Schaumburg, Illinois: Mitt Romney easily won the Republican presidential primary in Illinois on Tuesday night, padding his already-formidable lead over chief rival Rick Santorum with another victory in a key industrial state. Romney, a multimillionaire who has the backing of most of the Republican establishment but struggles with the party's more conservative wing, is leading the overall race for delegates to choose a candidate to challenge President Barack Obama in...
08:45 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Byron, Illinois: A nuclear reactor in northern Illinois shut down on Monday after losing power, and steam was being vented to reduce pressure, according to officials from Exelon Nuclear and federal regulators. Unit 2 at Byron Generating Station, about 95 miles (153 kilometers) northwest of Chicago, shut down at 10:18 am, after losing power, Exelon officials said. Diesel generators began supplying power to the plant, and operators began releasing steam...
10:22 AM, Jan 31, 2012
One child of a twin pair was born in late hours of Dec 31, 2010, while the other was born at midnight, when 2011 started. ...
11:06 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Rockford: A northern Illinois couple welcomed their new daughter to the world in the last minute of 2010 - and a twin son in the first minute of 2011. Ashley Fansler gave birth to Madisen Carin Lewis at 11:59 pm on New Year's Eve in Machesney Park, 85 miles northwest of Chicago. Aiden Everette Lewis was born a minute later, at 12 a.m. on New Year's Day. The Rockford Register...
10:38 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Such was the public outrage, that even his lawyer refused to represent him. ...
01:20 PM, Jan 30, 2009
Blagojevich was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday. ...
12:55 PM, Dec 13, 2008
The frogs surfaced after several rivers flooded outlying areas. ...
09:53 PM, Jun 29, 2008
Lahore: The PCB has made it clear to the Pakistan cricket team's new manager Naveed Akram Cheema that maintaining discipline would be his top most responsibility during the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. There will be no compromise on discipline at all and the board has made it clear that they are right behind the management in enforcing discipline and the code of conduct, Cheema, who has replaced the Intikhab Alam...
10:41 AM, Feb 18, 2008
New Delhi: Why so much fuss about India losing the first Test? They haven't started poorly for the first time and it probably won't be the last. But it's time to remind those wagging English tongues what they confronted at Lord's and what's in store for them in a series that is just one-Test-old. Can't take anything away from the way England played the first Test, but perhaps they need...
05:40 PM, Feb 15, 2008
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board has sought an explanation from the head of national cricket academy development programme, Intikhab Alam and chief selector, Mohsin Khan over the sudden inclusion of eight players in the fast-track coaching camp in Lahore. Reliable sources in the academy said that an official of the PCB had inquired from Alam how these players were inducted into the camp without the clearance of the board. The...
09:39 AM, Feb 15, 2008
Kolkata: South Africa followed up a shaky batting effort with a strong bowling performance to beat Ireland by 131 runs at the World Cup on Tuesday and confirm its place in the quarterfinals. The Irish were bowled out for 141 in 33.2 overs, chasing 273 for victory in the Group B game at Eden Gardens. The defeat ended Ireland's slim hopes of reaching the knockout stages. Leftarm spinner Robin Peterson...
08:10 AM, Jan 02, 2008
An electrical and computer-engineering professor is working on a way to forecast the weather in the ionosphere. ...
12:49 PM, Jan 03, 2007
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