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Boeing scored its first orders at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday with requests for 11 737-800 jetliners, while the United Arab Emirates military inked two defense deals with European manufacturers.

'Sing me something," says Charles Holliday as he buzzes Roger Honeywell through the stage door at the Lyric Opera of Chicago shortly before 10 a.m. Monday.

Porsche's lineage began long before its first prototype appeared in 1948. It originated with the "people's car," known as the Volkswagen Beetle, which German chancellor Adolf Hitler commissioned the Porsche design office to develop in the early 1930s.

Laura Fitzgerald, a teacher from Unity East Elementary School, talks to one of the many people who attended the Fall Education Job Fair on Wednesday.

Heidi the stray German Shepherd will get a new chance at finding a loving family, thanks to a two-state effort to by animal rescue experts, a private pilot and a Wabash Valley animal clinic.

There's a new resident in the Wabash Valley, at least for awhile. But this one comes with a furry coat, four paws and a tail, as well as a painful injury.

Over the years, the chief sommelier had forgotten they were there. And when the four bottles of 1875 Armagnac Vieux were finally unearthed from the labyrinthine wine cellar this week, they were covered in a black fungus that looked like matted cat fur.

When's the last time you heard about the Pyrenees -- you know, that mountain range separating Spain and France? Maestro Larry Rapchak, conductor and music director of the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, has given it considerable thought and for his opening concert, "Across the Pyrenees," has selected music that demonstrates the influence the ...

Congressman John Shimkus is announcing that former employees of Xenia Manufacturing facilities in Xenia, Olney, and Flora are eligible for federal Worker Adjustment Assistance.A All workers were involved in producing wiring harnesses for automobiles.

While Michael Jackson's three children deeply miss their father, Paris, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II -- known as ''Blanket'' -- are slowly adjusting to a new life and world without Daddy.

Just in time for Halloween, Theatre-Hikes reprises its 2004 production of "Sleepy Hollow." Lara Filip directs this musical adaptation of Washington Irving's classic tale.

"We're also calling it The Fifth because chef [Stephen] Dunne has a concept of limiting each dish to five elements." The menu is still in progress, but it will include steamed mussels, Kobe steak tartare, artisan flatbreads, and a boutique wine list.

A cast from the College of Lake County Theatre Department hopes to provide some perspective about the Holocaust to middle school and high school students with a play called, "Anne Frank and Me." The play focuses on a teenage girl, Nicole, who is assigned to read The Diary of Anne Frank .

A new emergency alert system is now available to residents of Edgar County, Illinois.

Inside the Simonton Windows factory here, some workers who are back on the job after being laid off for months believe they are proof that the darkest days of the recession are over.

At Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago, my grandfather, a Chicago-born businessman named Bud Ruby, shocked us all when he stood up to speak about World War II.

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce reports events and specials in the coming weeks that involve local small businesses: Shopping smart is in, and the Geneva Chamber Web site has a listing to help you find some bargains: * Furniture Floor Model Clearance with 15 to 20 percent off cribs, dressers and more at Cradles & All.

A horse-drawn buggy carried families about the farm as children played in corn mazes beside orange silos with jack-o'-lantern faces painted on the side.

The United Nations is planning to host a summit in Afghanistan following the country's disputed elections that will bring the new government and key international players together to promote development and democracy in coming years.

Police need help to find a missing Illinois man. Randy Smith, of Paris, Ill., was last seen on Saturday.