Thursday, May 11, 2006

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CDT)

• Wind advisory

• Lincoln Relay For Life schedule formalized

• Composite drawing to aid police search for armed robber

• Hundreds of families attend Community Benefits Day to receive help enrolling in state health care programs
  Medicare Part D enrollment deadline at hand; All Kids registration now under way

• World, national news

• Hamas, Fatah members draft joint platform

• Baghdad's security forces to be revamped

• Senate slates vote on $70 billion tax cut

• Senate deal breathes life into immigration bill

• I-95 in Florida to be closed for days

• More...

 Business

• Alexander Lumber Company employees score a day off and recognition for yearlong performance

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• Classifieds    (10)  

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• Business news elsewhere

• Retail sales, helped by late Easter, warm weather and gas sales, rise 0.5% in April

• More...

 Law & Courts                               

• Governor signs legislation allowing city of Chicago to lease Midway Airport

• Local classrooms win Walk Day prizes

• Calendar of events

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

• WLNX evening of comedy is May 19

• Invention Mysteries
  'It was a dark and stormy night' for the inventor

 Features

• Universities unite to create CARMA
  15-telescope array to provide most powerful view into universe

• Sports news elsewhere

• Hot start helps Heat beat Nets

• Sabres, Hurricanes close in on playoff victories

• Oilers bite back with dramatic 3-2 win

• Mussina helps Yankees even series with Red Sox

• Pujols hits 18th homer to help Cards beat Rockies

• Unsers, Andrettis highlight Indy 500's family affair

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• 37 Million Americans Now Have Medicare Drug Benefit

• FDA approves Pfizer drug to help smokers

• FDA rejects health claim for green tea

• Bird Flu Vaccine Looks Safe, Effective

• Wheat or white? Now you don't have to choose

• Alcoholism Raises Pneumonia Risk

• Lung Cancer May Differ by Gender

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Google turns to users to sharpen edge in battle of search engines

• Speedy and simple: Data over power lines

• More...

Wednesday, May 10:

• City briefs
  City Hall getting fixed up, Fifth Street inches forward

• ABC-TV movie: 'Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America'

• Severe weather possible

• Weather highlights

• Governor's statement on the passing of Lou Jones

• 'Baby Buggy Brigade' rallies support for the governor's mercury rule

• IAC Literary Awards

• Support group explores divorce-related topics
  'Facing My Anger'

• Oasis update

• Book Look: 'Dog Sense: A Novel'

• Illinois professor at book launch to address global warming

Tuesday, May 9

Monday, May 8

Saturday, May 6

Friday, May 5

Thursday, May 4