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• Illinois commemorates International Human Rights Day
  Department of Human Rights combats discrimination, racism and hate crimes

• Rahal drives 2005 Indy 500 Chevrolet Corvette pace car through new nonstop toll collection lanes on I-294

Top Stories from the past week

Dec. 12

• Ethanol plant targeting Hartsburg as home

• Steak n Shake gift cards benefit hungry

• Pharmacists exhibit regional differences of opinion: Should pharmacists have the right to refuse to fill prescriptions?

Dec. 10

• Weather-related crashes and incidents

• All Kids insurance program preregistration begins

• Patti Blagojevich receives Pro-Choice Leadership Award from Personal PAC
  First lady honored for outstanding commitment to reproductive rights and contraceptive equity

• Pharmacists believe they should have authority to refuse

Dec. 9

• (Repeat edition due to a death in the editor's family; no new articles posted under Top Stories)

Dec. 8

• Snow to blanket central and southeastern Illinois on Thursday

Dec. 7

• Logan County Health Department hosts top state health officials
  Other local health authorities turn out for tour

• Nearly $3 million in state funding slated for SIU Edwardsville's science laboratory facilities
  Critical projects will ease severe overcrowding and create additional state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories

Dec. 6

• Wal-Mart wins in extra innings, player exchange and mayor's vote

• Gov. Blagojevich reiterates need for common-sense restrictions on violent and sexually explicit video games
  Vows to appeal federal court decision enjoining Illinois law

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