4 north suburb nursing homes in receivership

Four financially strapped North suburban nursing homes wereplaced in receivership Thursday, averting a walkout by workers thatwould have left 1,000 patients without care.

Circuit Judge Robert L. Sklodowski placed the facilities intoreceivership at the urgent request of state Attorney General Neil F.Hartigan.

"We took emergency action on this matter because of our concernfor the welfare of the nursing home residents," Hartigan said. "Itwould have been intolerable for these residents to have been leftwithout care."

The financially troubled nursing homes placed into receivershipare Albany House and the Saratoga, both of Evanston, and the …

Wild sign new forward Darroll Powe for 3 years

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have signed new forward Darroll Powe to a three-year contract.

The Wild made the announcement Tuesday, along with the signing of center Jeff Taffe (tayf) to a one-year, two-way contract and the appointment of John Torchetti as head coach of their AHL affiliate in Houston.

Powe was a restricted free agent, acquired last week in a trade with …

Spain looking to stay perfect in WCup qualifying

Spain will have to deal with injuries and absences against Bosnia on Wednesday to finish its World Cup qualifying campaign undefeated.

The European champions have already won Group 5 and will be missing several key players against Bosnia, including the injured Xavi Hernandez, Carlos Marchena, Daniel Guiza and David Villa. Also, Carles Puyol is suspended and Cesc Fabregas went home due to a family illness.

Midfielder Andres Iniesta is also a doubt with a leg injury, but striker Fernando Torres trained Monday after scans showed he hadn't sustained a groin injury in Saturday's 2-1 win over Armenia.

But despite only two losses in three years, Spain …

QB Favre reveals injury to ankle

GREEN BAY, Wis. Brett Favre, who has dealt with a host oftravails on and off the field this season, revealed Wednesday that hetore a ligament in his right ankle at Dallas last month.

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TCS shipment

As of July 3, Army Reserve soldiers on Temporary Duty orders to Europe in support of Operation Joint Guard are authorized shipment of a Temporary Change of Station weight allowance.

Soldiers on TDY orders with the ultimate destination of Hungary, Croatia or Bosnia are not authorized a TCS shipment.

A soldier's deployment/redeployment orders must include authorization for the TCS shipment. Soldiers currently deployed on TDY orders issued before July 3 must have the orders amended to authorize TCS shipment for redeployment. Soldiers who completed a TDY tour before July 3 are not eligible to apply for reimbursement of a TCS shipment paid out-of-pocket.

The TCS weight …

Darfur rebels face terrorism trial for attack

Sudan's justice minister on Monday said Darfur rebels accused of an attack near Khartoum last month will stand trial on charges of terrorism.

No one has been charged yet, but the minister, Abdel Basset Sabdarat, told The Associated Press the trials were due to begin this week. The prosecutor-general will determine who will be charged, he said.

Hundreds of fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement, which has emerged as one of the most powerful Darfur rebel groups, staged the bold attack on Khartoum's twin city, Omdurman in mid-May.

The rebels were repelled, but more than 200 people were killed in the fighting, according to Sudan's defense …

Loss to Rattlers eliminates Rush from playoff contention

RATTLERS 61, RUSH 42

PHOENIX -- Sherdrick Bonner threw seven touchdown passes to leadthe Arizona Rattlers to a 61-42 victory over the Rush on Saturdaynight.Bonner was 19-for-25 for 195 yards, and Randy Gatewood led …