Today is Friday, April 15, the 105th day of 2005 with 260 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 5, the 279th day of 2004 with 87 to follow.

CHICAGO, July 12 (UPI) -- McDonald's has unveiled plans for a super-sized flagship restaurant on the site of the popular rock 'n' roll McDonalds near downtown Chicago.

WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- National Public Radio has planned a $15 million expansion, a move some insiders say will give the U.S. broadcasting entity more muscle for a liberal agenda.

Today is Thursday, April 15, the 106th day of 2004 with 260 to follow.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The deceased heiress of the McDonald's restaurant fortune left $1.5 billion to Virginia's Salvation Army.

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Joan Kroc, who owned the San Diego Padres for six years in the 1980s, died Sunday of brain cancer.

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Joan Kroc, who owned the San Diego Padres for six years in the 1980s, died Sunday of brain cancer at her home in Rancho Santa Fe. She was 75.

Today is Sunday, Oct. 5, the 278th day of 2003 with 87 to follow.