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Thursday, January 30, 2003 

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• More of Ryan administration's last-minute term appointees eliminated

• Blagojevich appoints additional department leaders
  Appointees given task of streamlining, reforming state agencies

• World/National News

• U.S. helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

• IAEA: No Iraq 'material breach'

• U.S. Set to Push for a U.N. Debate on War With Iraq

• Bush Officials Debate Release of Iraq Secrets

• Saddam: We are ready for war

• More...

• New Citizens Police Academy accepting applications

• Law News Elsewhere

• Lawyers and Accountants Can Expect Curbs and Compromises in New SEC Rules

• More...

• LJHS spelldown winner: Daniel Parson

• Birthday party for Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, Feb. 8
  Poem and picture contest open to all Logan County students

• Calendar of Events

• High school wrestling

• Alexander leads Illinois State to first Valley win

• Mount Cook erupts
  Cook's 26-point second-half blowup lifts Illinois past Michigan 67-60

• Sports News Elsewhere

• CNNSI.com

• ESPN.com

• More...

• Job Hunt  (6)

• Classifieds

• Business News Elsewhere

• Fed keeps interest rates at 1.25 percent

• More...

• Personal Tech News Elsewhere

• Seeing SPOTs: Microsoft uses FM in new generation of gadgets

• Boomers slow to buy gadgets

• More...

• Agriculture News Elsewhere

• Chemical run-off threatens Great Barrier Reef

• More...

• Consumer Health News Elsewhere

• 20 Snacks Under 200 Calories

• L.A. County begins smallpox vaccinations

• More...

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