posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR (CDT)

Wednesday, April 16, 2003 

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• Council hears EDC proposal

• County gives and receives awards; activities approved

• Will you be wearing RED this Friday?

• Homeland security threat level has been lowered to yellow

• World, national news

• Bush Says Regime in Iraq Is No More; Victory 'Certain'

• Italy wants mastermind of Achille Lauro hijacking

• U.S., N. Korea plan talks in China

• SARS may be here to stay: WHO

• War Tracker: Latest briefing

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 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

• MS Walk sponsors appreciated

•   'Adoptable Dog'

• Book reviews elsewhere

• 'Devil's Garden' of food

• 'The Journey Through Cancer'

• More...

• Movie reviews elsewhere

• 'Chasing Papi'

• 'A Mighty Wind'

• 'Bulletproof' has holes

• More...

• Job hunt  (3)

• Classifieds

• Business news elsewhere

• Half empties vs. the half fulls

• War blurs cloudy U.S. college job market

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Keeping same number at heart of cell phone fight

• AOL sues spam distributors

• More...

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Oasis update

• Calendar of events

• Website helps explain terrorism to kids

• Interpreting war talk for children

• Be ready for any disaster

• High school baseball

• High school softball

• High school track and field

• Illini banquet honors 2002-03 basketball achievements
  Cook named MVP of Big Ten Tournament champs

• Sports news elsewhere

• NBA regular season ends Wednesday

• W.N.B.A., Going on 7, Has Grown-Up Labor Dispute

• Incident (in Chicago) was night's fourth involving fans on field

• A different Augusta, same Masters

• CNNSI.com

• ESPN.com

• More...

• Consumer health news elsewhere

• Estrogen patch might be safer for heart

• Hidden MS Risk Factor

• Ominous rise of adult diabetes in kids

• Health care groups sue over privacy rules

• More..

• Law news elsewhere

• American Bar Association's Proposed Rule is Bad for Consumers

• Appeals court seeks compromise to keep Moussaoui case in civil court

• Man pleads guilty to conspiring to aid Taliban

• More...

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