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Precious Doe's killer to serve life plus 29 years

Kansas City :: MO :: USA | about 5 hours ago | No category

Source: Kansas City Star

Decrying the murder and beheading of Erica Green as vile, ghoulish and unspeakable, a Jackson County judge sentenced Harrell Johnson today to life in prison without parole. Judge John Torrence then tacked on an additional 29 years to be served...

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Senate GOP Leader Watson returns after stroke

Springfield :: MO :: USA | about 18 hours ago | Political News

Source: Belleville News-Democrat

The Illinois Senate's Republican leader credits his overall good health for his quick return to the Capitol after a stroke last month. Frank Watson of Greenville is still undergoing several hours of therapy daily but is regaining use of his...

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Americans logging fewer miles on the road

Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: USA Today

Americans are driving less despite falling gas prices, reflecting the deepening recession and signaling a shift in lifestyles and transportation habits that could outlast the current turmoil. Drivers logged 10.7 billion fewer miles in September than they did the same...

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Jurors see video of brain-injured girl

Springfield :: MO :: USA | 1 day ago | No category

Source: United Press International

Jurors in a Massachusetts courtroom appeared close to tears as they watched a video at the trial of a man accused of abusing his 14-year-old stepdaughter. The 26-minute presentation showed brain-injured Haleigh Poutre moving around in a wheelchair, feeding herself...

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Missouri woman charged in 4-year-old girl's accidental shooting death

Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Belleville News-Democrat

A Kansas City woman is charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the accidental shooting death of a 4-year-old girl. Twenty-six-year-old Billy Blood was jailed Tuesday in $100,000 bond. She's also charged with armed criminal action in the...

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Review: Smashing Pumpkins at Chicago Theatre

Liberty :: MO :: USA | 1 day ago | Entertainment News

Source: Chicago Tribune

After retiring the Smashing Pumpkins eight years ago, Billy Corgan brought the brand --- if not the original lineup – back to his hometown Tuesday for the first of four concerts. The 41-year-old native of the northern suburbs...

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DCFS cuts jobs, not workload

Springfield :: MO :: USA | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: Daily Southtown

November 19, 2008 BY John O'Connor The Associated Press The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it needs child-abuse investigators working overtime to make up for workers it lays off amid budget cuts. The Associated Press has obtained...

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Teen who shot boy gets 10 years

Springfield :: MO :: USA | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Newsday

The shooting followed a dispute on Long Island involving the Crips street gang, of which Tyshon's older brother is a member, and the Bloods, police sources told Newsday earlier this year. Peterson had apparently been trying to exact revenge on...

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Brothers' bodies pulled from river

Independence :: MO :: USA | 1 day ago | No category

Source: United Press International

The bodies of two brothers who disappeared during a fishing trip on Oregon's Willamette River were found Tuesday afternoon, authorities said...The river's level had dropped 3-4 feet overnight, making the search easier, authorities said.

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Blagojevich budget plan seeks more power, federal cash

Springfield :: MO :: USA | 2 days ago | Political News

Source: Chicago Tribune

Gov. Rod Blagojevich today called on lawmakers to give him more power and the federal government to find Illinois more money as he floated a plan to try to close a state budget shortfall he puts at $2 billion. As...

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