ORLAND PARK, Ill. — A suburban Chicago man thought the errant nail that discharged from the gun he was working with had whizzed by his head. Instead, it was lodged in his brain.
There’s really no way to tell what any of the finalists to replace former District Attorney David Roger would do when confronted with a bad police shooting, at least not until they’re in the job.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a new strategy to boost foreign tourism in the U.S., telling an audience at Walt Disney World he wanted America to become the world’s top travel destination.
Unlike Francesco Schettino, the Italian captain who headed for the lifeboats after piloting the Costa Concordia cruise liner into a Mediterranean reef, those who oversee the state’s retirement system appear eager to go down with the ship.
