You say tomato. Scoozi (410 W. Huron, 312-943-5900) will beholding its sixth annual Tomato Festival Aug. 18-23. The eventfeatures a variety of tomato-inspired dishes, a prix-fixe wine dinnerand a cooking class. Not to mention the tomato jugglers and troupesof opera singers.
I say tomato. The Italian Village (71 W. Monroe, 312-332-7005)is celebrating the height of the tomato season with its annual TomatoFestival. Tasty cooking ideas using fresh, locally grown …
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C.Wilson, M.Lowe (7), Rhodes (8) and Napoli; Cobb, Howell (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Farnsworth (9) and Shoppach. W_Jo.Peralta 2-3. L_Rhodes 3-3. Sv_Farnsworth (10). HRs_Tampa Bay, S.Rodriguez (2), Joyce (9), Longoria (4).
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Republican Sen. John McCain says he plans to vote against confirming Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
The Arizona senator's decision makes him the latest in the GOP to oppose President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
McCain says Kagan is unlikely to exercise judicial restraint, based on her decision as dean …
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LAS VEGAS - Teamwork is paramount to success of my business endeavor. Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Troy Aiktman touched on this subject throughout his keynote address during the Opening General Session of NAE 2006.
From his football experiences to his dealership ownership, charitable contributions and remit NASCAR involvement, Aikman told attendees that success conies from implementing teamwork into a working environment.
Aiktnan told attendees about his "Aikmans End Zone" charity. Established in 1992, the project provufes interactive playroooms for hospitalized children.
"We wanted to help …
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii - An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 4.5 struck off the northwest coast of the Big Island on Thursday in the same area where two stronger temblors struck last month.
The quake, centered about 11 miles northwest of Puuanahulu, shook homes on the Big Island, Maui and Oahu, but it did not produce a tsunami threat, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated its magnitude at 5.0; the Tsunami Warning Center estimated it at 4.5.
Boulders and other debris forced the temporary closure of Highway 19 near Laupahoehoe on the Big Island, …
Police detained more suspects Thursday in a new wave of arrests connected with an alleged secularist plot to bring down the Islamic-rooted government of Turkey, a prosecutor said.
The detentions followed police raids on about 30 locations across Turkey, said Turan Colakkadi, a deputy chief prosecutor for Istanbul. The state-run Anatolia news agency said the headquarters of a secularist metal workers' trade union and an opposition television station were raided.
Colakkadi would not say how many people were detained in the raids, which threaten to aggravate tensions between secularists and Islamists. Anatolia and other news reports said dozens were taken into …
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) The captain of the frigate Samuel B.Roberts, in his first phone call to the United States since the shipstruck a mine in the Persian Gulf, said he was told twice to abandonship.
But Cmdr. Paul X. Rinn said his crew of "heroes" saved a shipthat was hit so hard its stern rose 15 feet in the air and flamesshot 100 feet through its stacks.
"It was close, really close," Rinn said. "We took a very badhit."
Rinn's account of the Thursday incident came during a 15-minutephone call Saturday to his wife, Pamela, who traveled to Rhode Islandfrom South Carolina for a dinner held by the crew members' wives.
About 25 wives were at the …
