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February 2, 2010

Former 'Boston Legal' actor, NIU grad dies in Wisconsin crash

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DODGEVILLE, Wis. – Justin Mentell, an actor who appeared on the TV show "Boston Legal" and graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2005, has been killed in an automobile crash in Wisconsin.

'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominations

By AP Movie Writer DAVID GERMAIN (The Associated Press)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow.

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Saints raise their city's spirits, maybe for good

NEW ORLEANS – People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.

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