Getting farther than first base. That's the basic objective for nearly everyone involved in the new sex/baseball film, "Bull Durham." And everyone achieves this end. This lewd comedy is an adorable entry in the sports film hall of fame. It's cleverly...

Farmers in the Southeast celebrated rain and high prices because of the Midwest's problems, a new heat wave spread water restrictions and brushfires into the Northeast. A dispute over diversion of Lake Michigan water continues to cause friction between...

Although additional state revenue will enable NIU to raise faculty salaries, university officials predict a 20-percent tuition increase and enrollment cutbacks will be necessary to maintain current projects and programs. The Illinois General Assembly...

Kishwaukee Community Hospital soon will begin construction on a new $205,000 addition to house a state-of-the-art X-ray machine. Bill Smith, a Kishwaukee Community Hospital administrator, said Jim Ward Construction Co., the firm which won the bid to construct...

A poster contest is among three competitions to be held during the Unity in Diversity Week September 25 to October 1. Sue Mellard, a co-chairman for the contest, said Tuesday that the purpose for the poster contest is to promote the celebration of cultural...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP) _Veteran forward Tom Chambers became the first unrestricted free agent to go to another NBA team, signing a five-year, multi-million-dollar contract Tuesday with the Phoenix Suns. Chambers, 29, who played out his option last season...

The budget for fiscal year 1989 was adopted by the DeKalb City Council in the last of a series of special meetings June 28. The council approved the budget after additional funds were allocated and a change was made in the funding for human services....

Michael Bakalis, chairman of the Illinois "Dukakis for President" campaign, said at a June 29 meeting that competence, character, and caring are three Dukakis traits that should interest the concerned public. Bakalis became acquainted with Dukakis when...

The replacement for former NIU Associate Athletic Director Jerry Ippoliti has been found, but the name of the new associate AD will not be made public until July 12, Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell said Thursday. O'Dell said while the new associate AD...

"One of the toughest hurdles you'll ever overcome is landing your first job." Thus Lee Iacocca summed up the trials and tribulations of what most NIU graduates will have to experience sooner or later; leaving this safe cocoon-like world we call school...

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP)—At least two other mix-ups with civilian planes by U.S. warships occurred in the Persian Gulf, one of the world's busiest air corridors, before the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner, American sources said Tuesday. All...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP)—Twenty-one players, ranging from 1987 College Player of the Year David Robinson to high school standout Alonzo Mourning, were invited Tuesday to begin training later this month for berths on the U.S. men's Olympic basketball...