Winnebago County Housing Authority grant allows apartments $7M overhaul

 Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It possesses a moral clarity not only rare but excruciating.

Welcome to 2009 — and to the era of First Amendment 3.0.

A split in the first two games of the Big Ten Conference season kept Illinois ahead of schedule as a team on the rebound from a rare losing season. But when the Illini fell 74-64 at No. 23 Michigan at Crisler Arena on Sunday, they were unable to join No. 10 Michigan State and Wisconsin as the only teams with undefeated Big Ten records after the first week of conference play.

In September of 2006, when he was standing on crutches talking about his first season-ending knee surgery, Northern Illinois running back Montell Clanton somehow still found a way to smile.

Utah has little chance to be No. 1, even after walloping No. 4 Alabama 31-17. Part of that is Utah’s fault; the Utes played to win a game, not to win a title, playing safe after taking an early 21-0 lead.

It’s easy to see why Bears GM Jerry Angelo wants to start any offseason improvements with the quarterback position. Only six NFL teams had worse offenses than the 9-7 Bears this year, and those six had a combined record of 19-76-1. And they also had an excuse: the starting quarterbacks for the Rams, Lions, Seahawks, Browns, Bengals and Raiders missed a combined 43 starts with injuries.