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...

Police are searching for a DeKalb man who allegedly stole several hundred dollars worth of property from a business in the 200 block of East Lincoln Highway. Sometime overnight Oct. 27, Aaron C. Johnson, 29, reportedly broke into the business and stole...

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...

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...

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...

Jim Oberweis, republican candidate for Congress, came to the DeKalb County Republican Party Headquarters Wednesday, to accept an endorsement from Illinois Sen. Brad Burzynski and Illinois Rep. Bob Pritchard. Oberweis was critical of the recent bailout...

DeKalb County homeless populations are increasing. "We have definitely seen a bump over the last three months," said Lesly Wicks, executive director of Hope Haven, 1145 Rushmore Drive, DeKalb. But homelessness is not necessarily a direct result of the...

Name: Bob Barr Party: Libertarian Education: J.D, Georgetown University Law Center, M.A., George Washington University and B.A., University of Southern California Political Experience: U.S. Representative for the 7th District of Georgia (1995-2003); senior...

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) - Doubts about John McCain's chances for the presidency grew louder among fellow Republicans on Tuesday as a White House race largely focused on Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania entered its final week Even two Republicans once on McCain's...