Thursday, December 23, 2004

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CST)

• Health department expands priority groups for flu vaccine

• Healthy Communities Partnership awarded grant

• IDOT, state police urge motorists to celebrate safely

• World, national news

• Pentagon re-evaluating background checks for Iraqi workers
  Suicide bomber suspected in mess hall attack

• Amid clashes, some residents return to Fallujah

• IRA denies $42m Belfast heist

• West Bank Palestinians vote in first municipal elections since 1976

• Crowds rally in Ukraine ahead of vote

• Midwest storm brings record snowfall

• More...

• Artists sought for Arts-in-Education Residency Program

 Features

• Invention Mysteries
  It's time for our annual end-of-the-year invention quizzes

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• NEED A JOB? FIND IT HERE!  (1)

• Classifieds    (4)

• Legal notices

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• Business news elsewhere

• Durable goods orders sharply higher

• More...

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

• Illinois survives Mizzou scare
  By Greg Taylor

• Plank repeats as Valley Scholar-Athlete of the Week

• Sports news elsewhere

• College Basketball: Illinois, Kansas, Wake Forest Win

• NBA Wrap: Iverson in Command, 76ers Ease Past Pacers

• ESPN.com

• SI.com

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Celebrating 50 Years of Organ Transplantation

• Is It Finally Time to Put Patients' Medical Records Online?

• Poll: Americans remain confident about drug safety

• Report: Nursing homes improved

• Obese People Can't Run From Health Risks

• Obesity Surgery Shows Benefits Years Later

• Witnesses to Abuse Suffer as Well

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• The first USB-enabled SD card

• More...

Wednesday, Dec. 22:

• Commission suspends officer without pay following arrest

• Myers Industries workers strike

• County briefs

• Gov. Blagojevich announces $430 million infusion of funds to strengthen Illinois hospitals

• State and federal agencies to work with ChevronTexaco to restore land

• Last-minute gift ideas for senior citizens

• Keeping holiday plants

• Book Look: Need to know?

• Oasis update

• Illinois-Missouri memories
  By Greg Taylor

• Illinois State at Southern Illinois game notes

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