Campaign 2008
Comprehensive election coverage
With a host of candidates seeking national, state and local offices, The Courier News and the Sun-Times News Group bring you the best election coverage. Find out who's doing what in which race as the nation moves toward Election Day on Nov. 4.
• National races: Updates
• Illinois: State races
• Fox Valley: Local races
• Ballot results: State of Illinois

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C30 is Volvo safe
It was not that long ago that you would have had a hard time convincing a vast majority of the American car-buying public that Volvo made a vehicle that looked stylish. Sure, the Swedish manufacturer had a ‘look’ more box than bravada, but recent years have brought great change to the looks of what is considered the benchmark company for auto safety.
• Volvo C30
• Chevrolet Aveo
• Lincoln MKX
• Photos: Dodge Challenger
• Photos: Hyundai Azera
• Photos: 30 mpg cars
• Video: Lincoln MKS preview

• Guilty plea in shooting at Elgin's Drake Field
• Kane County eyes $5 hike for marriage licenses
• 2 Elgin schools locked down after gunfire
• St. Charles canoe launch to open on Fox
• Who is Jose Torres?
• YWCA Leader Luncheon award winners
• 'Empty' exhibit gets mixed reaction at ECC
• Reorganization under way at Fox Valley Publications
• New: Bones found in Streamwood yard
• Police Blotter
• 16th Circuit Court Brief
• Kane, NcHenry grand juries hand down indictments
• News Digest
• Cole renovation, new building decided
• Senators get personal in dispute over raises
• 'Pay to play' ban advances to Senate
• More funeral choices: Bury, cremate or dissolve
• Housing aid bills face Bush veto
• Clinton says she isn't dropping out

Welcome to Juan Uribe's wild run. When the week began, speculation centered on the White Sox pushing their sometimes-maddening second baseman overboard. By Thursday, he provided the kind of snapshot moment that can turn a season around.

• Fitzpatrick's three HRs lead S. Elgin to victory
• Thursday's Highlights
• Local Scoreboard
• NBA Roundup
• Horse racing entries
• NHL Roundup
• In Brief
Warriors can't be beat Football focus on tops of 2010 Young captures city title Waiting game pays off for Joliet Catholic Knights' league drought over at last

Art & Alma's serves good food with a side of history
If you are looking for mouth-watering steaks and seafood, a cozy, comfortable setting and a bit of history, stop in at Art & Alma's on Main Street in Burlington. Formerly known as Burlington House, the 100-year-old building has been renamed Art & Alma's Century Inn to commemorate its centennial anniversary.


• Top Dish

• Astro-Graph
• Top Dish
• Art club hits field building with 'good graffiti'
• Why not try a modern bauble to celebrate motherhood?
• Gotta Go
• Kids, we need your weather art
• Prom: Angela Diem, senior, Elgin High School
• Prom: Rachel Neukom, junior, Larkin High School

Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush
Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans.

• Bikes save a wad of cash
• Reorganization under way at Fox Valley Publications
• GM buys its Detroit headquarters for $626M
• Illinois Tool Works nets British firm for $2 billion
• Sun-Times, Trib see ad revenue drop
• Reorganization announced at Fox Valley Publications
• Housing falls to new low
• MCEDC makes headlines

New Challenger has best of both worlds Shaking things up Safety and sporty style are benchmarks Home, smart home Smart Home lets sunshine in, uses recycling aplenty Bus tour to the 'Bungalow Belt'

Jamie Kennedy flips script on hecklers
Being heckled is an occupational hazard for stand-up comedians. And these days, "everyone is in the entertainment business," said Jamie Kennedy, who was on his way to record the voice of a frustrated young wizard for a new animated Nickelodeon offering, Fanboy. And because anyone with an Internet connection can become an instant critic, heckling occurs online as well as up close and personal, he said.



• Noble Fool addresses digital age relationships
• Elgin Choral Union to create drama with contrast
• Datebook
• Celebrity News
• Art & Alma's serves good food with a side of history
• High 5
• Rick Rubin production flatters Neil Diamond
• Craig David's album not your average -- 'Trust Me'
• Top Dish

'Deception' latest movie to pull one over on audiences 'Deal' holds a bad hand 'Forbidden Kingdom' wastes pairing of Jet Li, Jackie Chan Quaid comes of age in 'Smart People' Star-packed cast can't make this drama pop

To improve snow/leaf removal, I would accept on street-parking limits in the fall and winter.
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