Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Wed Nov 25 08:13:55 -0800 2009
| political-news
The Illinois Senate will try to find the cause of a gaping racial disparity in how schoolchildren are disciplined, officials said Tuesday. Lawmakers will form a study group to review numbers reported by The Associated Press that show blacks account...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Mon Nov 23 21:59:20 -0800 2009
| political-news
Republican Andy McKenna is launching an ad Monday that again uses former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's hair as a symbol of corruption. McKenna got huge amounts of attention with earlier ads showing people, and even the state Capitol, taken over by...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Sat Nov 21 03:34:07 -0800 2009
| technology-news
The runners-up to Merriam-Webster's 2009 Word of the Year (admonish), with definitions from the publisher's collegiate dictionary and, when applicable, the news event or story that generated the interest in the word: - Emaciated (adj.): To cause to lose flesh...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Wed Oct 14 20:34:49 -0700 2009
| entertainment-news
Al Martino, the chart-topping Italian-American crooner of ballads such as "Spanish Eyes" and "Volare" who played the wedding singer in "The Godfather," has died age 82, reports said Wednesday. Martino's career spanned half a century, and at his peak in...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Thu Oct 15 08:35:27 -0700 2009
| political-news
The political fight over Cook County's unpopular sales tax increase moved to Springfield on Wednesday, with board President Todd Stroger beating back lawmakers' attempt to repeal the tax hike but losing a separate fight to curb his veto authority. Both...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Fri Oct 16 08:55:06 -0700 2009
| political-news
Illinois voters will be asked in November 2010 whether they want to give themselves the option of recalling a governor in the wake of indicted ex- Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's fall from power. The Senate gave the final sign-off Thursday...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Thu Oct 15 21:37:07 -0700 2009
| political-news
The Illinois General Assembly today turned up the pressure on Gov. Pat Quinn to find money for scholarships for low-income college students, sending him legislation that authorizes spending for the grants but doesn't include a way to pay for them....
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Sat Oct 10 23:05:34 -0700 2009
| sports-news
Redshirt freshman quarterback Thomas O’Brien, starting in his first game, threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns as South Dakota State held on for the win in Springfield. Missouri State pulled within a touchdown on a 5-yard pass from Cody...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Sat Oct 17 05:54:05 -0700 2009
| political-news
As Metra unveiled plans Friday to raise some of its commuter rail fares, Gov. Pat Quinn indicated that he supports eliminating the blanket free-ride program for senior citizens on Chicago-area mass transit. The announcements by Metra and Quinn capped a...
Springfield :: MO :: USA
| updated Thu Oct 15 14:26:22 -0700 2009
| political-news
House Speaker Michael Madigan forged ahead Wednesday on a plan to limit campaign donations -- with a big exception for the dollars he and other leaders dole out to ensure lawmakers' election and reward loyalty. The move by the veteran...
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