each other, too.

     
  • U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice speaks at a news conference after the U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on North Korea’s nuclear test on Tuesday morning at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013.

    Obama pledges swift reaction to North Korea nuclear test Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    President Barack Obama reacted sharply to North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, promising swift international action to bring the rogue communist regime in line. "The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community," Obama said in a statement early Tuesday.

     

  • 3 GOP senators press Obama for answers on Libya Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Three Republican senators are asking President Barack Obama whether he spoke to any Libyan government official during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last September.

     
  • Law enforcement officials and investigators gather outside the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del. on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, after three people died Monday morning in a shooting at a courthouse, including the shooter, authorities said.

    Delaware courthouse gunman was ex-father-in-law Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Authorities have confirmed that the gunman in a Delaware courthouse shooting that left three dead was the former father-in-law of one of the victims.

     

  • Senate heads toward vote on anti-violence act Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Senate on Tuesday is expected to put aside its partisan divisions to approve a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, a law credited with protecting millions of victims of domestic violence over its 20-year history.

     
  • A small boat belonging to the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 11, 2013. A second tug boat reached the disabled cruise ship that had been drifting without power in the Gulf of Mexico since a weekend fire and was helping tow it Tuesday toward an Alabama port, the Coast Guard said.

    Tugs tow disabled cruise ship toward Alabama Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    A second tug boat reached a disabled cruise ship that had been drifting without power in the Gulf of Mexico since a weekend fire and was helping tow it Tuesday toward an Alabama port, the Coast Guard said.

     
  • The historic Ogletree Alumni House on the University of Southern Mississippi campus shows heavy damaged Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the day after an evening tornado ripped through the University of Southern Mississippi and surrounding areas in Hattiesburg, Miss.

    More rain could complicate Miss. twister cleanup Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Rain, thunderstorms and a slight risk of new tornadoes could complicate work Tuesday to clean up debris strewn across southern Mississippi by a tornado whose severe destruction left residents marveling that no one had died.

     

  • Suburban schools could get more money in proposed budget Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Elgin Area School District U-46 would have had $7.55 million more this year had the state paid its full per-pupil aid amount. Under a proposed budget by the Illinois State Board of Education, next year U-46 and all other districts would see the money state statute says they're owed. But that'd be an $875 million increase in the 2014 education budget over this year's allocation. And it's up to elected officials to decide whether the board of education's proposal gets approved. Local districts are more than skeptical.

     
  • Edward Bugg

    5 candidates share passion, offer different ideas for Aurora’s Ward 9 Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Five candidates who say they're passionate about the largely bedroom community on Aurora's far southeast side have stepped forward seeking to lead Ward 9. Four of them will remain on the ballot after the Feb. 26 primary election cuts one from the race. Those seeking to represent Ward 9 each offer a different perspective on how to strengthen, beautify, connect and revitalize the area.

     
  • Musician and gun rights activist Ted Nugent, who has referred to President Barack Obama’s administration as “evil, America-hating,” was invited to attend Tuesday’s State of the Union address by Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas.

    GOP congressman invites Ted Nugent to Obama speech Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    A Republican congressman says he's invited rocker Ted Nugent, who has referred to President Barack Obama's administration as "evil, America-hating," to the State of the Union address.

     

  • Volunteers needed for Big Ten tournament Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Volunteers are needed for the Big Ten women's basketball tournament, which is taking place March 7-10 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. Positions include ushers, floor managers, court sweepers, media hospitality, team check-ins, game official hosts, equipment assistants and more.

     
  • President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to call for more spending on infrastructure and manufacturing, while also announcing the withdrawal of 34,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan within a year.

    Obama to stress jobs, Afghan war troop withdrawal Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Seeking to focus on nation-building at home, President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to call for more spending on infrastructure and manufacturing, while also announcing the withdrawal of 34,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan within a year.

     
  • Chuck Hagel — Republican, twice-wounded Vietnam combat veteran and former Nebraska senator — faces his first major hurdle in his bid to become the nation’s defense secretary as a bitterly divided Senate Armed Services Committee pushes toward a vote on his nomination.

    Senate panel to vote on Defense nominee Hagel Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Chuck Hagel faced his first major hurdle in his bid to become the nation's defense secretary as a bitterly divided Senate Armed Services Committee pushed toward a vote Tuesday on his nomination.

     
  • This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels at Jarrah airfield in Aleppo province, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Rebels captured a military air base in northern Syria on Tuesday, their second major strategic victory in as many days, activists said.

    Rebels capture air base in northern Syria Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    Rebels captured a military air base in northern Syria on Tuesday, their second major strategic victory in as many days, activists said.

     

  • NY town sued for banning ‘frack’ talk at meetings Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM

     
  • “We need to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those who are mentally unstable,” Sen. Richard Durbin, said in a brief interview Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. “I hope everyone will acknowledge what within our Constitution is not only an individual right to bear arms, but the collective right of Americans to be safe.”

    Durbin says new federal gun limits needed Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    The plague of gun violence makes it plain that current firearms restrictions are insufficient and new federal limits are needed, Sen. Dick Durbin said Tuesday at a Senate hearing on gun control. "There are too many families who now face an empty seat at the dinner table" because of gun violence, said Durbin.

     
  • Commuters on Santa Monica Boulevard on the Westside of Los Angeles see a digital billboard displaying a large “wanted” poster for former Los Angeles police Officer Christopher Dorner. Dorner is suspected in a spree of violence as part of a vendetta against law enforcement after being fired by the department. Dorner’s alleged killing spree hasn’t just terrorized a large section of the country — it has captured people’s imagination and attention.

    Life imitates film in story of vengeful LA ex-cop Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    It sounds like the plot line to a movie: He's a former LA cop on a violent, rage-filled rampage who will stop at nothing for revenge. Instead, police say, it is the latest real-life crime story to grip Southern California, a place where fiction frequently blurs with reality and pop culture often plays larger than the truth.

     
  • A statuette depicting Pope Benedict XVI carrying a suitcase and holding up a sign reading in German “Auf Wiedersehen” (goodbye), is seen in a shop in Naples, Italy, Feb. 12, 2013. Benedict XVI on Monday announced that he will resign on Feb. 28 — the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.

    Retiring pope faces uncharted territory Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    For months, construction crews have been renovating a four-story building attached to a monastery on the northern edge of the Vatican gardens. Only a handful of Vatican officials knew it would one day be Pope Benedict XVI's retirement home. From a new name to this new home to the awkward reality of having a reigning pope and a retired one, Benedict is facing uncharted territory as he becomes the first pontiff in six centuries to retire.

     
  • Mike Conlin and his wife, Shawn Conlin, of Moweaqua in Decatur. The couple are heading to boot camp for a week to get a taste of what itís like to be Marines at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.

    Teachers delve into Marine experience Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
    The few. The proud. The teachers? The Marine Corps, always out front in the battle to win hearts and minds, has come up with a kind of "Semper Fi High" program to educate educators about the process of turning kids into Marines. And two of its latest recruits are Mike Conlin, the athletic director and careers teacher at Central A&M High School in Moweaqua, and his wife, Shawn Conlin, who teaches eighth grade at Meridian Middle School in Blue Mound. They will fly out April 22 for an intense five-day program based at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.

     
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