| Murder, pure and simple
The world community began to feel uneasy about the security of these weapons of mass destruction after the terrorist and extremist threat to Pakistans political stability assumed alarming proportions with the suicide bombings last year. Even International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei expressed fears about these weapons falling into the hands of rogue elements a few days ago. .
Ted Reynolds: City doing great, but let’s keep working
Washington Community and Recreation Center has begun. Construction will soon begin on the remodeling of our civic center and the construction of a new exhibits hall. A downtown building has been purchased for use as a performing arts center. Renovation of this building has already begun. I am proud of the fact that while planning and building these projects we have also been able to use some of our wealth to implement the two back-to-back largest property tax rate cuts in the history of our city. Tuesday, our city council will meet to develop a consensus on a number of very important issues. At the top of the list is to develop a long-range plan for the use of our energy royalty money. All of us on the council want to develop a plan that will give us and our successors the best use of this money for the good of our citizens.
It's hard to predict how a wine will age
Peter Lehmann 2005 Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon; $15. Cabernet sauvignons from Down Under rarely rise to the top of any tasting in this price range, as this one, to my surprise, has done. It opens up firmly, with flavors of black cherry, black currant, earth, ash and coffee grounds packed densely together. Breathing over several hours the fruit blossoms, round and full, and the darker, lightly earthy/herbal notes provide a perfect counterpoint. Decidedly New World in style, yet with a touch of Old World class. Note: The distributor may still have the 2004, but the 2005 should arrive shortly. (Distributed by Noble) .
How green is your city?
Nadine Bopp led a walking tour through the West Rogers Park neighborhood on a recent January afternoon, but the group trudging along the slushy sidewalks behind her was not sightseeing.
The 15 students of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago met their instructor at the busy corner of Western and Devon Avenues, the heart of the city's Little India enclave, with a different mission. Bopp, an adjunct professor at the SAIC, and her class were working on the Green Map Project, part of a liberal arts course on urban issues, sustainability and mapmaking.
In the course of a week, the students would break into smaller groups to canvass the neighborhood, documenting schools, mosques, dry cleaners and community centers, with particular attention to those with sustainable design or features.
'Linchpin Of The Fraud' Gets 20 Years In Jail
Garcia said Israel pleaded guilty in September 2005 and is awaiting sentencing. Marquez pleaded guilty in December 2006 and was sentenced in January 2007 to 51 months in jail. He was also ordered to pay more than $6 million in restitution to his victims. In 2005, more than $106 million in proceeds from the Bayou fraud were seized and subsequently turned over to the federal government to eventually be distributed to victims of the fraud, Garcia said. .
Fighting Foreclosure
New figures out today show the foreclosure rate in Ohio jumped 88 percent in 2007. That means almost two percent of homes entered into some stage of the foreclosure process. In tonight's Money Alert, Local 12's Paula Toti says there are some steps homeowners in trouble should be taking right now. The group Realty Trac says Ohio had the sixth highest foreclosure rate in the nation in 2007. Many homeowners started to default on payments near the end of the year, setting the stage for a high number of foreclosures again this year. The problem is worse in northern Ohio, but lawyers in the Tri-State say phones are ringing off the hook with families in trouble. More than 150 homes were sold at a foreclosure auction this past weekend in Cleveland, a sad sign of the times. The banks dumped some at 70 percent less than their value.
Great financial leap forward
This is the land for making money, and fast. While China's allure to investors is irresistible, its mysteries run deep and putting your money into the country is fraught with dangers. Many equate Chinese stock markets to a bubble about to burst, scarring all those who dared to participate in its rush to become a global economic might. .
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