Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov Sarah Palin, appear together during his "Road to the Convention Rally" in Dayton, Ohio. (AP)
John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.
Growing up among the grit of the steel mills on Chicago's Southeast Side, Tony Przybyslawski went from "hanging out on street corners" to "going supersonic in multimillion-dollar military jets."
Every day through Aug. 28, two people will find themselves in the SouthtownStar and on SouthtownStar.com. When they do, they'll each win a $50 gift card from Walt's Food Center. If your face is circled, you're a winner. But that's not all. Each week, one gift card winner also will receive a key qualifying them for the grand prize: a car.
It's not just the pennant races that appear to be kicking off this week at Wrigley Field. It also might be the National League MVP race. And as the last two NL MVPs stood watching on the Wrigley Field infield Thursday night, Cubs cleanup hitter Aramis Ramirez might have christened the launches of both.
Hoping to find some improvement and maybe a little momentum after a poor effort the week before, the Bears instead found reason for alarm 10 days away from having to face Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.
Although paper scrapbooking is still thriving, the digital option has
attracted a new range of crafters, from men -- many of whom think paper
scrapbooking is too precious for them -- to women who can't commit to
the paper process.
While Colleen Laino started Thoughtful World Shop as an online business,
Laino sells her baskets, jewelry and totes at farmers markets in Frankfort and Tinley Park
to raise awareness about the growing fair trade movement.
There is some really dark stuff going on underneath all the outrageous goofiness in "Hamlet 2." It's so much that you wonder if the entire project was designed as a cathartic experience for the filmmakers. For the audience, it's mostly uncomfortable.