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...Professional Baseball League—the World War II-era women’s baseball league you’ll probably remember from “A League of Their Own.” In the article, a feisty ex-pitcher recalled her career as a pitcher for the Rockford Peaches. She said, without any real rancor, that her skirted uniform stopped four inches above her knee, and that the league, early in its history, ran a charm school for its players. Suddenly, the league’s title grated. “Girls” seemed as antique...
...high school yearbook had featured the category, Audrey Seiler might well have been voted the Girl Least Likely to Fake Her Own Kidnapping. She was a small-town girl, raised in tiny Rockford, Minn. (pop. 3,500). A tall, pretty brunet, she was honor-society president her senior year at Rockford High School, captained the volleyball and basketball teams and graduated third in her class in 2002. The manager of the Rockford Public Library says Seiler used to show up with small children in tow and tutored summer-school students. She was the kind of kid "you want to hold...
...Rockford residents may not want to hold her up quite so high anymore. Seiler's tale of abduction unraveled in spectacular fashion last week, raising questions about why a woman who was so loved by her community would cause her friends and neighbors so much grief. Seiler, 20, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, was reported missing by her roommate on March 27. A massive search was launched to find her (dozens of kids came from Seiler's high school to pitch in), and a surveillance tape showing her leaving her dorm was played repeatedly on national...
...kind of in-depth reporting that has been needed since America got into the war. The voice of the enemy is one that the American people need to hear. We need to know if we are winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. Jack D. Caldwell Rockford...
...kind of in-depth reporting that has been needed since America got into the war. The voice of the enemy is one that the American people need to hear. We need to know if we are winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. JACK D. CALDWELL Rockford...