Illinois’s very own Senator Richard Durbin is a lead sponsor and champion of a new and innovative bill, the Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act (GROWTH Act S.2069).

In the 1990s, DVD was the fastest growing technological phenomenon in history. People were buying DVD players faster than their parents bought televisions in the 1950s. Suddenly, high quality digital video made the old VCR look very old fashioned.

By now, you may have seen some billboards around the area – plain white ones with phrases like "I am so over Sarah Marshall" or "My mom always hated you Sarah Marshall."

No, the headline isn’t an exaggeration. This year I wasn’t sitting on my couch marking off which of my Oscars predictions were correct on my printed off ballot on Feb. 24.

If you're like me – and you're not – you can't see enough movies.

With only a couple days to go until 2008, I’m going to say I failed my 2007 New Year’s Resolution, but only slightly.