Illinois
WASHINGTON - Republican candidates around the country seized on President Barack Obama's support for the right of Muslims to build a mosque near ground zero, assailing him as an elitist who is insensitive to the families of the Sept.
THE ISSUE: Chicago-area atheist Rob Sherman is suing administrators of southern Illinois' towering Bald Knob Cross of Peace over a $20,000 state grant the caretakers received to help pay for the site's ongoing restoration.
ST. LOUIS - An atheist is suing to force the administrators of a towering cross in southern Illinois to return a $20,000 state grant toward its restoration, saying Thursday it was "blatantly unconstitutional" to spend taxpayer money on a Christian symbol.
CHICAGO - A controversial Muslim group has canceled its annual U.S.
