With any bank consolidation, there are efficiencies to be gained.

With any bank consolidation, there are efficiencies to be gained.

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a read more

It is going to be a Fed week. The market is 100 percent in sync with a quarter of a percentage point rise for Fed fund rates at 4.75 percent.

In July 2004 we made two undercover purchases of crack cocaine.

In July 2004 we made two undercover purchases of crack cocaine.

Any community that fails to prepare -- with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline read more

Any community that fails to prepare -- with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline -- will be tragically wrong.

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, read more

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.

I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics.

I could never accept findings based almost exclusively on mathematics.

He runs a 4.9 in the 40, bench-presses 450 pounds and squats and dead-lifts over 600,

He runs a 4.9 in the 40, bench-presses 450 pounds and squats and dead-lifts over 600,

Our New York flagship store is staffed and open for business.

Our New York flagship store is staffed and open for business.

I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which read more

I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy.