• Sen. Brady asks citizens what they think about budget

• WL-B baseball tryouts scheduled

• Major League Baseball:

  • Cubs help Zambrano win NL-leading 13th

  • Orioles send Ripken to Hall in style

  • NL roundup: Biggio hits grand slam as Astros win

  • AL roundup: Gagne, Jenks post saves in doubleheaders

  • Team standings, schedules & scores

• NFL: Falcons accede to NFL request over Vick

• Tour de France:

  • Tour de France riders stage protest

  • Armstrong may appear at Tour de France

• Sports news elsewhere

  • More...

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Tuesday, July 24:

• Advocates for independent living for people with disabilities protest state's application to reopen Lincoln Estates

• Illinois to be smoke-free Jan. 1

• Illinois bans smoking in public places

• National:

  • Drew Carey will host 'Price Is Right'

  • NHTSA: Highway deaths decline

  • Poll: Coastal residents won't evacuate

  • Ammo industry prepares for slide

  • Plane lands on Wisconsin highway

  • Lightning kills diver off Florida coast

  • Man must pay partnered ex-wife alimony

  • Odd: Couple locked up boy during Packers game

  • Odd: Man claims he found fried mouse in chips

  • Odd: Victim and thief meet again at bookstore

• Politics: YouTube questions take a different tack

• This day in history

• The nation's weather

• U.S. stocks head toward flat open

• Westinghouse to build China nuke plants

• Researchers hack into iPhone via Web

• Wal-Mart to cut prices on 16,000 items

• Weekly Outlook: Cattle

• Markets: Soybean, corn prices down; livestock up

• USDA sent $1.1B to deceased farmers

• Double-nosed calf appears at Wisconsin fair

• All young people are created equal
  Field trip grants to visit Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum available to Illinois schools and groups that serve low-income youth

• State health director warns consumers of food-borne illness
  Expanded recall now includes almost 100 varieties of canned goods

• Study: Diet soda linked to heart risks

• Is chemo best before or after surgery?

• What you don't understand could kill you

• Circumcision key to curbing AIDS spread

• Redbirds No. 9 in CSN Preseason Top-25

• Major League Baseball:

  • White Sox: Hessman lifts Tigers following call-up

  • NL roundup: Harang goes 10 innings in Reds win

  • AL roundup: Lester wins in emotional return to Bosox

  • Team standings, schedules & scores

• Tour de France: Rasmussen clings to Tour de France lead

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