Wilmette sandlot teams play baseball the old-fashioned way
Without coaches or shouting parents to distract them, an eager group of boys gathered at a Wilmette park to enjoy baseball the old-fashioned way: They made up the rules as...
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City won’t rush smoking ban
Skokie's new ban on smoking in most public places was hailed as "brilliant" by one of the Chicago City Council's most ardent smoking foes, but Ald. Ed Smith (28th) said...
Violent crime down in Cook
While violent crime dropped in suburban Cook County for the second year in a row, reports of sexual assault rose sharply, according to state figures to be released Sunday. Sexual...
Family stunned by arrest of teen in hammer attack
The morning a Lincolnshire couple were bludgeoned with a hammer in their bedroom, everything seemed routine in the home of the high school student who has been charged in the...
Troop fatigue a worry amid deployments
With troops committed across the globe in not only Iraq but also in Afghanistan, the Balkans, South Korea, the Philippines and the Sinai, U.S. military forces are being stretched thin....
Military urged to train for civil affairs duties
The United States military can expect to face more Iraqi-style reconstruction projects in the future and should adjust to better prepare for that role, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday....
Army institute to be shut down
Even as the U.S. military grapples with the largest peacekeeping effort in a generation, the Army is shutting down its only institute devoted to such operations, prompting protests from inside...
Ex-regime leaders in Syria, U.S. says
The Bush administration increased pressure on Syria on Sunday, accusing Iraq's neighbor of harboring members of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime, sending mercenaries to fight American troops and supplying highly sophisticated...
Pentagon wrestles with lawlessness
Near the end of a "brilliant" military campaign that knocked Saddam Hussein out of power, the Pentagon seemed to be struggling with new demands to stanch Iraqi lawlessness and looting....
Pentagon wrestles with lawlessness
Nearing the end of a military campaign that knocked Saddam Hussein out of power, the Pentagon seemed to struggle last week with new demands to stanch Iraqi lawlessness and looting....