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FIRE AT MT. PLEASANT LANE, RICHLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS
RICHLAND CO., Ill.—A press release from Richland County Sheriff Andy Hires outlines the following: The Olney Fire Department was dispatched at 4:42 A.M. to a report of a fully involved structure fire...
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Controversial execution in Ohio uses new drug combination
By Dana Ford and Ashley Fantz CNN January 16, 2014 Photo courtesy rt.com (CNN) – Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire appeared to gasp and convulse for roughly 10 minutes before he died Thursday by lethal...
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World’s greatest hacker calls Healthcare.gov security ‘shameful’
FoxNews.com January 16, 2014 Photo courtesy sunyrockland.edu Security expert — and once the world’s most-wanted cyber criminal — Kevin Mitnick submitted a scathing criticism to a House panel Thursday...
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Decoded: Why Birds Form a V to Fly
By IndiaTimes January 17, 2014 Photo courtesy of birdwatch.co.uk LONDON: Birds fly in a distinctive V formation to arrange themselves in “aerodynamically optimum positions” while precisely timing the...
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Computer experts protesting NSA deal boycott largest U.S. security conference
BY JOSEPH MENN reuters.com Jan 17, 2014 Photo courtesy blogs.wsj.com (Reuters) – Several prominent computer security experts have canceled appearances at the largest annual conference on security...
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ID MADE IN CASE OF BODY AND CAR FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU
Cape Girardeau, MO — A body was found inside a vehicle in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, Missouri, this morning. Police have just released the identity of the body found in the car, and...
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Downtown Detroit hit by massive sinkhole
FoxNews.com January 20, 2014 Photo courtesy of mlive.com Officials say it could take days to repair a massive sinkhole that has opened up in downtown Detroit. The sinkhole, which opened up Saturday...
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Supreme Court to hear case on Illinois forced unionization law
By Bill McMorris January 20, 2014 Washington Free Beacon The Supreme Court will hear arguments about forced unionization among government workers on Tuesday in a case that could greatly curtail...
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VICTIM OF DROWNING ACCIDENT IN CARTERVILLE LAST NIGHT IDENTIFIED
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill.—The victim of the drowning accident that occurred at a residential pond in Carterville last night has been identified. Authorities have submitted a press release, as follows:...
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READ THE LEAD: The only journalist jailed in America
We haven’t done a column for a Read the Lead, but the one Icy produced this month is one everyone should probably take a look at. That’s because Icy (as Ang is affectionately known around here; we came...
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Why are lawyers killing themselves?
By Rosa Flores and Rose Marie Arce CNN January 19, 2014 Photo courtesy medicaldaily.com (CNN) – Finis Price III was a successful Kentucky lawyer, a popular professor, and a sought after technology...
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READ THE LEAD: Even more information (was that possible??) emerges about...
An incident that had people on the edge of their seats this past summer continues to be covered, this in the current edition…and the coverage is revealing some really bizarre things. Lyndsey Polston’s...
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Philadelphia school cheating probe widens; more than 100 educators targeted
FoxNews.com January 19, 2014 Just days after three Philadelphia school principals were fired for alleged cheating, news comes that the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office is conducting a criminal...
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Unions threaten protests, boycotts over Postal Service’s Staples outlets
Associated Press January 19, 2014 Photo courtesy colossus-of-roads.blogspot.com WASHINGTON – The opening of Postal Service retail centers in dozens of Staples stores around the country is being met...
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BUSTED: WALMART BANDIT!
CRAWFORD CO., Ill.—Remember this guy? Well he’s been busted in Bloomington, Indiana. This is allegedly David Panning, 41, of Bloomington, who’s currently being held in the Monroe County Jail in his...
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88-year-old man on suicide watch after shooting wife at Nevada hospital
Associated Press January 20, 2014 RENO, NEV. – Jailers were keeping an 88-year-old man on a suicide watch after he was arrested for allegedly opening fire at a Carson City hospital and critically...
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DON’T DONATE BLOOD IF THIS BOTHERS YOU
PSA—There seem to be a lot of blood drives going on across the region this week, and that usually means that generous folk are rolling up their sleeves, lying back, and getting pricked for the Red...
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WOMAN SAID TO BE ONE OF THE LAST TO SEE WILLIAMS JAILED ON THEFT COUNTS
HARDIN CO., Ill.—The woman who has been reported to be one of the last people to know of the whereabouts of missing person Chrissy Williams has been jailed in Massac County on Hardin County charges....
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One person in custody after reported shooting at Purdue University
The school announced there was a possible shooting inside the school’s electrical engineering building on Tuesday. One suspect was in custody. BY JOE KEMP NEW YORK DAILY NEWS PUBLISHED: TUESDAY,...
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NO JURY SELECTION AS YET IN CANDICE BROWN CASE
WHITE CO., Ill.—Despite apparent difficulties during jury selection this morning in the case of Candice Brown in White County, both the state and the defense have told the judge in the case that they...
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