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State Union Workers To Start Receiving Overdue Raises July 1st
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that Gov. Pat Quinn's administration will start paying overdue raises to unionized workers July 1 even though lawmakers didn't approve extra funding.
Quinn Sets July 9 Deadline for Pension Reform Deal
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn has set a July 9 deadline for a bipartisan committee to come up with a solution for Illinois' pension crisis.
Five Arrested on Felony Drug Charges
Five people are being held in the Marion County Jail on felony drug charges following three Tuesday night traffic stops. One of the cases escalated into a fight between the two vehicle occupants and Centralia Police.
Salem High Sees Large Decline in Plate Lunches
The new federal nutrician guidelines have resulted in a large number of Salem High School students no longer eating the school plate lunch.
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Prisoner Files $1 Trillion Lawsuit Over Bellyache
A convict in an Arizona prison won’t quit his bellyaching unless he’s paid $1 trillion – literally.Dale Frank Maisano, 61, an inmate at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson, is suing the company that runs the prison’s commissary for $1 trillion, claiming the food gave him cramps and cause ...
Defense Official Calls F-35 Plans Compromised by Cyber-Theft a 'Major Problem'
Defense Undersecretary for Acquisition Frank Kendall told the Senate Appropriations Committee at a hearing Wednesday that he was "reasonably confident" the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter plane's classified information was "well protected."Several weeks ago reports claimed information about the Pentagon’s top-shelf mi ...
FBI 'Most Wanted' Walter Lee Williams Being Deported from Mexico
Walter Lee Williams, the former professor who was nabbed in Mexico after spending one day on the FBI's Most Wanted list, is expected to make his first court appearance in Los Angeles on Thursday, authorities said.Williams, 64, who is accused of engaging in sex acts via webcam and in person with underage boys in the Ph ...
FBI Foils Plot to Build "X-Ray Weapon," Possibly Targeting President Obama
A New York man who allegedly wanted to kill President Obama and apparently blamed him for the recent Boston bombings has been arrested for trying to build and detonate a weapon of mass destruction.Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, of Galway, N.Y., spent months designing and constructing an X-ray system that would emit deadl ...
Homepage Local Sports
Post 128 Juniors Drop Pair to Mt Vernon
Post 141 dominates games when Salem's defense takes a night off.
Two-Time State Champion Returns to Illinois
Wes Lunt's transfer to U of I is official.
Homepage National Sports
Funeral Services Held for NASCAR Driver Jason Leffler
Funeral services were held on Wednesday for NASCAR driver Jason Leffler, who was killed last week during a race at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey.Sprint Cup driv ...
Tiger Woods Out Until British Open
Tiger Woods announced on Wednesday that he will not be competing until next month’s British Open due to ...
Scoreboard Roundup - 6/19/13
MLB: New York Yankees 6 (39-31) – Los Angeles Dodgers 4 (29-40) Game OneLos Angeles Dodgers 6 (30-40) & ...
Greg Biffle Ready for Sonoma
Fresh off his win at Michigan, Greg Biffle is looking forward to racing this weekend at Sonoma. "We are comin ...
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Organ Donation Rates: How the US Stacks Up
Facebook may have provided a boost to organ donation in the United States since its donor registration button launched last year, but organs are still scarce, and a ...
Certain Antibiotics May Double Risk of Statin Toxicity
Millions of people take statins to lower the level of cholesterol in their blood. Now research published in t ...
11-Year-Old’s Hidden Camera Documentary Exposes School Lunch
It’s the documentary that audiences and film critics are eating up.In a covert six-month mission to exp ...
Can Apple’s Siri Help Prevent Suicide?
Apple's snarky assistant has been updated with a helpful, serious feature. Siri will now respond to suicidal ...
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James Gandolfini: Celebrities React to Death of "Sopranos" Star
Colleagues and friends of James Gandolfini are paying tribute to the actor in the wake of his sudden death Wednesday in Italy. Gandolfini was 51.David Chase, who cr ...
Miley Cyrus: Alcohol 'More Dangerous' Than Weed
Miley Cyrus has never said publicly that she smoked pot, but in a new Rolling Stone interview she doesn&rsquo ...
"The Sopranos" Star James Gandolfini Dead at 51
James Gandolfini, best known for his role as mobster Tony Soprano in the 1999-2007 HBO series The Sopranos, h ...
James Franco Joins List of Celebs Using Crowdfunding
It worked for Zach Braff and Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas. Now James Franco has turned to crowdfunding to ...
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