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A vast ocean once covered a third of Mars, scientists believe. Such a stunning prospect greatly increases the chances of life having existed on the Red Planet, the fourth from the Sun in our solar system.

It is safe to say that I have been bitten by the golf bug. Earlier this year, I bought a set of clubs, joined a local club and began to learn this frustrating, extremely challenging, and, at times, immensely rewarding game.

Sikich LLP Adds Jennifer Wood as Senior Tax Manager ROCKFORD, IL 11/17/09 Jennifer Wood has joined Sikich LLP.

Licensed massage therapist Jennifer Price and receptionist Karen Geraghty stand ready to serve at Touch for Health.

Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University, Fort Hood: three places that have had shootings and lost lives.

Susan Hoppe will begin her work Dec. 14. She was appointed Friday by Gov. Mitch Daniels.

Colorado Springs, Colo. Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO-AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, has been named to a two-year term as chairman of the board of directors of JA Worldwide .

Paula Ruff and Justin Faulkner view the Illinois Traveling War Memorial within the Regency Room at the Holmes Student Center at NIU.

I was trying to relax and spend time with my niece and nephew last week when I heard about the shooting at the Army base in Fort Hood, Tex.

Coming in midafternoon, the killings at Fort Hood presented a particular challenge for editors in our afternoon news meeting, where decisions are made about what will run on the front page of the print edition.

A spring graduate of Northern Illinois University is recuperating in a Texas hospital after he was injured in last week's shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas, according to members of his family.

Sixteen years ago, I made a decision that has brought me here today. It was August 1993.

DeKALB – A review panel looking into the conduct of Northern Illinois University's police chief should be ready to release their findings before Thanksgiving, a university official said Monday.

In this article, the authors compile and discuss the recommendations most often put forth by task force reports published in the wake of these episodes.

Talk about a rough day for a young dinosaur. A new study says an adolescent tyrannosaurus found in far southeastern Montana had its face badly bitten, probably by a fellow young dinosaur.

NEW YORK The Daily Chronicle in DeKalb, Ill., has named Jason Schaumburg its new editor.

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, firms with fewer than 500 employees employ about half of all private sector workers and have generated 60 to 80 percent of all new jobs in each of the last 10 years.

What careers do school shooters aspire to? John Douglas, the FBI agent who made profiling famous, noticed that many serial killers were either police buffs, or had a history of wanting to be police officers.

A spectacular Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta.

Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: ___ Nov.