posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR (CDT)

Wednesday, October 09, 2002 

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[Photo by Jan Youngquist]
Puffball mushrooms and green leaves:  Signs of summer are quickly disappearing all over the county, not just in Madigan State Park (formerly Railsplitter Park).

• Local authorities still searching for clues in 16-year-old’s death

• Lincoln one of 31 water treatment plants receiving low-interest state loans

• ‘Back Talk’ airs this Friday on WMNW

• World/National News

• 'This is like a war zone': Recurring terror in D.C.

• Pentagon: Al Qaeda linked to attack on Marines

• In Bush's Iraq Speech, Unwarlike Phrase Pleases Many Abroad

• EU sets date for historic union

• More...

• Agriculture + fun = FFA

• Agriculture News Elsewhere

• Farmers, environmentalists ask Veneman to block sale of corn that may contain toxic mold

• In Coming Harvests, Farm-aceutical Corn

• Farmers in Afghanistan Face Fields of Bombs

• More...

 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• Speak up now about the proposed water rate increase

• Health Department offers flu shots for the public

• Violence Prevention/Intervention Conference in Springfield

• Consumer Health News Elsewhere

• Medical Test Marketing Appeals to Consumers, Freezes Out Physicians

• More...

• Humorous presentation, ‘You are what you eat: America on the run,’ speaker coming to library

Book Look:  ‘Hanging on to Max’

• Book Reviews Elsewhere

• After 2 Visits, Taking on Japan at War

• Author finds saving grace

• Hottest books

• More...

• Movie Reviews Elsewhere

• 'Brown Sugar'

• 'Punch Drunk Love'

• More...

• Oasis update

• Lady Railers win again and prepare for showdowns

• High school volleyball

• High school golf

• Sports News Elsewhere

• Game Is on in N.L.: It's a Mind Game

• CNNSI.com

• ESPN.com

• More...

• Job Hunt

• Classifieds

• Business News Elsewhere

• Generation Wrecked

• More...

• Personal Tech News Elsewhere

• Law News Elsewhere

• US Attorney General Ashcroft says injunction will open ports

• Justices open session by turning away over 1,000 would-be customers

• More...

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