Friday, February 17, 2006

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CDT)

• County board questions tourism financing obligation and Sysco salary offers
  Planning commission reorganization postponed

• Governor creates the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
  State prepares to celebrate Lincoln's 200th birthday in 2009

• Local food stamp outreach project funding is eliminated

• World, national news

• Deadly mudslide: 1,500 missing

• Haitians see hope in Preval's election win

• Fierce storm sweeps across Midwest

• More...

• Turbulence yields secrets to 73-year-old experiment

• Learning column: The science fair

 Business

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• Business news elsewhere

• Gasoline falls below $2 in some spots

• January wholesale prices rise more than expected

• More...

• Serving in the military

• Calendar of events

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

• Lady Railers advance to sectional

• Angels end regular season with win

• Wickersham leads Lincoln on and off the court
  Compiled by Jeff Mayfield

• Sports news elsewhere

• 20th Winter Olympic Games

• Gordon leads Bulls to rout of Sixers

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• New Strategy Speeds Flu Vaccine Production

• Employers hit smokers in the wallet

• More Girls Are Taking Up Smoking

• Stroke Risk Remains Higher in Ex-Smokers

• Drug Abuse Raises Brain Hemorrhage Risk

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Virus attacking Apple Macintosh PCs found: experts

• Amazon to take on Apple with its own music player

• More...

• Home and garden news elsewhere

• 28 Tips for Hanging Art

• Men and Women Buying Furniture

• Garden Q & A: Beauty Makeover

• More...

• Travel news elsewhere

• Sleepy Arkansas towns charm visitors

• From trash to treasure

• From stem to stern, USS Salem offers plenty to see and do

• More...

Thursday, Feb. 16:

• City looks at selling excess property

• Thursday severe weather outlook

• Chestnut grocers retiring

• Fiscal 2007 budget: Governor proposes preschool for all
  Governor's budget includes universal preschool, funds critical stem cell research and creates the Prairie State DNA Institute
  Governor's plan streamlines taxes and regulations to save professionals time and money and streamlines state government to improve efficiency

• Legislators respond to governor's budget proposal:

  • Mitchell: Budget sets bad precedent for pension systems

  • Brady: Blagojevich again calling for more spending, higher debt

  • Bomke reacts to governor's 2006 budget address

• SHARE distribution Feb. 24

• Jaycees raise funds with bowling tournament

• How did the Winter Olympics originate?

• Lady Lynx vs. Shawnee

• Lincoln Christian Preachers vs. Trinity Christian

• Illinois State at Miami game notes

Wednesday, Feb. 15

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Saturday, Feb. 11

Friday, Feb. 10