For about $2,000 or less, you could be watching DVDs projected onto an 8-foot screen, in perfect clarity, and never have to contend with rude audience members again. Why are you so narcissistically full of yourself that you feel compelled to flaunt your faux knowledge to the point that most readers haven't the foggiest notion of what you're writing about? It's as if the children are vessels of purity and wisdom, and the parents are corrupt entities who just have to clean up after them, and...

Hague too was singing sweetly last Monday night at the launch of his book, holding a high-powered audience spellbound with his wit and oratorical craft. Meanwhile, also present at his launch party, stood the vulpine shadow home affairs spokesman David Davis, defeated by Cameron for the leadership of the Conservatives. After all, he was making a lucrative living out of speech making, his last book, William Pitt the Younger, was a bestseller and he was enjoying playing the piano. Here his...

Scout leftfielder Brian Short hustled to the ball and fired a strike to second as Riles, who was heading for second, stopped and retreated to first. Minooka: Brett VanAsdlen went to his knees to his right to snag a hard grounder off the bat of Ryan Wischhover, then forced Cameron Anello at second base; Austin Lehmann got his glove in front of Bob Schuch's hard liner to third, the ball popped up out of his glove, he caught it and fired to first to double off Hickey. Minooka: Brett VanAsdlen...

Among local winners, shares of Kraft Foods inc. ratcheted higher as investors pounced on rumors that billionaire investor Warren Buffett might be interested in taking a stake in the Northfield- based giant, which is trying to revitalize its marketing. On the downside, the spike in long-term interest rates hammered shares of utilities, including Chicago-based Exelon corp., the parent of Commonwealth Edison. The loss was seen as devastating for Chicago's advertising community, and resulted...