Soldiers to attend speech

Sen. Dick Durbin says he will host two wounded Illinois soldiers at President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday. Durbin's office says Spc. Christopher Gross of Oswego and Staff Sgt.Mathew Ritenour of Chicago will join Durbin during the speech and attend the secretary of state's dinner afterward. Gross was injured in September during a firefight on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ritenour was injured in September during a unit patrol in Zabol Province, Afghanistan. Both men are undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.