IS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR STATE BUDGET? Governor Rod Blagojevich approved diverting $221 million in the state budget, but the move still leaves in question the fate of 323 state employees who have been told they may lose their jobs fall and 24 state parks and historic sites that would be closed. That's because Blagojevich says it's up to his potential rival, Comptroller Dan Hynes, to determine whether the money is available.
VYING FOR DURBIN'S SENATE SEAT A Republican physician hoping to unseat U-S Senator Dick Durbin is campaigning with the mantra of opposition's standard-bearer, Barack Obama: Change.
MISSING JOURNALIST FROM ILLINOIS The U-S Embassy in Beirut says two American journalists who were vacationing in Lebanon have not been heard from since October First and are believed missing. The embassy is appealing for information on their possible whereabouts.
Saturday Night Football on ABC, the first and only weekly primetime college football series on broadcast television, will return for a third season Saturdays at 7 p.m. beginning August 30.
