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By DEANNA BELLANDI, Associated Press Writer – Tue Nov 17, 2009

CHICAGO – As the Obama administration considers a plan to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, including possible sites in Illinois and Michigan, proponents and critics are spinning the facts.
The nearly vacant Thomson Correctional Center in the western Illinois farming town of Thomson is the latest potential candidate being evaluated to hold detainees after President Barack Obama promised to close the military-run… Continue

Photo courtesy Chicago Blackhawks.
Patrick Sharp shows off one of the camoflage jerseys the Blackhawks will wear during warms up on Wednesday and then auction to raise money for the USO of Illinois.


Daily Herald, 11/10/09
For the first time in franchise history, the Chicago Blackhawks will wear camouflage jerseys Wednesday during warm ups for their Veterans Day game against the Colorado Avalanche at the… Continue

The Commander-in-Chief's Trophy
by AutumnSpectacle.com staff

Traveling trophies are a tradition unique to college football. In no other sport do you see joy expressed from the faces of athletes simply because they win the right to “own” an old jug, a wooden bucket or a golden cowboy hat.

Among the collection of axe heads, bronzed pigs and jeweled shillelaghs, there is a tro… Continue

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP)—Kevin Fogler caught a 73-yard TD pass and Anthony Wright returned a punt 88 yards for a score, helping Air Force beat Army for a fourth straight time with a 35-7 victory Saturday.

Asher Clark rushed for two second-half scores as the Falcons (6-4, 4-2 Mountain West) broke open a tight game to become bowl eligible.

Before the game, the Air Force Academy held a moment of silence in honor of the shooting victims at Fort Hood. The flags on the campus also were lowered… Continue

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—Navy did it to Notre Dame again—and this loss t… Continue