'Nose Doc' patient wins $450,000 in civil lawsuit

CROWN POINT | A Lake Superior Court jury has awarded $450,000 in damages to a former Lowell man for injuries he suffered as a patient of former Merrillville “Nose Doc” Mark Weinberger.

US wins team sprint at Nordic worlds in Italy

VAL DI FIEMME, Italy | Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins gave the United States its first gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Nordic world championships Sunday with a victory in the women's team sprint.

Most Famous Part-Time Resident: Mario in Michigan

Away from the big city and an empire that includes twenty restaurants, ten cookbooks, a line of cookware and food products, several TV shows and even wood-fired brick ovens carrying his name, Mario Batali basks in being two million miles from Manhattan—his measurements; our map makes it more…

Olazabal won't return as 2014 Ryder Cup captain

LONDON | Describing the role as "torture" at times, victorious Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal ruled out the possibility of staying on for the 2014 competition at Gleneagles.

An angry Bradley Wiggins keeps Tour de France lead

PORRENTRUY, Switzerland | Tour de France. Keeping his cool was another matter.

New Products for Thursday, June 28, 2012

Summer or anytime

Mionetto Il Spritz

Mionetto ‘IL’ SPR!Z, billed as "the only ready-to-enjoy cocktail of its kind in the U.S. market today," is a sparkling wine beverage in a glass bottle celebrating the Italian lifestyle. Crafted from the original Spritz recipe of the Veneto, it's made with premium frizzante sparkling wine, na…

Soccer star serves as student ambassador to foreign countries

Cedar Lake resident Bernadette Sakelaris will take her seventh international trip this summer as part of the People to People Ambassador Program.

Southwest Michigan chef shares her global cooking skills

Growing up in a provincial village north of Hanoi located on the Chinese border, Mylien Tran-Verboom recalls almost every occasion as centered on food.

'Between Cultures' project honors the immigrant spirit

The immigrant longing for a better life, a better place, is a part of most of our histories as Americans. Among the things I've learned from my immigrant ancestry is that often, what a person longs for turns out to be the most important thing—it's the start of every journey and sometimes can…

OFFBEAT: Gene & Georgetti celebrating 70 years as Chicago's first Italian Steakhouse

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

A trip to Italy leads tourists to traipse for truffles

Truffles aren't grown. They are found. So when our hosts from the Italian Tourism Bureau promised us a truffle hunt, the entire group was excited about the adventure. We were only briefed that we'd need to wear the proper footwear—preferably boots we didn't mind getting muddy--and that we'd …

FROM the FARM: Join me at Teibel's for 10th anniversary party

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

Global economic group: U.S., rich nations need to support growth

PARIS | The U.S. and rich nations in Europe need to take action to shore up confidence in their economies as their recoveries are set to stagnate or go into reverse, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.

Valpo parks have fans from Canada to the Philippines

VALPARAISO | The city's Parks Department has gained a world-wide audience. At least, on Facebook.

It's too good not to go

CHESTERTON | The Karas' love of food mixed with job dissatisfaction put them on the path to opening and operating their two restaurants and recently their new Italian deli, Good To Go by Lucrezia.

A tour of Italy

Julia Roberts stars as "Liz Gilbert" in 'Eat Love Pray.'

FROM the FARM: International flavorful recipe is local's kitchen engineering feat

Phil Potempa's weekly farm recipe column.

Ready to Bake

READY TO BAKE - - Stuffed Tomatoes are shown ready to bake. The recipe from Luca Redaelli, who originally hails from Italy and now lives in Valparaiso, Ind.,is one of his family favorites.