Articles filed under Region
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Investigation of U.S. gene therapy death focuses on fungal infectionSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A virus used in a gene therapy experiment likely did not cause the death of a woman suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, although it cannot be completely ruled out, U.S....
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Oil executive succumbs to pneumoniaSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Chicago banker and oil executive John E. Swearingen, who led Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to become the sixth-largest U.S. company, died at a Birmingh...
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'Hand-washing police' find one-third of men still fail to wash up after bathroom useSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police." One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using th...
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Ten years later, officials remember 'Roby Ridge' standoffSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - ROBY -- It was the longest standoff in Illinois State Police history, lasting 39 days and costing nearly $650,000. By the time the dust settled, a 51-year-old widow had ...
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Chicago Public Radio turning its image on its headSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Someone just took a punch to the face by a middle-aged Las Vegas woman in some club off the strip, and it isn't even noon yet. Here's how it goes down from my end of th...
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Hillary's high school pals rallySep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In the mid-'60s, they voted her Most Likely to Succeed. These days -- their hair a little grayer, the stakes a little higher but their faith in their high school classma...
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Proposal to limit municipal primaries faces oppositionSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Provisions in an already controversial Senate bill sent to the governor's desk likely would reduce the number of municipal primary elections. "That particular provision...
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Like others, Neale rides the cash cowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - It seems that School District U-46's educational messiah joined the list of other public servants to threaten themselves into huge benefits. Now Connie Neale also joins ...
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Illinois crime drops again, but murders, robberies climbSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Serious crime in Illinois fell again last year, but murders rose unexpectedly and violent crime was more of a problem in rural parts of the state, new sta...
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SIU president's friend says he rallied for poll supportSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- An online newspaper poll found resounding support for Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard, but a Poshard friend's admission that he rallie...