Chicagoland news

NYT: High Costs Weigh on Troop Debate for Afghan War …
Some Fort Hood victims’ funerals set for Saturday — includes Wisconsin’s Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger …
US sees progress on arms control talks with Russia …
Regulators shut 2 banks in Florida, 1 in California …
$79m Nasa blast finds enough water for man on Moon to have bath …
Peru president cancels Chile talks over spy row …

DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT: Four 9/11 Co-Conspirators to be tried in New York criminal court …
Newt Gingrich: Contract with America, Round 2 …
Weak Dollar Continues to Fall with Narrowing Trade Gap …
Trade Deficit in U.S. Increases by Most Since 1999 …
Obama wants domestic spending cuts in next budget …
Tennessee state trooper suspended over white pride e-mail, sent to diversity school …

WORLD Obama Honor Veterans at Arlington Cemetery … US wants more Nato troops for new Afghanistan surge … Artificial Weather Stirs Debate in China … Gold Sets Records ($1119.9) as Dollar Declines, Spurring Demand for […]

WORLD Blame game erupts over probe of Fort Hood suspect… Warnings May Have Been Missed … Ya think? … More than just radical cleric Anwar al Awlaki (20 e-mails to Alwaki): More Hasan Ties to […]

WORLD REPUBLICAN TAKES VA BY 18%… CHRISTIE WINS! REPUBLICAN TAKES NJ BY 5%… Dem Wins New York House Race… ABCNEWS: Vast Economic Discontent Spells Trouble for Dems in 2010… Maine voters reject gay-marriage law… Votes […]

Top Halloween Costumes: Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Vampires, Bernie Madoff, Super Mario Brothers, Kate Gosselin (Hair) … Obamas host Halloween event at orange White House… Obama names 110 White House visitors; most guest names still […]

WORLD: Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands… WIRE: ‘Jobs Created or Saved’ Is White House Fantasy… Hilary Clinton faces Pakistani anger over Predator drone attacks … Clinton, New Jersey Asylum of Terror not politically correct, Angers […]