Mount Vernon (Ind.) Post 5 with a 16-2 team, Peoria which was off to a 7-1 start, Decatur Post 105 and perhaps Evansville (Ind.) Funkhouser Post 8??™s strongest team in years are among the top entries in the Mattoon Post 88 Senior American Legion Firecracker Classic to begin Wednesday.
? At Grimes Field in Peterson Park Late Monday score:Windsor-Neogar 6, Paris 0 Tuesday's scores Teutopolis 10, Shelby-Moultrie 0, 6 innings Windsor-Neoga 12, Danville Blue 2 Teutopolis 6, Kansas 0, 6 innings Mattoon 11, Danville 4 6:15 p.m. - Mattoon vs. Paris 8: 30 p.m. - Mahomet vs. Shelby-Moultrie
COULD NORTH PHILLY be the homeland of OZ? Of course we're not talking about the Wonderful Wizard from the movie classic. We're talking about "OZ," the prolific and pesky graffiti vandal who has scrawled his "tag" on structures all over Philadelphia for more than 20 years, costing the city thousands of dollars to clean up.
Travis Ramsey had four hits, four RBIs and a leaping catch of a line drive at third base leading Mattoon Post 88's 18-hit attack in an 11-4 win over Danville Post 210 Tuesday in Mattoon's Juniior American Legion baseball Firecracker Classic.
Fayetteville??™s South Beach nightclub, known for its hip-hop and Top 40 dance music but sullied by police claims that it attracted a crime-prone clientele, closed over the weekend.
Lawyers for the former Khmer Rouge foreign minister told Cambodia's genocide tribunal Tuesday that its case against their client violates "double jeopardy" principles because he already was convicted of crimes against humanity and pardoned.
New numbers from the FBI say major crime in one local county seat has dropped to its lowest level in five years. The Lyons Police Department in Wayne County has been working to lower the village crime rate for some time. But up until last year, the crime rate kept going up.
By PRESTON JONES The dark-hued, densely layered solo work of T Bone Burnett is about as far afield as one can get from the comparatively cheerful oeuvre of the Old 97's, yet both are very much products of their North Texas environment. Burnett doesn't hang around Fort Worth too often these days, while the Old 97's remain an integral part of the Dallas scene. In each case, these artists are
With the long-anticipated arrival of the next installment in the "Grand Theft Auto" series, Liberty City does little to disappoint. Car chases, assassinations and shady drug dealers still litter the landscape of Liberty City, yet this game adds an in-depth view from the perspective of the main character. The player's own choices and actions are more evident in "Grand Theft Auto IV" than in
The reissues are definitely better than the new releases this week. Based on a true story, "The Great Debaters" is the best of the contemporary bunch, thanks to a fiery performance from director-star Denzel Washington.
Fire caused extensive damage to a home in Rochester late Monday night. The fire broke out on Bellwood Place just after 11 p.m. When firefighters arrived on scene the house was fully involved.
Hugh "Bob" Glenister, the enigmatic Johannesburg businessman who calls himself "a concerned citizen" and has applied for an interdict in the Pretoria High Court against the government's plan to disband the Scorpions, talks volubly.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that leading someone to believe you have child pornography to show or exchange is a federal crime, brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or even innocent e-mails that describe pictures of grandchildren.
WASHINGTON ?? The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday that leading someone to believe you have child pornography to show or exchange is a federal crime, brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies, classic literature or even innocent e-mails. The 2003 law does not require that someone actually possess child pornography. Opponents have said the law could apply to movies like
WASHINGTON ?? The Supreme Court ruled Monday that leading someone to believe you have child pornography to show or exchange is a federal crime, brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that leading someone to believe you have child pornography to show or exchange is a federal crime, brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or even innocent e-mails that describe pictures of grandchildren. Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourtus.gov
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that leading someone to believe you have child pornography to show or exchange is a federal crime, brushing aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or even innocent e-mails that describe pictures of grandchildren. The court, in a 7-2 decision, upheld a law aimed at cracking down on the flourishing
The Supreme Court upheld criminal penalties Monday for promoting child pornography. The court, in a 7-2 decision, brushed aside concerns that the law could apply to mainstream movies that depict adolescent sex, classic literature or innocent e-mails that describe pictures of grandchildren.
The Supreme Court says even in the no-holds-barred world of the Internet, some limits on speech are needed in the fight against online child pornography. A federal provision upheld by the court Monday imposes a mandatory five-year prison term on people convicted of promoting child porn, and it doesn't run afoul of First Amendment free-speech rights, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the court.
Political ideologues live in a permanent state of denial, refusing to accept any evidence that contradicts them. A classic example of this pattern lies in family policy.
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