The Dallas Cowboys have released Greg Ellis, ending the linebacker's career after 11 seasons and the eighth-most sacks in club history.
Tuesday's announcement was no surprise. A week before, team owner Jerry Jones said the club was planning to cut Ellis if he couldn't be traded.
The Cowboys bypassed Randy Moss to take Ellis with the eighth overall pick in the 1998 …
Forty-five years ago, Joe Segal staged his first jam session inthe student lounge at Roosevelt University. Monday night, havingoutlasted more trends and jazz-is-dead declarations than you canshake a drumstick at, the impresario got to present an all-star revuein the Auditorium Theatre.
The venue may have been larger than he was used to, but thespirit was its old bountiful self as a parade of longtime Segalattractions and Chicago favorites, including Joe Williams, JohnnyGriffin, Stanley Turrentine and Art Farmer, performed in his honor.
A benefit for the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt, the galaevent was marked by some wonderfully fresh artistic pairings …
LONDON (AP) — Tottenham says playmaker Rafael van der Vaart will be out for up to six weeks with a hamstring tear.
The Netherlands …
Tom Taormina is 65 and has no retirement savings.
The Virginia City, Nev., business consultant said it's not for lack of trying. He and his wife, Midge, have tried to save and at one time invested in the stock market, but it's all been depleted.
"We're scrambling to make it through the next 20 years," he said. "We're doing everything we can to set money aside, but every time we do something unforeseen comes up."
They've downsized and cut expenses. He no longer drives a leased Lexus and now sits behind the wheel of a 2008 Subaru Forester. He also brought in an investor on to help with his business, The Taormina Group Inc., a …
After a decade at the helm of the Archdiocese of Chicago, JosephCardinal Bernardin points with satisfaction to "creating a differentclimate . . . where people feel more free and make their thoughtsknown."
Such freedom cuts in different directions, as the cardinal knowswell.
Pilloried by the religious right for allegedly promoting"disloyalty and disobedience" and by the left for an archdiocese saidto be "adrift in a sea of malaise," Bernardin believes a "very solidmiddle" exists and is evolving under his tutelage.
"Sometimes the middle is not heard from as much. People at theextremes get the attention," he said in an interview anticipating his10th …
Bob Lutz, ejecutivo de GM, afirma que la recesi�n termin�, pero que las empresas tienen que cerrar plantas. Los analistas financieros de la industria del autom�vil de Estados Unidos creen que la recesi�n de este pa�s "ha terminado" y que la econom�a del pa�s mejorar�, por lo que han aumentado sus perspectivas de ventas a escala nacional para este a�o.
DETROIT. -- Seg�n informa Automotive News, la publicaci�n m�s prestigiosa del sector, los economistas de GM y Ford aseguran que el proceso de deterioro de la econom�a ha cesado ya, mientras que Chrysler cree que la recesi�n "est� a punto" de terminar.
Los tres fabricantes de autom�viles han aumentado sus pron�sticos de ventas …
Senators began debate Monday on a sweeping rail safety bill that would require more worker rest and new technology to prevent collisions.
The House passed the bill last week in the wake of a crash between a freight train and a commuter train that killed 25 people in Los Angeles.
Senators planned a key …
