Wind Hits Northern Illinois Causing Destruction and One Death
Strong winds gusting to 60 mph swept through Lee and Ogle Counties causing extensive property damage and a Rockford woman, Julia Letsinger, 21, to die when her car touched downed high voltage lines. Tornado sightings reported west of Rockford. ComEd logged widespread outages, with Byron Oregon area hardest hit. Rain measurements near Dixon and Rockford, and a forecast of tapering winds with a chance of snow flurries tonight and Thursday.
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Telegraph
UPI
Illinois
Lee
Ogle
Rockford
Julia Letsinger
Winnebago County
National Weather Service
Dixon
Commonwealth Edison
Robert Powers
Byron-Oregon
Walters
Lee County Sheriff's Department
Nachusa
Timbercreek Road
Dixon Correctional Center
ComEd
Ilinois
Rockford Weather Bureau
Kilgore Road
NWS
Weather Service
Sununu Said Named Bush Chief of Staff
President-elect George Bush reportedly will name New Hampshire Governor John Sununu as his chief of staff, in a trio of Cabinet selections announced within a week. Sununu, 49, would be chosen over Craig Fuller, 37, with reports citing his political heft to handle Congress. Brady was named treasury secretary to steady markets.
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UPI
White House
George Bush
New Hampshire
John Sununu
Washington Post
New York Times
Wcvb-Tv
Boston
Sununu
Bush
Craig Fuller
the Post
The
Times
Fuller
Congress
Iowa
Senate
Robert Dobush
Nicholas Brady
Treasury
Smokeout urges quit for 24 hours Thursday
The American Cancer Society hosts the 12th Annual Great American Smokeout urging smokers to quit for 24 hours. Lee County volunteers, led by Ron Bartz and Robert Mansen, promote a supportive atmosphere to motivate lasting quitting despite nicotine's addictiveness highlighted by the Surgeon General's report.
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American Cancer Society
Lee County
Ron Bartz
Bartz
Robert Mansen
Public Information
Mansen
United States
Surgeon General
Milwaukee man shoots at trooper then kills himself in Illinois
Phuoc Tri Nguyen, 36, wanted on attempted murder charges in Wisconsin, shot Illinois State Trooper Jose Rangel and then killed himself. Rangel, 33, was wounded at Belvidere Toll Plaza and transported to St Anthony's in Rockford. he is critical. Nguyen had earlier shot his landlord in Milwaukee and wounded two gas station clerks in Glendale before resurfacing on I 90 near Belvidere.
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Marengo
Ill
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Illinois
Rochelle
Jose Rangel
Phuoc Tri Nguyen
Memorial Hospital
McHenry County
Woodstock
Rangel
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rockford
Monroe Center
Oak Brook
Tami Haukedauhl
Nguyen
Glendale
Wis
Record exports cut trade deficit to 10.5 billion
September saw a 14.7 percent drop in the U.S. merchandise trade deficit to 10.5 billion, with imports down 2.8 percent to 38.7 billion and exports rising 2.6 percent to a record 28.2 billion. Analysts called the result a relief while noting ongoing challenges in narrowing the deficit in an expanding economy.
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UPI
U.S
Commerce Department
Department
Census Bureau
Jay Goldinger
Capital Insight Inc
Beverly Hills
Calif
Robert Dederick
Northern Trust Co
Chicago
Dederick
United States
Canada
Europe
Japan
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Everett Lane
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
Algiers
Arafat
Israel
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Belvidere
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Rochelle Police Department
Ken Woolbright
Joe
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Interstate 90
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