Friday, November 19, 2004

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CST)

A bomb threat closed down the Lincoln Christian College & Seminary campus yesterday.  See the details below.

[picture by Jan Youngquist]  Click on picture for larger, clearer image.

• Contested county budget barely passes

• Lincoln Estates back on track and rolling

• Lincoln Christian College and Seminary campus evacuated

• Contamination found in Petersburg water

• New State Board of Education applauded for accountability plan
  $2.6 million in savings to be redirected to fund school district consolidation grants

• Home day-care providers to be reimbursed for healthy meals

• World, national news

• Sudanese government, rebels agree to end war by year end

• Palestinians seek int'l election monitors

• Sharon eases conditions for resuming peace talks with the Palestinians

• Iraqi, U.S. forces raid mosque in Baghdad, hospital in Mosul

• Bush signs $800 billion debt limit hike

• More...

• Students offered education in Latin America

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• NEED A JOB? FIND IT HERE!  (1)

• Classifieds    (3)

• Legal notices  

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• Business news elsewhere

• Greenspan concerned with weak dollar

• Verizon Ratchets Up Stakes in the Cable-Telecom War

• More...

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

• Sports news elsewhere

• NBA Wrap

• ESPN.com

• SI.com

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• U.S. Strengthens Rules Governing Tissue, Organ Transplants

• Study Shows Simple Steps to Painless Dieting

• Older Americans Can Expect Longer, Healthier Lives

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Google engineers new scholarly search

• Nintendo Prepares Weekend Launch of New Handheld

• Reaching the far reaches of the world -- without wires

• More...

• Home and garden news elsewhere

• Prepare for the Holidays Now!
  10 things to help get organized ahead of time

• Garden Q & A: Fast Ferns

• More...

• Travel news elsewhere

• Consumer travel spending on the rise for holidays

• Oregon: Scenic byway laced with oddities

• Travel essay: Disgruntled with the presidential election?

• More...

Thursday, Nov. 18:

• City briefs

• Welfare reform: Kiosks make WIC access easy

• Drained state funds lead to landfill closure problems in Pekin

• Invention Mysteries: Why were Xerox, Monopoly and Pepsi initially considered failures?

• Local government education program becomes nation's model

• Cook update

• Dickie V dials in on Guidry

Wednesday, Nov. 17

Tuesday, Nov. 16

Monday, Nov. 15

Saturday, Nov. 13

Friday, Nov. 12