CHICAGO—Senate appointee Roland Burris has plans to speak before ministers and supporters before he departs for Washington. Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris to Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat last week, but Senate ...
Read moreFrom the movie McClintock when John Wayne is about to smack somebody that sends everyone (including Maureen O'Hara) down a muddy hill. The line: "I won't, I won't, the hell I won't." Then he smacks the guy. Mumble-mouthed physicist Robert Capa ...
Read moreGeorgia Rhodes | Jackson Citizen Patriot Mary Nau opened Mary's Pizzaria on W. Parnall Road six years ago. Mary Nau has worked around pizza since she was 16, beginning in delivery and then managing a store for almost 10 years. Six years ago, she ...
Read moreSister Bertha Fox, 95, has been a member of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix community for 69 years. Born in Mexico, Sister Fox is of German-American descent. She is one of the oldest members of the congregation, which spans eight countries around the ...
Read moreOn Jan. 1, Mary Andersen turned 50. Her family wasn’t able to help her celebrate though. They haven’t seen her in 26 years and have no idea where she is, or worse, if she’s even alive. “She was always going,” Wendy Ketter, Frazee, said. She ...
Read moreLongtime Chaminade University President Mary Civille "Call me Sue" Wesselkamper, who took over the foundering Catholic college at the brink of closure and led it into an era of unprecedented academic and financial success, died yesterday ...
Read moreI asked Democratic whip Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois this morning what happens when Roland Burris comes to Washington, DC this week to claim the Senate seat he thinks is his? "I've know Roland Burris for over 30 years," Durbin told me on "This Week ...
Read morePut your fear aside and get ready for some serious speed while sledding at Dry Bridge Park in Kalispell. Between Woodland Avenue and Dry Bridge Pond, ridges of unassuming slopes face each other, creating a small valley. At first glance, the terrain ...
Read moreThe Washington Post’s TV Week (your weekly TV listings) promoted the liberal CBS 60 Minutes team on its cover on Sunday with a team photo and the headline "Like Clockwork: Time-Honored 60 Minutes Enjoys Ratings Boost." Freelancer Marc D. Allan ...
Read moreImagine a bunch of sweaty, little kids crowded around a kitchen table not quite big enough for all their elbows. Growing up in Green Bay, Wis., Mary was one of those kids. She says the dinner table is where she became a journalist. There was a lot of ...
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