Roberta Wido said Monday she always knew the man who gunned down her 82-year-old husband before her eyes in their Timber Oaks home last summer would be caught. ...more

January 13, 2009

Roberta Wido said Monday she always knew the man who gunned down her 82-year-old husband before her eyes in their Timber Oaks home last summer would be caught. "I knew they would get him," she said hours after a public announcement of the arrest was made. "I have confidence in the sheriff and his men and his women." ...more

January 12, 2009

On the day Mitt Romney bowed out of the presidential race in February, his supporters latched onto something of a consolation prize that appeared to bode well for his political future: the warm embrace of conservatives whose approval he had long sought. ...more

August 16, 2008

Take this as either a consolation prize or more torment. Greg Norman has an offer to return to the Masters, which invites the top four players and ties from the British Open. ...more

July 21, 2008

Boo Weekley tells everybody that he does not know a thing about golf history. He just happened to start playing as a kid. ...more

May 10, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Niko Bellic is richer than Tony Stark. While vying for similar audiences at the same time, "Grand Theft Auto IV" bested "Iron Man" by about $300 million in their respective first weeks on the small and big screens. The highly anticipated video game about immigrant gangster Bellic drove away with over $500 million, while the movie about Marvel billionaire superhero Stark blasted off with over $200 million worldwide. ...more

May 9, 2008

A year after his Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, Eddie Murphy has not just one consolation prize, but three: Razzie Awards as worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for the comedy "Norbit." ...more

February 24, 2008

Since the timing is right and no one else I know of has come up with any other bright ideas, let us present C. Vivian Stringer and the Rutgers women's basketball team with some kind of award. A consolation prize, if you will. ...more

February 16, 2008

Michigan hired Rich Rodriguez away from his alma mater after failing to bring back one of its own. ...more

December 17, 2007

The Tribune's recent article ("FCC: Let Papers Buy Local Radio, TV Stations," Nov. 14) on media consolidation missed the bigger story about Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's bid to annex what is in effect legislative authority through a questionable interpretation of a dusty 1980s legal clause: It could help him push through an anti-diversity agenda that would devastate opportunities for minority media ownership. ...more

December 3, 2007