Could Super Bowl XLIV be South Florida’s last big game?
When South Florida hosted Super Bowl XLI in 2007, tourism officials and the Miami Dolphins knew the big game would be returning in 2010. Today, when the region hosts its...
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Miami-Dade predicts $100 million shortfall in funding for Marlins stadium
MIAMI * Concerned about the escalating and uncertain costs of a new stadium for the Florida Marlins, several Miami-Dade County commissioners said Wednesday the county can't contribute any more time...
Legislature to decide rules for operation of slot machines
The slots battle on Wednesday quickly moved from the polling booths of South Florida to the state Capitol as both sides prepare for the next phase -- regulation and taxation....
Gambling foes start anti-slots campaign through e-mails, voter guides
Activists involved in the March 8 referendum on slot-machine gambling launched a counterattack this week with e-mail blasts and voter guides responding to the pari-mutuel industry that so far has...
DRIVER KILLED, RIDER HURT IN CORAL TOWNSHIP CRASH
A Union man was killed and a Lisle man seriously injured when their car ran off the road in Coral Township and struck a utility pole, McHenry County sheriff's police...
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEACHERS EARN HONORS
Patrick Parks has spent nine years at Elgin Community College doing what he says community colleges are valuable for: teaching, rather than research or scholarship. The value of that teaching...
PROBATION ORDERED IN HOME VANDALISM
The sixth person accused of causing $100,000 damage to a Hoffman Estates home pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to four years' probation by a Cook County Circuit Court judge...
7 WOUNDED IN WEEKEND DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS
Police are investigating two gang-related drive-by shootings that occurred within four hours of each other over the weekend and resulted in seven people being injured. The first occurred about midnight...
2 OCTOGENARIANS KILLED, 1 HURT IN CRASHES
Two people were killed and a third was injured as the result of car accidents in Schaumburg and Arlington Heights, police said Sunday. An 89-year-old Schaumburg man was killed and...
CASINO GAMING `THREAT’ COULD SHUTTER ARLINGTON, DUCHOSSOIS WARNS
Arlington International Racecourse owner Richard Duchossois issued a statement Thursday illuminating his threats to shut the track down in the face of competition from an Elgin riverboat casino. Track officials...