The Front Nine Tip of the Week
Playing Fairway Bunkers
The Beacon News sports staff has asked local pros to help our readers with their golf games. Front Nine Tip of the Week will give a video tip on a different aspect of the game. This week, Whitetrail Ridge head professional Patrick MacDonald gives players a tip on how to escape from a fairway bunker.

• Video: The Tee Box
• Video: The Bump and Run
• Video: The Putting Stroke
• Video: Chipping Form

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New Vibe hits its groove
With the launch of the new 2009 Pontiac Vibe, I’ve heard the little hatchback lovingly referred to as the Vibé (Vi-BAY). Hearkening back to the Targét (tar-JAY) phenomenon, this economy car is heading upscale.
• Pontiac Vibe
• Dodge Nitro
• Mazda3
• Photos: Corvette ZR1
• Photos: Dodge Challenger
• Photos: 30 mpg cars
• Video: Lincoln MKS preview

• Refuse a Kane breath test? There will be blood
• Graffiti mars historic site in Plainfield
• Aurora's penalty for pot could be a ticket
• Garbage pickup fee increases in Yorkville
• Cougars stadium gets funds to expand
• Birkett: Press account of son's arrest 'excessive'
• Naper officials are wary of ticket system for pot
• Half of WVHS misses school after bomb threats
• Weisner leads bike ride to City Hall
• Railway wants deadline on approval of sale
• North Aurora restaurant owners face charges
• Sunday's 5K event in memory of Jeanine Nicarico
• Edwards backs Obama
• First aldermanic hopeful steps up
• Kaneland hopes more prep will lift PSAE scores
• Mediation fails between District 204, neighbors
• Geneva school picks new principal
• Plano home a new beginning for family
• Polar bears to be protected species
• Chicago overturns ban on foie gras
• Senators reject moment of silence change
• House passes election-year farm bill
• New: Burglary strips home of goods
• New: Beebee to run for alderman
• New: Kane to force DUI suspects to take blood tests
• Mediation fails between D204, NSFOC
• New: Aurora-produced videos win awards
• New: Restaurant owners face criminal charges
• New: Displaced family finds new home
• Aurorans brave storms to sample city's flavors
• City gives go-ahead to AU expansion plan
• River rescuers named officers of the year
• Kane approves elected officials' raises
• Brach trust seeks $2 million plus damages
• Geneva trash stickers go up

• A day later, Royals finish off Greyhounds
• Lilly in bloom again for Cubs
• The need for speed
• Italiano dominant again
• Bishop takes goal to lead Panthers to overtime win
• Blackhawks rout West Chicago
• Fisk returns to White Sox as an ambassador
Zook from 'A' to 'Z' Cougars push Lake Forest to the limit Hersey keeps rolling Northside Prep, Young on collision course Sullivan: A true Spartan through and through Burrage sparks St. Rita power surge Krol continues to shine for Neuqua Valley

Close shows real love of dogs
Glenn Close's signature characters have boiled a bunny, plotted the skinning of Dalmatian puppies and, more recently, helped arrange the killing of a pet dog to leverage a balky witness. She suggests that her new business venture is a form of penance.



• $4 gas? Look at your Land of Lincoln
• Valley Briefing
• Chicago's Finest
• How to properly secure your child while in a car
• Valley Briefing
• Fuming in traffic? Try biking to work
• Valley Briefing

New: CBS to buy CNet in $1.8B deal

Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday.

• Hobby store shuts its doors
• Personnel File
• $100 million business park planned for St. Charles
• BusinessCalendar
• Don't let the economy soften your goals
• Business Calendar

Follow a withdrawal strategy that won't leave you empty Dean at AU writes textbook Student leadership institutes are a hit Mind Maps: A guide for business decisions Make your meetings more productive New Vibe hits its groove Burned at the pumps Smart receives top crash scores Washington gets ready to deal on housing plan Green and smart - exhibit shows how to build both Smart Home lets sunshine in, uses recycling aplenty

C.S. Lewis’ themes skillfully woven into 'Prince Caspian'
As a spectacle, “Prince Caspian” is missing the first film’s wow factor, writes Sun critic Josh Larsen. Yet the movie gives you more to mull over. It’s a dynamic showcase for the philosophy that drives C.S. Lewis' original novel.

• Simon Cowell says: Let's blow up 'American Idol'!
• Summer serenade
• Opera star has Kane roots
• Take a journey to 'Wonderland'
• Arts Briefs
• Date Book
• Comedian Jamie Kennedy flips the script on hecklers
• O.J. crony latest to write book
• Something for moms to enjoy on their day
• Celebrity News
• Surviving eight years of 'Survivor'
• Another week, another NIN tale
• Red flag
• Here and Now
• Duo excels in 'Stones in His Pockets'
• Arts Briefs
• Date Book
• Spring into salads, wine choices

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