A Chicago suburb has a new ordinance that would levy $25 fines against anyone showing 3 inches or more of their underwear in public.

Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a MemorialDay-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded -- with a prodfrom the construction industry -- that having $9 billion less to spendon highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of

Drivers of diesel vehicles in the Twin Cities trying to buy the purest of biodiesel fuels have run out of easy options.

Their tranquil valley in central Bulgaria has blossomed in recent years as European Union cash and a global boom in organic beauty products containing rose oil helped revive their centuries' old industry.

Global trade in farm products was at the centre of discussions as ministers from three dozen trading powers met in negotiating alliances to prepare for next week's make-or-break talks on a new world trade pact.

I think it's going to be months that we're working our way through this period — clearly months," he said.

Following are some of the key dates in the latest global free trade push:

As losses mount at American banks and the pain of the credit crisis spreads from housing and finance to the broader economy, ...

MARION - With the assistance of the Delta Regional Authority, a new physician has been added to the staff and will begin work this September at the Apogee Medical Group in Marion.

Joel Sambursky can summarize his most important key to success in life in three words: "Never give up."

CARTERVILLE - Fratelli Ristorante reopened Thursday with new owners, a new look and new lunch buffet. But most everything else will stay the same.

MARION - After 22 years at their location just off the eastbound side of Illinois 13, Marion Toyota and Scion packed up and moved to a new facility across the street.

Every economic downturn changes shoppers in some way. But this time,experts say the new behavior -- fueled by higher gas and food prices,tightening credit and a slumping housing market -- are the mostdramatic and widespread that they have seen since

Last summer, Jacques Grelley of Arlington drove from Paris to Beijing in a tiny Citroen 2CV. On Saturday, Mr. Grelley left Dallas for New York, ultimately for a flight to Paris, where he will pick up a restored 1957 D.B.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious publicSunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people formore troubled times ahead.

Life's little mysteries no longer intrigue me. With all the miles I have on my odometer, I figure I should have more answers than questions by now. And I don't, which sort of cheeses me off. How, for example, does

Looking for a job was an exercise in frustration for Mike O'Bryan, and nothing was more aggravating than the interview. Sarah Drake, 60, wants to switch careers from banking to working for a nonprofit agency. 'I've accepted the fact that

Looking for a job was an exercise in frustration for Mike O'Bryan, and nothing was more aggravating than the interview. The Grapevine man's 25 years in information technology turned out to be more a liability than an asset. Employers looked