DeKalb

Threats expert seeks to protect those who serve

2013-04-15 00:00:00

— Glenn McGovern joined the Air Force fresh out of high school and was plunged into a world of threats and intrigue. Assigned to protect U.S. bases worldwide, he studied the tactics of Germany's Red Army Faction, the attack style favored by...

Top executives did not report suspected Scout abuse cases, files show

2012-12-30 15:25:00

In 1987, a Scoutmaster at a camp in northeast Georgia was accused of fondling a boy in a sleeping bag. The local Boy Scouts executive, Wayne Brock, followed Scouting procedures and documented the allegation before forwarding it to the group's Texas...

'It's Complicated' is no answer to gun violence, newspaper says

2012-12-22 12:07:00

In the wake of the deadly school shootings in Newtown, Conn., a newspaper publisher on the other side of the country — in Idaho of all places, where gun ownership is up there with life and liberty as a solemn human right — found himself with a...

Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role

2011-09-06 11:35:00

Ten years after terrorists�hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's�growing evidence that�people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...

Mitt Romney no stranger to tax breaks, subsidies

2012-01-12 18:14:00

Hazing death inquiry at Florida A&M: New incident, new investigation

2011-12-14 16:36:47

'Bully': Which town wants it more?

2012-04-04 21:39:18

Black Lips bassist Jared Swilley discusses Mark Ronson, plans for a Middle Eastern tour and the band’s new album, 'Arabia Mountain'

2011-06-08 16:36:37

Louis B. Fleming dies at 85; one of Los Angeles Times' first foreign correspondents

2011-03-28 10:44:05

Louis B. Fleming, who was one of The Times' first foreign correspondents and established bureaus for the newspaper at the United Nations and in Rome, died Sunday at his Pasadena home after a brief illness, said a daughter, Leni Fleming. He was 85. He...

Social media wrap: Watching Newt Gingrich â€“ No Mickey-ing about here

2010-07-14 16:36:30

Military deaths

2009-09-20 00:00:00

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq or who died at a military hospital of their injuries: Nekl B. Allen, 29, of Rochester, N.Y.; staff sergeant, Army. Allen was one of two...

From supporting actor to star, Richard Jenkins steps up in 'The Visitor'

2008-04-06 00:00:00

THERE is no such thing as a Richard Jenkins movie, though he's been in more than 70 of them. Even in his best-known role -- as the mortuary paterfamilias, Nathaniel Fisher, on the HBO series "Six Feet Under" -- Jenkins was dead, haunting the characters...

R; 1:45 running time Now comes "At Any Price," shot in and around DeKalb, Ill., on a modest budget.

2013-05-02 08:17:00

Darla Cook, left, and Thelma Holderness, right, a friend of Antinette Kellerhold's family, leave the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore, Ill., after a delay in the start of the hearing for William Curl who has been charged with Antinette Keller's 2010 murder.

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Former DeKalb County State's Attorney Clay Campbell calls the plea deal with William Curl outrageous for a someone that raped, murdered and incinerated their victim. Curl pleaded guilty in a DeKalb County courtroom to the 2010 murder of Northern Illinois University student Antinette Keller.

2013-04-03 00:00:00