By Jerry Schwartz Associated Press Rudolph Giuliani was a hero before he was a punchline. Lisa Beamer was a wife and mother before she became a symbol of Sept. 11 — and though her celebrity passed, her widowhood cannot. In the…

ROCKFORD -- A Rockford firefighter, on Wednesday will join a group of cyclists made up of firefighters and military veterans who are riding across America to honor first responders lost during 9/11. Chris Kowalski, a firefighter with the…