The news came as a total shock: People briefs

New York City

» For our Haitian friends ... a huge outpouring of love and support

» Local/Area roundup

» Cuba City still No. 1

» Ask the TH: Bell Tower Theater has storied history

» Look at those 'evil capitalists' now

» Students show off their stacking skills

» Marriage equality still not achieved

» TH serves as school district's mouthpiece

» New member welcomed to Loras College Board of Regents

» UW-P expert praises Obama

» Disconnect between disease rates, research funding

» Dems glad to see week end

» Iowa/Wisconsin briefs

» 'Race to the Top' hurts local control

» Haiti telethon raises $57 million, so far

» Back to the basics with Christianity

» Aggressive 'Cats sink Hempstead

» California beaches trashed

» NICC expects enrollment rise to continue

» 'Bridges Out of Poverty' set for Feb. 5

» What's in line for 2010?

» Owners of shut-down GM brands have few reasons to worry

» Grant County Fair official given recognition

» Platteville switches script

» Salvation Army raises $217,200 during Christmas campaign

» Cougars' redemption

» Tri-state people

» Illinois: Bomb squad removes live WWII grenade from home

» Wave of GPS progress spells end of radio navigation era

» T-Birds complete sweep of Flint

» Rams defend in MVC

» Community calendar

» St. Mark receives $10,000 grant from Prudential

» A mandate to moderate

» Crisis shows euro's vulnerabilities

» Good fortune strikes Cornyn

» Homeless veteran who saved 5 in fire laid to rest

» Favre fabulous at 40

» Patients pay doctors for 'extra attention'

» Mohawks' press smothers Pirates

» Wisconsin: Barrett's Web site stands out -- for blandness

» Comets blaze past short-handed ED

» New Web-based relief tools emerging to assist Haiti

» Bridges, Bullock win SAG acting awards

» Well on the way back

» Saudis find bodies of 20 soldiers

» Group warms up to Arctic route

» Iowa vs. Indiana basketball capsule

» Illinois briefs

» Iowa: FEMA map comes under fire

» Rescuers pull man from deep under rubble

» Details of Christmas interrogation leaked

» Illinois: GOP eyes Obama's former Senate seat

» As Wall Street defers bonuses, others suffer

» U.S. Marines' Iraq command ends

» Mass offers way to 'share the pain'

» Agriculture briefs

» Bombshell erases marathon health care negotiations

» Illinois: Court: Schools not liable for abuse

» Pork perks up

» Sykes wins state boxing title

» Blast in Afghanistan kills 2 U.S. troops

» Pope provides priests with permission to blog

» Around the watercooler

» Sports briefs

» Pesticides still cause for Alar-m?

» Biden: U.S. to appeal dismissal of charges

» Foes of Chavez protest nation's domestic woes

» Big matchup will take place on 'Revis Island'

» Coming events

» Study details diseases' toll in Darfur war'

» Green wall to feature tall trellises

» Nation briefs

» Wildcats shock Illinois

» Unfamiliar territory

» Dozens die in Pakistan

» Illinois hunters take nearly 200,000 deer

» World briefs

» Miller leads Bulls past Houston

» Afghan war deaths

» Aldrich breaks out against ISU

» Murray to quarterfinals, Nadal could loom