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august 18
- Quinn signs law on gun background checks, thefts
- City opens police internal-affairs records
- Consumer Reports surgery ratings surprise Memorial
- Springfield man knows how to grow a 1-ton pumpkin
- State fair makes good use of volunteer efforts
- Cheerleading competition returns to state fair
- Lori Oldenettel of Jacksonville an Illinoisan of the Day
- Springfield manufacturer in Wal-Mart's 'Get on the Shelf' contest
- ten month blur
- A La Carte: Route 66 attraction Whirl-A-Whip reopens in Girard
- Letter: Let voters decide on tax reform
- 2 Springfield women arrested following retail store disturbance
- Police seek suspects in hit-and-run
- Music equipment taken from vehicle
- Child's taped statement allowed in murder trial
- Motorcyclist killed in Morgan County crash
- $5.7M Lottery ticket sold at Joliet gas station
- Hylton has competitive drive to race stock cars at age 78
- Molina, Kelly lead Cardinals past Cubs; Castro pulled from game
- Fike wins Bettenhausen 100 for second straight year
- High school football coaches deal with limits on practice
- Fred Jackson: Coalition internship readies workers for jobs
- Suburban Chicago police cancel anti-terrorism training
- Letter: Seniors should support new bill
- Letter: Ethics lacking on radio airwaves in Springfield
- Statehouse Insider: Guv Day format changed at fair; ho-hum
- Letter: Larger concerns than rodeo clown
- Letter: Rights being eroded by President Obama
- Matt Flaherty ends Bryan Glass' reign at Abe's Amble
- Bernard Schoenburg: Mike Bell, school board VP, ready to take on Scherer
- Our Opinion: 10th Street rail improvements long overdue
- Bob Heisse: Golf outing kicks off annual Friend-in-Deed drive
- Wainwright, Jay lead Cardinals past Cubs 6-1
- Windows 8 Users That Hate Internet Explorer Will Soon Be Saved By Firefox (MSFT)
- Researcher: Facebook Ignored The Bug I Found Until I Used It To Hack Zuckerberg (FB)
- Today's News: Our Take - Breaking Bad Postmortem: Who Else Came to Blows?
- True Blood Finale: Did Sookie Become Warlow's Faerie-Vampire Bride?
- A Bullish Scenario For Simultaneous Global Growth That Almost Nobody Is Considering
- Traders Need To Be Ready For Two Key Market-Moving Events This Week (SPY, TLT)
- Beyonce Changes Up Her Hairstyle – Again!
- Game of Thrones Star Emilia Clarke's Photo Used in Russian Anti-Rape Ad
- Whodunnit? Lives in Limbo: Why It Needs a Second Season
- These 2 Paragraphs From The New York Times' Jeff Bezos Profile Perfectly Sum Up How Secretive Amazon Is (AMZN)
- The Website That Found Mainstream Fame With Anthony Weiner's Penis May Have A Bigger Problem
- Today's News: Our Take - Box Office: The Butler Takes Top Spot, Jobs Bombs
- ECONOMIST: Bonds Are Getting Crushed Due To Fears Of Larry Summers
- Today's News: Our Take - Whodunnit? Lives in Limbo: Why It Needs a Second Season
- Lindsay Lohan: I've Created a "Whirlwind of Garbage" Around Myself
- Today's News: Our Take - Lindsay Lohan: I've Created a "Whirlwind of Garbage" Around Myself
- Box Office: The Butler Takes Top Spot, Jobs Bombs
- Morning Minutes: Aug. 18
- Lisa Robin Kelly's Autopsy Completed, Cause of Death Still Unknown
- These Teens Are Solving The Skills Shortage By Teaching Other Kids How To Code
- 50 Reasons Why Gold Prices Are Rallying (GLD)
- Join The Party — 2 DJs Are Still Killing It 16 Hours Into A 25-Hour Livestreamed Dance Party In Mexico
- How You'll Know On Wednesday Whether Or Not The Fed Is Likely To Begin Tapering In September
- Breaking Bad Postmortem: Who Else Came to Blows?
- Today's News: Our Take - Lisa Robin Kelly's Autopsy Completed, Cause of Death Still Unknown
- 10 Songs That Can't Be Used on TV Again
- Google Goes Down For Minutes, Microsoft's Outage Lasts For Days (MSFT)
- The Most Important Part Of The Next iPhone Announcement Won't Be The Next iPhone (AAPL)
- Today's News: Our Take - Beyonce Changes Up Her Hairstyle – Again!
- Today's News: Our Take - True Blood Finale: Did Sookie Become Warlow's Faerie-Vampire Bride?
- ANALYSTS: Gold Is Vulnerable To A Short Squeeze (GLD)
- Today's News: Our Take - Game of Thrones Star Emilia Clarke's Photo Used in Russian Anti-Rape Ad
- Lincoln quote of the day: Aug. 18
- Egyptian ponder
- Yipes! Boil Water Issued in Chicago
- Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson Gets Mistaken for a Homeless Man, Kicked Out of NYC Hotel
- Did Criminal Minds Star Thomas Gibson Get Catfished?
- Samuel L. Jackson's Contracts Allow Time for Golf
- Original Becky from Roseanne Never Watched the Finale
- Today's News: Our Take - Did Criminal Minds Star Thomas Gibson Get Catfished?
- Today's News: Our Take - Original Becky from Roseanne Never Watched the Finale
- Today's News: Our Take - Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson Gets Mistaken for a Homeless Man, Kicked Out of NYC Hotel
- Today's News: Our Take - Samuel L. Jackson's Contracts Allow Time for Golf
- What Would Happen if the Globe Used AC Like We Do?
- end the hypocrisy in the middle east