Election watchers won't have to wait for polls to close in the West to know how things are going. The first clues will come early, when voting ends in Georgia, Indiana and Virginia. If Democrat Barack Obama wins any of the three, he could be on his way...

A local resident recently published a collection of poetry devoted to the beauty of the Midwest. Greg Romanek's book, "Prairie Paths" is a cycle of poems assembled to mimic the seasons and the feeling that they create with a local feeling that one acquires...

A man and his girlfriend were robbed at knife-point Sunday morning by three men in the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive. About 12:45 a.m., three men approached the couple and asked them for change. After the couple declined, the three men knocked the male...

College students continue to be a key group targeted by credit card companies. Why students are targeted Diane Docking, associate professor of finance, believes college students are targeted for two main reasons: to establish a long-term relationship...

Electric cars offer an alternative to using gasoline, but are not the best choice for everyone. NIU Transportation Manager Bill Finucane said electric cars are great for the environment. "An advantage of electric cars is that they don't emit pollution...

Barack Obama radiated confidence and John McCain displayed the grit of an underdog Monday as the presidential rivals reached for the finish line of a two-year marathon with a burst of campaigning across battlegrounds from the Atlantic Coast to Arizona....

Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. Obama announced the news from the campaign...

Junior sociology major Katie Delgatto has experienced the big, orange warning stickers, the "close calls" and the real deal: getting her car towed. Some people get their cars towed because their vehicle died and needs to be taken in for repairs; other...

Flashlights turn on and off by themselves, invisible voices softly whisper through the night, and chills run up the spine. These are not coincidences but some of the experiences Cris Dennison, director of the DeKalb Area Ghost Researchers, said are acts...

A Sycamore man is being held on a $75,000 bond after a domestic fight occurred where he hit someone with a broken bottle and threatened another person with a knife, police said. Thomas Wilkenson, 24, was arrested Wednesday at a residence in the 900 block...

Sending e-mail that you may regret the next morning just got a bit harder for Gmail users. On Oct. 6, Google Labs introduced Mail Goggles with hopes to help those who neglect to think before they hit "send." When enabled, the Mail Goggles window will...

Daily sounds like barking dogs and leaf blowers could be more unhealthy than smog. Noise is one of the most pervasive pollutants today and may have adverse effects on a person, according to the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse (NPC) Web site. "Noise is sound...