"What have you done for me?" A good question that voters are asking in deciding whether someone holding an elected office should keep that office. Because public service doesn't mean what is said in a quick sound bite, but what has been done to impr...

SPRINGFIELD -- State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday put Illinois among the first states to wade into financial sector rescues, promising to deposit up to $1 billion in the state's banks. Giannoulias told The Associated Press he will make th...

WASHINGTON _ This time, John McCain kept Barack Obama on the defensive. The feisty Republican tried hard to find a lifeline Wednesday night, challenging his Democratic rival at every turn over his truthfulness, associations and record. By that measu...

The off-season began Monday for the Cubs, with general manager Jim Hendry returning to work at Wrigley Field after his team was swept out of the playoffs by the Dodgers. Hendry will have some housekeeping items to deal with this week. All of field m...

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, an abortion rights opponent with a conservative Senate record on the issue, seems content with the public's perception that he is more moderate on the subject. Democrat Barack Obama, who s...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Suspected thieves tried to break into the home of Barack Obama's elderly step-grandmother in Kenya, the U.S. presidential candidate's uncle said Thursday. The suspects did not manage to enter the house where Sarah Obama lives in th...

Mr. Lempa's comments on John McCain and the risks of electing a 72-year-old president made me smile. I have not made a voting decision yet, nor do I support either candidate at this time. However, I am guessing that if Mr. Lempa lives to be 72 years...