VETERANS DAY 2009
Salute your veteran
Veterans Day 2009 is Nov. 11. Celebrate your veteran by sharing a picture and a story about him or her. To submit, click
here. Please include your full name, along with the full name and town of residence of your veteran, and a brief description of your veteran's service to the country. We will publish photos in our online gallery.
• Photos: Saluting our veterans
COFFEE MUGS
Love your mug? Tells us why
Coffee drinkers have two passions: their coffee and the mug from which they drink it. Share a photo of your favorite mug and tells us the story behind it by clicking
here. Please include your full name and town of residence, and brief description of why you love your mug and how you got it. We will publish them in our online gallery.
• Photos: Favorite coffee mugs
Auroran suspect in 17th robbery
After admitting to 16 bank robberies and being sentenced to more than
five years in federal prison, Daniel Vincent could have reformed. But Vincent, 28, is now facing new robbery charges after a Friday morning car chase and crash outside of Lexington, Ky.
Dugan sentencing enters final phase
On Friday, after more than a month of testimony, both DuPage County prosecutors and Brian Dugan's defense rested their cases. All that remains is closing arguments, which will take place on Tuesday.
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Auroran suspect in 17th robbery
Woman wields a shovel to bash car
Aurora rep leaving Kane board
Planned Parenthood lawsuit dismissed
Aurora rep leaving Kane board
Elgin woman dies from flu complications
Parolee charged in stabbing, beating
Tea Party turns up the volume on Foster
Something to talk about »
A suburban police patrol car recently hosted a large and perhaps inadvertently adventurous Felis Catus under its hood. “It's like nothing I've heard,” police Cmdr. Steve Husak said Friday of the incident.
Panthers' upset bid turned away
For four quarters, the Oswego defense dictated the tone of Friday
night's game against Providence Catholic in a second round Class 6A
playoff game. Unfortunately, overtime between the Panthers and Celtics gave
Providence the opportunity to run tailback Timothy Hanrahan from the
10-yard line.
• Photos: Provi survives Oswego
'A Christmas Carol' oddly inanimate
Lionel Barrymore. Alastair Sim. Laurence Olivier. Albert Finney. George C. Scott. Bill Murray. Michael Caine. Mr. Magoo. Scrooge McDuck. Of the many to play Ebenezer Scrooge, Jim Carrey now adds his name, starring in Disney's new 3-D animation version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
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• Air Force band performs on Veterans Day
• 'Cats' continues its long run
• Chicago Calendar: Informer comes to heritage center
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• Comedy Shrine adds dinner theater
