I'm LOVING all the Turkey-Day disaster stories you're postingfor me. They're hilarious - and you're making me feel a little bitbetter (just a wee bit) about holiday cooking. I mean, everyone flubs up now and then. Then, we can all laughabout it later!...

Hey, why don't they tell you to look in BOTH ends of the frozenturkey before you cook it (or do they, and I just ignoredit???!!!)? Ha! Because I nearly cooked a plastic bag full of giblets(eeeuuuwwwww!!!) the last time I attempted to cook a turkey for...

In the United States, theCedar Rivercontinues to break records today as it floods Cedar Rapids,Iowa. The river isapproaching its expected crest of over 30 feet, over 18 feet overflood stage and more than ten feet over the previous recordhigh. The downtown...

So, I was the one who ended up sick at our house over Halloween.Go figure. We didn't go anywhere the entire weekend, period. We even missedtrick-or-treating. Luckily, Babycakes is 2 and didn't know the difference. She feltquite satisfied with the Halloween...

Well, I think I do. I haven't met her in real life yet. But my sister is friends with baby Lucy's mom, Heather Kernan ofRock Island. So, I've heard a lot about her. I've listened to mysister cry and worry about Lucy, who was a few days shy of turningone...

International climate negotiations for a global climate treatyare not producing the required results in the given amount of timeleft before the Copenhagen conference in December, diminishing thehopes for a resolution at this conference. Major polluters...

To our readers, The first print edition of the Northern Star for this semester will hit newsstands on Aug. 21. The issue will be our annual back to school edition. The first regular print edition of the Star will be out the first day of fall classes,...

Today's edition of the Northern Star will be the only regular print edition for this summer. We will continue to publish online during NIU's summer session, right here at www.northernstar.info. Breaking news will be posted immediately, and the site will...

You ask for abstinence education, Mr. Wier? Well, the majority of high schools across the nation still teach abstinence education, and that number has actually increased over the past few years. Logic would follow that if abstinence education was effective,...

While Matt Wier's column on abstinence before marriage is well-intentioned, its distortion of the truth is saddening. There is nothing wrong with waiting for marriage before engaging in sexual activity, but it is just a choice. It is not the right choice;...

I encourage you to vote no tomorrow on the proposition to create the Kishwaukee Valley Water Authority. Here are my areas of contention that have not been adequately addressed in recent weeks: just one out of the three counties within the authority could...