In April, Lawrence K. Epple, 54, a beloved South Jersey pediatrician, and Nancy Johnson-Epple, 55, his wife and office manager, renewed their vows on their 25th wedding anniversary. [read more]

It hasn’t taken long for struggling England rugby coach Martin Johnson to take serious umbrage at criticisms of his set-up by his former international colleague Dewi Morris. [read more]

During her 67 years of marriage, Pauline Harnagy dedicated her life to her husband and family. [read more]

With the election of Barack Obama as president and increased Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, civil liberties groups are chomping at the bit to restore constitutional rights compromised or eliminated by the Bush administration. [read more]

By United Press International UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. [read more]

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The John Hauberg Indian Museum is the only facility in the country that tells the history of what was once Illinois’ largest city and capital of the Sauk Nation. [read more]

Today is Saturday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2008 with 32 to follow.The moon is waxing. The morning star is Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune.Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include Austrian physicist Christian Doppler in 1803; author Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) in 1832; Chinese Empress Dowager Tz'u Hsi in 1835; ... [read more]

Preparations are already well under way for the 2008 Journey Through Bethlehem, an event organized by Walker County churches and individuals to re-create life in Bethlehem at the time of Jesus Christ’s birth. [read more]

“No artist living in the second half of the 20th century made a deeper impression outside the art world than Andy Warhol .” So writes Hubertus Butin, a German art historian, in the catalogue of the most futile exhibition I have yet seen in the Hayward Gallery, a place renowned for its futilities. [read more]