According to television news legend Walter Cronkite, the term "anchorman" was invented by Sig Mickelson, the first head of the television and radio news department at CBS. It was expressly coined for use at the political conventions of...

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The National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) presented its prestigious J.A. Piper award to Charles Bechtel, president of Harold J. Becker Co. Inc. of Dayton, OH, at its convention in February. Bechtel was president of NRCA in 1994 and has served in many capacities...

Byline: Patrick Waldron Daily Herald Staff Writer Officials from Northern Illinois University Thursday presented their vision for regional development planning along major transportation routes, most notably the proposed Prairie Parkway. The concept could be applied to any major route, such as...

Saparmurat Niyazov, the authoritarian president of energy-rich Turkmenistan who created an elaborate personality cult during more than two decades at the helm of the former Soviet republic, died Thursday, officials said. He was 66.State television showed Niyazov's portrait in a black frame, and a news...

Google Inc. plans to launch software similar to Microsoft Corp.'s popular PowerPoint program as the two companies vie to dominate the online experience.Google Chairman and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt described the software Tuesday at a conference for Internet entrepreneurs. He also blasted Microsoft and AT&T...