Thursday, December 29, 2005

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CDT)

• New state fees to be added to annual animal registration
  County continues to support animal control

• Eight-state group focuses on earthquake preparedness

• World, national news

• U.N. official says Iraq vote should stand

• Fresh blow for S Korea clone work

• Five killed in Texas, Oklahoma wildfires

• Bush team rethinks its plan for recovery

• After sons turned him in, bank robber gets 40 years

• More...

• More than 20,000 people reached by successful advocacy campaign on a gender-sensitive electoral law in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  Campaign urges equal access of women and men to electoral mandates and electoral offices

• Twenty-four groups receive grants to end violence against women
  United Nations Trust Fund grants awarded to initiatives in 30 countries

• Ethiopia: African women combatants and promoting humanitarian rules

• Park district notes

• How to help Pakistan earthquake victims and continue assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

 Features

• Invention Mysteries
  Wrap up 2005 with this quiz about inventions

• Illinois beats Southeast Missouri
  Simply impressed
  By Jason Rennert

• Sports news elsewhere

• NBA capsules

• More...

• Calendar is too full

 Business

• NEED A JOB? FIND IT HERE!    (4)

• Classifieds    (11)

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• Webcam view of Robert's Sysco Food Services construction site

• Business news elsewhere

• Home sales fall, inventories jump

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• Bird Flu Threat Tops Health News for '05

• New Years Party Calorie Calculator

• Designated Drivers Don't Always Help

• New Pertussis Policy Announced

• Healthy Lifestyles Pay Dividends Well Into Old Age

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• CES 2006: Latest and Greatest Gadgets Head for Las Vegas

• 2005 worst year for breaches of computer security

• More...

Wednesday, Dec. 28:

• Murdered baby's father sentenced to 40 years

• Illinoisans donated more than 1 million items to Hurricane Katrina victims
  Governor encourages continued donations to the Keep Our Kids Warm and Safe campaign

• One year after Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami
  Rotary dedicates first rebuilt school
  Solar cooking spreads in developing world, assists Sri Lankan tsunami victims

• 44th District weekly update

• Lincoln Christmas tree pickup

• Power struggle

• Letters:

  • Illini football fan praises Zook

  • USS Albemarle, USNS Corpus Christi

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