Cook County board president John Stroger says he's running again in a bid to keep his powerful political position.

Proposition 79 supporters unveiled an online contest Friday to create the campaign's next television advertisement to battle the pharmaceutical industry and the $78 million it has raised in opposition to the initiative.

The No. 20 BYU women's volleyball team beat Utah Wednesday night in four games at the Elaine Michaelis Court to move to 10-0 on the season. BYU had not beat Utah since Sept. 20, 2001 giving up ten straight matches

Posted September 30, 2005 The Presque Isle Wildcats have captured the Eastern Regional Golf title for the third straight year. The Wildcats won todays State Qualifier at Jato Highlands in Lincoln with a total of 313 strokes.Individually Jackie Royale of

Pacific Lumber jumped the gun on logging operations in a controversial logging plan that contains a large stand of ancient redwoods which serve as habitat for an endangered seabird, the Marbled Murrelet. PL received a "Notice of Violation" Thursday from

Jewish workers must decide how much time they can afford to take off during Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

Background checks allow an employer to ensure they're not hiring someone with a spotty past. Also: Tell boss about you object to his behavior... Inquire about helping out around the office.

Firms lag in relaying strategy to employees... A changing workforce will put skills to test... Ethics executives move up the pay scale.

Many companies now aim for quick, personal phone greetings that engage customers instead of using long-winded digital recordings.

An exchange of gifts with a janitor reveals a kindness that stretches beyond the bonds of language.

Every one of those proposals represents a question in the mind of the community," she said. City Council took an early step toward a height policy during a Thursday dinner meeting at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant. Passing around brimming

With the AL Central already clinched, Chicago White Soxmanager Ozzie Guillen rested most of his starters for Friday night's seriesopener against the Cleveland Indians.

Wall Street ended an erratic quarter with a modest advance Friday as falling oil prices helped ease concerns about a weakening consumer environment in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The major indexes finished both the week and the

A Gary high school student is charged with two counts of battery for stabbing two other students during separate incidents at Wirt High School.

Chicago police discovered a baby living in an apartment used as a methamphetamine laboratory.

DirecTV Inc. will begin broadcasting music, children's and talk programming provided by XM Satellite Radio beginning Nov. 15, the companies announced Sept. 29. DirecTV Total Choice subscribers will receive 50 XM channels, while Total Choice Plus subscribers will have access

Adelphia filed a 3rd amended plan of reorg with the US Bankruptcy Court in NY as the cable op attempts to emerge from bankruptcy (originally declared in '02) and complete the sale of its assets to Comcast and Time Warner.

Security experts have discovered a malicious program aimed at tricking users into clicking on phony search results on fake Google, Yahoo and MSN sites. The spoof sites serve up bogus search results intended to generate traffic and revenue for other

A one-car accident in northeast Harris County has killed four people.

Associated Press Sept. 30, 2005 02:10 PM DENVER - The man accused of shooting Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn in the head during an attempted carjacking is headed to trial on charges including attempted first-degree murder after waiving a preliminary court