| Peoria County police break up Web-advertised drinking party
Forty-seven young people were arrested after police broke up a large drinking party Friday night at a rental home in one of the city's historic neighborhoods. The party, advertised on the Facebook.com social networking Web site, attracted more than 100 revelers. It was billed as a "triple-kegger" with an additional attraction of pudding wrestling, police said. While most of those arrested were from Tazewell and Peoria counties, some were from Bloomington and the Chicago suburbs of Hazel Crest and Mount Prospect. The arrested ranged in age from 15 to 20 and were cited with underage drinking and other offenses. "Forty-seven youths were caught at the party, and there were others who got away before we could catch them," Washington Police Chief James Kuchenbecker said Sunday. "That's what scares the hell out of me more than anything else.
Fab homes, fat wallets opening to rents and raves
The long slog through the holiday season is upon us, and between the day job, gift shopping and party planning, you're probably thinking: A few days at a mountain house would be a swell break from the madness. Lucky you. Aspen Red Mountain Estate, set in the nation's glitziest ski town, offers relief. Amenities? Seven bedrooms and baths, gourmet kitchen, Jacuzzi, theater system, fully equipped exercise room. All ensconced in a gorgeous 12,000-square-foot chalet. The rental price for all this luxury? Eh, let's just say that if you want to spend a night there, Junior better start collecting pop bottles to pay for his freshman year of college. Holiday rates for the house are $20,000 a night, $200,000 for the month. Or you can opt for .
Study on decline of French in Montreal hidden, PQ says
Will Alexander, I have been living abroad for 8 years and spent time in most of european countries and latin amrerican countries. I can tell you that people from Quebec has a second language level a lot higher than most of the countries on the planet...of course being surrounded by english speakers hepls a lot.
And if you heard speaking english perfectly in Rome...it might be because you dont speak Italian and you hanged out where the tourists are....its a common thing for unilangual people.
by the way...your comment had nothing to do with the article.
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