Wednesday, March 09, 2005

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CST)

• City briefs

• Experts strategize to reduce highway fatalities

• Illinois teen births hit record low in 2003
  Numbers down for ninth consecutive year

• World, national news

• Lebanon's former PM chosen to resume post

• Killing of Chechen leader may empower hard-liners

• U.S.: IRA must disband now

• Crumbling nation? U.S. infrastructure gets a 'D'

• More...

• Illinois Biodiversity Field Trip Grant program awards funds to 44 schools
  New applications open

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

• Oasis update

• Reconstruction of Lincoln's New Salem, biographies by Edgar Lee Masters, street fairs in Mattoon are featured

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• Business news elsewhere

• Oil Pushes to $55 on Weather, Weak Dollar

• More...

• 8th-grade regional volleyball action
  West Lincoln-Broadwell upsets top-seeded Hartem
  Carroll Catholic topples Chester-East

• Class 7A state volleyball tournament begins Saturday with Mount Pulaski and Elkhart teams in first round

• Class 7A volleyball pairings

• Wrestling: local elementary school sectional results

• Illinois' Dee Brown named Big Ten Player of the Year by coaches and media

• Illinois men's basketball Big Ten tournament notes

• Sports news elsewhere

• NBA Wrap: James, Gooden Help Cavs Snap Losing Streak

• Spring Training 2005

• ESPN.com

• SI.com

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• Many U.S. Children Don't Get Vaccinated on Time

• New Vaccine Against Meningitis on the Way

• Think Cats Make Your Kid Sneeze? Try Cockroaches

• Study: Computers can't cure all medical errors

• More...

• Law news elsewhere

• Senate close to passing tougher bankruptcy bill

• Prison inmates may use civil rights law to challenge parole procedures

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Samsung Elec Unveils 7-Megapixel Camera Phone

• More...

Tuesday, March 8:

• Residents say, 'Not in our backyard'

• Unemployed Myers workers receive fund-raiser checks

• Washington-Monroe School traffic issues addressed

• Governor signs bills affecting strikers and tourism

• Scholastic Bowl team wins regional

• Blood drive in Emden

• Mount Pulaski Fire Department breakfast

• Lynx advance to national tournament

• Lincoln College baseball preview

• John R. Wooden Award announces 2005 national ballot

Monday, March 7

Saturday, March 5

Friday, March 4

Thursday, March 3

Wednesday, March 2