Opting for his right-handed bat against lefty Scott Kazmir, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel went with backup catcher Chris Coste at DH and batted him eighth. ...more

October 23, 2008

Despite the attention to the men who have influenced Barack Obama, from his inconstant Kenyan father to his fiery former pastor, a woman did the most to mold him. ...more

October 19, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The area was well-represented last month when 10 local cheerleaders were selected to attend a cheerleading camp on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. ...more

August 17, 2008

Bob Luce is patiently awaiting spring so all the neighborhood critters can come out in "full force." ...more

February 9, 2008

Bob Luce is patiently awaiting spring so all the neighborhood critters can come out in "full force." ...more

February 7, 2008

CHICAGO (AP) - It was a Wednesday night ritual for Barack Obama: After a day of debating taxes, the death penalty or some other divisive issue, he'd head to a meeting of "The Committee." Lawmakers and lobbyists, Democrats and Republicans alike, would put their politics on hold and gather for ... their weekly poker game. ...more

December 29, 2007

In response to a letter written by Jim Gulledge, he falsely claimed, in referring to Senator Barack Obama, 'born a Muslim and still a Muslim, he could only bring disharmony to our country." Let us set the record straight since Mr. Gulledge certainly did not verify his assertions or he would have found that Barack Obama was born Aug. 14, 1951, in Honolulu, Hawaii to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham, a U.S. citizen who met and married Mr. Obama while they were students at the University of Hawaii, where Ann was studying anthropology and Barack Obama was studying economics. Shortly after his son's birth, Mr. Obama left his wife and child to continue his education in a Ph.D. program at Harvard. The Obama's were divorced when Barack was 2 years old. And he did not see his father again until he was ten years old. at which time Mr. Obama spent two months visiting in Hawaii. ...more

December 29, 2007