SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich could be out of a job by Feb. 4.

MARION - The fate of the old Marion Memorial Hospital building is once again in limbo, although judging from discussion at Monday's Marion City Council meeting, that fate will soon be sealed.

CARBONDALE - Kevin Dillard was almost as good as a decoy as he was with the basketball Sunday night.

If Oprah can't do it, I can't do it.

Six boxes of nutritious cereal per week minus $3 worth of coupons equal breakfast savings for the Sissom family of Herrin.

Al Parr of Carbondale doesn't buy the "familiarity breeds contempt" concept.

Often referred to as 'Nature's Little Secrets', visitors to the British Virgin Islands will not be hard pressed to find out why. Abounding in natural beauty, the 36 islands making up the Caribbean archipelago (16 of which are uninhabited) have kept the affects of tourism at bay and offer unblemished beaches, numerous unspoilt anchorages, exotic fauna and flora and a low-key lifestyle.

WASHINGTON - The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes Tuesday to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama's old seat in Congress.