East St. Louis' own Dawn Harper won Gold today
in the 100m hurdles in Bejing!

BEIJING - American Dawn Harper won the women's 100m hurdles Tuesday in Beijing after teammate Lolo Jones clipped a hurdle and surrendered what appeared to be a sure victory. Jones staggered to a seventh-place finish. The third American, Damu Cherry, finished fourth. Photos of Dawn - Read More

A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death.
A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake. Click here for complete story.
We talked about this yesterday and since then we've recieved several e-mails about it. Here's a brutally honest obituary for Dolores Aguilar who died on August 7. Her family wrote how they truly felt about their mother. It was originally posted in the Vallejo Times Herald. But after recieving so many people wanting to respond to the obituary, editors decided to remove the posting, citing that the responses bordered on "offensive."
