Saturday, June 5, 2004
Reagan dead at 93
LOS ANGELES-- Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader who devoted his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and making people believe it was "morning again in America," died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
A voice of the patriotism of the people
Ronald Reagan, an infectiously optimistic president who forged an enduring relationship with the American people, dedicated his presidency to two goals - the destruction of Soviet communism abroad and the reduction of government at home. He lived to see the first achieved, if not the second.
Bush: Reagan helped save the world
PARIS-- President Bush mourned Ronald Reagan on Saturday as a great American who "leaves behind a nation he restored and a world he helped save."
Bush tries to mend fences with France, Chirac
PARIS-- President Bush sought on Saturday to move beyond bitter differences with a Western ally, yet French President Jacques Chirac said Iraq remains "extremely precarious" and he again questioned America's justification for the war.
4 Chicagoans charged in Wis. license scheme
Four people were charged in a licenses-for-bribes scheme where individuals allegedly brought more than 600 Illinois residents to Wisconsin and helped them fraudulently get regular and commercial driver's licenses in the state, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Family recalls 'horror film' scene
Mabelyn Hurt swings her arms wildly from right to left, showing how she tried to protect her 16-month-old daughter from the dagger of a madman.
High-profile lawyers back Hatch sisters at hearing
As Anne and Elizabeth Hatch made their way to the courthouse Friday to face charges that they slapped and scratched Chicago Police officers, a sheriff's deputy stood by, offering defendants due in court on other cases some friendly advice: Leave your attitude at the door.
City to shutter 10 grade schools
The largest school-closing push since Mayor Daley took over the Chicago Public Schools nine years ago was announced Friday, along with plans not to accept freshmen this fall at two troubled high schools with, between them, 250 violent incidents last year.
Firm in sports logo scam settles for $3.1 million
The owners of a Romeoville business agreed Friday to pay $3.1 million in penalties and fines to settle what Will County officials called the largest trademark infringement case in Illinois history.
Tinley Park native jumps at chance to re-enact D-Day
Army Capt. David Waters, who grew up in Tinley Park and graduated from Andrew High School, will be among 600 paratroopers parachuting into France today to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
Tiananmen anniversary mostly quiet in Beijing
BEIJING -- Chinese police kept Tiananmen Square free of demonstrators Friday, detaining at least 16 people while activists abroad marked the 15th anniversary of the deadly military attack on pro-democracy protesters and pressed their demands for political change.
Sharon tries to gain majority with firings
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fired two government ministers Friday to clear the way for approval of his Gaza withdrawal plan, but one minister went into hiding, avoiding delivery of his dismissal letter and threatening to delay this weekend's vote.
Detectives pursue new tips on Bradley girls
Chicago Cold Case detectives are checking out two independent tips that missing sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley were spotted in the Indianapolis area.
U.N. troops in control of city as leader urges calm in Congo
BUKAVU, Congo -- U.N. troops took control of a strategic eastern Congolese city Friday as renegade soldiers withdrew and President Joseph Kabila attempted to calm the nation after the largest and most violent protests since he took office.
Cassini spacecraft swoops in on mysterious Saturn
Thousands of years after our ancestors first noticed Saturn moving slowly across the night skies, mankind is about to get its first detailed look at the most beautiful and mysterious of all the planets.
Danforth chosen as ambassador to U.N.
ROME -- President Bush said Friday he had chosen former Sen. John Danforth of Missouri to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Summer brings surge in teen drug use, drinking
Summer's almost here and that means teens will have more time on their hands to pick up bad habits -- such as smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol, a new federal survey says.
Reagan's film career included comedy, searing drama
Ronald Reagan's boy-next-door quality as an actor brought him film roles as diverse as the victim of an evil surgeon in "King's Row" and the college professor who experiments with raising a chimpanzee in the comedy "Bedtime for Bonzo."
Post-White House Reagan gradually faded from public eye
LOS ANGELES-- The day George H.W. Bush took over the Oval Office in 1989, the Gipper returned to Reagan Country beaming with an aw-shucks smile and dreams of chopping wood and riding his horse at his mountaintop ranch.
Scientists struggle to find cure for Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease, which claimed former President Reagan on Saturday, is one of the most common, and perhaps the most feared, consequences of growing old.
Nancy was at Reagan's side for more than a half-century
LOS ANGELES-- Ronald Reagan's fierce protector was there to the end.
Nancy Reagan was at the Gipper's side for a half-century in his journey from motion pictures and head of the Screen Actors Guild to California governor and president of the United States. He called her Mommy. She called him Ronnie.
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