News Index
(from the last 7 days)

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CDT)

Gasoline hits new high, $3.19.9 per gallon
 

• Trucker runs over woman lying on highway

• At Farm Progress Show, governor promotes continued growth of ethanol across Illinois

• Gov. Blagojevich sends emergency medical team to Louisiana to assist in Hurricane Katrina recovery and cleanup

• Gov. Blagojevich to make winter heating grants available Sept. 1
  Home heating bills expected to be higher; vulnerable households advised to take steps before winter heating season

• World, national news

• US battles to save storm victims

• Conditions deteriorate in Katrina's wake

• Katrina's effects at a glance

• Nearly 700 die in Iraq stampede, toll to rise

• White House to tap oil reserves

• More...

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• Alabama resident provides gasoline price comparisons

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• Lt. Gov. Quinn pushes his College Textbook Initiative 2005

 Business

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• Classifieds    (10)

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• Business news elsewhere

• Experts: $4 a gallon gas coming soon

• Microsoft expands Internet calling

• More...

 Community

• Lincoln Christian College receives defibrillator

• Oasis update

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

• 'Eldest'

• Book reviews elsewhere

• 'If Dogs Were Dinosaurs'

• 'How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?'

• 'The World According to Garp'

• 'Ending Spam'

• More...

• Movie reviews elsewhere

• EW review: 'Gardener' of riches

• 'Pretty Persuasion'

• 'Separate Lies'

• A Look at the South Through a Lens, Truly

• More...

The Sports Page

• Sports news elsewhere

• AL: Red Sox rally to edge past Devil Rays

• NL: Castro homer leads Mets to big win over Phillies

• US Open 2005 -- Grand Slam Tennis

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• Health Risk From Katrina May Last for Weeks

• Worker Health Woes Hurt U.S. Economy

• Census: More Americans Are Uninsured

• Olive oil may have pain-relieving powers

• More...

• Law news elsewhere

• FBI to assess threat from radicalized inmates

• More charges for L.A. man in ChoicePoint ID theft

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Flash memory chip demand to explode

• Free Opera Browser Registration Codes

• No brain cancer link to mobile phones, study says

• More..

Tuesday, Aug. 30:

• New executive director joins CIEDC's mission to fight poverty in central Illinois

• Zion Lutheran plans Family Fun Fest

• In wake of Hurricane Katrina, Gov. Blagojevich renews call to President Bush to release oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce gas prices

• Gov. Blagojevich creates Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes
  Governor names Emmett Till Memorial Bridge on Chicago's South Side in remembrance of a hate-inspired crime that helped spark civil rights movement

• Attention, classic car enthusiasts: Internet's most watched classic muscle car salesman takes to the airwaves in Chicago

• Senate week in review: Aug. 22-26

• Weekly outlook: Positive for pork

• Letter: Price gouging?

Monday, Aug. 29

Saturday, Aug. 27

Friday, Aug. 26

Thursday, Aug. 25

Wednesday, Aug. 24