This is a short story about the world's longest Band-Aid.
The Illinois Republican strips down to get Americans to step up and exercise more
An Arizona judge sentenced an Iraqi immigrant on Friday to more than 34 years in prison, about two months after his conviction for running over his 20-year-old daughter because he claimed she'd become "too Westernized."
Looks like Caterpillar won't be leaving the state of Illinois, even after the CEO suggested the company might depart due to a hostile business environment.
The father of a 20-year-old woman from Iraq, run over because she allegedly had become "too Westernized," was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder.
Faleh Hassan Almaleki is found guilty of killing his daughter for becoming "too Westernized."
Sentencing testimony begins Wednesday in the case of an Iraqi man who was convicted of running over his 20-year-old daughter because she allegedly had become "too Westernized."
Some parents and kids admit to some creative fibbing.
As the masses descend on America's most colorful country roads this season, why not try an alternate route? Autumn's gold-and-yellow leaf show is just as breathtaking from the deck of a boat -- and fantastically free of those distracting red taillights.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Al Kelley retired in 1999 after a 45-year career in parts distribution with Caterpillar, Inc., the world-famous manufacturer of construction equipment. He is 77 years old, stands 5-foot-11 and looks more like your weekend poker buddy than an accomplished basketball player.
At first glance, Andy Murray's firing in St. Louis was barely news. Coaches -- and Murray himself -- have been "relieved of their duties" at midseason when their teams fail to live up to expectations. Yet, the details in this particular change are telling on many levels.
A 20-year-old woman from Iraq has died in an Arizona hospital, nearly two weeks after her father, police say, ran her over with a car because she had become "too Westernized."
An Iraqi man accused of running down his daughter in Arizona because she had become "too Westernized" is being held on two counts of aggravated assault, police said Saturday.
Authorities said Friday that an Iraqi man accused of running down his daughter in Arizona because she had become "too Westernized" has been taken into custody in Atlanta, Georgia.
Arizona police are looking for an Iraqi man who they allege ran down his daughter and her friend because he believed his daughter had become "too Westernized."
Five members of a family were found slain in their Beason, Illinois, home, authorities said Tuesday, and they urged people in the area to be cautious until the killer is found.
Ali al-Marri, once the only designated "enemy combatant" on U.S. soil, has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda, the Justice Department said Thursday.
TAMPA, Fla. -- On Monday afternoon, Heath Bell was in Peoria, Ariz., just another relief pitcher getting ready for another monotonous spring training game -- Padres vs. Brewers! Catch the excitement! -- when his phone rang. America needed him to save the day. Would he answer the call?
A Qatari man held for years in military custody in the United States was charged Friday in federal court with conspiracy "to provide material support and resources" to al Qaeda, prosecutors announced.
The Dallas Stars have recalled right wing Chris Conner from Peoria of the American Hockey League and sent goalie Brent Krahn to the AHL's Chicago Wolves.
Question: I've been having an argument with a co-worker about the difference between living "within your means" and living "below your means." I'm hoping you can settle the issue for us. What do see as the difference between the two terms? --Mark E., Peoria, Illinois
"It is time for Congress to act, and I hope they act in a bipartisan fashion," President Obama said when he went to Peoria, Illnois, on Thursday to argue for his economic stimulus plan.
President Obama told employees at Peoria's Caterpillar plant Thursday that his economic recovery plan, heavy on infrastructure investment, would keep the equipment giant's factories humming.
CNN's John King talks to a Caterpillar worker the same week the company announces layoffs.
CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser has the latest on the stimulus deal.
President Obama took his economic stimulus proposal back on the road Thursday, urging final congressional passage of the now-$789 billion bill during a visit to a Caterpillar plant in the state that launched his political career.
In a brutal week for the job market, an assortment of companies across various industries announced more than 100,000 job cuts.
Suddenly, this city's motto rings hollow: "It's Better Here" doesn't match the mood in a place where the recession hit late but is now hitting hard.
Single-family home prices dropped 7.7% in the first quarter in the largest year-over-year decline since the National Association of Realtors began reporting prices in 1982.
MARKETS: Regarding Bank of America buying Countrywide, we are now starting to see some of the deal making/consolidation that I have been talking about recently. (Leaving aside the issue, as Roddy Boyd points out, that this may be bad money after bad!) I would expect more of these (WaMu/JP Morgan has been on the table) although instead of major deals so far, we are seeing something instead, which is the flurry of capital of infusions from overseas investors into Wall Street investment banks and broker dealers. To wit: Watch Merrill Lynch, where new CEO John Thain would like to match an announcement of a huge new multi-billion write-off with the announcement of more capital. I still think Bear Stearns may be dealt, although without question it could also scale back and live to see another day too. The other really big question on Wall Street is succession at Morgan Stanley, which also could end up happening in a deal. Really the best guy to take over from John Mack already has a job,
Don Waddell has provided plenty of grist over the years for detractors who questioned his abilities as an NHL general manager. But with his Atlanta Thrashers finally sitting at .500 after an 0-6 start, no one can question his last two moves: firing coach Bob Hartley and installing himself behind the bench.
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Steve Barrow of Bear Stearns joins CNN to discuss Ben Bernanke's latest comments about the status of the economy.
The entrepreneur who brought soy to the masses is back -- and this time he's selling bacteria.
Bugs. From the rim of the vast open pit, the trucks, bulldozers and road scrapers far below look like scuttling yellow insects. Descend the dirt ramps that spiral a third of a mile down to the floor of the pit, though, and those bugs are transformed into Caterpillars - as in the ubiquitous machines that are as much a feature of the mining landscape as muck.
It took 20 minutes to find home plate using the finger radar system. -- Greg, Peoria, Az.
If you're going to use that invisible golf club then you better hit this invisible golf ball. -- Mark, Roanoke, Va.
For a company poised to revolutionize an industry, Firefly Energy is pretty hard to find. It's temporarily headquartered in a former mental-health facility that's now part of a community college, a...
SI.com: Time for renewalupdated: Tue Mar 13 2007 09:47:00
PEORIA, Ariz. -- The day after San Diego general manager Kevin Towers renewed the contract of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, his team's MVP last season, for $500 more than the major-league minimum of $380,000, a Padres fan stopped him entering the team's spring training ballpark and said, "Well here is the team cheapskate."
SI.com: Skip to my Louupdated: Tue Mar 06 2007 10:41:00
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Spring training begins every year like some midwinter festival, demanding our attention with its abundance of light, warmth and sense of renewal, but quickly settles into a mundane Groundhog Day existence. It is little more than glorified practice, really, for what is a game of repetition. Major League Baseball has yet to produce that Great Spring Training Moments DVD.
Nancy Brinker said that her sister might not have foreseen her legacy, but she knew Brinker would tackle breast cancer head on.
I had a presentation to do. I'm sure you've gone through it. The thing is, I'm the boss. That allows me to be crazy. It started as these things do - that is, very well. I have a wonderful team. The...
Caterpillar ranks no. 156 on FORTUNE's Global 500 this year, with $36.3 billion in revenues, up 20.1% from the previous year. The Peoria, Illinois-based company was ranked no. 163 on the 2005 list. Its 2005 profits were $2.9 billion, up 40.2% from a year earlier. 2005 was a banner year for most Global 500 companies.
Fortune: LETTERupdated: Mon Aug 21 2006 00:01:00
Game On!
While U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Daniel Hendrex was fighting the insurgency in Iraq near the Syrian border, help arrived from an unlikely ally: a 14-year-old Iraqi boy whose father was an insurgent.
Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, a 40-year-old from Qatar, is the only enemy combatant held in the United States whose case remains in legal limbo.
Across America, real-estate prices continue to confound the skeptics. Many Americans have come to think of their homes as rock-solid investments with little downside.
Something that works locally should work elsewhere too: Today, Peoria. Tomorrow, the world.
Rebecca Martinez O'Mara insists that she got her job because she stopped looking for one.
Thyda Puth knows that there is no place like home. A real estate agent and owner of a 30-unit apartment building, she has carved out a specialty: helping refugees from her native Cambodia navigate ...
Last year Joseph Park, the 28-year-old CEO of Kozmo.com, bragged to Vanity Fair that if his one-hour video- and munchies-delivery company failed, he'd shrug off the loss as a useful anecdote for ge...
To put the recent cloning of a sheep in perspective, it helps to keep in mind two things: dogs and sex.
THIS MONTH: --Our MONEY 30 blue chips handily beat the Dow. --Intel's Pentium Pro chip has the brains and brawn to boot up the stock 50%.
''Caution, you are entering a war zone . . . '' Is this helpful billboard situated in (a) Bosnia, (b) Somalia, or (c) Peoria? Yup, the answer is Peoria. Such billboards in Caterpillar's hometown de...
Hamburgers may be in the smokestack sector of the food business these days, but in Switzerland they are starting to roll -- on the railroad, that is. Two specially commissioned McDonald's dining ca...
TV will get weirder and weirder, because people have stopped watching it. They rent videos, they watch cable. To compete, network TV will have to become less middle-of-the-road. I mean, I've been o...
IF YOU THINK you've heard all the Rust Belt recovery stories, think again. Caterpillar, the quintessential Midwestern metal basher, is not just reviving. It is being transformed. Like other America...
The gold-mining town that became the ghost town when the mine played out is a staple of American legend. Yet cities go on riding the fortunes of one commodity, one company, or one industry until th...
Might food technology possibly be going too far? Listen to this tempting forecast by Chicago researcher Leo J. Shapiro: ''The industry is moving in the direction of engineered foods. We are headed ...
THAT SAVAGE MUGGING suffered by Caterpillar on Wall Street late last month -- when its shareholders were suddenly relieved of around $800 million of market value -- must have looked mysterious to m...
Fortune: PEOPLE TO WATCHupdated: Mon May 12 1986 00:01:00
Janice D. Stoney Not many 19-year-old customer service reps rise to the top, particularly if they skip college, but at 45 Stoney is almost there. After passing through nearly every operating unit a...
ANGELA AZZARETTI, 25, the daughter of Italian immigrants, was graduated from the University of Illinois and took a job at Caterpillar's headquarters in Peoria during the summer of 1987. Angela's wa...
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